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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker<br/> 
Keel Laid January 14 1944 - Launched August 12 1944<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USS MAQUOKETA AOG-51'''<br/>Commissioned February 27 1945 - Decommissioned February 21 1947<br/><br/> 
Laid up in the Reserve Fleet June 18 1947<br/> 
Struck from the Naval Register March 12 1958<br/> 
Reacquired and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) in 1952<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USNS MAQUOKETA T-AOG-51'''<br/>Placed in service March 1 1952 - Placed out of service May 18 1954<br/>
Placed in service April 24 1956 - Placed out of service October 16 1956<br/>
Placed in service April 30 1957 - Placed out of service October 9 1957<br/><br/> 
Laid up in the Reserve Fleet February 11 1958<br/> 
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)<br/> 
Sold for non-transportation use December 2 1975
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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).

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range for covers on that page.
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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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<h4>1st Commissioning February 27 1945 to February 21 1947</h4>
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<h4>2nd Commissioning March 1 1952 to May 18 1954</h4>
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<h4>3rd Commissioning April 24 1956 to October 16 1956</h4>
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USPO Slogan<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>"Naval Air<br/>Station Branch"<br/><br/>Alameda CA
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196-09-14
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R/S cachet for the 1956 MSTS Arctic Operations
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<h4>4th Commissioning April 30 1957 to October 9 1957</h4>
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS/USNS MAQUOKETA earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/> 
'''NAMESAKE''' - A river in the State of Iowa.
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