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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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Sgt. Jonah E. Kelly Class Coastal Transport<br/>
Laid down December 30 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''CHECK KNOT''' (Cargo Ship)</li>
Delivered to Maritime Commission June 9 1945 under contract to the Waterman SS. Co. for operations<br/>
Laid up November 4 1946, in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay , Benecia, CA<br/>
Transferred June 30 1948 to U.S. Army Transportation Service (ATS)<br/><br/>
<li>'''USAT SGT. JOSEPH E. MULLER'''</li>
Renamed and Commissioned June 30 1948 - Decommissioned July 1 1950<br/>
Transferred to U.S. Navy July 1 1950<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS SGT. JOSEPH E. MULLER T-APC-118'''</li>
Placed In Service as Small Coastal Transport (APC) July 1 1950<br/>
Placed Out of Service December 7 1956<br/>
Placed in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River, New York<br/>
Returned to U.S. Navy September 19 1957<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register October 25 1957<br/>
Returned to National Defense Reserve Fleet<br/>
Withdrawn from reserve and reacquired by U.S. Navy September 20 1962<br/>
Converted to Miscellaneous Auxiliary (Technical Research Ship) (AG) October 1962<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS SGT. JOSEPH E. MULLER T-AG-171'''</li>
Placed In Service April 1963 - Out of Service September 16 1969<br/><br/>
Struck from naval Register September 16 1969<br/>
Laid up November 13 1969 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA<br/>
Sold October 3 1972 to Union Minerals & Alloy Corp. for scrap 
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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). 
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, 
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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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Locy Type<br/>2(n+)<br/><br/>[[GEORGETOWN AGTR 2|USS GEORGETOWN AGTR-2]]
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1969-10-27
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USNS SGT. JOSEPH E. MULLER earned nine battle stars during the Korean War<br/>*
North Korean Aggression<br/>
July 8 to October 30 1950<br/>*
Communist China Aggression<br/>
December 13 1950 to January 24 1951<br/>*
First UN Counter Offensive<br/>
January 25 to April 12 1951<br/>*
Communist China Spring Offensive<br/>
April 26 to July 8 1951<br/>*
UN Summer-Fall Offensive<br/>
July 15 to November 27 1951<br/>*
Second Korean Winter<br/>
November 28 1951 to April 8 1952<br/>*
Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952<br/>
July 16 to November 29 1952<br/>*
Third Korean Winter<br/>
December 1 1952 to April 27 1953<br/>*
Korean Summer-Fall 1953<br/>
May 1 to July 20 1953<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Sgt. Joseph E. Muller, Company B, 305th Infantry, 77th Infantry Division, was killed in action on May 16 1945 near Ishimmi, Okinawa.<br/>
On the 15th, when his platoon had been halted by heavy enemy fire from a strongly defended ridge, he directed his men to positions from which they could cover his charge. With grenades, he drove the enemy out into the open where his squad caught them. Enemy survivors attempted to re-man a machine gun, but Sgt. Muller attacked and prevented them from turning the gun on his squad. Prior to dawn on the 16th, the Japanese counterattacked in an effort to retake the position. Sgt. Muller crawled forward through heavy fire to a position from which he again successfully launched a single-man grenade and rifle-fire attack. He then returned to his three-man foxhole, into which a lone enemy, who had feigned death, threw a grenade. Seeing the danger, Sgt. Muller threw himself over the grenade; absorbed the impact of the explosion with his body; and saved the lives of his two companions. For his actions on the 15th and 16th, and for his sacrifice on the 16th, Sgt. Muller was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.      

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