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	~~POSTMARK TYPE~~		Army-Air Force Postal Service<br/>4-bar Postmark
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	~~POSTMARK DATE~~		1957-03-15
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GregCiesielski: Created Ships Page for Col William J O'Brien T-AK-246

2018-05-06T13:13:59Z

Created Ships Page for Col William J O'Brien T-AK-246

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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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Alamosa Class Cargo Ship<br/>
Keel Laid 17 January 1945 as MV Maiden's Eye<br/>
Launched 13 February 1945<br/>
Delivered to the 10 April 1945<br/><br/>
<li>'''USAT COL WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN'''<br/>Turned over to the US Army and commissioned 11 July 1946<br/>
Decommissioned by the US Army 1 March 1950<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS COL WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN T-AK-246'''<br/>Acquired by the US Navy & Placed in service 1 March 1950<br/>
Placed out of service in the 1960s<br/><br/>
Struck from the Naval Register 1 September 1973<br/>
Title transferred to MARAD 9 November 1973<br/>
Sold for scrapping 9 November 1973
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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.
<ol>
<li>USNS Col. William J. O'Brien T-AK-246 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)</li>
</ol>
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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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POSTMARK TYPE
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POSTMARK DATE
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[[Image:CLOSEUP_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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Note:


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
COL. WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN T-AK-246 earned the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Colonel William Joseph O'Brien, USA (1899 – July 7, 1944)<br/>        O'Brien joined the Army from his birth city of Troy, New York, and by June 20, 1944 was serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 1st Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division. On that day, on Saipan in the Marianas Islands, he braved enemy fire to reach several American tanks which were unknowingly firing on their own troops. The next week, on June 28, he orchestrated and personally led an attack on a Japanese held ridge. When his battalion came under attack from a much larger enemy force on July 7, he refused to leave the front lines even after being wounded, and continued to lead his men until being overrun and killed. He was posthumously awarded the '''Medal of Honor''' on May 9, 1945, for his actions throughout the battle for Saipan.



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If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
editing this page.
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COL WILLIAM J O'BRIEN T-AK 246 - Revision history

JohnG3938 at 23:51, 6 May 2018

GregCiesielski: Created Ships Page for Col William J O'Brien T-AK-246