IUKA ATO 37

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.

Bagaduce Class Fleet Tug
Keel Laid 6 February 1919 - Launched 12 January 1920


1. USS IUKA AT-37
   Commissioned 29 October 1920 - Decommissioned 20 July 1932
   Recommissioned 23 November 1940
   
   
2. USS IUKA ATO-37
   Reclassified Fleet Tug Old (ATO) 15 May 1944
   Decommissioned 15 August 1946
   
   
3. IUKA ATO-37
   Placed In Service 15 August 1946 - Placed Out of Service 15 April 1947
   
   Struck from Naval Register 22 May 1947
   Transferred to Maritime Commission for disposal
   Sold 8 July 1948

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Iuka AT-37/ATO-37 Covers Page 1    (1941-1947)

 

Postmarks

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

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2nd Commissioning 23 November 1940 to 15 August 1946

AT-37

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BTB) "CULEBRA / P. R."

1941-02-14

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by George Neumann

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1941-02-14

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

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1941-02-14

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

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BTB)

1941-10-27

Navy Day. Cachet by - Walter Lupton

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1943-05-10

Official Business, Censored

 

Locy Type 9v

1941-07-14

Keel Laying of USS Herring SS-233, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 9x

1941-07-01

Keel Laying of USS Wahoo SS-238, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

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Decommissioned but Remained In Service 15 August 1946 - Placed Out of Service 15 April 1947

ATO-37

 

Locy Type SL (n+) Locy Type 2z

1947-04-15

Straight-Line Marking. Placed out of service at San Francisco 15 April 1947.

 

Other Information

USS IUKA earned the American Defense Medal (w/ Fleet clasp), the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE: A village in northeastern Mississippi, where Union troops under General Rosecrans engaged Confederate forces under General Price in an indecisive battle 19 September 1862.

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name IUKA - USS Iuka (Steamer, 1864), USS Iuka AT-37, USS Iuka ATA-123 and USS Iuka YTB-819.

 

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