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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>Haskell Class Attack Transport<br/>
Keel Laid August 28 1944 as Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull<br/>
Launched October 31 1944<br/>
Acquired from Maritime Commission December 21 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS BOWIE APA-137'''<br/> 
Commissioned December 23 1944 - Decommissioned March 8 1946<br/>
Returned to Maritime Commission March 14 1946<br/>
Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register March 28 1946<br/>
Sold April 9 1973 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., New York City, N.Y. for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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<li>[[USS BOWIE APA-137_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945-46)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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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.

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<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>2z
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1945-12-26
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Locy Type<br/>9#<br/>15244 Branch
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1946-02-11
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_M_Fay_Muridge_ | M. Fay Muridge]], sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_2_John_Paul_Jones_ | John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS]]
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Locy Type<br/>LDC 2z
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1946-03-08
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Last Day in Commission
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
BOWIE earned 1 Battle Star for WwII 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)<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A county in the far northeastern corner of Texas named for Jim Bowie, one of the more famous men who died in the heroic defense of the Alamo during the Texas war for independence from Mexico 

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