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GregCiesielski: Added 2nd page to Naval covers link

2019-06-11T20:11:15Z

Added 2nd page to Naval covers link

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	<li>[[USS FULLER APA-7_Covers_Page_1 \| USS Fuller AP-14 / APA-7 Covers Page 1]]    (1941-1946)</li>		<li>[[USS FULLER APA-7_Covers_Page_1 \| USS Fuller AP-14 / APA-7 Covers Page 1]]    (1941-1946)</li>
			<li>[[USS FULLER APA-7_Memorabilia \| USS Fuller Memorabilia, SK1c Lowell G. Roberts, USNR]]    (1943-1946)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>

GregCiesielski: Updated the page

2019-03-26T03:23:41Z

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JohnG3938 at 20:43, 15 May 2018

2018-05-15T20:43:21Z

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JonBurdett: PO dates replaced mark

2018-01-19T00:39:04Z

PO dates replaced mark

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	</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	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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			<!-- Postmarks from 1st Post Office Period -->
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			<hr/>
			<h4>Post office established March 1 1941 - Disestablished March 6 1946</h4>

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	<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">		<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	Locy Type<br/>FDC Fz<br/><br/>"USS FULLER /<br/>COMMISSIONED"<br/><br/>USCS ~~Catalog<br/>Illustration~~<br/>F-31		Locy Type<br/>FDC Fz Apr 10, 1941<br/><br/>"USS FULLER /<br/>COMMISSIONED"<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. F-31
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	~~1941-04-10~~		1941-04-10
	~~<br/>to<br/>~~		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	1941-04-10
	</td><td align="center" width="~~320~~">
	[[Image:GregCiesielski_Fuller_AP14_19410410_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:GregCiesielski_Fuller_AP14_19410410_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">
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	Locy Type<br/>3 (A-BBT)		Locy Type<br/>3 (A-BBT)
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	~~1946-02-04~~		1946-02-04
	~~<br/>to<br/>~~		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	1946-02-04		[[Image:JonBurdett fuller apa7 19460204r pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="~~320~~">
	[[Image:JonBurdett fuller apa7 ~~19460204~~ pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">
	[[Image:JonBurdett fuller apa7 19460204.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett fuller apa7 19460204.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
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	<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">		<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	Locy Type~~<br/>~~Fz<br/><br/>USCS ~~Catalog<br/>Illustration~~<br/>F-31		Locy Type Fz<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. F-31
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	~~1941-08-15~~		1941-08-15
	~~<br/>to<br/>~~		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	1941-08-15
	</td><td align="center" width="~~320~~">
	[[Image:JonBurdett fuller dd297 19410815 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett fuller dd297 19410815 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">
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	<p> </p>		<p> </p>

	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	FULLER received nine battle stars for World War II service<br/><br/>		FULLER received nine battle stars for World War II service<br/>*
			'''Guadalcanal-Tulagi landings'''<br/>
			August 7-9 1942<br/>*
			'''Capture and defense of Guadalcanal'''<br/>
			September 8,9 and 14 1942<br/>*
			'''Treasury-Bougainville operation'''<br/>
			Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, November 1, 8 and 9 1943<br/>*
			'''Marianas operation'''<br/>
			Capture and occupation of Saipan, June 15 to July 28 1944<br/>*
			'''Tinian capture and occupation'''<br/>
			July 24-28 1944<br/>*
			'''Western Caroline Islands operation'''<br/>
			Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September 6 to October 14 1944<br/>*
			'''Leyte operation'''<br/>
			Leyte landings, San Pedro Bay, October 13-25 and November 14 1944<br/>*
			'''Luzon operation'''<br/>
			Lingayen Gulf landings, January 9 1945<br/>*
			'''Okinawa Gunto operation'''<br/>
			Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 1 to 9 1945<br/><br/>
	Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>		Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
	Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 8 NOV 43) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)		Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 8 NOV 43) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)

JonBurdett: added 1 cover

2010-01-06T18:48:57Z

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.
<ol><br/>
Heywood Class Transport<br/>
Keel Laid 1919 as CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy November 12 1940<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS FULLER AP-14'''<br/>
Commissioned April 9 1941<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS FULLER APA-7'''<br/>
Redesignated Attack Transport (APA) February 1 1943<br/>
Decommissioned March 20 1946<br/>
Transferred to Maritime Commission July 1 1946 for disposal<br/>
Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA<br/><br/>
Sold April 22 1957 to Dulien Steel Products Co. for scrap
</ol>
<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 incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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 FULLER APA-7_Covers_Page_1 |Fuller Covers Page 1]]    (1941-46)</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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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/>FDC Fz<br/><br/>"USS FULLER /<br/>COMMISSIONED"<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>F-31
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-04-10
<br/>to<br/>
1941-04-10
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Fuller_AP14_19410410_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Fuller_AP14_19410410_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AP-14




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>3 (A-BBT)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-02-04
<br/>to<br/>
1946-02-04
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett fuller apa7 19460204 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett fuller apa7 19460204.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As APA-7<br/>Add on cachet mis-identified as APA-8




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>Fz<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>F-31
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-08-15
<br/>to<br/>
1941-08-15
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett fuller dd297 19410815 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett fuller dd297 19410815.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AP-14


<p> </p>

<h3>Other Information</h3>
FULLER received nine battle stars for World War II service<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 8 NOV 43) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp)
- American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (9)
- World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)<br/><br/>
Personnel Awards...<br/>
Purple Heart (5-KIA NOV 8 43)<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Major General Ben Hebard Fuller, USMC (February 27 1870 - June 11 1937).<br/>
MGen Fuller was the 15th Commandant of the Marine Corps (1930-1934) and a veteran of the Spanish-American War, Boxer Rebellion, Philippine-American War, and World War I. His awards include; Medal of Military Merit of Santo Domingo; Presidential Medal of Merit of Nicaragua; Spanish Campaign Medal; Philippines Campaign Medal; China Campaign Medal; Victory Medal; Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal; Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal for service in Panama; Santo Domingo, and Haiti.<br/>Note: MGen Fuller was the father of Captain Edward C. Fuller of the 6th Marines, who was killed in action in the Battle of Belleau Wood during World War I.<br/><br/>
USS FULLER DD-297 was named for Capt. Fuller.



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