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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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Suamico Class Fleet Oiler<br/>
Keel Laid September 27 1941 as "SS HARLEM HEIGHTS"<br/>
Launched May 30 1942 - Acquired by the US Navy June 27 1942<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS SUAMICO AO-49'''<br/>Commissioned August 10 1942 - Decommissioned January 20 1946<br/><br/>
Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)<br/>
Transferred to the Maritime Commission October 4 1946, name reverted to "SS HARLEM HEIGHTS"<br/> 
Reacquired by the US Navy January 23 1948 assigned to the Naval Transportation Service (NTS)<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to be operated under contract by American Pacific Steamship Co.<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS SUAMICO T-AO-49'''<br/>Transferred to the MSTS October 1 1949 and placed in service<br/>
Placed out of service (date unknown)<br/><br/>
Struck from the Naval Register November 15 1974<br/>
Returned to MARAD January 22 1975 and sold for scrapping<br/>
Delivered to a breakers yard at Yokohama, Japan for dismantling February 13 1975
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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). 
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.
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<li><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1969)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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<h4>1st Commissioning August 10 1942 to January 20 1946</h4>

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<h4>2nd In Service Period October 1 1949 to date unknown</h4>
<h4>No Postmarks Reported</h4>
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Vietnam CDS
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1969-09-09
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Large Registered envelope showing the front (19 stamps) and back (50 stamps)
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS/USNS SUAMICO earned two Combat Action Ribbons, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 8 Battle stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A river in Wisconsin emptying into Green Bay.
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