WAPELLO YNT 24

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.

Yard Net Tender Laid down (date unknown) as Tug R. K. EVANS Completed April 1941 Acquired by U.S. Navy June 9 1941 and renamed WAPELLO YN-56 Placed In Service June 9 1941 WAPELLO YNT-24 Reclassified Tug Class Net Tender (YNT) April 7 1942 Placed Out of Service October 23 1946 Struck from Naval Register November 21 1946 Turned over to War Shipping Administration for disposal May 3 1947 ANNA COPPEDGE (Commercial Service) Sold May 1947 and renamed COLORADO POINT Sold (date unknown) and renamed CREOLE FIRME Sold (date unknown) and renamed ISLAND No. 1 (Panamanian Registry) Sold (date unknown) and renamed GORGONA II Sold (date unknown) and renamed Wrecked (crushed) by another ship in the Panama Canal, towed to Miraflores Lake where she sunk

Naval Covers

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1. YNT-24 Covers Page 1     (1942)

 

Postmarks

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

 

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

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Other Information

WAPELLO earned one battle star for World War II service
* Pearl Harbor December 7 1941

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (Pearl Harbor) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE...Wapello (1787–1842) a Native American chief of the Meskwaki tribe.

 

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