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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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Falcon Class Transport Tanker<br/>
Keel Laid 1971 as MV Falcon Lady<br/> 
Launched 1971<br/> 
Leased by the US Navy 15 January 1976 and assigned to MSC<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USNS FALCON LADY T-AO-182'''<br/>Placed in service by the MSC 4 November 1971<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USNS COLUMBIA T-AO-182'''<br/>Purchased by the USN in 1976 & renamed<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USNS COLUMBIA T-AOT-182'''<br/>Reclassified a Transport Oiler, T-AOT-182 (Date Unknown)<br/><br/> 
Name changed to '''FALCON LADY''' on May 21, 1984<br/>
Placed in Ready Reserve Status (RRF) at Beaumont TX. March 1988<br/>
Name changed to '''MV Mission Capistrano (T-AOT-5005)''' in April 1988<br/>
Activated for Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm on 15 February 1991,<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
repairs to the ship were not completed until 17 April 1991, did not participate.<br/>
Struck from the Naval Register (Date Unknown)<br/> 
Downgraded from MARAD Ready Reserve Force (RRF) 31 July 2004<br/> 
Sold for scrapping June 2012, towed for dismantling 7 July 2012
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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>
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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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Locy Type<br/>7<br/>U. S. Navy, FPO<br/><br/>Zip Code 96650<br/>Armed Forces, Pacific
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1984-03-31
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As T-AO-182. The ship had no postal facilities.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for the Columbia River.
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