WOODCOCK ATO 145

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.

Lapwing Class Minesweeper Keel Laid 19 October 1917 - Launched 12 May 1918 USS WOODCOCK Minesweeper No. 14 Commissioned 19 February 1919 USS WOODCOCK AM-14 Designated (AM) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 5 May 1922 Recommissioned 21 February 1924 USS WOODCOCK AT-145 Reclassified Fleet Tug (AT) 1 June 1942 USS WOODCOCK ATO-145 Reclassified Fleet Tug Old (ATO) 15 May 1944 Decommissioned 30 September 1946 Struck from Naval Register 23 April 1947 Transferred to the Maritime Commission 4 August 1947 Sold 19 December 1947 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Woodcock AM-14 Covers Page 1    (1930-1938)
2. USS Woodcock AT-145 Covers Page 1    (1942-1944)
3. USS Woodcock ATO-145 Page 1    (1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning 21 February 1924 to 30 September 1946

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "GITMO BAY / CUBA"

1935-07-16

AM-14

 

Locy Type 3a

1937-11-03

AM-14. USCS Postmark Catalog lists Type 3a, this appears to have provisional bar (Unlisted)

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "BALBOA / C.Z."

1938-02-19

AM-14. 19th Anniversary, cachet by Frederick Horton.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "MOUNT HOPE / CANAL ZONE"

1940-11-11

AM-14. Armistice Day

 

Locy Type 3s "PORT AU PRINC / HAITI" ("PRINCE" Misspelled)

1933-12-29

AM-14

 

Locy Type 9v

1940-11-11

AM-14. Armistice Day

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-41

1946-02-02

ATO-145

 

Other Information

USS WOODCOCK ATO-145 was at Tokyo Bay 2 September 1945 for the Japanese surrender

NAMESAKE - Named for a game bird that frequents wooded areas.

Ship sponsor was Mrs. Lewis T. Kniskern.

 

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