AMERICAN MARINER T-AGM 12

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

American Mariner Class Missile Range Instrumentation Ship Keel Laid 1942, as SS GEORGE CALVERT at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, MD Launched 30 December 1941 as AMERICAN MARINER On 12 Feb 1942, when 65.4% complete, towed to the nearby Bethlehem Key Highway plant for completion as a training ship Conversion completed 10 Mar 1943 and delivered to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) Division of Training for operation by the Coast Guard AMERICAN MARINER (Training Ship) Served the U.S. Coast Guard as a cadet training ship in the New York area until spring of 1946 Operated at the United States Maritime Service (USMS) training facility in St. Petersburg, Florida until March 1950 Laid up in a ready reserve status at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. On 9 December 1953 towed to the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) Hudson River Reserve Fleet at Jones Point, N. Y. for full layup USAS AMERICAN MARINER (U.S. Army) Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet and delivered to the U.S. Army on 18 June 1958 Converted to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship USAFS AMERICAN MARINER (U.S. Air Force) Assigned to the AMR (Atlantic Missile Range) under the Air Force control 1 July 1963 USNS AMERICAN MARINER T-AGM-12 Transferred to the US Navy Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and Placed in Service 1 July 1964 Placed out of Service 1 September 1966 Struck from the Naval Register (Date Unknown) Intentionally grounded October 1966 on a sand bar in Chesapeake Bay for use as an aerial bombing target.

 

Naval Covers

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1. USNS American Mariner T-AGM-12 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPS Machine Postmark West Palm Beach, FL

1985-01-11

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Other Information

AMERICAN MARINER earned the American Campaign Medal, the American Campaign Medal and the National Defense Service Medal during career.

 

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