WABASH AOG 4

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker Keel Laid June 30 1942 - Launched October 28 1942 USS WABASH AOG-4 Commissioned May 10 1943 - Decommissioned July 29 1946 Transferred to U.S. Army Transportation Service (ATS) USAT WABASH Commissioned 1946 - Decommissioned 1950 Struck from Naval Register April 23 1947 Returned to U.S. Navy July 1 1950 Assigned to Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) USNS WABASH T-AOG-4 Placed In Service - Out of Service September 10 1957 Struck from Naval Register May 8 1958 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group Scrapped January 27 2006 by Marine Metals, Brownsville, TX

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-08-05

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Other Information

WABASH earned two battle stars for World War II service and two battle stars for Korean War service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)- World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

NAMESAKE - The Wabash River in Ohio

 

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