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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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Package Freighter<br/>
Built 1909 - Launched March 13 1909<br/><br/>
<li>'''SS NORTH LAKE''' (Commercial Service)<br/>Mutual Transit Company; Buffalo NY - May 1 1909 to February 22 1916<br/><br/>
<li>'''SS NORTH LAKE''' (Commercial Service)<br/>Great Lakes Transit Corporation - February 23 1916 to 1927<br/><br/>
<li>'''SS J. E. GORMAN''' (Commercial Service)<br/>Renamed in 1927 to July 1942<br/><br/>
Conscripted in July 1942 for wartime duty<br/>
Rebuilt as an ocean-going "Marine Repair Ship", completed February 9 1943<br/>
Bareboat-chartered to the U. S. Army from April, 1943 to March, 1947.<br/><br/>
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<li>'''USARS J. E. GORMAN'''<br/>Commissioned September 5 1944 - Decommissioned March 20 1947<br/>
Operated for U.S. Army as a Marine Repair Ship and also as a transport<br/>
Manned with a US Coast Guard crew starting on September 5 1944<br/><br/><br/>
<li>'''SS ADELAIDE''' (Commercial Service)<br/>Sold to Panagua Steamship Co. of Panama and renamed - 1948<br/><br/>
Arrived in Tokyo Japan for scrapping December 6 1953, scrapping began in January 1954 
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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;(1943)</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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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
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<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>No Postmarks Reported</h4>
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1916-27
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Photo of SS NORTH LAKE - 1916-1927 "Great Lakes Transit Corporation"
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USPO<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>Mobile AL
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1943-02-09
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N/A
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Launching (following conversion) of USAT J. E. GORMAN.  Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Glen_Osborn_ | Glen Osborn]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship.

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