KAWEAH AO 15

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.

Kaweah Class Fleet Oiler
Keel Laid (date unknown) - Launched in 1919
Acquired from the USSB October 20 1921
 
1. USS KAWEAH AO-15
   Commissioned 28 December 1921 - Decommissioned 15 August 1922
   Recommissioned 16 December 1940 - Decommissioned 16 November 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register (date unknown)
   Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 28 May 1946 for disposal

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Kaweah AO-15 Covers Page 1    (1941,1945)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT)

1941-03-10

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1941-03-12

R/S marking on back from Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1945-11-08

R/S Ship's return address marking

 

Locy Type 9efw

1941-04-01

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 9x

1941-03-12

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS KAWEAH earned the American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in California named for the Kawia or Cahuilla tribe, a southern California group of the Shoshonean division of Uto-Aztecan Indians.

 

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