GUARDIAN AGR 1: Difference between revisions

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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.

USS GUARDIAN YAGR-1
Commissioned Ocean Station Radar Ship (YAGR) 1 February 1955
USS GUARDIAN AGR-1
Redesignated Radar Picket Ship (AGR) 28 September 1958
Decommissioned 28 July 1965

Struck from Naval Register 1 September 1965
Scrapped September 1971

Naval Covers

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.

USS Guardian YAGR-1 / AGR-1 Covers Page 1 (1956-1959)

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.

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.

>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

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

Locy Type
2t(n+u) (YAGR)

1956-11-09

YAGR-1

Locy Type
2t(n+u) (AGR,USS)

1959-04-21

AGR-1

Locy Type
9fu

1956-12-13

YAGR-1. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

Locy Type
9fu (USS)

1959-04-21

AGR-1

Other Information

USS GUARDIAN earned the Navy Expeditionary Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - One who guards or protects.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Elisa Broome.

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

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 <ol>Guardian Class Radar Picket Ship<br/>
-Keel Laid March 20 1945<br/>
+Keel Laid 20 March 1945<br/>
-Launched May 8 1945 as JAMES SQUIRES<br/>
+Launched 8 May 1945 as Liberty Ship "JAMES SQUIRES"<br/>
-Delivered May 31 1945 to Waterman Steamship Co.<br/>
+Delivered 31 May 1945 to Waterman Steamship Co.<br/>
-Returned to Maritime Commission October 5 1945<br/>
+Returned to Maritime Commission 5 October 1945<br/>
 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group<br/>
 Acquired by U.S. Navy 1954<br/><br/>
 <li>'''USS GUARDIAN YAGR-1'''<br/>
-Commissioned Ocean Station Radar Ship (YAGR) February 1 1955<br/><br/>
+Commissioned Ocean Station Radar Ship (YAGR) 1 February 1955<br/><br/>
 <li>'''USS GUARDIAN AGR-1'''<br/>
-Redesignated Radar Picket Ship (AGR) September 28 1958<br/>
+Redesignated Radar Picket Ship (AGR) 28 September 1958<br/>
-Decommissioned July 28 1965<br/><br/>
+Decommissioned 28 July 1965<br/><br/>
-Struck from Naval Register September 1 1965<br/>
+Struck from Naval Register 1 September 1965<br/>
-Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet<br/><br/>
 Scrapped September 1971
 </ol></td>
 <td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
-[[Image:GUARDIAN PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:GUARDIAN PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
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 range for covers on that page.
 <ol>
-<li>[[USS GUARDIAN AGR-1_Covers_Page_1 |Guardian Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1956-59)</li>
+<li>[[USS GUARDIAN AGR-1_Covers_Page_1 | USS Guardian YAGR-1 / AGR-1 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1956-1959)</li>
 </ol>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
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 Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
 </th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
+Postmark<br/>Date</th>
-<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
-<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
 </tr></table>
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 [[Image:JonBurdett guardian yagr1 19561109.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
-As YAGR-1
+YAGR-1
 <!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
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 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 -04-21
-<br/>to<br/>
--10-20
 </td><td align="center" width="350">
 [[Image:JonBurdett guardian agr1 19590421 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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 [[Image:JonBurdett cromwell de1014 19660915.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
-As AGR-1
+AGR-1
+<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
+<!-- ============== -->
+<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
+<!-- ============== -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
+Locy Type<br/>9fu
+</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
+-12-13
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Guardian_YAGR1_19561213_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+</td><td align="center" width="120">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Guardian_YAGR1_19561213_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td></tr></table>
+YAGR-1. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.
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 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 -04-21
-<br/>to<br/>
--10-20
 </td><td align="center" width="350">
 [[Image:JonBurdett guardian agr1 19590421 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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 [[Image:JonBurdett cromwell de1014 19660915.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
-As AGR-1
+AGR-1
 <!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
+USS GUARDIAN earned the Navy Expeditionary Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
-National Defense Service Medal<br/><br/>
+'''NAMESAKE''' - One who guards or protects.<br/><br/>
-'''NAMESAKE''' - One who guards or protects
+The ships sponsor was Mrs. Elisa Broome.
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