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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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<ol>Observation Island Class Range Instrumentation Ship<br/>
Keel Laid September 15 1952 as EMPIRE STATE MARINER<br/>
Launched August 15 1953 - Delivered February 24 1954<br/>
Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy September 10 1956<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS OBSERVATION ISLAND EAG-154'''<br/>
Commissioned December 5 1958<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS OBSERVATION ISLAND AG-154'''<br/>
Redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) April 1 1968<br/>
Decommissioned September 29 1972<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register January 1 1973<br/>
Assigned to Maritime Administration<br/>
Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet<br/>
Reacquired by U.S. Navy 1977<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS OBSERVATION ISLAND T-AGM-23'''<br/>
Placed In Service as Missile Range Instrumentation Ship (AGM)<br/> 
Currently assigned to Special Mission Ships Program (PM2), MSC Pacific
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[[Image:OBSERVATION ISLAND EAG154 PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
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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 OBSERVATION ISLAND AG-154_Covers_Page_1 |Observation Island Covers Page 1  ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1960-71)</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>
<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/>FDC 2t(n+u)
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1958-12-05
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Observation Island_EAG154_19581205_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Observation Island_EAG154_19581205_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Commissioning
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Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
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1967-02-04
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[[Image:JonBurdett observationisland eag154 19670204 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett observationisland eag154 19670204.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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As EAG-154
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Locy Type<br/>2t(n+u)
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1960-03-29
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_ObservationIsland_EAG154_19600329_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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As EAG-154<br/>POLARIS Missile fired on this date.
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Locy Type<br/>2t(n+u)
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1961-03-01
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[[Image:JonBurdett observationisland eag154 19610301r pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett observationisland eag154 19610301.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As EAG-154
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Locy Type<br/>2t(nu) (USS,AG) 
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1970-04-03
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_ObservationIsland_AG154_19700403_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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As AG-154<br/>Welcome to Norfolk - [[SKILL_MSO_471_ | USS Skill MSO-471]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
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Locy Type<br/>9en+uy (SAN FRANCISCO, CA)
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1971-10-27
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[[Image:JonBurdett observationisland ag154 19711027 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett observationisland ag154 19711027.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As AG-154
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Locy Type P<br/>[2(n+),"E" removed]
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1969-10-24
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[[Image:JonBurdett observationisland ag154 19691024 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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As AG-154
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USPS Slogan<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>San Diego CA
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1992-01-17
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As T-AGM-23<br/>Ship's cachet
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - An island in the southern section of Lake Okeechobee, Florida.
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