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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>Abnaki Class Fleet Ocean Tug<br/>
Keel Laid March 6 1943<br/>
Launched July 24 1943 as Fleet Tug (AT)<br/>
Reclassified May 15 1944 as Fleet Ocean Tug (ATF)<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS SERRANO ATF-112'''<br/>
Commissioned September 22 1944 - Decommissioned May 31 1950<br/>
Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Francisco Group<br/>
Converted to Survey Ship (AGS) 1960, While in reserve<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS SERRANO AGS-24'''<br/>
Recommissioned June 30 1960 - Decommissioned January 2 1970<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register January 2 1970<br/>
Sold November 2 1971 to Tai-Kian Industry Co. Taiwan for scrap
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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 SERRANO ATF-112_Covers_Page_1 | ATF-112 Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945-46)</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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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>Post Office Established September 1 1944 - Disestablished May 1 1946</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>2z
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1946-04-06
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[[Image:JonBurdett serrano atf112 19460406 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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As ATF-112
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Locy Type<br/>9efu
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1945-03-23
<br/>to<br/>
1945-04-02
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[[Image:JonBurdett ata199 19450323 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett ata199 19450323.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As ATF-112<br/>
Mark from back of cover
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USPO Slogan<br/>Machine Postmark<br/><br>San Francisco, CA
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1947-02-06
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
SERRANO earned one Battle Star for World War II service<br/>*
'''Okinawa Gunto operation'''<br/>
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, June 24 1945<br/><br/>
Earned four Campaign Stars for Vietnam War service <br/>*
'''Vietnam Defense'''<br/>
December 22-24 1965<br/>*
'''Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase II'''<br/>
January 30 to May 31 1967<br/>*
'''Vietnamese Counteroffensive'''<br/>
December 25-27 1965<br/>
January 6-14 1966<br/>
January 30 to February 23 1966<br/>
March 6 to April 11 1966<br/>
April 18 to May 10 1966<br/>*  
'''Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase III'''<br/>
June 1 to August 28 1967<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, March 3-4 1967) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Quemoy-Matsu) - Vietnam Service Medal (4)- Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A branch of the Shoshonean tribe which originally lived in the San Bernardino Mountains of California

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