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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>Luzon Class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship<br/>
Keel Laid April 10 1944 - Launched May 11 1944<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy May 20 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MONA ISLAND ARG-9'''<br/>  
Commissioned October 17 1944 - Decommissioned October 31 1947<br/>
Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register September 1 1962<br/>
Laid up October 24 1961 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group<br/> 
Purchased February 27 1975 for the Artificial Fish Reef program, State of Virginia<br/><br/>
Reefed 1975 at Wachapreague off Virginia's Eastern shore
</ol> 
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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 MONA ISLAND ARG-9_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1944-47)</li>
</ol>
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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
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
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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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2(n)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1947-03-02
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett monaisland arg9 19470302 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett monaisland arg9 19470302.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2z
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-12-07
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Mona Island_ARG9_19461207_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Mona Island_ARG9_19461207_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>9ef(nu)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1947-03-02
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett monaisland arg9 19470302 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett monaisland arg9 19470302.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>9#<br/><br/>(Br. #15002)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1944-12-13
<br/>to<br/>
1944-12-19
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett monaisland arg9 19441213 pm.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett monaisland arg9 19441213.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Mark from back of cover
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
MONA ISLAND earned one battle star for World War II service <br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - An island off the coast of Puerto Rico

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