CHIKASKIA AO 54

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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.

    Cimmeron Class Fleet Oiler
    Keel Laid (Date unknown) as Maritime Commission type (T3-S2-A3) hull
    Launched October 2 1942
    Acquired by U.S. Navy January 10 1943

  1. USS CHIKASKIA AO-54
    Commissioned November 10 1943 - Decommissioned October 1 1949
    Assigned to Military Sea Transport Service

  2. USNS CHIKASKIA T-AO-54
    Placed In Service October 1 1949 - Out of Service February 28 1953

  3. USS CHIKASKIA AO-54
    Recommissioned February 28 1953 - Decommissioned November 7 1955
    Recommissioned December 12 1956 - Decommissioned December 1958
    Recommissioned December 17 1960 - Decommissioned September 4 1970

    Struck from Naval Register December 1 1976
    Sold May 26 1982

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. Covers Page 1     (1943-68)

 


Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image

2nd Commissioning February 28 1953 to November 7 1955


 

Locy Type
2

1955-03-20

Note



4th Commissioning December 17 1960 to September 4 1970


 

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

1969-06-28

Welcome to Norfolk - HMS MOHAWK F 125, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

Locy Type
2t(nu)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. C-43b

1961-05-17

Note


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2(n+)

1969-10-25

Last Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

CHIKASKIA earned 6 Battle Stars for WWII, and 1 Battle Star for Korea service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2) - China Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (1) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

NAMESAKE - A river in Kansas

 


 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 


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