GregCiesielski: added ship page and 3 covers

2009-12-05T14:20:32Z

added ship page and 3 covers

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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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Oxford Class Technical Research Ship<br/>
Keel Laid May 23 1945 as Liberty Ship "SS Samuel R Ailken"<br/>
Launched July 31 1945<br/>
Completed and turned over to the Maritime Commission August 25 1945<br/>
Chartered by Moore McCormack Steamship Lines<br/>
Chartered by Arnold Bernstein Line<br/>
Returned to the Maritime Commission April 10 1948<br/>
Acquired by the US Navy in October 1960<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS OXFORD AG-159'''<br/>Commissioned July 8 1961<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS OXFORD AGTR-1'''<br/>Redesignated Technical Research Ship (AGTR) April 1 1964<br/>
Decommissioned December 19 1969<br/><br/>
Struck from the Naval Register December 19 1969<br/>
Scrapped in 1970
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[[Image:Oxford_AGTR1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
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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.
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<li> Covers Page 1     (1961-65)</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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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>
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Locy Type<br/>FDPS 2(n)<br/>("AG")
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1961-07-08
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Oxford_AG159_19610708_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Oxford_AG159_19610708_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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'''AG-159'''. First Day of Postal Service.




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Locy Type<br/>2(n)<br/>("AG")
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1964-04-13
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Oxford_AG159_19640413_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Oxford_AG159_19640413_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Redesignated '''AGTR-1''' on April 1 1964 but still using the '''AG''' postmark.




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Locy Type<br/>2(n+)<br/>(USS,"AGTR")
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1965-08-10
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Oxford_AG159_19650810_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Oxford_AG159_19650810_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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'''AGTR-1'''

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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS OXFORD earned the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 10 Campaign stars), the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Towns, cities, and counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisianna, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.<br/><br/>
There has been two ships of the US Navy named OXFORD - [[OXFORD_APA_189_ | USS Oxford APA-189]] and USS Oxford AGTR-1.



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GregCiesielski: added ship page and 3 covers