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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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<ol>Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender<br/>
Keel Laid June 7 1943 - Launched January 15 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS BERING STRAIT AVP-34'''<br/>
Commissioned July 19 1944 - Decommissioned June 21 1946<br/>
Transferred on loan to U.S. Coast Guard September 14 1948<br/><br/>
<li>'''USCGC BERING STRIAT WAVP-382'''<br/>
Commissioned September 14 1948<br/><br/>
<li>'''USCGC BERING STRAIT WHEC-382'''<br/>
Redesignated High Endurance Cutter (WHEC) May 1 1966<br/>
Decommissioned February 1970<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register January 1 1971<br/><br/>
<li>'''RVNS TRAN QUANG KHIA HQ-2''' (South Vietnamese Naval Service)<br/>
Transferred to South Vietnam January 1 1971<br/>
Custody assumed by The Republic of the Philippines<br/>
Sold outright to The Republic of the Philippines April 5 1976<br/><br/>
<li>'''BRP DIEGO SILANG PF-9''' (Philippine Naval Service)<br/>
Commissioned April 1976 - Decommissioned June 1985<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 BERING STRAIT WHEC-382_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1  ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945-46)</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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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
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<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>9efu<br/><br/>(with bars from Type 2)
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1945-12-22
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[[Image:JonBurdett beringstrait avp34 19451222 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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As AVP-34
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Locy Type<br/>LDPS 9efu<br/><br/>(with bars from Type 2)
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1946-01-23
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As AVP-34<br/>
Last Day of Postal Service. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Louis_S_Pentel_ | Louis S. Pentel]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS/USCGC BERING STRAIT earned the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign (w/ 3 Battle stars) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (4) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (4) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - The strait connecting the Arctic Ocean and the Bering Sea and separating Russian Asia from North America. The Danish explorer for whom it was named, Vitus Bering, made the first transit of the strait in 1728
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