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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.
<ol>Boulder Victory Class Cargo Ship<br/>
Keel Laid August 10 1944 - Launched October 10 1944<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy November 19 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MAYFIELD VICTORY AK-232'''<br/>
Commissioned November 19 1944 - Decommissioned April 5 1946<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)<br/>
Leased April 5 1946 to Alcoa SS Co.<br/>
Leased January 21 1947 to Luckenbach SS Co.<br/>
Laid up December 14 1947 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington Group<br/>
Chartered January 12 1951 to American Export Lines<br/>
Laid up January 14 1954 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia Group<br/>
Leased September 7 1966 to American Mail Lines Ltd.<br/>
Laid up January 19 1970 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay Group<br/>
Sold July 2 1993 for scrap
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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). 
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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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Postmark<br/>Date</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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Locy Type<br/> 2z
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1946-02-16
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Mayfield Victory_AK232_19460216_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Mayfield Victory_AK232_19460216_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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The "6" in the cancel was inserted upside down, thus reading 1949.
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Locy Type 9#<br/>15381 Branch
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1946-02-16
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Mayfield Victory_AK232_19460216_2a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Mayfield Victory_AK232_19460216_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS MAYFIELD VICTORY earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 battle star, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Former name retained.
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