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 Launched (Date Unknown) Completed at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Key Hwy Plant, Baltimore, MD.,     as a cadet training ship, manned by the US Coast Guard and     unlicensed merchant marine personnel of the US Maritime Service SS AMERICAN MARINER WIX Commissioned by the US Coast Guard 30 December 1941 - Decommissioned 31 August 1942 TS AMERICAN MARINER Renamed and placed in service as a cadet training ship, circa 1942-43 Assigned to Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) as a school ship in 1946 Laid up at Kings Point, N.Y, in 1950 Transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet in December 1953 Reactivated in 1957 Converted to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship USAS AMERICAN MARINER Placed in service by the US Army in January 1959 Assigned to ARGMA (Advanced Research Guided Missiles Agency), Redstone Arsenal Placed out of Service 1 January 1964 USAFS AMERICAN MARINER Assigned to the AMR (Atlantic Missile Range) under the Air Force and Pan American control 1 January 1964 USNS AMERICAN MARINER T-AGM-12 Transferred to the US Navy MSTS and Placed in Service (Date Unknown) Placed out of Service 1966 Struck from the Naval Register (Date Unknown) Intentionally grounded on a sand bar 7 miles east of Point Lookout, between Point Lookout and Smith's Island         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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