MODOC WMEC 194

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.

Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug Planned and authorized as Rescue Ocean Tug ATR-121 Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug ATA-194 May 15 1944 Keel Laid November 7 1944 - Launched December 4 1943 USS ATA-194 Commissioned February 14 1944 USS BAGADUCE ATA-194 Named July 16 1948 - Decommissioned July 17 1953 USNS BAGADUCE T-ATA-194 Transferred to MSTS and placed in service Placed out of service August 25 1958 Struck from the Naval Register August 25 1958 Transferred to the US Coast Guard and renamed April 15 1959 USCGC MODOC WATA-194 Commissioned June 1 1959 USCGC MODOC WMEC-194 Redesignated (WMEC) 1968 - Decommissioned May 31 1979 Struck from the Coast Guard Vessel Register Sold in 1980 sold to Marine Power & Equipment, Seattle, WA. Renamed "MODOC PEARL" currently in use (2004) as a Bed and Breakfast at Gig Harbor, WA.

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1978)

 

Postmarks

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

 

USPS Machine Cancel North Bend OR

1978-04-05

N/A

HOMEPORT - Coos Bay OR 1977 to 1979. Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

Other Information

USS BAGADUCE earned the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
USCGC MODOC earned the following awards during her Coast Guard career - Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation - Coast Guard Battle Efficiency "E" Ribbon - National Defense Serviced Medal

NAMESAKE (USN) - 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.

NAMESAKE (USCG) - A small tribe of Lutuanian Indians from northeastern California, who, following a long series of wars with the whites, who were divided and forced to live on either the Klamath Reservation, Oregon, or the Quapaw in Oklahoma.

 

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