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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>Transport/Hospital Ship<br/>
Built 1918 as the cargo and passenger liner SANTA ANA for Grace Line's South American service<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy February 11 1918<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS SANTA ANA ID-2869'''</li>
Commissioned February 11 1918 - Decommissioned July 21 1919<br/><br/>
<li>'''SANTA ANA''' (Passenger-Cargo Ship)</li>
Returned to original owners: W. R. Grace and Co. of New York (Grace Line)<br/>
Official number: 215880<br/><br/>
<li>'''GUATEMALA''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Transferred 1928 to the Grace subsidiary, Panama Mail Steamship Company and renamed<br/><br/>
<li>'''SANTA CECILIA''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Renamed 1931<br/><br/>
<li>'''IRWIN''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Sold 20 May 1936 to Merchants & Miners Transportation Company of Baltimore, Maryland, and renamed<br/><br/>
Acquired by the War Department March 1941 and renamed<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USAT JOHN L. CLEM'''</li>
Operated as Troop Ship June 1941 - September 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USAHS JOHN L. CLEM'''</li>
Converted to Hospital Ship June 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USAT JOHN L. CLEM'''</li>
Reverted to Troopship 1945<br/>
Assigned 1946 to the U.S. Public Health Service<br/>
Laid up December 1946 in Reserve Fleet at Brunswick, GA<br/>
Name reverted to IRWIN<br/><br/> 
Sold January 1948 for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, 
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<li>[[USS SANTA ANA ID-2869_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1919)</li>
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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 
known usage.

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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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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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Army Transport Service<br/><br/>
Newport News VA<br/>Machine
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1946-02-12
<br/>to<br/>
1946-02-15
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[[Image:JonBurdett johnlclem 19460212 pm.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''SANTA ANA'''<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for the city of Santa Ana, California<br/><br/>
'''JOHN L. CLEM'''<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Major General John Lincoln Clem (August 13 1851 – May 13 1937)<br/>
Clem was a United States Army General who had served as a boy in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He gained fame for his bravery on the battlefield, becoming the youngest noncommissioned officer in Army history. He retired from the Army in 1916, having attained the rank of Major General, as the last veteran of the Civil War still on duty in the Armed Forces

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