OUTPOST AGR 10

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.

Guardian Class Radar Picket Ship Keel Laid April 14 1945 Launched June 8 1945 as FRANCIS J. O'GARA Delivered June 30 1945, operated by Calmer Steamship Corp. Returned to Maritime Commission June 4 1946 Returned to commercial service from January 28 1947 - January 14 1948 Operated by the Waterman Steamship Co. Later by the South Atlantic Steamship Co. Returned to Maritime Commission January 20 1948 Acquired by U.S. Navy May 22 1956 for conversion to Radar Picket Ship USS OUTPOST YAGR-10 Commissioned February 6 1957 USS OUTPOST AGR-10 Redesignated (AGR) September 28 1958 Decommissioned July 1 1965 Struck from Naval Register July 1 1965 Sold February 17 1971 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Outpost YAGR-10 Covers Page 1     (1957)
2. USS Outpost AGR-10 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDPS 2t(n+u)

1957-02-06

YAGR-10, First Day Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type FDPS 9fu

1957-02-06

YAGR-10, First Day Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1957-02-12

YAGR-10

 

Locy Type 9fu

1957-02-12

YAGR-10

 

Locy Type P [2t(n+u) with "Y" cut out]

1964-03-14

AGR-10. Welcome to Norfolk VA, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

Other Information

USS OUTPOST earned the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A security detachment thrown out by a halted command to protect against enemy enterprises; an outlying or frontier settlement.

 

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