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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>Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ship<br/> 
Keel Laid September 15 1944 - Launched May 22 1945<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USS FORT MARION LSD-22'''<br/>
Commissioned January 29 1946 - Decommissioned February 13 1970<br/> 
Struck from Naval Register October 31 1974<br/><br/> 
<li>'''ROCS CHEN HAI LSD-192''' (Taiwanese Naval Service)<br/>
Sold to Taiwan April 15 1977 and renamed<br/>
Decommissioned by Taiwanese Navy May 1999<br/><br/> 
Sunk December 9 2000 as an artificial reef
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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 FORT MARION LSD-22_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1946-67)</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>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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USPO Machine<br/>Cancel<br/><br/>Chickasaw, AL
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1946-01-26
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Commissioning Invitation, courtesy of the USS FORT MARION website [http://www.ussfortmarionlsd22.com]
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Locy Type<br/>FDC F<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. F-21
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1946-01-29
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First Day in Commission
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1947-11-29
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1950-11-11
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Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
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1967-03-28
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1946-04-12
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Favor strike on stamp block
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1967-03-28
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
FORT MARION received five battle stars for Korean War service<br/>*
North Korean Aggression<br/>
September 18 to November 2 1950<br/>*
Communist China Aggression<br/>
November 3 to December 24 1950<br/>*
Inchon Landing<br/>
September 13 to 17 1950<br/>*
UN First Counter Offensive<br/>
March 26 1951 and April 6 to 9 1951<br/>*
Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952<br/>
May 20 to 21 1952<br/>
May 26 to June 14 1952<br/>
June 25 to July 7 1952<br/>
August 16 to September 4 1952<br/>
October 16 to 18 1952<br/>
November 15 to 20 1952<br/><br/>
Earned five campaign stars for the Vietnam War<br/>*  
Vietnam Defense<br/>
October 1 1965<br/>
October 8 1965<br/>
October 27 to November 20 1965<br/>
November 27 to December 24 1965<br/>*
Vietnamese Counteroffensive<br/>
December 25 to 30 1965<br/>
January 22 to February 5 1966<br/>
February 12 to 24 1966<br/>
June 13 to 17 1966<br/>*
Vietnamese Counter Offensive - Phase III<br/>
September 10 to 13 1967<br/>
September 25 to 27 1967<br/>
October 3 to 6 1967<br/>
October 23 to 31 1967<br/>
November 13 to December 4 1967<br/>*
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VI<br/>
December 7 1968 to January 12 1969<br/>
February 16 to 22 1969<br/>*
Tet 69/Counteroffensive - Phase III<br/>
February 23 to March 27 1969<br/>
April 17 to 22 1969<br/>
May 7 to 26 1969<br/><br/>      
 
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>Navy Unit Commendation
- Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
- Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (w/ 5 battle stars ) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3) - Vietnam Service Medal (w/ five campaign stars) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (9) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - The oldest defensive works still standing in the United States, constructed by the Spanish beginning in 1672 to protect St. Augustine, Fla.
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