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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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<ol>Lapwing Class Minesweeper<br/>
Keel Laid August 19 1917 - Launched April 30 1918<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS TURKEY Minesweeper No. 13'''<br/>
Commissioned December 13 1918<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS TURKEY AM-13'''<br/>
Designated (AM) July 17 1920<br/>
Decommissioned April 12 1922<br/>
Recommissioned August 15 1938<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS TURKEY AT-143'''<br/>
Reclassified Fleet Tug (AT) June 1 1942<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS TURKEY ATO-143'''<br/>
Reclassified Fleet Tug (Old) (AT(O)) May 15 1944<br/>
Decommissioned November 6 1945<br/><br/>
Struck from -Naval Register November 28 1945<br/>
Sold December 30 1946 for scrap
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[[Image:Turkey_Namesake_Illus.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 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 TURKEY AM-13_Covers_Page_1 | Turkey Covers Page 1]]    (1938-42)</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.
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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
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Postmark<br/>Date</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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<h4>2nd Commissioning August 15 1938 to November 6 1945</h4>




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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>FDPS 3r<br/><br/>"FIRST DAY /<br/>POST OFFICE"
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1938-10-11
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett turkey at13 19381011 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett turkey at13 19381011.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AM-13<br/>
First Day Postal Service. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_William_F_Schlechter_ | William F. Schlechter]]




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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>FDPS 3r <br/><br/>"FIRST DAY /<br/>POST OFFICE"
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1938-10-11
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Turkey_AM13_19381011_3_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Turkey_AM13_19381011_3_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AM-13<br/>
First Day Postal Service. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]. Also postmarked aboard the [[PHOENIX_CL_46_ | USS Phoenix CL 46]] on November 24 1938 for Thanksgiving. Are they serving "Turkey"?




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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>3r (AC-BTT)<br/><br/>"MARE IS /<br/>CALIFORNIA"
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1939-10-27
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Turkey_AM13_19381027_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Turkey_AM13_19381027_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AM-13<br/>
Navy Day. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_Coulthard_ | John Coulthard]], sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Deane_C_Bartley_ | Deane C. (DC) Bartley]]




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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>3r (AC-BTT)<br/><br/>"PEARL HARBOR /<br/>HAWAII"
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-04-16
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:turkeypm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:turkey.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AM-13




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>3z (BTB)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1942-01-19
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett turkey am13 19420119 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett turkey am13 19420119.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As AM-13<br/>
Patriotic cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Ted_Harrington_ | Ted Harrington]]


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
TURKEY earned 1 battle star for WWII service<br/><br/>
TURKEY AM-13 was at [[The Pearl Harbor Ships|Pearl Harbor December 7 1941]]<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A large game and poultry bird, allied to the pheasant and native to North America. Benjamin Franklin suggested that the abundant wild turkey, which had provided food for the early settlers in the New World, should be chosen as the national bird.



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[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
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TURKEY ATO 143 - Revision history

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