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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>Transport<br/>
Built in 1899 by F. Schichau, Danzig, Germany<br/>
Launched 2 December 1899<br/><br/>
<li>'''GROSSER KURFURST''' (Passenger Liner) (alt: GROẞER KURFÜRST)</li>
Owned and operated by North German Lloyd<br/>
Interned by the United States Government and later seized in 1917<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS GROSSER KURFURST ID-3005'''</li>
Acquired by the U.S. Navy and Commissioned 4 August 1917<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS AEOLUS ID-3005'''</li>
Renamed 1 September 1917<br/>
Decommissioned 22 September 1919<br/>
Transferred to The United States Shipping Board (USSB) and extensively refurbished<br/><br/>
<li>'''AEOLUS''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Operated under USSB contract by Munson Line in 1921<br/><br/>
<li>'''CITY OF LOS ANGELES''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Sold to the Los Angeles Steamship Co. in August 1922 and renamed "City of Los Angeles"<br/>
Official Number: 215453<br/><br/>
Sold February 1937 to Japanese company for scrapping
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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 AEOLUS ID-3005_Covers_Page_1 | USS Aeolus ID-3005 Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1918)</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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry 
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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<br/>Date</th>
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<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>Post Office Established 14 September 1917 - Disestablished 22 September 1919</h4>
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Locy Type<br/>2rz 
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1919-06-28
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Aeolus_TT3005_19190628_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Officers Mail. From the Darrell Kinzler collection.
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Locy Type<br/>3rz<br/><br/>"BUY /<br/>LIBERTY BONDS"
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1918-09-11
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[[Image:JonBurdett aeolus tt3005 19180911pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Censored WWI use
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - "GROSSER KURFURST" - Frederick William (German: Friedrich Wilhelm; 16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he is popularly known as "the Great Elector" (der Große Kurfürst) because of his military and political achievements. Frederick William was a staunch pillar of the Calvinist faith, associated with the rising commercial class. He saw the importance of trade and promoted it vigorously. His shrewd domestic reforms gave Prussia a strong position in the post-Westphalian political order of north-central Europe, setting Prussia up for elevation from duchy to kingdom, achieved under his son and successor<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - "AEOLUS" - In Greek mythology—the god of winds.
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