ARIEL AF 22 - Revision history

GregCiesielski: updated the page

2025-03-25T19:48:29Z

updated the page

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	<ol>Mizar Class Stores Ship<br/>		<ol>Mizar Class Stores Ship<br/>
	Built 1933 for The United Fruit Co. as "JAMAICA"<br/>		Built 1933 for the [[OtherUS_United_Fruit_Company_ \| The United Fruit Co.]] as "JAMAICA"<br/>
	Acquired U.S. Navy 24 March 1942 and converted for Naval service<br/><br/>		Acquired U.S. Navy 24 March 1942 and converted for Naval service<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS ARIEL AF-22'''</li>		<li>'''USS ARIEL AF-22'''</li>

GregCiesielski: Added 1 postmark/cover

2023-11-08T19:47:00Z

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GregCiesielski: Updated the page and added 1 postmark / 1 cover

2020-07-01T19:28:11Z

Updated the page and added 1 postmark / 1 cover

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	<ol>Mizar Class Stores Ship<br/>		<ol>Mizar Class Stores Ship<br/>
	Built 1933 for The United Fruit Co.~~<br/><br/>~~		Built 1933 for The United Fruit Co. as "JAMAICA"<br/>
	~~<li>'''~~JAMAICA~~'''~~<br/>		Acquired U.S. Navy 24 March 1942 and converted for Naval service<br/><br/>
	Acquired U.S. Navy March 24 1942 and converted for Naval service<br/><br/>		<li>'''USS ARIEL AF-22'''</li>
	<li>'''USS ARIEL AF-22'''<br/>		Commissioned 14 May 1942 - Decommissioned 21 June 1946<br/><br/>
	Commissioned May 14 1942 - Decommissioned June 21 1946<br/><br/>
	Struck from Naval Register July 3 1946<br/>		Struck from Naval Register July 3 1946<br/>
	Returned to United Fruit Co. 1946~~<br/><br/>~~		Returned to United Fruit Co. 1946<br/>
	~~<li>'''PETEN'''~~<br/>		Resold (Date unknown) and renamed "PETEN"<br/>
	Resold (Date unknown) and renamed~~<br/><br/>~~		Resold (Date unknown) and renamed "BLUMENTHAL"<br/>
	~~<li>'''BLUMENTHAL''' (German Registry)~~<br/>
	Resold (Date unknown) and renamed~~<br/>~~<br/>
	Scrapped December 1969		Scrapped December 1969
	</ol></td>		</ol></td>
	<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">		<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
	<!-- [[Image:~~Name_Number_Crest~~.jpg\|thumb\|center\|~~125px~~]] -->		<!-- [[Image:Ariel_AF22_Crest.jpg\|thumb\|center\|150px]] -->
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	<li> [[USS ARIEL AF-22_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944-46)</li>		<li> [[USS ARIEL AF-22_Covers_Page_1 \| USS Ariel AF-22 Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944-1946)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
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	Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text		Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
	</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</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>
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	[[Image:JonBurdett ariel af22 19331222.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett ariel af22 19331222.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
	</td></tr></table>		</td></tr></table>
	As S.S. JAMAICA		S.S. JAMAICA
	<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->		<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
	<hr>		<br/><hr>

	<!-- ============== -->		<!-- ============== -->
	<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->		<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
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	[[Image:JonBurdett ariel af22 19441004.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett ariel af22 19441004.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
	</td></tr></table>		</td></tr></table>
	Censored ~~wartime (~~WWII) use		Censored, WWII use
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	1946-04-02		1946-04-02
	</td><td align="center" width="350">		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	[[Image:JohnGermann_Ariel_AF22_19460402_1a_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|~~300px~~]]		[[Image:JohnGermann_Ariel_AF22_19460402_1a_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|200px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">
	[[Image:JohnGermann_Ariel_AF22_19460402_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]		[[Image:JohnGermann_Ariel_AF22_19460402_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
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	The cancel was applied to the back of the cover.		The cancel was applied to the back of the cover.
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			<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
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			<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
			<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
			Locy Type<br/>LDPS 2(n)
			</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
			1946-06-14
			</td><td align="center" width="350">
			[[Image:GregCiesielski_Ariel_AF22_19460614_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
			</td><td align="center" width="120">
			[[Image:GregCiesielski_Ariel_AF22_19460614_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
			</td></tr></table>
			Last Day of Postal Service. From the Bob Govern collection.
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	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	~~Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>~~American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal<br/><br/>		USS ARIEL earned the American Campaign Medal, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
	'''NAMESAKE''' - An airy and playful spirit who served Prospero, a wizard and the deposed Duke of Milan, who is the leading character in Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. As he carries out the sorcerer's commands, Ariel finds great fun in making sport of humans and in playing pranks upon Caliban, Prospero's deformed, sluggish, ill-humored, and treacherous slave		'''NAMESAKE''' - An airy and playful spirit who served Prospero, a wizard and the deposed Duke of Milan, who is the leading character in Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. As he carries out the sorcerer's commands, Ariel finds great fun in making sport of humans and in playing pranks upon Caliban, Prospero's deformed, sluggish, ill-humored, and treacherous slave
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JohnG3938 at 22:00, 14 March 2018

2018-03-14T22:00:39Z

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JonBurdett: note

2017-03-18T06:57:32Z

note

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	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	Purser's Mark		United Fruit Company<br/>Purser's Mark
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	1938-12-22		1938-12-22

JonBurdett: added one cover

2017-03-18T06:56:24Z

added one cover

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	<!-- ~~**********************************************~~ -->		<!-- ============== -->
	<!-- ~~Postmarks from 1st Commissioning Period~~ -->		<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
	<!-- ~~**********************************************~~ -->		<!-- ============== -->
	<!-- ~~this part is commented out unless~~ / ~~until needed~~		<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
	<hr/>		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	<h4>~~1st Commissioning~~ [~~start date~~] ~~to [end date~~]</h4>		Purser's Mark
	-->		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
			1938-12-22
			</td><td align="center" width="350">
			[[Image:JonBurdett ariel af22 19331222 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|200px]]
			</td><td align="center" width="120">
			[[Image:JonBurdett ariel af22 19331222.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
			</td></tr></table>
			As S.S. JAMAICA
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			<hr>

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JonBurdett: added one cover

2015-12-02T16:07:59Z

added one cover

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	<ol>		<ol>
	<li> [[USS ARIEL AF-22_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944)</li>		<li> [[USS ARIEL AF-22_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944-46)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
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			<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
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			<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
			<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
			Locy Type<br/>2(n)
			</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
			1946-04-11
			</td><td align="center" width="350">
			[[Image:JonBurdett ariel af22 19460411 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
			</td><td align="center" width="120">
			[[Image:JonBurdett ariel af22 19460411.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
			</td></tr></table>
			Note:
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	<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->		<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->

JonBurdett: added one cover

2015-12-02T16:01:14Z

added one cover

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	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>~~<!--~~ [[~~PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1~~ \| ~~-->~~ Covers Page 1 ~~<!--~~ ]] ~~-->~~    (~~DATE RANGE~~)</li>		<li> [[USS ARIEL AF-22_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
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	Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>		Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
	<th align="center" width="~~320~~">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</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>		<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
	</tr></table>		</tr></table>
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	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	~~NO ARIEL POSTMARKS~~<br/>~~AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME~~		Locy Type<br/>3z (BTT)
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	~~DATE FROM~~		1944-10-04
	~~<br/>to<br/>~~		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	~~DATE TO~~		[[Image:JonBurdett ariel af22 19441004 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="~~220~~">
	~~<!--~~[[Image:~~CLOSEUP_IMAGE_NAME~~\|thumb\|center\|300px]]~~-->~~
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">
	~~<!--~~[[Image:~~FULLSIZE_IMAGE_NAME~~\|thumb\|center\|100px]]~~-->~~		[[Image:JonBurdett ariel af22 19441004.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
	</td></tr></table>		</td></tr></table>
	~~Note:~~		Censored wartime (WWII) use
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	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>		Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal<br/><br/>
	American Campaign Medal~~<br/>~~Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal~~<br/>~~World War II Victory Medal<br/><br/>
	'''NAMESAKE''' - An airy and playful spirit who served Prospero, a wizard and the deposed Duke of Milan, who is the leading character in Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. As he carries out the sorcerer's commands, Ariel finds great fun in making sport of humans and in playing pranks upon Caliban, Prospero's deformed, sluggish, ill-humored, and treacherous slave		'''NAMESAKE''' - An airy and playful spirit who served Prospero, a wizard and the deposed Duke of Milan, who is the leading character in Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. As he carries out the sorcerer's commands, Ariel finds great fun in making sport of humans and in playing pranks upon Caliban, Prospero's deformed, sluggish, ill-humored, and treacherous slave
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JonBurdett: added ship names

2008-09-23T18:00:23Z

added ship names

New page

<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.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Mizar Class Stores Ship<br/>
Built 1933 for The United Fruit Co.<br/><br/>
<li>'''JAMAICA'''<br/>
Acquired U.S. Navy March 24 1942 and converted for Naval service<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS ARIEL AF-22'''<br/>
Commissioned May 14 1942 - Decommissioned June 21 1946<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register July 3 1946<br/>
Returned to United Fruit Co. 1946<br/><br/>
<li>'''PETEN'''<br/>
Resold (Date unknown) and renamed<br/><br/>
<li>'''BLUMENTHAL''' (German Registry)<br/>
Resold (Date unknown) and renamed<br/><br/>
Scrapped December 1969
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">

</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>

<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.
<ol>
<li> Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>

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



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>









<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
NO ARIEL POSTMARKS<br/>AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
DATE FROM
<br/>to<br/>
DATE TO
</td><td align="center" width="220">

</td><td align="center" width="120">

</td></tr></table>
Note:


<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal<br/>Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal<br/>World War II Victory Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - An airy and playful spirit who served Prospero, a wizard and the deposed Duke of Milan, who is the leading character in Shakespeare's play, The Tempest. As he carries out the sorcerer's commands, Ariel finds great fun in making sport of humans and in playing pranks upon Caliban, Prospero's deformed, sluggish, ill-humored, and treacherous slave



<p> </p>
<hr/>
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[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
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