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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>Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid September 11 1943 - Launched February 12 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS LYMAN K. SWENSON DD-729'''<br/> 
Commissioned May 2 1944 - Decommissioned February 12 1971<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register February 1 1974<br/>
Transferred to Taiwan May 6 1974 and cannibalized for spare parts
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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). 
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<li>[[USS LYMAN K. SWENSON DD-729_Covers_Page_1 |  Covers Page 1  ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945-63)</li>
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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="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>Post Office Established June 1 1944 - Disestablished October 15 1970</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>2(n) Oct 27, 1945
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1945-10-27
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[[Image:JonBurdett lymankswenson dd729 19451027 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Navy Day 1945
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Locy Type<br/>2<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. L-23
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1954-07-12
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[[Image:JonBurdett lymankswenson dd729 19540712 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Locy Type<br/>2<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. L-23a
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1963-10-30 
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Locy Type<br/>2(n)
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1947-04-15 
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_LymanKSwenson_DD729_19470415_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1967-05-02 
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Locy Type<br/>2z<br/><br/>"V-J DAY"
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1945-09-02 
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Censored wartime (WWII) use<br/>V-J DAY added to cancel
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
LYMAN K. SWENSON earned 5 Battle Stars for WWII and 6 Battle Stars for Korea<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Lyman Knute Swenson USN (October 23 1892 - November 13 1942)<br/>
Swenson graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1916 and served in surface combatants and submarines, including command of USS H-6 (SS-149) in 1919. Later, he commanded [[ISABEL PY 10|USS ISABEL PY-10]] and Destroyer Division 64. In 1941, he became captain of the new cruiser [[JUNEAU CL 52|USS JUNEAU CL-52]], placing her in commission in February 1942. Captain Lyman K. Swenson was killed in action when JUNEAU was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine on November 13 1942, just after participating in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

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