OKANOGAN LPA 220

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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.

    Haskell Class Attack Transport
    Keel Laid August 10 1944 as Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull
    Launched October 26 1944 - Acquired by U.S. Navy December 3 1944

  1. USS OKANOGAN APA-220
    Commissioned December 3 1944

  2. USS OKANOGAN LPA-220
    Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA) January 1 1969
    Decommissioned February 5 1970

    Struck from Naval Register June 1 1973
    Sold October 2 1979 by MARAD for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. Okanogan Covers Page 1    (1946-52)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
2

1952-11-21

As APA-220


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1950-05-20

As APA-220
Armed Forces Day 1950, cachet by Alex R. Hesse


 

Locy Type
9#

(Br. #15249)

c1946

As APA-220

 

Other Information

OKANOGAN received the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (6) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (9) - Vietnam Service Medal (5) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

NAMESAKE - A county in northern Washington, bordering on Canada

 


 

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