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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3><br />
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during <br />
its lifetime.<br />
The list is in chronological order.<br />
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Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender<br/> <br />
Keel Laid December 21 1942 - Launched June 5 1943<br/><br/> <br />
<li>'''USS VALCOUR AVP-55'''<br/><br />
Commissioned July 5 1946<br/><br/><br />
<li>'''USS VALCOUR AGF-1'''<br/><br />
Reclassified Misc. Command Flagship (AGF) December 15 1965<br/> <br />
Decommissioned June 17 1973<br/><br/><br />
Struck from Naval Register June 17 1973<br/> <br />
Sold May 1977 for scrap <br />
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[[Image:Valcour_AGF1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]<br />
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3><br />
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ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for <br />
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same <br />
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). <br />
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).<br />
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take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date <br />
range for covers on that page.<br />
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<li>[[USS VALCOUR AGF-1_Covers_Page_1 |Valcour Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1946-62)</li><br />
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<h3>Postmarks</h3><br />
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a <br />
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, <br />
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one <br />
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of <br />
earliest known usage.<br />
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image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN <br />
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.<br />
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the<br />
existing example.<br />
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text<br />
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th><br />
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th><br />
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th><br />
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Locy Type<br/>FDC 2(n) <br />
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1946-07-05<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett valcour avp55 19460705 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett valcour avp55 19460705.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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As AVP-55<br/><br />
First Day in Commission<br />
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Locy Type<br/>2(n) (AVP) 1946<br />
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1946-08-28<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett valcour avp55 19460828 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett valcour avp55 19460828.jpeg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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As AVP-55<br />
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Locy Type<br/>2(n) (AVP) 1946 <br />
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1946-12-25<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Valcour_AVP55_19461225_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Valcour_AVP55_19461225_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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As AVP-55<br/>Christmas Day.<br />
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Locy Type<br/>2(n) (AVP) 1962<br />
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1962-04-30<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett valcour avp55 19620430 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett valcour avp55 19620430.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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As AVP-55<br />
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Locy Type<br/>2(n) (AGF) <br />
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1967-01-05<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Valcour_AGF1_19670105_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Valcour_AGF1_19670105_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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As AGF-1<br/><br />
Christmas cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Albert_O_Wickart_ | Albert O. (Bert) Wickart]]<br />
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Locy Type<br/>2r <br />
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1954-12-11<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Valcour_AVP55_19541211_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Valcour_AVP55_19541211_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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As AVP-55<br/><br />
Launching of [[FORRESTAL_AVT_59_ | USS Forrestal CVA-59]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]<br />
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Locy Type<br/>2t(nu)<br />
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1949-11-02<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett valcour avp55 19491102 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett valcour avp55 19491102.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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As AVP-55<br />
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<h3>Other Information</h3><br />
VALCOUR earned the Navy Expeditionary Medal and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/><br />
'''NAMESAKE''' - An island in Lake Champlain, southeast of Plattsburgh, N.Y. A crucial naval engagement took place off that island on 11 October 1776, when a Continental force under General Benedict Arnold met a superior British fleet. Although the British bested Arnold's makeshift flotilla, the delay forced upon the enemy by the long time it took them to construct vessels for service on the lake resulted in a year's postponement of their attempt to invade the colonies—a year in which the Americans prepared to meet the British Army. When they finally started their thrust down the Lake Champlain, Lake George, and Hudson River corridor in the fall of 1777, the English Army was defeated and captured in the Battle of Saratoga.<br />
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