GregCiesielski: updated the page and added 1 postmark/cover

2025-11-29T21:19:47Z

updated the page and added 1 postmark/cover

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	<ol>Miscellaneous Unclassified<br/>		<ol>Miscellaneous Unclassified<br/>
	Built 1921<br/>		Built 1921 as MV CITY of DALHART<br/>
	Acquired by ~~U.S.~~ Navy February 29 1944<br/><br/>		Acquired by US Navy 29 February 1944<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS CITY OF DALHART IX-156'''<br/>		<li>'''USS CITY OF DALHART IX-156'''<br/>
	Commissioned for use as Mobile Barracks June 2 1944<br/>		Commissioned for use as Mobile Barracks 2 June 1944<br/>
	Decommissioned January 28 1946<br/><br/>		Decommissioned 28 January 1946<br/><br/>
	Struck from Naval Register January 28 1946<br/>		Struck from Naval Register 28 January 1946<br/>
	~~Scrapped~~ 1947		Returned to her owner 1946<br/>Sold for scrapping 22 January 1947
	</ol></td>		</ol></td>
	<td align="center" width="~~220~~" valign="top">		<td align="center" width="175" valign="top">
	<~~!--~~ [[Image:~~Name_Number_Crest~~.jpg\|thumb\|center\|~~125px~~]] ~~-->~~		[[Image:CityofDalhart_1_Crest.jpg\|thumb\|center\|150px]]Dalhart TX
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			[[Image:CityofDalhart_2_Crest.jpg\|thumb\|center\|150px]]301st NCB, Seabees
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	range for covers on that page.		range for covers on that page.
	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>[[USS CITY OF DALHART IX-156_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1 ]]     (1945)</li>		<li>[[USS CITY OF DALHART IX-156_Covers_Page_1 \| USS City of Dalhart IX-156 Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944-1945)</li>
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	<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="~~320~~">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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	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	Locy Type~~<br/>~~2z		Locy Type 2z
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	1945-10-02		1945-10-02
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	[[Image:JonBurdett cityofdalhart ix156 19451002 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett cityofdalhart ix156 19451002 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
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	<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->		<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
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			<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
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			Locy Type 9efu
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			1944-10-20
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			[[Image:GregCiesielski_CityofDalhart_IX156_19441020_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|200px]]
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			[[Image:GregCiesielski_CityofDalhart_IX156_19441020_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
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			Registered Official Mail. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.
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	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	CITY OF DALHART earned 1 Battle ~~Star for WWII service~~<br/><br/>		CITY OF DALHART earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 Battle star) and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
	'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for the city of Dalhart, Texas		'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for the city of Dalhart, Texas<br/><br/>
			'''HISTORICAL NOTE''' - USS City of Dalhart stood out from San Francisco 9 June 1944, carrying sailors and cargo to Pearl Harbor. Assigned as a mobile barracks for the 301st Naval Construction Battalion (NCB), she departed Pearl Harbor 16 July with the Seabees and machinery of this unit aboard, called at Eniwetok (3-5 August), and put in to Guam 11 August, one day after the island was declared secure. She remained at Gaum until 22 November, when she sailed for San Francisco, arriving 19 December. USS City of Dalhart was decommissioned 28 January 1946, and returned to her owner.

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JonBurdett: added 1 cover

2011-07-30T19:13:20Z

added 1 cover

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>Miscellaneous Unclassified<br/>
Built 1921<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy February 29 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS CITY OF DALHART IX-156'''<br/>
Commissioned for use as Mobile Barracks June 2 1944<br/>
Decommissioned January 28 1946<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register January 28 1946<br/>
Scrapped 1947
</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>[[USS CITY OF DALHART IX-156_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]]     (1945)</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">
Locy Type<br/>2z
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1945-10-02
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett cityofdalhart ix156 19451002 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett cityofdalhart ix156 19451002.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
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<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
CITY OF DALHART earned 1 Battle Star for WWII service<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for the city of Dalhart, Texas




<p> </p>
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<p> </p>
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[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
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CITY OF DALHART IX 156 - Revision history

GregCiesielski: updated the page and added 1 postmark/cover

JonBurdett: added 1 cover