Large collection of USN WWII and pre WWII Navy hat tallies

[Justin B.]

First of all, thanks a lot for these posts and for organizing the collection. It will be very valuable as a reference.
 

ASAT: I don't know but USAT was US Army Tranport.

USRC: US Revenue Cutter

USRS: US Revenue Steamer

[Salvage Sailor]

50 minutes ago, Justin B. said:

First of all, thanks a lot for these posts and for organizing the collection. It will be very valuable as a reference.
 

ASAT: I don't know but USAT was US Army Tranport.

USRC: US Revenue Cutter

USRS: US Revenue Steamer

 

+1

 

ASAT briefly used old designation (hospital ships), (i.e. USAT), became the USATS - United States Army Transport Service

 

The first hospital ship COMFORT (AH-3) was built in 1906 by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia. It served initially as the passenger vessel HAVANA. The War Department took over the ship at the start of World War I for use as an Army transport, the ASAT HAVANA. On 17 July 1917, the ship was transferred to the Navy for duty as a hospital ship. Outfitted at the New York Navy Yard by John M. Robins Company of Brooklyn, the ship was renamed COMFORT (AH-3) on 14 March 1918. USS COMFORT was commissioned on 18 March 1918. 

 

Source:  Archives Branch
Naval History and Heritage Command
805 Kidder Breese Street, SE
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060

Hospital Ships and USNS Comfort during Desert Shield and Storm, Aug 1990-Apr 1991
COLL/100
 

[warguy]

Very helpful information. Thank you both!

[Gear Fanatic]

Wow, amazing set! Just discovered This thread and man you hit the jackpot!

[Ontos]

What a tremendous find! Do you happen to have a USS Quincy?

[warguy]

14 minutes ago, Ontos said:

What a tremendous find! Do you happen to have a USS Quincy?

Thank you guys for the nice comments. I am sorry I haven't seen the Quincy in the group. 

[warguy]

Here are some more. First up, what appears to be duty assignments? Also, I would love to hear some discussion about the varying widths of these tallies. They seem to range from 2 inches wide, with 1 1/2 inches wide most popular, but some seem noticeably more narrow, maybe an inch. Any idea why? 

[warguy]

Stations, Squadrons, training, etc. 

[Salvage Sailor]

'Submarine Chaser' & 'Receiving Ship', outstanding

[warguy]

I am nearing the end of documenting the tallies in this collection. Here are some more….

[warguy]

These colored tallies represent the last post in documenting this collection. I have read a couple of different things about the tallies shown here. One suggests these were sweetheart mementos, and another suggests these were made for the ships commissioning ceremonies. I would love to hear some comments about what these represent. Thanks!

[aerialbridge]

 Three of your tallies hit home for me.   I used to own the USRC WIndom Sampson Medal group (now owned by an OMSA luminary) to (RADM) Richard O. Crisp,  the later captain of the US Revenue Cutter Tahoma at the time she sank in September, 1914 after hitting a mile-long,  uncharted reef off the Aleutians in Sept. 1914.   Thanks to Crisp's excellent command, all hands and a few women and children civilians onboard survived. 

 

 

Also never saw a USS Saranac tally before.   My great-uncle was regular Navy 1912-16, discharged QM2c, enlisted in the USNRF a month after war declared on Germany and they made him a QMC.  After seven months training recruits at Newport, they gave him an ensign's commission and after several months on USS Arizona, he got his request for the "War Zone" granted and they assigned him to Saranac, one of 10 mine planters with Mine Squadron One operating out of Inverness, Scotland in the North Sea.   Looks like whoever had that collection really liked the USS Melville, since you have five or six of those.  That just happened to be my great-uncle's last ship before he was discharged 7/21/16.  If you ever want to part with one of those Melville extras, I'd be happy to buy one.    Thanks for posting your collection. 

 

 

[warguy]

Thanks for posting. Great photos and interesting personal history. I really appreciate you sharing!