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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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<ol>Albatross Class Minesweeper<br/>
Keel Laid October 25 1930 as steel hull trawler<br/>
Launched April 7 1931 as MV MAINE<br/>
Delivered April 18 1931<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy August 13 1940<br/>
Renamed August 14 1940 and converted to Minesweeper (AM)<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS BLUEBIRD AM-72'''<br/>
Commissioned November 22 1940<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS BLUEBIRD IX-172'''<br/>
Reclassified Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (IX-172) June 1 1944<br/>
Decommissioned January 12 1945<br/><br/>
Struck from Navy Register January 19 1945<br/>
Transferred to Maritime Commission November 15 1945<br/>
Fate unknown
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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>[[USS BLUEBIRD IX-172_Covers_Page_1 | USS Bluebird AM-72 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1942-43)</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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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type SLK3
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c 1942 
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bluebird_AM72_1942_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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As AM-72. Return address marking used as a postmark killer. From the Bob Lamb collection.
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Locy Type 3z
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1942-05-12
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Bluebird_AM72_19420512_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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As AM-72. The ship had no postal facilities, so the cover was posted either on another ship or ashore.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - The bluebird is a small North American songbird

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