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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>Casablanca Class Escort Carrier<br/>
Keel Laid 31 January 1944 as '''ALIKULA BAY'''<br/>
Launched 17 April 1944<br/>
Renamed BISMARCK SEA 16 May 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS BISMARCK SEA CVE-95'''<br/>
Commissioned 20 May 1944<br/>
SUNK by Kamikaze attack 21 February 1945<br/>
318 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty
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[[Image:BISMARCK SEA PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for 
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<li>[[USS BISMARCK SEA CVE-95_Covers_Page_1 | USS Bismark Sea CVE-95 Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945)</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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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 2z
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1945-01-27
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Censored WWII use
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USPS<br/>Pictorial Postmark<br/><br/>"Admiral Nimitz Station"<br/><br/>Fredericksburg TX
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1995-02-21
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_BismarckSea_CVE95_19950221_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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50th Anniversary of Sinking.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS BISMARCK SEA earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and the Philippine Liberation Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Alikula Bay - An estuary east of Egg Harbor, on the NW coast of Coronation Island, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Bismark Sea - A section of the southwest Pacific Ocean northeast of New Guinea and northwest of New Britain. During World War II it was the site of a major naval battle (March 2–3, 1943) in which the Japanese fleet was completely destroyed.<br/><br/>
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Mon C. Wallgren.
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