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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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Point Class 82 foot Coastal Patrol Boat<br/>
Keel Laid - Launched<br/><br/>
<li>'''CG 82316''' (U.S. Coast Guard)</li>
Commissioned May 10 1961<br/><br/>
[Note: Although the U.S. Coast Guard may use "WPB-82316" in its documentation,<br/>
the identification painted on the ship's hull is "CG 82316" (as seen in photos)]<br/><br/>
<li>'''USCGC POINT MAST WPB-82316'''</li>
Named and Designated January 1964 - Decommissioned June 15 1970<br/><br/>
<li>'''DAM THOAI HQ-721''' (South Vietnamese Naval Service) (alt: ĐÀM THOẠI)</li>
Transferred to South Vietnam June 15 1970<br/>
Effectively decommissioned on April 30, 1975 with the fall of South Vietnam<br/><br/>
Presumed scrapped by Vietnam by early 1980s
</ol>
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<h5>Conflicting History Data</h5>
Athough the Wikipedia pages for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Point_Grace POINT GRACE] and 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Point_Mast POINT MAST] give the correct names and hull numbers
used by the South Vietnamese Navy,<br/>
the Wikipedia page for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-class_cutter Point-class cutter] and the U.S. Coast Guard pages for
[https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Water/All/Article/2538983/point-grace-1961-wpb-82323/ POINT GRACE] and
[https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Water/All/Article/2540577/point-mast-1961-wpb-82316/ POINT MAST]
incorrectly switch the names<br/>
and hull numbers as follows:<br/>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;POINT GRACE --> ĐÀM THOẠI HQ-721<br/>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;POINT MAST  --> HỒ ĐĂNG LA HQ-720
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest 
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="220">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 2<br/><br/>[[KRISHNA_ARL_38_ | USS Krishna ARL-38]]
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1966-04-01
<br/>to<br/>
1966-04-01
</td><td align="center" width="220">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_PointMast_WPB82316_19660401_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
N/A
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Locy Type 2# 
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1969-12-20
<br/>to<br/>
1969-12-20
</td><td align="center" width="220">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_PointMast_WPB82316_19691220_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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N/A
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
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