SHAWNEE TRAIL T-AO 142

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 SHAWNEE TRAIL AO-142
Designated (AO-142) operated for the NTS May 25 1948
USNS SHAWNEE TRAIL T-AO-142
Transferred to MSTS October 1 1949 and placed in service
Placed out of service November 1 1972

Struck from the Naval Register November 1 1972
Transferred to the MARAD November 1 1972
Sold for scrapping August 10 1973

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 name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 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.

Covers Page 1 (1967,1971)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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.

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

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

N/A

Ship's straight-line marking

US Army /
US Air Force /
Postal System /
Machine Cancel

1967-09-05

N/A

MSTS 16th Season 1967 rubber stamp cachet

USPS Slogan
Machine Cancel

Jacksonville FL

1971-11-12

N/A

Arctic Operations 1971 rubber stamp cachet

Other Information

NAMESAKE - The Shawnee Trail was the first major route used by the cattle trailing industry to deliver Texas longhorn cattle to the markets of the Midwest.

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