ARGONNE AG 31

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.

Argonne Class Transport Laid down, c 1919-20, as Sinsinawa Built 1920 under a USSB contract Launched 24 February 1920 Renamed Argonne in honor of the US Army’s participation in the Meuse-Argonne campaign in World War I Delivered to the US Shipping Board in December 1920 Transferred to the War Department in early 1921, assigned to the US Army Transport Service Laid up in February 1921 at Philadelphia, PA Acquired by US Navy 5 November 1921 USS ARGONNE Commissioned 8 November 1921 USS ARGONNE AP-4 Designated AP-4 16 November 1921 USS ARGONNE AS-10 Redesignated Submarine Tender (AS) 1 July 1924 USS ARGONNE AG-31 Redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) 25 July 1940 Decommissioned 15 July 1946 Struck from Naval Register 28 August 1946 Transferred 31 July 1946 to Maritime Commission for disposal Sold 14 August 1950 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Argonne AS-10 Covers Page 1    (1924-1939)
2. USS Argonne AG-31 Covers Page 2    (1940-1945)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2 (n)

1946-06-11

AG-31. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 3s (AC)

1924-07-15

As AS-10

 

Locy Type 3s (B)

1929-06-08

As AS-10

 

Locy Type 3s (A-BBT)

1934-10-27

As AS-10

 

Locy Type 3s (A-BBT) appears enlarged 1945

1945-10-16

As AG-31

 

Locy Type 3ty ("FLAG SHIP BASE FORCE.") "PEARLHARBOR / T.H." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-42a

1937-05-11

As AS-10

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1945-04-04

As AG-31

 

Locy Type 5hksy ("FLAG SHIP BASE FORCE") "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-42

1936-01-01

As AS-10

 

Locy Type 5s (C)

1930-11-20

As AS-10. Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 6epru

1937-01-07

As AS-10

 

Locy Type 6epru

1941-12-04

As AS-10

 

Locy Type 9

1924-03-21

As AP-4

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-42d (1935-1941)

1939-09-14

As AS-10

 

Locy Type 9efw

1939-09-14 to 1939-09-14

As AS-10

 

Locy Type 9x USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-42f (1935-1941)

1939-09-14

As AS-10

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-42c

1945-12-23

As AG-31

 

Locy Type P (BASE FORCE 5hks with "USS ARGONNE/FLAGSHIP" in killers)

1932-12-25

As AS-10

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Locy Type 6

1940-02-12

As AS-10. Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner.

 

Other Information

The USS ARGONNE earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Defense Service Medal (w/ Fleet clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star), World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (w/ Asia clasp) and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for the wooded region in northeastern France near the border of Belgium. It consists of the territory between the Aisne and the Meuse Rivers and was the scene of an Allied offensive in World War I during the autumn of 1918 which caused Germany to capitulate.

 

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