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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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Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship<br/>
Keel Laid 5 August 1982 - Launched 29 June 1984<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USS GERMANTOWN LSD-42'''<br/>Commissioned 8 February 1986 - Decommissioned (Tentative) FY 2025
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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 incarnation of the ship (ie, 
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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 
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range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[Germantown_LSD_42_Covers_Page_1 | USS Germantown LSD-42 Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1984-2007)</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 Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Close-Up Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Full Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>FDC 9-1(n+u) (USS)
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1986-02-08
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Commissioning, cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_74_USS_Puget_Sound_ | USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS]]
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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+) (USS)
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1993-03-06
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[[Image:JonBurdett germantown lsd42 19930306 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Locy Type<br/>2-3mt(n+)<br/>(USN, USS, FPO<br/>AP 96666-1730) 
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2000-02-11
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Germantown_LSD42_20000211_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Rubberstamp ship's cachet
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Locy Type<br/>2-2(n+)<br/>(USS, FPO AP<br/>96666-1730)
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2007-09-25
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[[Image:Ebert_Germantown_LSD_42_20070925_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Cachet by Douglas Ebert.
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Locy Type<br/>9-3(n+)<br/>(USN, USS, FPO AP<br/>96666-1730)
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2007-12-29
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Germantown_LSD42_20071229_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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Requested by [[Cachet_Maker_Thad_Kaczkowski_ | Thad Kaczkowski]]
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Locy Type<br/>11-3n+<br/>(USN, USS, FPO AP<br/>96666-1730)
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2014-07-30
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Germantown_LSD42_20140730_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Requested by [[Cachet_Maker_Thad_Kaczkowski_ | Thad Kaczkowski]]
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Locy Type<br/>12-3n+<br/>(USN, USS, FPO AP<br/>96666-1730)
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2014-07-30
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Germantown_LSD42_20140730_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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Requested by [[Cachet_Maker_Thad_Kaczkowski_ | Thad Kaczkowski]]
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Locy Type F<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. CD-10
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2008-02-22
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Germantown_LSD42_20080222_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Centennial of the [[Great_White_Fleet_ | Great White Fleet]].  Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Alvin_Eckert_ | Alvin Eckert]].
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Locy Type F<br/>(Unit #100123)
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2016-04-11
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Germantown_LSD42_20160411_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Kay_Neuthor_ | Kay Neuthor]].
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Locy Type F<br/>(Unit #100123)
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2016-04-11
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Germantown_LSD42_20160411_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Kay_Neuthor_ | Kay Neuthor]].
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<h4>MISC. SHIP MARKINGS</h4>
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Directory Service
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2020-04-01
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From the Foster E. Miller, III collection.
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Missent Marking
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2020-04-01
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From the Foster E. Miller, III collection.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS GERMANTOWN has earned a Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet Letter of Commendation, two (2) Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbons, five (5) Navy Battle "E" Ribbons, the National Defense Service Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for Germantown, Pennsynvania and the Battle of Germantown.<br/><br/>
There have been two ships of the US Navy that has borne the name GERMANTOWN - USS Germantown (1846 Sloop) and USS Germantown LSD-42.<br/><br/>The ships sponsor is Mrs. Barbara Kelly, the wife of General Paul X. Kelly, Commandant of the Marine Corps (July 1, 1983, to June 30, 1987).
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