JonBurdett: corrected pm types

2010-03-19T17:43:11Z

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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>Guardian Class Radar Picket Ship<br/>
Keel Laid December 14 1944<br/>
Launched January 27 1945 as RAYMOND VAN BROGEN<br/>
Delivered February 10 1945<br/>
Operated by Bull & Co. under contract to WSA<br/>
Turned over to Waterman Steamship Corp<br/>
Returned to Maritime Commission 1947<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy June 1956<br/>
Converted to Radar Picket Ship<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS VIGIL YAGR-12'''<br/>
Commissioned Ocean Station Radar Ship (YAGR) March 5 1957<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS VIGIL AGR-12'''<br/>
Redesignated Radar Picket Ship (AGR) September 28 1958<br/>
Decommissioned March 3 1965<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register April 1 1965<br/>
Transferred to Maritime Commission<br/>
Sold November 23 1970 to a Spanish firm for scrap<br/>
Towed to Bilbao, Spain December 21 1970
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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>[[USS VIGIL AGR-12_Covers_Page_1 |Vigil Covers Page 1 ]]     (1957)</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
</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>
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<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
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Locy Type<br/>2t(n+u) (YAGR)
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1957-03-16
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vigil_YAGR12_19570316_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vigil_YAGR12_19570316_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As YAGR-12




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
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Locy Type<br/>9fu
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1957-03-16
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vigil_YAGR12_19570316_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Vigil_YAGR12_19570316_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As YAGR-12

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<h3>Other Information</h3>
VIGIL earned two (2) Navy Expeditionary Medals and the National Defense Service Medal during her Naval career<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - To stand watch



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