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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.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Shenandoah Class Destroyer Tender<br/>
Keel Laid November 16 1944 as Maritime Commission type (C3) hull<br/>
Launched April 27 1945<br/>
Delivered to U.S. Navy May 8 1945<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS GRAND CANYON AD-28'''<br/>
Commissioned April 6 1946<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS GRAND CANYON AR-28'''<br/>
Reclassified Repair Ship (AR) March 11 1971<br/>
Decommissioned September 1 1978<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register September 1 1978<br/>
Sold June 1980 to Union Minerals and Alloy Corp. New York, NY for scrap
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:GRAND CANYON AD PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
[[Image:GRAND CANYON AR PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
</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 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 GRAND CANYON AR-28_Covers_Page_1 |Grand Canyon Covers Page 1 ]]     (1949-74)</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/>FDPS 2(n)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-04-16
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_GrandCanyon_AD28_19460416_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_GrandCanyon_AD28_19460416_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AD-28<br/>
The "Last Day of Postal Service" (LDPS) R/S marking is in error. April 16 1946 was the "First Day of Postal Service".




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. G-21b
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-05-29
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_GrandCanyon_AD28_19510529_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_GrandCanyon_AD28_19510529_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AD-28




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2(n)<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. G-21
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-04-18
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_GrandCanyon_AD28_19460416_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_GrandCanyon_AD28_19460416_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AD-28<br/>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Walter_Czubay_ | Walter Czubay]]




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2(n)<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. G-21a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1949-10-27
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett grandcanyon ad28 19491027 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett grandcanyon ad28 19491027.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AD-28




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (AR,USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1974-11-07
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett grandcanyon ar28 19741107 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett grandcanyon ar28 19741107.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AR-28




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2t(n+u)<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>G-21d
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1959-08-20
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett grandcanyon ad28 19590820 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett grandcanyon ad28 19590820.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AD-28




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2t(n+u)<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>G-21e
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1962-06-25
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett grandcanyon ad28 19620625 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett grandcanyon ad28 19620625.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AD-28




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type F<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. G-21h
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1956-12-07
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_GrandCanyon_AD28_19561207_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_GrandCanyon_AD28_19561207_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AD-28<br/>
15th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor. R/S on back from Cachetmaker Desmond D. Jagyi.




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>9f(n+u) (AR,USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1971-03-12
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett grandcanyon ar28 19710312 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett grandcanyon ar28 19710312.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AR-28




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>9fu (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1959-08-20
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett grandcanyon ad28 19590820 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett grandcanyon ad28 19590820.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AD-28


<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
Navy Battle "E" ribbon - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba) - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon<br/><br/>'''NAMESAKE''' - A western landmark, the grand canyon of the Colorado River<br/><br/>
[[Image:GrandCanyon_AR28_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]



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[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
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editing this page.
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GRAND CANYON AR 28 - Revision history

GregCiesielski: Added 1 postmark/cover

JonBurdett: added 3 marks replaced 3

JonBurdett: added 2 covers