TRUCKEE T-AO 147

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.

Neosho Class Fleet Oiler Keel Laid 21 December 1953 - Launched 10 March 1955 USS TRUCKEE AO-147 Commissioned 6 July 1955 - Decommissioned 30 January 1980 Assigned to Military Sealift Command (MSC) USNS TRUCKEE T-AO-147 Placed In Service 30 January 1980 - Out of Service 21 October 1991 Struck from Naval Register 18 July 1997 Title transfer to MARAD 1 May 1999 Sold 15 July 2008 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Truckee AO / T-AO-147 Covers Page 1     (1955-80)

 

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 2r

1955-12-08

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1966-10-11

Cachet by Universal Philatelic Cover Society

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1970-03-11

Greetings from Norfolk by USS Aggressive MSO-422. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

1978-05-16

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

1979-12-27

Greetings from Norfolk by USNS Powhatan T-ATF-166. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS)

1978-05-16

Note:

 

Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+)(USS)

1980-01-30

Last Day in Commission. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

USS TRUCKEE earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal (2 awards), the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2 awards), the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the US Coast Guard Special Operations Ribbon and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river of eastern California and western Nevada which rises in Lake Tahoe. The river was named after an Indian guide who showed the river to the Stevens Party in 1844.

 

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