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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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American Mariner Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship<br/>
Keel Laid 1942, as '''SS George Calvert'''<br/> 
Launched (Date Unknown)<br/> 
Completed at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Key Hwy Plant, Baltimore, MD.,<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as a cadet training ship, manned by the US Coast Guard and<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;unlicensed merchant marine personnel of the US Maritime Service<br/><br/> 
<li>'''SS AMERICAN MARINER WIX'''<br/>Commissioned by the US Coast Guard 30 December 1941 - Decommissioned 31 August 1942<br/><br/> 
<li>'''TS AMERICAN MARINER'''<br/>Renamed and placed in service as a cadet training ship, circa 1942-43<br/><br/> 
Assigned to Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) as a school ship in 1946<br/> 
Laid up at Kings Point, N.Y, in 1950<br/> 
Transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet in December 1953<br/> 
Reactivated in 1957<br/> 
Converted to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USAS AMERICAN MARINER'''<br/>Placed in service by the US Army in January 1959<br/>Assigned to ARGMA (Advanced Research Guided Missiles Agency), Redstone Arsenal<br/>Placed out of Service 1 January 1964<br/><br/>
<li>'''USAFS AMERICAN MARINER'''<br/>Assigned to the AMR (Atlantic Missile Range) under the Air Force and Pan American control 1 January 1964<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS AMERICAN MARINER T-AGM-12'''<br/>Transferred to the US Navy MSTS and Placed in Service (Date Unknown)<br/> 
Placed out of Service 1966<br/><br/> 
Struck from the Naval Register (Date Unknown)<br/> 
Intentionally grounded on a sand bar 7 miles east of Point Lookout, between Point Lookout and Smith's Island<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for use as an aerial bombing target.  
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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).

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.
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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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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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USPS<br/>Machine Postmark<br/><br/>West Palm Beach, FL
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1985-01-11
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
AMERICAN MARINER earned the American Campaign Medal, the American Campaign Medal and the National Defense Service Medal during career.
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