ESCAMBIA T-AO 80 - Revision history

GregCiesielski: Added 1 postmark/cover

2025-11-25T19:39:31Z

Added 1 postmark/cover

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:39, 25 November 2025
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	range for covers on that page.		range for covers on that page.
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	<li><!-- [[~~PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1~~ \| --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->    (~~1944~~-46)</li>		<li><!-- [[ESCAMBIA_AO_80_Covers_Page_1 \| -->USS Escambia AO-80 Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->    (Date)</li>
			<li><!-- [[ESCAMBIA_T-AO_80_Covers_Page_1 \| -->USNS Escambia T-AO-80 Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->    (Date)</li>
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	Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text		Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
	</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	~~Date From<br/>to~~<br/>Date To</th>		Postmark<br/>Date</th>
	<th align="center" width="~~320~~">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>		<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
	<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>		<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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	1944-05-16		1944-05-16
	~~<br/>to<br/>~~		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	~~1944-05-16~~
	</td><td align="center" width="~~320~~">
	[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19440516_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19440516_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
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	Censored Sailor's mail		Censored Sailor's mail
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			<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
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			Locy Type<br/>9efu
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			1944-06-06
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			[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19440606_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|200px]]
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			[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19440606_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
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			Registered mail, courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.
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	1946-01-14		1946-01-14
	~~<br/>to<br/>~~		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	~~1946-01-14~~
	</td><td align="center" width="~~320~~">
	[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19460114_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19460114_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
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	1946-01-28		1946-01-28
	~~<br/>to<br/>~~		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	~~1946-01-28~~
	</td><td align="center" width="~~320~~">
	[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19460128_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19460128_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
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	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	USS ESCAMBIA earned the ~~following awards during her Naval career -~~ American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 5 Battle stars) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (~~with~~ Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Ribbon.<br/><br/>		USS ESCAMBIA earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 5 Battle stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (w/ Asia clasp) and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
	'''NAMESAKE''' - A river in Georgia and Florida.<br/><br/>		'''NAMESAKE''' - A river in Georgia and Florida.<br/><br/>
	'''Footnote''' - ESCAMBIA's official insignia is shown above, here's how it came about. In February 1945, Executive Officer Richard Stephens requested a friend working at Walt Disney Studios to suggest a "trade mark" for our ship. He designed this "floating service station" with a pump and hose on a floating barrel of oil, with Jose' Carioca ready to fuel the next ship coming by. Ken Hackett (CMM) reproduced the insignia on each side of the bridge, where it drew admiring chuckles from the crews of ships we refueled. Jose' Carioca was expected to become more famous than Donald Duck, but Jose' didn't achieve star status -- except on the AO-80! Jose' was the star of the animated movie "The Three Caballeros". Courtesy of USS ESCAMBIA, INC. website.		'''Footnote''' - ESCAMBIA's official insignia is shown above, here's how it came about. In February 1945, Executive Officer Richard Stephens requested a friend working at Walt Disney Studios to suggest a "trade mark" for our ship. He designed this "floating service station" with a pump and hose on a floating barrel of oil, with Jose' Carioca ready to fuel the next ship coming by. Ken Hackett (CMM) reproduced the insignia on each side of the bridge, where it drew admiring chuckles from the crews of ships we refueled. Jose' Carioca was expected to become more famous than Donald Duck, but Jose' didn't achieve star status -- except on the AO-80! Jose' was the star of the animated movie "The Three Caballeros". Courtesy of USS ESCAMBIA, INC. website.

GregCiesielski: Added 2 covers

2009-02-23T01:20:10Z

Added 2 covers

New page

<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>
Escambia Class Fleet Oiler<br/>
Keel Laid December 1942 - Launched April 24 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS ESCAMBIA AO-80'''<br/>Commissioned October 28 1943 - Decommissioned February 20 1946<br/>
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)<br/><br/>
Reacquired by the US Navy January 26 1948<br/>
Operated under contract to Naval Transportation Service<br/>
<li>'''USNS ESCAMBIA T-AO-80'''<br/>Placed in service July 18 1950 - Placed out of service (unknown)<br/>
Struck from the Naval Register 1957<br/>
Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet<br/>
Acquired by the US Army in May 1966 and converted to a Floating Power Plant<br/>
    assigned to Vietnam service<br/>
Scrapped by Vietnam Government in August 1971
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:Escambia_AO80_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>

<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
<ol>
<li> Covers Page 1     (1944-46)</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>

<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2z
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1944-05-16
<br/>to<br/>
1944-05-16
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19440516_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19440516_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Censored Sailor's mail




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type P<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. E-26
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-01-14
<br/>to<br/>
1946-01-14
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19460114_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19460114_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Cachet artist is [[Cachet_Maker_M_Fay_Muridge_ | M. Fay Muridge]], cachet sponsor is [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_2_John_Paul_Jones_ | John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS]]




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type P<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. E-26
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-01-28
<br/>to<br/>
1946-01-28
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19460128_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Escambia_AO80_19460128_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
No. 10 Official Business mail


<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS ESCAMBIA earned the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 5 Battle stars) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Ribbon.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A river in Georgia and Florida.<br/><br/>
'''Footnote''' - ESCAMBIA's official insignia is shown above, here's how it came about. In February 1945, Executive Officer Richard Stephens requested a friend working at Walt Disney Studios to suggest a "trade mark" for our ship. He designed this "floating service station" with a pump and hose on a floating barrel of oil, with Jose' Carioca ready to fuel the next ship coming by. Ken Hackett (CMM) reproduced the insignia on each side of the bridge, where it drew admiring chuckles from the crews of ships we refueled. Jose' Carioca was expected to become more famous than Donald Duck, but Jose' didn't achieve star status -- except on the AO-80! Jose' was the star of the animated movie "The Three Caballeros". Courtesy of USS ESCAMBIA, INC. website.



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