POTOMAC AT 50

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.

Potomac Class Fleet Tug Built 1897 as WILMOT Acquired by US Navy 14 April 1898 and renamed USS POTOMAC Fleet Tug No. 50 Commissioned 14 April 1898 USS POTOMAC AT-50 Designated (AT) 17 July 1920 Decommissioned 26 June 1922 Struck from Naval Register 31 July 1922 Sold 1 December 1922 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. USS Potomac AT-50 Covers Page 1     (1912-1918)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 1z

1918-04-17

Censored WWI use

 

Locy Type 2

1912-01-03

Picture postcard. Postmark is unreported in the USCS Postmark Catalog.

 

Locy Type 3(AC)

1917-08-22

Picture postcard of Union Station, Charleston SC. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS POTOMAC earned the Spanish Campaign Medal, the Haiti Campaign Medal, the Dominican Campaign Medal and the World War I Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river on the Eastern seaboard of the United States, emptying into Chesapeake Bay and forming a boundary between Virginia and Maryland

Five ships of the US Navy have been named POTOMAC - USS Potomac (Frigate 1822), USS Potomac (Whaler 1861), USS Potomac AT-50, USS Potomac AG-25 and USS Potomac AO-181.

 

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