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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>Elizabeth C. Stanton Class Transport<br/>
Built 1939 at Moore Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Oakland, CA<br/>
Launched 22 December 1939<br/><br/>
<li>'''SEA STAR''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Owned by the US Maritime Commission and operated by Moore McCormick Lines<br/><br/>
<li>'''MORMACSTAR''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Sold 1940 to Moore McCormick Lines and renamed<br/>
Official Number: 240208<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy 13 September 1942<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS ELIZABETH C. STANTON AP-69'''<br/>
Commissioned Transport (AP) 17 September 1942<br/>
Decommissioned 3 April 1946<br/>
Struck from Naval Register 17 April 1946<br/><br/>
<li>'''MORMACSTAR''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Returned to Moore McCormack Lines Inc., 3 April 1946 & renamed<br/><br/>
<li>'''JACQUELINE SOMECK''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Sold to Peninsular Navigation Corp, 14 February 1961 and renamed<br/>
Resold to Moore McCormack Lines Inc., 18 December 1963<br/><br/>
<li>'''NATIONAL SEAFARER''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Sold to Windward Steam Ship Corp., 28 February 1964 and renamed<br/><br/>
Sold for scrapping in September 1967
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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 ELIZABETH C. STANTON AP-69_Covers_Page_1 | USS Elizabeth C. Stanton AP-69 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1943-44)</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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Locy Type<br/>3z (BTT)
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1943-08-07
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Locy Type<br/>9efu
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1945-08-15
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Official Mail cover, backside.  Courtesy of the [[Cachet_Maker_Richard_F_Hoffner_ | Richard F. Hoffner]] collection.
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Locy Type<br/>9efu
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1945-08-15
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Official Mail cover, front side.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS ELIZABETH C. STANTON earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Europe, Africa Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 4 Campaign stars, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Campaign star, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (November 12 1815 - October 2 1902)<br/>
Stanton was one of the foremost leaders in the American suffragist movement and a well-known abolitionist. She authored a resolution which, when accepted by a meeting in Seneca Falls, N.Y., in 1848, became the first organized demand in The United States by women for the ballot. She served as president of the National Woman Suffrage Association from 1865 to 1893. Mrs. Stanton died in New York, N.Y., October 2 1902.<br/><br/>
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Richard J. Welch.
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