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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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Mission Buenaventura Class Fleet Oiler<br/> 
Keel Laid 26 November 1943 - Launched 28 February 1944<br/> 
Chartered to Pacific Tankers Inc. 22 April 1944 for operations<br/> 
Returned to the Maritime Commission 28 May 1946<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USS MISSION De PALA AO-114'''</li>
Acquired by the US Navy 22 October 1947 and Placed in Service by the NTS<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USNS MISSION De PALA T-AO-114'''</li>
Administrative transfer to MSTS 1 October 1949<br/> 
Place out of Service and returned to the Maritime Commission 23 December 1949<br/>  
Reacquired by the Navy, and Placed in Service with MSTS 21 July 1950<br/> 
Placed out of Service and returned to MARAD 15 November 1954<br/><br/> 
Struck from the Naval Register 22 June 1955<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USNS MISSION De PALA T-AO-114'''</li>
Reacquired by the US Navy 6 July 1956 and Placed in Service<br/>  
Placed out of Service 13 March 1958 and returned to MARAD<br/><br/> 
Struck from the Naval Register 13 March 1958<br/><br/>
Vanguard Class Range Instrumentation Ship<br/> 
Reacquired by the US Navy 19 September 1964 for conversion<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USNS JOHNSTOWN AGM-20'''</li>
Renamed and redesignated 8 April 1965<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USNS REDSTONE T-AGM-20'''</li>
Renamed 1 September 1965<br/> 
Accepted and Placed in Service by MSTS 30 June 1966<br/> 
Placed out of Service 6 August 1993<br/><br/> 
Struck from the Naval Register 7 December 1993<br/> 
Sold 17 November 1995 as excess
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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>[[REDSTONE_TAGM_20_Covers_Page_1 | USNS Redstone T-AGM-20 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1965-1989)</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
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<h4>1st Commissioning [start date] to [end date]</h4>
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USPO<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>Quincy MA
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1965-12-07
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N/A
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Launching. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Malcolm_C_Walker_ | Malcolm C. Walker]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USNS REDSTONE earned the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3 awards) and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval service.<br/><br/>
The ships sponsor was Mrs. Francis D. Malone.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - (MISSION De PALA) A Franciscan mission in California founded in 1816.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - (REDSTONE) Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama.
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