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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.
<ol>Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship<br/>
Keel Laid June 20 1944 as Tank Landing Ship LST-645<br/>
Redesignated Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL) August 14 1944<br/>
Launched September 20 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MINOTAUR ARL-15'''<br/>
Placed in Ferry Commission September 30 1944 for transit to her conversion yard<br/>
Commissioned February 26 1945 - Decommissioned February 26 1947<br/>
Recommissioned June 14 1951 - Decommissioned October 3 1955<br/><br/>
<li>'''ROKS DUK SOO ARL-1''' (South Korean Naval Service)<br/>
Transferred (loaned) to South Korea and renamed
</ol>
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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 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 MINOTAUR ARL-15_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]    (1945-55)</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 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>




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<h4>1st Commissioning February 26 1945 to February 26 1947</h4>




<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">
1945-09-13
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett minotaur arl15 19450913 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett minotaur arl15 19450913.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




<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/>(Br. #15714)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-05-04
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett minotaur arl15 19460504 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett minotaur arl15 19460504.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>9#<br/><br/>(Br. #15714)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1945-06-17
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Minotaur_ARL15_19450617_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Minotaur_ARL15_19450617_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Censored, Registered, Airmail Sailor's mail.




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>9#
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1945-06-17
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Minotaur_ARL15_19450617_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Minotaur_ARL15_19450617_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Censored, Registered, Airmail Sailor's mail.





<hr/>
<h4>2nd Commissioning June 14 1951 to October 3 1955</h4>




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-12-26
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Minotaur_ARL15_19511226_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Minotaur_ARL15_19511226_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>9efu
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1955-03-07
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett minotaur arl15 19550307 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett minotaur arl15 19550307.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:


<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
MINOTAUR received one battle star for World War II service <br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - The mythological monster of Crete, half man, half bull, who was confined in the Labyrinth



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