JOHN ERICSSON T-AO 194 - Revision history

GregCiesielski at 04:16, 29 October 2025

2025-10-29T04:16:50Z

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	Henry J. Kaiser Class Fleet Oiler<br/>		Henry J. Kaiser Class Fleet Oiler<br/>
	Keel Laid 15 March 1989 - Launched 21 April 1990<br/><br/>		Keel Laid 15 March 1989 - Launched 21 April 1990<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USNS JOHN ERICSSON T-AO-194'''<br/>Delivered to the Navy and placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) 18 March 1991		<li>'''USNS JOHN ERICSSON T-AO-194'''<br/>Delivered to the Navy and placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) 18 March 1991<br/>
			Scheduled Inactivation 31 July 2026
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GregCiesielski: Added 1 postmark/cover

2018-08-04T02:38:48Z

Added 1 postmark/cover

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	<h4>1st Commissioning [start date] to [end date]</h4>		<h4>1st Commissioning [start date] to [end date]</h4>
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	~~USPO~~ Machine ~~Postmark~~<br/>New Orleans, LA		Locy Type<br/>2-2 (USNS,<br/>FPO AP 96664-4071)
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			2006-03-11
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			[[Image:GregCiesielski_JohnEricsson_TAO194_20060311_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
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			[[Image:GregCiesielski_JohnEricsson_TAO194_20060311_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
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			Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Richard_F_Hoffner_ \| Richard F. Hoffner]]
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			USPS<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>New Orleans, LA
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	1991-05-24		1991-05-24
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			N/A
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	~~Ship had no postal facilities.~~		Note:
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JohnG3938 at 18:53, 5 December 2017

2017-12-05T18:53:52Z

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	~~POSTMARK TYPE~~		USPO Machine Postmark<br/>New Orleans, LA
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	~~POSTMARK DATE~~		1991-05-24
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	[[Image:~~CLOSEUP_IMAGE_NAME~~\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:JohnGermann_John Ericsson_TAO194_19910524_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
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	~~Note:~~		Ship had no postal facilities.
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GregCiesielski: Created ships page for USNS John Ericsson T-AO-194

2017-12-04T13:27:55Z

Created ships page for USNS John Ericsson T-AO-194

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%">
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<ol>
Henry J. Kaiser Class Fleet Oiler<br/>
Keel Laid 15 March 1989 - Launched 21 April 1990<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS JOHN ERICSSON T-AO-194'''<br/>Delivered to the Navy and placed in service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) 18 March 1991
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<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>USNS John Ericsson T-AO-194 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)</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.



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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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POSTMARK TYPE
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POSTMARK DATE
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[[Image:CLOSEUP_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:FULLSIZE_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|100px]]
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Note:

<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
USNS JOHN ERICSSON has earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 1 bronze star and the Southwest Asia Service Medal as of 2016.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - JOHN ERICSSON (31 July 1803 - 8 March 1889).<br/>    John Ericsson, one of the 19th Century's most creative engineers and inventors, was born on 31 July 1803 in Sweden. As a youth, he joined the Swedish Army, which recognized his talents and put him to work on topographical duties. Ericsson left the Army in 1826 and moved to England, where he pursued a variety of engineering projects, among them the use of screw propellers on ships, the development of extraordinarily large guns and the creation of engines driven by hot air instead of steam.<br/>    Ericsson's work attracted the attention Robert F. Stockton, an influential and progressive U.S. Navy officer, who encouraged him to relocate to the United States. During the early 1840s, the two designed a screw-propelled warship, which was commissioned in 1843 as USS Princeton, armed with heavy guns of their devising. The tragic explosion of one of these guns, and efforts to improperly assign the blame to Ericsson, led the strong-willed engineer to redirect his creativity into civilian fields, which he pursued successfully during the 1840s and 1850s.<br/>    The outbreak of the American Civil War brought John Ericsson back into formal contact with the Navy, when he designed and produced USS Monitor, a revolutionary armored ship carrying her guns in a rotating turret. Monitor's successful battle with the Confederate ironclad Virginia on 9 March 1862 made Ericsson a great hero in the North. For the remainder of the conflict, he was actively involved in designing and building a large series of "Monitor"-type turret ships for the Navy.<br/>    Ericsson continued his work on maritime and naval technology after the Civil War, producing ships for foreign navies and experimenting with submarines, self-propelled torpedoes and heavy ordnance. He remained active until his death in New York City on 8 March 1889. In August 1890, following a memorial service at New York, his body was placed on board the cruiser Baltimore, which carried him across the Atlantic to his native Sweden for burial. {DANFS}<br/><br/>
There has been four ships of the US Navy named in his honor - USS Ericsson TB-2, [[ERICSSON_DD_56_ | USS Ericsson DD-56]], [[ERICSSON_DD_440_ | USS Ericsson DD-440]] and USNS John Ericsson T-AO-194.<br/><br/>
The ships sponsor is Mrs. Doris M. Iklé, wife of sociologist and defense expert Fred C. Iklé.



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