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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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Alamosa Class Cargo Ship<br/>
Keel Laid January 28 1944 - Launched June 30 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MUSKINGUM AK-198'''<br/>Commissioned April 24 1945 - Decommissioned March 7 1946<br/><br/>
Returned to the Maritime Commission for transfer to the US Army<br/>
Struck from the Naval Register June 5 1946<br/><br/>
<li>'''USAT V-108'''<br/>Designated and operated by a Japanese crew under the control of the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces, Japan<br/><br/>
Transferred to the US Navy July 1 1950<br/>
<li>'''USNS MUSKINGUM T-AK-198'''<br/>Assigned to the MSTS and placed in service July 1 1950<br/>
Placed out of service (date unknown)<br/><br/>
Struck from the Naval Register June 15 1973<br/>
Transferred to the Department of the Interior, Trust Territory Pacific April 1 1982<br/>
Fate unknown
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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><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c 1945)</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>
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<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>1st Commissioning April 24 1945 to March 7 1946</h4>
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Locy Type 2z
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c 1945
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N/A
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Day_Lowry_ | Day Lowry]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS/USNS MUSKINGUM earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 1 Campaign star), the Philippines Liberation Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A county in Ohio.
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