BAGADUCE ATO 21

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.

USS BAGADUCE Fleet Tug No. 21
Commissioned September 18 1919
USS BAGADUCE AT-21
Redesignated (AT) July 17 1920
Decommissioned April 20 1932
Recommissioned June 22 1938
USS BAGADUCE ATO-21
Reclassified Fleet Tug (Old) (ATO) May 14 1944
Decommissioned June 22 1946

Struck from Naval Register July 31 1946
Transferred to Maritime Commission January 9 1947 for disposal

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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

1st Commissioning September 18 1919 to April 20 1932

Post Office Established Jan 8, 1921 - Post Office Disestablished Apr 10, 1921
No Postmarks Reported

USPO Duplex

"Navy Yard
Station"

Charleston SC

1929-04-06

N/A

AT-21. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

2nd Commissioning June 22 1938 to June 22 1946

Locy Type
SLKfl
(62x7)

1938-06-22

AT-21. First Day of Recommissioning, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. Additional USPO Duplex postmark from Philadelphia, PA

Locy Type
FDPS 3 (A-BTT)

"MARE ISLAND /
CALIF."

1940-03-04

AT-21. First Day Postal Service

Locy Type
3 (A-BTT)

"MARE ISLAND /
CALIF."

1940-05-30

AT-21. Memorial Day, cachet by George Neumann, cachet sponsor Frederick Horton

Locy Type
SLKfl
(62x7)

1939-07-17

AT-21. Additional USPO machine postmark from San Diego CA

Locy Type
FAKE

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-3a

1941-10-25

AT-21. FAKE postmark and cover created by Sibley's Department Store (Hobby Shop)

USPO Slogan

"GIVE /
RED CROSS /
WAR FUND"

San Francisco, Calif.

1944-03-20

AT-21. Official Business

Other Information

USS BAGADUCE earned the American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A peninsula on the Atlantic coast in Hancock County, Maine. The word is a corruption of Abadusets, the name of a tribe of Indians from that area, and of Abagadusset, the name of a tributary of Maine's Kennebec River.

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