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<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.
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Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug<br/>
Planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug '''ATR-121'''<br/>
Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug '''ATA-194''' May 15 1944<br/>
Keel Laid November 7 1944 - Launched December 4 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS ATA-194'''<br/>Commissioned February 14 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS BAGADUCE ATA-194'''<br/>Named July 16 1948 - Decommissioned July 17 1953<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS BAGADUCE T-ATA-194'''<br/>Transferred to MSTS and placed in service<br/>Placed out of service August 25 1958<br/><br/>
Struck from the Naval Register August 25 1958<br/><br/>
Transferred to the US Coast Guard and renamed April 15 1959<br/>
<li>'''USCGC MODOC WATA-194'''<br/>Commissioned June 1 1959<br/><br/>
<li>'''USCGC MODOC WMEC-194'''<br/>Redesignated (WMEC) 1968 - Decommissioned May 31 1979<br/>
Struck from the Coast Guard Vessel Register<br/><br/>
Sold in 1980 sold to Marine Power & Equipment, Seattle, WA.<br/>
Renamed "MODOC PEARL" currently in use (2004) as a Bed and Breakfast at Gig Harbor, WA.
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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.
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<li> Covers Page 1     (1978)</li>
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<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.
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>>> 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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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
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<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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USPS<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>North Bend OR
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1978-04-05
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N/A
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HOMEPORT - Coos Bay OR 1977 to 1979. Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Michael_F_Hebert_ | Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)]]


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS BAGADUCE earned the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)<br/>
USCGC MODOC earned the following awards during her Coast Guard career - Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation - Coast Guard Battle Efficiency "E" Ribbon - National Defense Serviced Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' (USN) - A peninsula on the Atlantic coast in Hancock County, Maine. The word is a corruption of Abadusets, the name of a tribe of Indians from that area, and of Abagadusset, the name of a tributary of Maine's Kennebec River.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' (USCG) - A small tribe of Lutuanian Indians from northeastern California, who, following a long series of wars with the whites, who were divided and forced to live on either the Klamath Reservation, Oregon, or the Quapaw in Oklahoma.



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