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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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H. H. Hess Class Hydrographic Survey Ship<br/>
Keel Laid 10 August 1963 as '''SS CANADA MAIL'''<br/>
Launched 30 May 1964<br/>
Delivered to MARCOM March 12 1965 and Placed in Service by American Mail Lines<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy 3 March 1977<br/>
Assigned to MSTS (Date unknown)<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS H. H. HESS T-AGS-38'''<br/>
Placed In Service 1978 - Out of Service 16 January 1992<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register 5 February 1992<br/>
Laid up 1 June 1993 in National Defense Reserve Fleet<br/>
Fate unknown
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should 
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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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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
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Locy Type 7
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1978-11-284
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N/A
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'''USNS H. H. HESS T-AGS-38'''. The ship had no postal facilities.
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<h4>OCEANOGRAPHIC UNIT 3</h4>
Operated onboard USNS H. H. HESS from March 1 1978 to September 20 1991
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Locy Type<br/>2-1 ("OCEANO UNIT 3")
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1980-06-26
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Locy Type F<br/><br/>("OCEANOGRAPHIC<br/>UNIT THREE")<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. CD-6 
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1980-08-28
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From the David Kent Collection
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Locy Type F<br/><br/>("OCEANOGRAPHIC<br/>UNIT THREE")<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. CD-6a 
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1979-11-01
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USNS H. H. HESS earned the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4 awards) and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' -  Rear Admiral Dr. Harry Hammond Hess, USN (May 24 1906 – August 25 1969).<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hess was a geologist and United States Navy officer. Considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics. He is best known for his theories on sea floor spreading, specifically work on relationships between island arcs, seafloor gravity anomalies, and serpentinized peridotite, suggesting that the convection of the Earth's mantle was the driving force behind this process. This work provided a conceptual base for the development of the theory of plate tectonics.
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