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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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General G. O. Squier Class Transport<br/>
Keel Laid June 29 1942 - Launched April 14 1943<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy March 31 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS GENERAL O. H. ERNST AP-133'''<br/>
Commissioned (Partial) April 22 1944 - Decommissioned May 13 1944<br/>
Recommissioned (Full) July 15 1944 - Decommissioned August 15 1946<br/>
Struck December 13 1946<br/><br/>
<li>'''USAT GENERAL O. H. ERNST'''<br/>
Placed in commission August 15 1946<br/>
Returned to Maritime Commission (Date unknown)<br/><br/>
<li>'''CALMAR'''<br/> 
Sold April 1964 to Bethlehem Steel Corp. and renamed<br/><br/>
Fate unknown
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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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<li>[[USS O.H. ERNST AP-133_Covers_Page_1 | USS O. H. Ernst AP-133 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945-1946)</li>
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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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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type 2z
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1946-06-19 
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Locy Type<br/>9efu
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1945-06-26
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[[Image:JonBurdett generalohernst ap133 19450626 pm.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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Mark from back of cover
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<h4>Ships Marking</h4>
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Return<br/>Address
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1946-06-19 
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Close-up view of the ship's return address.
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Ship's Marking
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1945-11-17 
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[[Image:JonBurdett generalohernst ap133 19460208 1_cach.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Tokyo Bay marking 1945
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Ship's Marking
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1946-05-17 
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Tokyo Bay marking 1946. From the Wolfgang Hechler collection.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS General O. H. Ernst earned the American Campaign Medal, the Europe, Africa, Middle East Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Oswald Herbert Ernst (June 27, 1842 - March 21, 1926) <br/>
Ernst graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1864 and served at various posts with the Corps of Engineers and then as a member of the astronomical expedition to Spain in 1870. He served as Superintendent of the Military Academy from 1893 until 1898. During the Spanish-American War, he commanded a brigade in Puerto Rico, then served as Inspector General of Cuba until 1899. Later a member of the original Isthmian Canal Commission and in charge of river and harbor improvements at Baltimore, Galveston, and Chicago, General Ernst retired from active duty in 1906. Promoted to Major General in 1916, he died in Washington, D.C., March 21, 1926. 
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