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HALE DD 642

2025-08-16T08:48:02Z

NCMSysop:

<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.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Fletcher Class Destroyer 
Keel Laid 23 November 1942 - Launched 4 April 1943 
<li>'''USS HALE DD-642''' 
Commissioned 15 June 1943 - Decommissioned 15 January 1947 
Recommissioned 24 March 1951 - Decommissioned 30 July 1960 
Struck from Naval Register 2 June 1975 
<li>'''ANTIOQUIA DD-01''' (Colombian Naval Service) 
Sold to Colombia 5 December 1960 and renamed 
Stricken by Colombia 20 December 1973 and broken up for scrap
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:HALE 642 PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 

<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 HALE DD-642_Covers_Page_1 | USS Hale DD-642 Covers Page 1]]     (1943-1951)</li>
</ol>
 

<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.
   
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



   <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Postmark Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




<hr/>
<h4>1st Commissioning 15 June 1943 to 15 January 1947</h4>



   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n) (27 October 1945)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1945-10-27
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19451027_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19451027__1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
1945 Navy Day "Victory Cancel"




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-01-14
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19460114_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19460114_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2z*
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1943-10-09
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 194310009 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 194310009.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




 <hr/>
<h4>2nd Commissioning 24 March 1951 to 30 July 1960</h4>



   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type FDPS 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-05-22
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19510522_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19510522_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-10-12
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511012_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_ | Columbus Day]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Donald_R_Graf_ | Donald R. Graf]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-10-17
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 19511017 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 19511017.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:

 
<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS HALE earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ six battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career. 
'''NAMESAKE''' - Eugene Pryor Hale (6 June 1836 – 27 October 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine 
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS HALE, [[HALE_DD_133_ | USS Hale DD-133]] and USS Hale DD-642 in his honor.



 
<hr/>
 
If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
editing this page.
 
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HALE DD 642

2025-08-16T08:46:48Z

NCMSysop:

<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.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Fletcher Class Destroyer 
Keel Laid 23 November 1942 - Launched 4 April 1943 
<li>'''USS HALE DD-642''' 
Commissioned 15 June 1943 - Decommissioned 15 January 1947 
Recommissioned 24 March 1951 - Decommissioned 30 July 1960 
Struck from Naval Register 2 June 1975 
<li>'''ANTIOQUIA DD-01''' (Colombian Naval Service) 
Sold to Colombia 5 December 1960 and renamed 
Stricken by Colombia 20 December 1973 and broken up for scrap
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:HALE 642 PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 

<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 HALE DD-642_Covers_Page_1 | USS Hale DD-642 Covers Page 1]]     (1943-1951)</li>
</ol>
 

<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.
   
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



   <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Postmark Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




<hr/>
<h4>1st Commissioning 15 June 1943 to 15 January 1947</h4>



   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n) (27 October 1945)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1945-10-27
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19451027_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19451027__1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
1945 Navy Day "Victory Cancel"




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-01-14
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19460114_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19460114_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2z*
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1943-10-09
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 194310009 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 194310009.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




 <hr/>
<h4>2nd Commissioning 24 March 1951 to 30 July 1960</h4>



   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type FDPS 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-05-22
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19510522_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19510522_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-10-12
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511012_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_ | Columbus Day]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Donald_R_Graf_ | Donald R. Graf]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-10-17
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 19511017 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 19511017.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-12-28
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:Upgrade_20250816_test_1b.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:Upgrade_20250816_test_2b.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:

 
<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS HALE earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ six battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career. 
'''NAMESAKE''' - Eugene Pryor Hale (6 June 1836 – 27 October 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine 
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS HALE, [[HALE_DD_133_ | USS Hale DD-133]] and USS Hale DD-642 in his honor.



 
<hr/>
 
If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
editing this page.
 
<hr>
Copyright {{CURRENTYEAR}} Naval Cover Museum

News

2025-08-16T06:15:07Z

NCMSysop: added news for August 16, 2025

The News page contains announcements of significant additions or changes to the Museum.







   
August 16, 2025
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.44.0




   
October 19, 2024
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.42.3




   
August 10, 2024
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.42.1




   
August 26, 2023
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.40.0




   
October 20, 2022
: A big THANK YOU! to Dan Armstrong of our website hosting service provider, AO Industries, Inc for successfully upgrading our server to PHP 8.1. We continue to receive fantastic service from AO Industries - 22 years now and more to come!




   
October 15, 2022
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.38.4




   
August 6, 2022
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.38.2




   
August 7, 2021
: A big THANK YOU! to Dan Armstrong of our website hosting service provider, AO Industries, Inc for successfully upgrading our server to PHP 7.4. AO Industries has provided us with outstanding service for 21 years now and we are blessed.




   
August 7, 2021
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.36.1




   
August 29, 2020
: A big THANK YOU! to Dan Armstrong of our website hosting service provider, AO Industries, Inc for successfully upgrading our server to PHP 7.3.




   
August 29, 2020
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.34.2




   
July 21, 2020
: A big THANK YOU! to Dan Armstrong of our website hosting service provider, AO Industries, Inc for successfully migrating our server to SSD storage.
: Look for improved system performance all around. Much appreciated, Dan!




   
August 3, 2019
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.33.0




   
July 26, 2018
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.31.0




   
May 1, 2018
: Converted the site to use "Short URLs" to improve readability and convenience.
:Most bookmarks using the old style "wiki/index.php?title=XXX" should still work. We apologize for any inconvenience.




   
September 21, 2017
: We are pleased to announce that the transfer of ownership of the Naval Cover Museum to the Universal Ship Cancellation Society is now complete.
:There is no change to the mission, staff, or operation of the Museum.




   
August 31, 2017
: Upgraded the server in preparation for transferring ownership of the Naval Cover Museum to the Universal Ship Cancellation Society.
: Paul Bunter, the original owner/creator of the NCM, and the USCS have agreed to transfer ownership of the NCM to the USCS to ensure its enduring future.




   
August 10, 2017
: Removed the link to the "restored" Museum on the main page.




   
June 17, 2017
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.28.2
: More maintenance is coming this summer.




   
Sept 6, 2015
: After being down for awhile, the wiki version of the Museum is now up and running again.
: The static HTML version can still be accessed from [http://www.navalcovermuseum.org/restored/Naval_Cover_Museum.html here] but it will be removed once all updates have been copied to the wiki version.




   
Feb 20, 2008
: Announcing creation of a [[Special_Collections | Special Collection]] for Great White Fleet 100th Anniversary Postmarks and Covers. Please help if you have examples of these.




   
Oct 29, 2005
: Unveiling of the Naval Cover Museum wiki section. The infrastructure is complete and ready but there are no covers yet. We will now begin the process of moving covers from the old section of the Museum.

: Also announcing creation of a [[Special_Collections | Special Collection]] for Meter postmarks. Please help if you have examples of Meter postmarks.




 
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HALE DD 642

2025-08-16T06:11:18Z

NCMSysop: Reverted edit by NCMSysop (talk) to last revision by GregCiesielski

HALE DD 642

2025-08-16T06:10:37Z

NCMSysop:

<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.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Fletcher Class Destroyer 
Keel Laid 23 November 1942 - Launched 4 April 1943 
<li>'''USS HALE DD-642''' 
Commissioned 15 June 1943 - Decommissioned 15 January 1947 
Recommissioned 24 March 1951 - Decommissioned 30 July 1960 
Struck from Naval Register 2 June 1975 
<li>'''ANTIOQUIA DD-01''' (Colombian Naval Service) 
Sold to Colombia 5 December 1960 and renamed 
Stricken by Colombia 20 December 1973 and broken up for scrap
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:HALE 642 PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 

<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 HALE DD-642_Covers_Page_1 | USS Hale DD-642 Covers Page 1]]     (1943-1951)</li>
</ol>
 

<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.
   
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



   <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Postmark Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




<hr/>
<h4>1st Commissioning 15 June 1943 to 15 January 1947</h4>



   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n) (27 October 1945)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1945-10-27
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19451027_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19451027__1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
1945 Navy Day "Victory Cancel"




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-01-14
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19460114_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19460114_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2z*
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1943-10-09
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 194310009 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 194310009.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




 <hr/>
<h4>2nd Commissioning 24 March 1951 to 30 July 1960</h4>



   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type FDPS 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-05-22
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19510522_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19510522_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-10-12
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511012_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_ | Columbus Day]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Donald_R_Graf_ | Donald R. Graf]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-10-17
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 19511017 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 19511017.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-12-28
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:Upgrade_20250816_test_1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:Upgrade_20250816_test_2.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:

 
<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS HALE earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ six battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career. 
'''NAMESAKE''' - Eugene Pryor Hale (6 June 1836 – 27 October 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine 
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS HALE, [[HALE_DD_133_ | USS Hale DD-133]] and USS Hale DD-642 in his honor.



 
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If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
[[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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News

2024-10-20T05:04:09Z

NCMSysop: oct 19 update

The News page contains announcements of significant additions or changes to the Museum.







   
October 19, 2024
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.42.3




   
August 10, 2024
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.42.1




   
August 26, 2023
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October 20, 2022
: A big THANK YOU! to Dan Armstrong of our website hosting service provider, AO Industries, Inc for successfully upgrading our server to PHP 8.1. We continue to receive fantastic service from AO Industries - 22 years now and more to come!




   
October 15, 2022
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August 6, 2022
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August 7, 2021
: A big THANK YOU! to Dan Armstrong of our website hosting service provider, AO Industries, Inc for successfully upgrading our server to PHP 7.4. AO Industries has provided us with outstanding service for 21 years now and we are blessed.




   
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July 21, 2020
: A big THANK YOU! to Dan Armstrong of our website hosting service provider, AO Industries, Inc for successfully migrating our server to SSD storage.
: Look for improved system performance all around. Much appreciated, Dan!




   
August 3, 2019
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July 26, 2018
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.31.0




   
May 1, 2018
: Converted the site to use "Short URLs" to improve readability and convenience.
:Most bookmarks using the old style "wiki/index.php?title=XXX" should still work. We apologize for any inconvenience.




   
September 21, 2017
: We are pleased to announce that the transfer of ownership of the Naval Cover Museum to the Universal Ship Cancellation Society is now complete.
:There is no change to the mission, staff, or operation of the Museum.




   
August 31, 2017
: Upgraded the server in preparation for transferring ownership of the Naval Cover Museum to the Universal Ship Cancellation Society.
: Paul Bunter, the original owner/creator of the NCM, and the USCS have agreed to transfer ownership of the NCM to the USCS to ensure its enduring future.




   
August 10, 2017
: Removed the link to the "restored" Museum on the main page.




   
June 17, 2017
: Successfully upgraded the MediaWiki base software to version 1.28.2
: More maintenance is coming this summer.




   
Sept 6, 2015
: After being down for awhile, the wiki version of the Museum is now up and running again.
: The static HTML version can still be accessed from [http://www.navalcovermuseum.org/restored/Naval_Cover_Museum.html here] but it will be removed once all updates have been copied to the wiki version.




   
Feb 20, 2008
: Announcing creation of a [[Special_Collections | Special Collection]] for Great White Fleet 100th Anniversary Postmarks and Covers. Please help if you have examples of these.




   
Oct 29, 2005
: Unveiling of the Naval Cover Museum wiki section. The infrastructure is complete and ready but there are no covers yet. We will now begin the process of moving covers from the old section of the Museum.

: Also announcing creation of a [[Special_Collections | Special Collection]] for Meter postmarks. Please help if you have examples of Meter postmarks.




 
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HALE DD 642

2024-10-20T05:02:22Z

NCMSysop: revert from test

<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.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Fletcher Class Destroyer 
Keel Laid November 23 1942 - Launched April 4 1943 
<li>'''USS HALE DD-642''' 
Commissioned June 15 1943 - Decommissioned January 15 1947 
Recommissioned March 24 1951 - Decommissioned July 30 1960 
Struck from Naval Register June 2 1975 
<li>'''ANTIOQUIA DD-01''' (Colombian Naval Service) 
Sold to Colombia December 5 1960 and renamed 
Stricken by Colombia December 20 1973 and broken up for scrap
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:HALE 642 PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 

<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 HALE DD-642_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]]     (1943)</li>
</ol>
 

<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.
   
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



   <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From to Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




<hr/>
<h4>1st Commissioning June 15 1943 to January 15 1947</h4>




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1945-10-27
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19451027_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19451027__1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
1945 Navy Day "Victory Cancel"




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-01-14
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19460114_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19460114_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:





   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2z*
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1943-10-09
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 194310009 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 194310009.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:





<hr/>
<h4>2nd Commissioning March 24 1951 to July 30 1960</h4>




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-10-12
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511012_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_ | Columbus Day]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Donald_R_Graf_ | Donald R. Graf]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-10-17
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 19511017 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 19511017.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-12-28
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511228_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511228_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:

 
<h3>Other Information</h3>
HALE received six battle stars for her World War II service. 
'''NAMESAKE''' - Eugene Pryor Hale (June 6 1836 – October 27 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine 
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Hale, DD-133 and DD-642, in his honor.



 
<hr/>
 
If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
editing this page.
 
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HALE DD 642

2024-10-20T05:01:40Z

NCMSysop: test

<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.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Fletcher Class Destroyer 
Keel Laid November 23 1942 - Launched April 4 1943 
<li>'''USS HALE DD-642''' 
Commissioned June 15 1943 - Decommissioned January 15 1947 
Recommissioned March 24 1951 - Decommissioned July 30 1960 
Struck from Naval Register June 2 1975 
<li>'''ANTIOQUIA DD-01''' (Colombian Naval Service) 
Sold to Colombia December 5 1960 and renamed 
Stricken by Colombia December 20 1973 and broken up for scrap
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:HALE 642 PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 

<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 HALE DD-642_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]]     (1943)</li>
</ol>
 

<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.
   
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



   <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From to Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




<hr/>
<h4>1st Commissioning June 15 1943 to January 15 1947</h4>




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1945-10-27
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19451027_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19451027__1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
1945 Navy Day "Victory Cancel"




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-01-14
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19460114_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Hale_DD642_19460114_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:





   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2z*
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1943-10-09
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 194310009 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 194310009.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:





<hr/>
<h4>2nd Commissioning March 24 1951 to July 30 1960</h4>




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-10-12
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511012_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_ | Columbus Day]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Donald_R_Graf_ | Donald R. Graf]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-10-17
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 19511017 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett hale dd642 19511017.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-12-28
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511228_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Hale_DD642_19511228_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:





   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-3a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1951-12-28
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:Upgrade_20241019_test_1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:Upgrade_20241019_test_2.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:


 
<h3>Other Information</h3>
HALE received six battle stars for her World War II service. 
'''NAMESAKE''' - Eugene Pryor Hale (June 6 1836 – October 27 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine 
Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Hale, DD-133 and DD-642, in his honor.



 
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If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
editing this page.
 
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Copyright {{CURRENTYEAR}} Naval Cover Museum

Editing Ship Pages

2024-09-15T18:09:29Z

NCMSysop:

A Ship page contains information for a given ship. It is divided into four separate sections:
<ol>
<li>Ship Name and Designation History</li>
<li>Naval Covers</li>
<li>Postmarks</li>
<li>Other Information</li>
</ol>
   
This is the most complicated page in the Museum so take your time.
Use the 'Show Preview' button frequently to verify everything is coming together as you expect. 
Change only those sections where you want to add information and leave the others as-is.
For example, if you only want to add covers but not postmarks, then update the 'Naval Covers' section and leave 'Postmarks' alone.
Don't update a section if you don't have any information for it.
   
Typically, new ship pages are created by the Museum staff.
If a page does not exist for the ship you want to add covers/postmarks for, ask the Curator to create it for you.
When the staff creates a new ship page, they copy and paste the template (see [[Ship_Page_Template | Ship Page Template]]) and update the 'Ship Name and Designation History' section at a minimum.
They may also add data to the 'Other Information' section if desired. 
An optional section, 'Additional Naming History Sources', may also be added after 'Other Information' if deemed appropriate but this is usually rare.
 

<h3>How to update the "Ship Name and Designation History" section</h3>

   
In this section we attempt to list the complete set of names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime (aka incarnations),
in chronological order, starting with the earliest (oldest) and ending with the latest (most recent).
Typically the Museum staff will fill in this section so you do not need to worry it.
Just leave it as-is.
If you have information that affects this section, please contact the Curator. 
For the record, each entry uses the following template:
<pre>
<li>'''[A]''' [B] [C]</li>
</pre>
Where: 
<pre>'''</pre>
(Three single quote marks) appear before and after the [A] section of the template and cause the letters within [A] to be shown in bold letters. 
<pre>[A]</pre>
This section contains the ship's name and/or designation. 
Before the ship's name there may be a prefix code such as 'USS' used by the U.S. Navy or 'HMS' used by the British Navy. 
You may find different prefixes used by various sources but we use a more limited set of prefixes, or none at all. 
See [[Page_Design_Ship_Prefix_List | Ship Prefix List]] for the full list currently used by the Museum. 
<pre>[B]</pre>
This section is optional and is used if that incarnation of the ship was owned by some entity other than the U.S. Navy (ie a foreign navy, commercial service, etc).
If included, the text is enclosed in parenthesis. 
Examples are: (British Naval Service); (Commercial Service); (Private Yacht). 
This section is also used to help identify U.S. Navy ships if just a name exists without any designation.
For example: (Receiving Ship); (Screw Sloop of War); (Training Ship). 
For a full list of values currently in use, see [[Page_Design_Ship_Owner_and_Function_Labels | Ship Owner and Function Labels]]. 
Note about early ship labels: In histories, you may come across examples such as [[GENESEE_AT_55 | USS GENESEE]] which has an incarnation identified as "Fleet Tug No. 55" and [[HARRISBURG_ID_1663 | USS YALE]] which has an incarnation identified as "Auxiliary Cruiser". The NCM treats these cases differently. For USS GENESEE, although "Fleet Tug No. 55" is not an official designation, it is accompanied by a number (55) and thus we include it in section [A] so that it is displayed in bold text. For USS YALE, there is no number accompanying "Auxiliary Cruiser" so we include it in section [B] as a simple label that is not displayed in bold text. 
<pre>[C]</pre>
This section is optional and is used to provide alternative spellings for the ship name.
Sometimes a ship's name uses letters/characters other than the standard Latin alphabet A-Z.
This is particularly evident with ship names for Asian countries. 
In this case, use standard Latin alphabet characters in section [A] and then provide the alternative spelling in section [C]
using the following format: (alt: xxx) 
For example, [[WADSWORTH_DD_516 | USS WADSWORTH DD-516]] has an incarnation as ZERSTÖRER with the West German Naval Service. In section [A] we use ZERSTORER
and then provide the native spelling in section [C] as (alt: ZERSTÖRER). 
USS WADSWORTH also has an incarnation as ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ with the Greek Naval Service.
In section [A] we use NEARKHOS and then provide the native spelling in section [C] as (alt: ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ). 
Another example is [[LST_805 | LST-805]] which has an incarnation as 中111 with China Merchants Group. In section [A] we use ZHONG 111 and then provide alternate spellings in section [C]
as (alt: 中111 / 中111 / ZHŌNG 111 / ZHONG 111 / CHUNG 111 / CHUNG 111). 
With this example, we also provide the following explanatory note at the end: 
[Note on transliteration of Chinese glyphs to English (roman/latin) letters: 
In the main section of Ship Name and Designation History, we provide the ship names in both a romanized alphabet and Chinese glyphs. 
The primary name (ie, ZHONG 111) is given in separated Pinyin without diacritics. In the "(alt: xxx)" section, additional forms are provided: 
(alt: 中111 / 中111 / ZHŌNG 111 / ZHONG 111 / CHUNG 111 / CHUNG 111) 
(Traditional Chinese glyphs / Simplified Chinese glyphs / separated Pinyin with diacritics / concatenated Pinyin without diacritics / separated Wade-Giles / concatenated Wade-Giles) 
Alas, you can find any of these versions (and others) used by sources - which makes text searches rather painful.] 
The value of section [C] comes into play when searching for a ship via its name. You can search either via its true name or its latinized name.
   
When done, the incarnations listed in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section should look something like this: (from [[WADSWORTH_DD_516 | USS WADSWORTH DD-516]]) 
<pre>
<li>'''USS WADSWORTH DD-516'''</li>
Commissioned March 16 1943 - Decommissioned April 18 1946 
<li>'''Z-3''' (West German Naval Service)</li>
Transferred to West Germany October 6 1959 and renamed 
Struck from Naval Register October 1 1974 
<li>'''ZERSTORER 3 D-172''' (West German Naval Service) (alt: ZERSTÖRER)</li>
Name and designation changed (date unknown) 
“Zestörer” is German for ‘destroyer’ 
<li>'''NEARKHOS''' (Greek Naval Service) (alt: ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ)</li>
Transferred to Greece October 30 1980 and renamed 
Struck by Greece 1991
</pre>
 
Which is displayed as: (bold letters not shown) 
<pre>
USS WADSWORTH DD-516
Commissioned March 16 1943 - Decommissioned April 18 1946

Z-3 (West German Naval Service)
Transferred to West Germany October 6 1959 and renamed
Struck from Naval Register October 1 1974

ZERSTORER 3 D-172 (West German Naval Service) (alt: ZERSTÖRER)
Name and designation changed (date unknown)
“Zestörer” is German for ‘destroyer’

NEARKHOS (Greek Naval Service) (alt: ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ)
Transferred to Greece October 30 1980 and renamed

Struck by Greece 1991
</pre>
 
<h4>Where Do We Get Our History Data?</h4>
We have several primary sources for history data but there are two that are always at the top of the list: 
<ol>
<li>[https://www.navsource.org/ NavSource]</li>
<li>[https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]</li>
</ol>
In most cases, one or both of the above sources has a page for a given U.S. Navy ship and both appear to be actively updated.
One caveat: they do not always agree! 
Of note, Wikipedia pages for ships frequently have a text section as well as an info box. The data displayed in the info box frequently comes from either NavSource or DANFS.
However, the text section occasionally has data and dates that conflict with the data in the info box so pay attention! 
The progenitor of U.S. Naval history data is the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (aka DANFS).
Much information you find on the internet originated from this source.
 
Formerly published in print by the Naval Historical Center (NHC) as bound hardcover volumes,
it was later transcribed by volunteers and made available at the [https://www.hazegray.org/danfs/ Hazegray] website.
In 2008 the NHC was re-designated as the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC)
which then developed its own online version of [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs.html DANFS]
through a combination of optical character recognition (OCR) and hand transcription.
[Note: most of the preceeding paragraph is from the Wikipedia entry for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships DANFS].]
 
I'm not sure if any Hazegray entries have been updated at all since their original transcription and the NCM does not use this site as a primary source. 
The NHHC DANFS site can have extensive text on a ship's history but it is not as up-to-date as NavSource or Wikipedia and frequently focuses solely on the ship's
history while in the U.S. Navy. It appears to provide very little if any information for a ship's history outside U.S. Navy service.
As such, we rarely use this as a primary source but may use it a secondary source when trying to resolve disputes between the primary sources. 
We have a good list of additional primary sources we turn to when NavSource and Wikipedia seem to come up a little short. 
<ol>
<li>[https://www.shipscribe.com/ Shipscribe]</li>
Frequently has richer history data than either NavSource or Wikipedia.
<li>[https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/lloyds-register-of-ships-online Lloyd's Register of Shipping]</li>
Excellent for tracking the history of ships in commercial (merchant) service.
<li>[https://archive.org/details/@lrfhec Lloyd's Register of Shipping] (alternative source)</li>
<li>[https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/lloyds-register-of-yachts-online Lloyd's Register of Yachts online]</li>
<li>[https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/casualty-returns Lloyd's Casualty Returns]</li>
The Casualty Returns, or Wreck Returns as they are sometimes referred to, record the total losses of vessels worldwide within incremental periods.
<li>[https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/USMM/Annual_List/ Merchant Vessels of the United States]</li>
Limited to U.S. registered merchant ships but a good alternate source to Lloyd's.
<li>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hJ41AQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false History of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service in World War I]</li>
<li>[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/ Shipbuildinghistory.com]</li>
Construction records of U.S. and Canadian shipbuilders and boatbuilders
<li>[https://www.nvr.navy.mil/INDEX.HTM U.S. Navy Vessel Register]</li>
<li>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1zmNAgAAQBAJ World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands]</li>
</ol>
 
Beyond the sources listed above, a search on the ship's name will frequently provided multiple pages. Be wary. Many pages are just copy and paste of the primary sources listed above.
In fairness, we do the same! But there are some cases where we go the extra mile to dig up and/or correct history data and we also point out conflicts between the primary sources when we encounter them. 
In some cases, personal blogs or specialized websites provide good information about a given ship or class of ships. It helps their credibility if they provide photos and/or references. 
Finally, there are cases where we just don't have good history data for a ship and there are cases where there is not enough information to resolve conflicts between sources.
We'll just have to wait and see if they get resolved in the future.
 


<h3>How to update the "Naval Covers" section</h3>

   
This section contains links to pages that display covers associated with the ship. "Associated" means that the cover either has a postmark from the ship, a cachet mentioning the ship, or killer bar text mentioning the ship. In the case of the cachet or killer bar text, the cover can be postmarked on some other ship or location.
   
Since a ship can have many covers associated with it, the covers may be split among many pages. That way, a page wont have so many images that it takes forever to load. Typically you will only need to create the first link and page. The Museum Staff will add new pages when they notice that a given page is getting too big.
   
To add the first link and covers page, follow these four steps:
   
Step 1: On the ship's page, click the [edit] link at the far right of the "Naval Covers" section title. This will bring up the page editor showing the page code for just the Naval Covers section.
   
Step 2: Look for the line
<pre>
<li>[[SHIP_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
</pre>
and change the values for SHIP_NAME and DATE RANGE as described below.
   
<code>"SHIP_NAME"</code> is the name of the ship and should have the form: <code>"<Ship Name>_<Designation>_<Hull Number>"</code>. For example, the ship name for USS ALLEN M. SUMNER DD-692 is <code>ALLEN_M_SUMNER_DD_692</code>.
   
<code>"DATE RANGE"</code> is the range of dates for covers on that page. The date range should be expressed in the form: YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD. If you will only be adding one cover, then just use that one date (YYYY-MM-DD) or you could just put the year (YYYY).
   
Once you've made all the modifications, you will end up with a line that looks something like this (continuing the USS Allen M. Sumner example from above):
<pre>
<li>[[ALLEN_M_SUMNER_DD_692_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1931-10-03 to 1933-04-01)</li>
</pre>
Step 3: Preview and then save the page if it looks ok.
   
Go to the bottom of the outer page (the one that contains the edit window) and click on the "Show preview" button. You should see the link you just created but it will be in red to signify that no page exists yet for that link. This is how it is supposed to look at this stage.
   
If you need to make some corrections, hit the browser Back button (or back arrow) to go back to the page with the edit window.
   
Once everything looks ok, go to the very bottom of the page again and add some descriptive text in the text box next to "Summary". Something like "added ship cover page 1" would be ok. Finally, click the "Save page" button. The page is now saved.
   
Step 4: Create the Ship Cover page using the new link.
   
Once the page is saved you will return to the Ship page and see the new ship cover page link in red. Click on the red link and you will be taken to the ship cover page in edit mode. Note that the edit window is empty. You need to copy the Ship Cover Page template from the [[Ship_Cover_Page_Template | Ship Cover Page Template]] help page, paste it into the edit window, and modify as needed (follow the instructions on the template page).
 

<h3>How to update the "Postmarks" section</h3>

   
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. 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 MUST NOT be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. In other words, do NOT list a postmark unless you have an image to back it up.
   
There are four main steps you need to do to add a new postmark entry to the page. The first is to edit the Postmarks section. Second is to copy the template lines and paste them the right place. Third is to modify the template lines with information relevant for your new entry. Finally, preview and then save the page if it looks ok.
   
Step 1: On the ship's page, click the [edit] link at the far right of the "Postmarks" section title. This will bring up the page editor showing the page code for just the Postmarks section.
   
Step 2: Copy the text that is inside this box (the box just below with the border made out of blue dashes).
<pre>



 &nbsp; 
<table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
POSTMARK TYPE
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
POSTMARK DATE
</td><td align="center" width="350">
THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE
</td><td align="center" width="100">
THUMBNAIL LINK TO FULL COVER IMAGE
</td></tr></table>
NOTE

</pre>
Now find the existing postmark entry that the new postmark entry should follow. Add a blank line after that existing entry's <code></code> line and paste the template lines on it.
   
Step 3: Now, you need to change some of the values in the template text you just pasted.
   
First you need to find the following line in the template text you just pasted:
   
<code>"POSTMARK TYPE"</code>
   
and replace it with the postmark classification. See the page on the [[Locy_System | Locy System]] for help in classifying postmarks.
   
Next, find the <code>"DATE FROM" and "DATE TO"</code> lines and replace them with the usage date range for this postmark. Date ranges should be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and NOT from any other source. If there is only one example of the postmark in the Museum, then just set the FROM date and leave the TO date as a question mark. Dates should have the format: YYYY-MM-DD
   
Finally, find the following line:
   
<code>
THUMBNAIL LINK TO FULL COVER IMAGE
</code>
   
You need to replace this line with an image link to the front of the cover (the side with the postmark). An image link looks like:
   
<code><nowiki>
[[Image:IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|100px]]
</nowiki></code>
   
but you need to replace "IMAGE_NAME" with a name that uniquely identifies the image. For example, if your Museum userid is Xyzzy and the cover is postmarked on the battleship Pennsylvania BB-38 on Oct 12, 1934, then IMAGE_NAME should look something like this:
   
Xyzzy_Pennsylvania_BB38_19341012_1_Front.jpg
   
When you put it all together, the entire line will end up looking something like:
   
<code><nowiki>
[[Image:Xyzzy_Pennsylvania_BB38_19341012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</nowiki></code>
   
That's the minimum you need to do for step 3. However, there are two other values that you can set if you want to.
   
a) Postmark closeup image: This is a closeup image of the postmark. This is optional but if you want to do it, then you need to replace the
   
<code>THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE</code>
   
line with an image link:
   
<code><nowiki>
[[Image:IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|250px]]
</nowiki></code>
   
b) Notes: Finally, if you have anything special you want to say about the postmark, replace the "NOTES" line with your comments.
   
This is the end of step 3. Here is an example of an entry with the postmark, date range, and front image link filled in.
<pre>



 &nbsp; 
<table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
3s (AC-TBT)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1933-10-12
 to 
1935-05-10
</td><td align="center" width="250">
THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE
</td><td align="center" width="100">
[[Image:Xyzzy_Pennsylvania_BB38_19341012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
NOTES

</pre>
   

<h3>How to update the "Other Information" section</h3>

   
This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship. If you have information about the ship that you feel is valuable, add it here.
   
Step 1: On the ship's page, click the [edit] link at the far right of the "Other Information" section title. This will bring up the page editor showing the page code for just the Other Information section.
   
Step 2: If no Other Information has been added for this ship yet, you will see the following line:
   
<code>This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship.</code>
   
Erase this line and leave it blank. Go to step 4.
   
Step 3: If one or more Other Information entries already exists, find the last one and add a blank line after it.
   
Step 4: Copy the following template. Each distinct piece of information uses this template.
<pre>
 &nbsp; 
INFORMATION
</pre>
Step 5: Paste the template on the blank line you created in either Step 3 or Step 4.
   
Step 6: In the template lines you just pasted, replace <code>"INFORMATION"</code> with the information you want to provide. If you want to do something beyond just plain text, [[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] for help.
   
Step 7: Preview and then save the page if it looks ok.
   
Go to the bottom of the outer page (the one that contains the edit window) and click on the "Show preview" button. You should see the link you just created but it will be in red to signify that no page exists yet for that link. This is how it is supposed to look at this stage.
   
If you need to make some corrections, hit the browser Back button (or back arrow) to go back to the page with the edit window.
   
Once everything looks ok, go to the very bottom of the page again and add some descriptive text in the text box next to "Summary". Something like "added ship cover page 1" would be ok. Finally, click the "Save page" button. The page is now saved.
   

Finally...

   
If you have questions or run into trouble, [[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] for help. You can always Cancel an editing session using the "Cancel" link just to the right of the "Show changes" button at the bottom of the editor screen. For general editing help, see the article on [[How_To_Edit_Pages | How To Edit Pages]].
 
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Editing Ship Pages

2024-09-11T21:34:11Z

NCMSysop: added the section on Where Do We Get Our History Data?

A Ship page contains information for a given ship. It is divided into four separate sections:
<ol>
<li>Ship Name and Designation History</li>
<li>Naval Covers</li>
<li>Postmarks</li>
<li>Other Information</li>
</ol>
   
This is the most complicated page in the Museum so take your time.
Use the 'Show Preview' button frequently to verify everything is coming together as you expect. 
Change only those sections where you want to add information and leave the others as-is.
For example, if you only want to add covers but not postmarks, then update the 'Naval Covers' section and leave 'Postmarks' alone.
Don't update a section if you don't have any information for it.
   
Typically, new ship pages are created by the Museum staff.
If a page does not exist for the ship you want to add covers/postmarks for, ask the Curator to create it for you.
When the staff creates a new ship page, they copy and paste the template (see [[Ship_Page_Template | Ship Page Template]]) and update the 'Ship Name and Designation History' section at a minimum.
They may also add data to the 'Other Information' section if desired. 
An optional section, 'Additional Naming History Sources', may also be added after 'Other Information' if deemed appropriate but this is usually rare.
 

<h3>How to update the "Ship Name and Designation History" section</h3>

   
In this section we attempt to list the complete set of names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime (aka incarnations),
in chronological order, starting with the earliest (oldest) and ending with the latest (most recent).
Typically the Museum staff will fill in this section so you do not need to worry it.
Just leave it as-is.
If you have information that affects this section, please contact the Curator. 
For the record, each entry uses the following template:
<pre>
<li>'''[A]''' [B] [C]</li>
</pre>
Where: 
<pre>'''</pre>
(Three single quote marks) appear before and after the [A] section of the template and cause the letters within [A] to be shown in bold letters. 
<pre>[A]</pre>
This section contains the ship's name and/or designation. 
Before the ship's name there may be a prefix code such as 'USS' used by the U.S. Navy or 'HMS' used by the British Navy. 
You may find different prefixes used by various sources but we use a more limited set of prefixes, or none at all. 
See [[Page_Design_Ship_Prefix_List | Ship Prefix List]] for the full list currently used by the Museum. 
<pre>[B]</pre>
This section is optional and is used if that incarnation of the ship was owned by some entity other than the U.S. Navy (ie a foreign navy, commercial service, etc).
If included, the text is enclosed in parenthesis. 
Examples are: (British Naval Service); (Commercial Service); (Private Yacht). 
This section is also used to help identify U.S. Navy ships if just a name exists without any designation.
For example: (Receiving Ship); (Screw Sloop of War); (Training Ship). 
For a full list of values currently in use, see [[Page_Design_Ship_Owner_and_Function_Labels | Ship Owner and Function Labels]]. 
<pre>[C]</pre>
This section is optional and is used to provide alternative spellings for the ship name.
Sometimes a ship's name uses letters/characters other than the standard Latin alphabet A-Z.
This is particularly evident with ship names for Asian countries. 
In this case, use standard Latin alphabet characters in section [A] and then provide the alternative spelling in section [C]
using the following format: (alt: xxx) 
For example, [[WADSWORTH_DD_516 | USS WADSWORTH DD-516]] has an incarnation as ZERSTÖRER with the West German Naval Service. In section [A] we use ZERSTORER
and then provide the native spelling in section [C] as (alt: ZERSTÖRER). 
USS WADSWORTH also has an incarnation as ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ with the Greek Naval Service.
In section [A] we use NEARKHOS and then provide the native spelling in section [C] as (alt: ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ). 
Another example is [[LST_805 | LST-805]] which has an incarnation as 中111 with China Merchants Group. In section [A] we use ZHONG 111 and then provide alternate spellings in section [C]
as (alt: 中111 / 中111 / ZHŌNG 111 / ZHONG 111 / CHUNG 111 / CHUNG 111). 
With this example, we also provide the following explanatory note at the end: 
[Note on transliteration of Chinese glyphs to English (roman/latin) letters: 
In the main section of Ship Name and Designation History, we provide the ship names in both a romanized alphabet and Chinese glyphs. 
The primary name (ie, ZHONG 111) is given in separated Pinyin without diacritics. In the "(alt: xxx)" section, additional forms are provided: 
(alt: 中111 / 中111 / ZHŌNG 111 / ZHONG 111 / CHUNG 111 / CHUNG 111) 
(Traditional Chinese glyphs / Simplified Chinese glyphs / separated Pinyin with diacritics / concatenated Pinyin without diacritics / separated Wade-Giles / concatenated Wade-Giles) 
Alas, you can find any of these versions (and others) used by sources - which makes text searches rather painful.] 
The value of section [C] comes into play when searching for a ship via its name. You can search either via its true name or its latinized name.
   
When done, the incarnations listed in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section should look something like this: (from [[WADSWORTH_DD_516 | USS WADSWORTH DD-516]]) 
<pre>
<li>'''USS WADSWORTH DD-516'''</li>
Commissioned March 16 1943 - Decommissioned April 18 1946 
<li>'''Z-3''' (West German Naval Service)</li>
Transferred to West Germany October 6 1959 and renamed 
Struck from Naval Register October 1 1974 
<li>'''ZERSTORER 3 D-172''' (West German Naval Service) (alt: ZERSTÖRER)</li>
Name and designation changed (date unknown) 
“Zestörer” is German for ‘destroyer’ 
<li>'''NEARKHOS''' (Greek Naval Service) (alt: ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ)</li>
Transferred to Greece October 30 1980 and renamed 
Struck by Greece 1991
</pre>
 
Which is displayed as: (bold letters not shown) 
<pre>
USS WADSWORTH DD-516
Commissioned March 16 1943 - Decommissioned April 18 1946

Z-3 (West German Naval Service)
Transferred to West Germany October 6 1959 and renamed
Struck from Naval Register October 1 1974

ZERSTORER 3 D-172 (West German Naval Service) (alt: ZERSTÖRER)
Name and designation changed (date unknown)
“Zestörer” is German for ‘destroyer’

NEARKHOS (Greek Naval Service) (alt: ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ)
Transferred to Greece October 30 1980 and renamed

Struck by Greece 1991
</pre>
 
<h4>Where Do We Get Our History Data?</h4>
We have several primary sources for history data but there are two that are always at the top of the list: 
<ol>
<li>[https://www.navsource.org/ NavSource]</li>
<li>[https://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]</li>
</ol>
In most cases, one or both of the above sources has a page for a given U.S. Navy ship and both appear to be actively updated.
One caveat: they do not always agree! 
Of note, Wikipedia pages for ships frequently have a text section as well as an info box. The data displayed in the info box frequently comes from either NavSource or DANFS.
However, the text section occasionally has data and dates that conflict with the data in the info box so pay attention! 
The progenitor of U.S. Naval history data is the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (aka DANFS).
Much information you find on the internet originated from this source.
 
Formerly published in print by the Naval Historical Center (NHC) as bound hardcover volumes,
it was later transcribed by volunteers and made available at the [https://www.hazegray.org/danfs/ Hazegray] website.
In 2008 the NHC was re-designated as the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC)
which then developed its own online version of [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs.html DANFS]
through a combination of optical character recognition (OCR) and hand transcription.
[Note: most of the preceeding paragraph is from the Wikipedia entry for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships DANFS].]
 
I'm not sure if any Hazegray entries have been updated at all since their original transcription and the NCM does not use this site as a primary source. 
The NHHC DANFS site can have extensive text on a ship's history but it is not as up-to-date as NavSource or Wikipedia and frequently focuses solely on the ship's
history while in the U.S. Navy. It appears to provide very little if any information for a ship's history outside U.S. Navy service.
As such, we rarely use this as a primary source but may use it a secondary source when trying to resolve disputes between the primary sources. 
We have a good list of additional primary sources we turn to when NavSource and Wikipedia seem to come up a little short. 
<ol>
<li>[https://www.shipscribe.com/ Shipscribe]</li>
Frequently has richer history data than either NavSource or Wikipedia.
<li>[https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/lloyds-register-of-ships-online Lloyd's Register of Shipping]</li>
Excellent for tracking the history of ships in commercial (merchant) service.
<li>[https://archive.org/details/@lrfhec Lloyd's Register of Shipping] (alternative source)</li>
<li>[https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/lloyds-register-of-yachts-online Lloyd's Register of Yachts online]</li>
<li>[https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/casualty-returns Lloyd's Casualty Returns]</li>
The Casualty Returns, or Wreck Returns as they are sometimes referred to, record the total losses of vessels worldwide within incremental periods.
<li>[https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/USMM/Annual_List/ Merchant Vessels of the United States]</li>
Limited to U.S. registered merchant ships but a good alternate source to Lloyd's.
<li>[https://books.google.com/books?id=hJ41AQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false History of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service in World War I]</li>
<li>[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/ Shipbuildinghistory.com]</li>
Construction records of U.S. and Canadian shipbuilders and boatbuilders
<li>[https://www.nvr.navy.mil/INDEX.HTM U.S. Navy Vessel Register]</li>
<li>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1zmNAgAAQBAJ World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands]</li>
</ol>
 
Beyond the sources listed above, a search on the ship's name will frequently provided multiple pages. Be wary. Many pages are just copy and paste of the primary sources listed above.
In fairness, we do the same! But there are some cases where we go the extra mile to dig up and/or correct history data and we also point out conflicts between the primary sources when we encounter them. 
In some cases, personal blogs or specialized websites provide good information about a given ship or class of ships. It helps their credibility if they provide photos and/or references. 
Finally, there are cases where we just don't have good history data for a ship and there are cases where there is not enough information to resolve conflicts between sources.
We'll just have to wait and see if they get resolved in the future.
 


<h3>How to update the "Naval Covers" section</h3>

   
This section contains links to pages that display covers associated with the ship. "Associated" means that the cover either has a postmark from the ship, a cachet mentioning the ship, or killer bar text mentioning the ship. In the case of the cachet or killer bar text, the cover can be postmarked on some other ship or location.
   
Since a ship can have many covers associated with it, the covers may be split among many pages. That way, a page wont have so many images that it takes forever to load. Typically you will only need to create the first link and page. The Museum Staff will add new pages when they notice that a given page is getting too big.
   
To add the first link and covers page, follow these four steps:
   
Step 1: On the ship's page, click the [edit] link at the far right of the "Naval Covers" section title. This will bring up the page editor showing the page code for just the Naval Covers section.
   
Step 2: Look for the line
<pre>
<li>[[SHIP_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
</pre>
and change the values for SHIP_NAME and DATE RANGE as described below.
   
<code>"SHIP_NAME"</code> is the name of the ship and should have the form: <code>"<Ship Name>_<Designation>_<Hull Number>"</code>. For example, the ship name for USS ALLEN M. SUMNER DD-692 is <code>ALLEN_M_SUMNER_DD_692</code>.
   
<code>"DATE RANGE"</code> is the range of dates for covers on that page. The date range should be expressed in the form: YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD. If you will only be adding one cover, then just use that one date (YYYY-MM-DD) or you could just put the year (YYYY).
   
Once you've made all the modifications, you will end up with a line that looks something like this (continuing the USS Allen M. Sumner example from above):
<pre>
<li>[[ALLEN_M_SUMNER_DD_692_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1931-10-03 to 1933-04-01)</li>
</pre>
Step 3: Preview and then save the page if it looks ok.
   
Go to the bottom of the outer page (the one that contains the edit window) and click on the "Show preview" button. You should see the link you just created but it will be in red to signify that no page exists yet for that link. This is how it is supposed to look at this stage.
   
If you need to make some corrections, hit the browser Back button (or back arrow) to go back to the page with the edit window.
   
Once everything looks ok, go to the very bottom of the page again and add some descriptive text in the text box next to "Summary". Something like "added ship cover page 1" would be ok. Finally, click the "Save page" button. The page is now saved.
   
Step 4: Create the Ship Cover page using the new link.
   
Once the page is saved you will return to the Ship page and see the new ship cover page link in red. Click on the red link and you will be taken to the ship cover page in edit mode. Note that the edit window is empty. You need to copy the Ship Cover Page template from the [[Ship_Cover_Page_Template | Ship Cover Page Template]] help page, paste it into the edit window, and modify as needed (follow the instructions on the template page).
 

<h3>How to update the "Postmarks" section</h3>

   
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. 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 MUST NOT be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. In other words, do NOT list a postmark unless you have an image to back it up.
   
There are four main steps you need to do to add a new postmark entry to the page. The first is to edit the Postmarks section. Second is to copy the template lines and paste them the right place. Third is to modify the template lines with information relevant for your new entry. Finally, preview and then save the page if it looks ok.
   
Step 1: On the ship's page, click the [edit] link at the far right of the "Postmarks" section title. This will bring up the page editor showing the page code for just the Postmarks section.
   
Step 2: Copy the text that is inside this box (the box just below with the border made out of blue dashes).
<pre>



 &nbsp; 
<table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
POSTMARK TYPE
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
POSTMARK DATE
</td><td align="center" width="350">
THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE
</td><td align="center" width="100">
THUMBNAIL LINK TO FULL COVER IMAGE
</td></tr></table>
NOTE

</pre>
Now find the existing postmark entry that the new postmark entry should follow. Add a blank line after that existing entry's <code></code> line and paste the template lines on it.
   
Step 3: Now, you need to change some of the values in the template text you just pasted.
   
First you need to find the following line in the template text you just pasted:
   
<code>"POSTMARK TYPE"</code>
   
and replace it with the postmark classification. See the page on the [[Locy_System | Locy System]] for help in classifying postmarks.
   
Next, find the <code>"DATE FROM" and "DATE TO"</code> lines and replace them with the usage date range for this postmark. Date ranges should be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and NOT from any other source. If there is only one example of the postmark in the Museum, then just set the FROM date and leave the TO date as a question mark. Dates should have the format: YYYY-MM-DD
   
Finally, find the following line:
   
<code>
THUMBNAIL LINK TO FULL COVER IMAGE
</code>
   
You need to replace this line with an image link to the front of the cover (the side with the postmark). An image link looks like:
   
<code><nowiki>
[[Image:IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|100px]]
</nowiki></code>
   
but you need to replace "IMAGE_NAME" with a name that uniquely identifies the image. For example, if your Museum userid is Xyzzy and the cover is postmarked on the battleship Pennsylvania BB-38 on Oct 12, 1934, then IMAGE_NAME should look something like this:
   
Xyzzy_Pennsylvania_BB38_19341012_1_Front.jpg
   
When you put it all together, the entire line will end up looking something like:
   
<code><nowiki>
[[Image:Xyzzy_Pennsylvania_BB38_19341012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</nowiki></code>
   
That's the minimum you need to do for step 3. However, there are two other values that you can set if you want to.
   
a) Postmark closeup image: This is a closeup image of the postmark. This is optional but if you want to do it, then you need to replace the
   
<code>THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE</code>
   
line with an image link:
   
<code><nowiki>
[[Image:IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|250px]]
</nowiki></code>
   
b) Notes: Finally, if you have anything special you want to say about the postmark, replace the "NOTES" line with your comments.
   
This is the end of step 3. Here is an example of an entry with the postmark, date range, and front image link filled in.
<pre>



 &nbsp; 
<table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
3s (AC-TBT)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1933-10-12
 to 
1935-05-10
</td><td align="center" width="250">
THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE
</td><td align="center" width="100">
[[Image:Xyzzy_Pennsylvania_BB38_19341012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
NOTES

</pre>
   

<h3>How to update the "Other Information" section</h3>

   
This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship. If you have information about the ship that you feel is valuable, add it here.
   
Step 1: On the ship's page, click the [edit] link at the far right of the "Other Information" section title. This will bring up the page editor showing the page code for just the Other Information section.
   
Step 2: If no Other Information has been added for this ship yet, you will see the following line:
   
<code>This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship.</code>
   
Erase this line and leave it blank. Go to step 4.
   
Step 3: If one or more Other Information entries already exists, find the last one and add a blank line after it.
   
Step 4: Copy the following template. Each distinct piece of information uses this template.
<pre>
 &nbsp; 
INFORMATION
</pre>
Step 5: Paste the template on the blank line you created in either Step 3 or Step 4.
   
Step 6: In the template lines you just pasted, replace <code>"INFORMATION"</code> with the information you want to provide. If you want to do something beyond just plain text, [[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] for help.
   
Step 7: Preview and then save the page if it looks ok.
   
Go to the bottom of the outer page (the one that contains the edit window) and click on the "Show preview" button. You should see the link you just created but it will be in red to signify that no page exists yet for that link. This is how it is supposed to look at this stage.
   
If you need to make some corrections, hit the browser Back button (or back arrow) to go back to the page with the edit window.
   
Once everything looks ok, go to the very bottom of the page again and add some descriptive text in the text box next to "Summary". Something like "added ship cover page 1" would be ok. Finally, click the "Save page" button. The page is now saved.
   

Finally...

   
If you have questions or run into trouble, [[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] for help. You can always Cancel an editing session using the "Cancel" link just to the right of the "Show changes" button at the bottom of the editor screen. For general editing help, see the article on [[How_To_Edit_Pages | How To Edit Pages]].
 
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Ship Page Template

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NCMSysop: added 'conflicting history data' section and 'additional naming history sources' section

After you add a new ship name or activate an existing ship name in the alphabetical ship list or designation index pages, the link will appear in red if no page exists for that link. To create the page, click on the link and the editor will appear. To make the process easier and maintain consistency, copy and paste the following template (all the text inside the box just below with the border made out of blue dashes) into the editor and then save the page. Once the page is saved, then you can go back and make modifications to only those areas you want to change.

<pre>




<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.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>
Ship class (optional) 
Information and dates prior to commissioning (optional) 
<li>SHIP NAME and DESIGNATION</li>
DATES 
Additional information (optional) 
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">

</td>
</tr>
</table>

&nbsp;

<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.
<ol>
<li> Covers Page 1 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
</ol>
&nbsp;

<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.
 &nbsp; 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



 &nbsp; <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Postmark Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>









 &nbsp; <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
POSTMARK TYPE
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
POSTMARK DATE
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:CLOSEUP_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:FULLSIZE_IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:


&nbsp;
<h3>Other Information</h3>
This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship.





&nbsp;
<hr/>
&nbsp;
If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
editing this page.
&nbsp;
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</pre>

For information on editing specific sections of the page, see [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]].
 
If you run into trouble or need to do something a little more complicated, contact the Curator for help.

Don't forget to preview the page before saving it and please add a short description of the change in the Summary text box just above the Save / Show buttons at the bottom of the page. A short description would be something like "page created".
 
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Page Design Ship Owner and Function Labels

2024-09-10T02:52:05Z

NCMSysop:

The following labels are used in the 'Ship Name and Designation History' section of a Ship Page. 
There are two cases where a label is added to the ship name: 
<ol>
<li>When the ship is owned by some entity other than the U.S. Navy (ie a foreign navy, commercial service, etc) 
     Examples: TCG GIRESUN F-491 (Turkish Naval Service); ARCADIA (Commercial Service); HMS READING G-71 (British Naval Service)
</li> 
<li>When the ship is owned by the U.S. Navy but only a name -or- a vague designation is provided. 
In the case of a name without a designation, we add the label to help distinguish this ship from other ships with the same name. 
The goal is to not have any ship names without either a designation or a label. 
     Examples: USS DETROIT (Sloop of War); USS CELTIC (Stores Ship); USS CHARLESTON (Receiving Ship) 
In the case of a vague designation, we add a label to identify it as a U.S. Navy or U.S. Coast Guard ship. 
     Examples: USS B-1 (Submarine); ACV-03 (Air Cushion Vehicle); CG 65602 (U.S. Coast Guard) 
</li>
</ol>
 
For case 1, the following values are currently used by the Museum: 
<table>
<tr>
<td>
(Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force) 
(Australian Army Service) 
(Australian Naval Service) 
(Austro-Hungarian Naval Service) 
(Argentine Naval Service) 
(Azerbaijan Naval Service) 
(Bahamas Naval Service) 
(Bahrain Naval Service) 
(Bangladesh Naval Service) 
(Brazilian Naval Service) 
(British Naval Service) 
(Burmese Naval Service) 
(Cambodian Naval Service) 
(Canadian Air Force Service) 
(Canadian Naval Service) 
(Chilean Naval Service) 
China - Nationalist --> use (Republic of China Naval Service) for 1912-1949, (Taiwanese Naval Service) for 1949-present 
China - Communist --> use (People's Republic of China Naval Service) for 1949-present 
(Colombian Naval Service) 
(Costa Rican Naval Service) 
(Cuban Coast Guard Service) 
(Cuban Naval Service) 
(Danish Naval Service) 
(Dominican Republic Naval Service) 
(Dutch Naval Service) 
(Ecuadoran Naval Service) 
(Egyptian Naval Service) 
(Estonian Coast Guard Service) 
(French Naval Service) 
(Georgian Coast Guard) Republic of Georgia 
(Georgian Naval Service) 
Germany - Imperial --> use (Imperial German Naval Service) 
Germany - Nazi --> use (Nazi Germany Naval Service) 
Germany - West --> use (West German Naval Service) 
(Ghana Naval Service) 
(Greek Naval Service) 
(Haitian Naval Service) 
(Honduran Naval Service) 
(Imperial German Naval Service) 
(Imperial Japanese Naval Service) 
(Imperial Russian Naval Service) 
(Indian Naval Service) 
(Indonesian Naval Service) 
(Iranian Naval Service) 
(Israeli Naval Service) 
(Italian Naval Service) 
(Jamaican Naval Service) 
(Japanese Naval Service) 
Japan - Self-Defense Forces --> use (Japanese Naval Service) 
Japan - Imperial --> use (Imperial Japanese Naval Service) 
(Malaysian Naval Service) 
(Marshall Islands Naval Service) 
(Mexican Naval Service) 
(Micronesian Naval Service) 
(Moroccan Naval Service) 
(Nazi Germany Naval Service) 
(New Zealand Naval Service) 
(Nigerian Naval Service) 
(Norwegian Naval Service) 
(Pakistani Naval Service) 
(Panamanian Naval Service) 
(Peoples Republic of China Naval Service) 
(Peruvian Naval Service) 
(Philippine Naval Service) 
(Polish Naval Service) 
(Portuguese Naval Service) 
(Republic of China Naval Service) 
(Republic of Fiji Naval Service) 
Russia - Imperial --> use (Imperial Russian Naval Service) 
Russia - USSR --> use (Soviet Union Naval Service) 
(Singapore Naval Service) 
(South Korean Naval Service) 
(South Vietnamese Naval Service) 
(Soviet Union Naval Service) 
(Spanish Naval Service) 
(Taiwanese Naval Service) 
(Thailand Naval Service) 
(Trinidad & Tobago Naval Service) 
(Tunisian Naval Service) 
(Turkish Naval Service) 
(Ukrainian Naval Service) 
(Uruguayan Naval Service) 
USSR --> use (Soviet Union Naval Service) 
(Venezuelan Naval Service) 
(Vietnamese Naval Service) 
(West German Naval Service) 
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 
For case 2, the following values are currently used by the Museum: <table>
<tr>
<td>
(Air Cushion Vehicle) 
(Auxiliary Cruiser) 
(Auxiliary Repair Ship) 
(Barge) 
(Bark) 
(Barracks Ship) 
(Bathyscaphe) 
(Battleship) 
(Bunker Ship) 
(Cargo Ship) 
(Collier) 
(Degaussing Ship) 
(Destroyer Tender) 
(Distilling Ship) 
(Dredge) 
(Dynamite Gun Cruiser) 
(Ferryboat) 
(Fleet Oiler) 
(Fleet Tug) 
(Freighter/Cruiser) 
(Frigate) 
(Gunboat) 
(Ironclad Steamer) 
(Lighter) 
(Marine Hospital Service) 
(Missile Instrumentation Ship) 
(Monitor) 
(Museum Ship) 
(Oiler) 
(Patrol Boat) 
(Patrol Craft) 
(Patrol Yacht) 
(Protected Cruiser) 
(Q-ship) 
(Receiving Ship) 
(Remotely Operated Vehicle) 
(Research Submersible) 
(Research Vessel) 
(School Ship) 
(Schooner) 
(Screw Frigate) 
(Screw Gunboat) 
(Screw Sloop) 
(Screw Sloop of War) 
(Screw Steamer) 
(Second-Class Battleship) 
(Ship of the Line) 
(Side-wheel Gunboat) 
(Side-wheel Ram) 
(Side-wheel Steamer) 
(Sloop of War) 
(Station Ship) 
(Station and Store Ship) 
(Steam Frigate) 
(Steam Tug) 
(Stern-wheel Steamer) 
(Stores Ship) 
(Submarine) 
(Submarine Tender) 
(Submarine Torpedo Boat) 
(Survey Ship) 
(Tanker) 
(Target Ship) 
(Target Towing Ship) 
(Tender) 
(Torpedo Boat Tender) 
(Training Ship) 
(Transport) 
(Tugboat) 
(Unarmored Cruiser) aka unprotected cruiser 
(Underwater Recovery Vehicle) 
(Unmanned Surface Vehicle) 
(War Reparations Prize) 
(Water Tanker and Supply Ship) 
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 
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Page Design Ship Prefix List

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Before a ship's name there may be a prefix code such as 'USS' used by the U.S. Navy or 'HMS' used by the British Navy. 
You may find different prefixes used by various sources but we use a more limited set of prefixes, and sometimes none at all. 
With regard to the U.S. Navy, the 'USS' prefix is only applied to a ship when it is in commission. That is why you might see a name with the 'USS' prefix and then the next incarnation has the name without the 'USS' prefix. 
Here is the list of prefixes currently used by the Museum.
Included in the list are some common prefixes that we do not use and they are marked as such. 
<table>
<tr>
<td>
ARA 
ARC 
ARM 
ARV 
BAE 
BAP 
BNS 
BRP 
CG 
CSS 
CT 
DSSV 
DSV 
FGS 
FV or F/V 
HHMS 
HM 
HMAS 
HMBS 
HMCS 
HMFS 
HMNZS 
HMS 
HNLMS 
HNS [invalid] 
HS 
HSV 
HTMS 
IIS 
IJN 
INS 
INS 
IRIS 
ITS 
JDS 
JS 
KD 
KDM 
KNM 
KRI 
MT 
MV or M/V 
NAE 
NMM 
NNS 
NOAAS 
NRP 
NS 
ORP 
OSV 
PNS 
PRVSN 
RFA 
RFNS 
RFS 
RHS 
ROCS 
ROKS 
RPS 
RSS 
RV or R/V 
RVNS 
SMS 
SS 
TCG 
TS or T/S 
USACS 
USAFS 
USAHS 
USAMP 
USAPRS 
USARS 
USAS 
USAT 
USC&GS 
USCG 
USCGC 
USCGD 
USF 
USLHS 
USNS 
USRC 
USS 
</td>
<td>
Argentine Naval Service 
Colombian Naval Service 
Mexican Naval Service 
Venezuelan Naval Service 
Ecuadoran Naval Service 
Peruvian Naval Service 
Bangladesh Naval Service 
Philippine Naval Service Barko ng Republika ng Pilipinas; in use since 1 July 1980 
Coast Guard (United States) 
Confederate States of America (civil war era) 
Brazilian Naval Service (Destroyer - see list below for other Brazil prefixes) 
Deep Submergence Search Vehicle 
Deep-Submergence Vehicle 
Federal German Ship (NATO designation only - prefer not to use this) 
Fishing Vessel - not used by NCM except for rare cases 
Greek Naval Service (His Hellenic Majesty’s Ship) Royal Hellenic Navy 
British Naval Service (His/Her Majesty's) 
Australian Naval Service 
Bahamas Naval Service 
Canadian Naval Service 
Fiji Naval Service (prior to Oct 10, 1970) 
New Zealand Naval Service 
British Naval Service (His/Her Majesty's Ship) 
Dutch Naval Service 
Greek Naval Service [DO NOT USE - not used by Greece or NATO. Used by NavSource and Wikipedia but not valid] 
Greek Naval Service (Hellenic Ship (NATO designation); Only used for international identification, as prefix indicates ship type internally.) prefer not to use this 
High Speed Vessel 
Thailand Naval Service 
Iranian Naval Service (Imperial) - (see IRIS for Islamic navy from 1979 to present) 
Japanese Naval Service (Imperial) 
Indian Naval Service 
Israeli Naval Service 
Islamic Republic of Iran Naval Service (from 1979 to present) 
Italian Naval Service (NATO designation only - prefer not to use this)) 
Japanese Naval Service (post WWII to 2008) 
Japanese Naval Service (2008 to present) 
Malaysian Naval Service ((Malay : Kapal Di-Raja, literally "Royal Ship")) 
Danish Naval Service (Kongelige Danske Marine) 
Norwegian Naval Service 
Indonesian Naval Service 
Motor Tanker - not used by NCM 
Motor Vessel - not used by NCM except for rare cases 
Brazilian Naval Service (Aircraft Carrier - see list below for other Brazil prefixes) 
Italian Naval Service (Nave Marina Militare) 
Nigerian Naval Service 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S. Government) 
Portuguese Naval Service 
Nuclear Ship 
Polish Naval Service 
Oceanographic Survey Vessel 
Pakistani Naval Service 
Vietnam Naval Service 
British Naval Service - Royal Fleet Auxiliary 
Republic of Fiji Naval Service (from Oct 10, 1970 to present) 
French Naval Service 
Greek Naval Service 
Taiwanese Naval Service 
South Korean Naval Service 
Philippine Naval Service Republic of the Philippines Ship (Obsolete); before 1 July 1980 
Singapore Naval Service 
Research Vessel - not used by NCM except for rare cases 
South Vietnam Naval Service 
"Seiner Majestät Schiff" (German: His Majesty's Ship) 
Steamship (generalized to ships in Commercial Service) - not used by NCM except for rare cases 
Turkish Naval Service 
Training Ship - not used by NCM except for rare cases 
United States Army Cable Ship 
United States Air Force Ship 
United States Army Hospital Ship 
United States Army Mine Planter 
United States Army Port Rehabilitation Ship 
United States Army Repair Ship 
United States Army Ship 
United States Army Transport 
United States Coast & Geodetic Survey 
United States Coast Guard 
United States Coast Guard Cutter 
United States Coast Guard Destroyer 
United States Frigate 
United States Lighthouse Service 
United States Naval Ship (Military Sealift Command) 
United States Revenue Cutter 
United States Naval Service 
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 
The Brazilian Navy uses varying name prefixes indicating the type of ship. In this case the prefix is: 
"CT" = Contra-torpedeiro (destroyer) 
"NAe" = Navio-aeródromo (aircraft carrier) 
"NB" = Navio-balisador (buoy tenders) 
"NE" = Navio-escola (training vessels) 
"NH" = Navio-hidrográfico (survey ships) 
"NP" = Navio-patrulha (patrol craft) 
"NT" = Navio-tanque (tankers) 
 
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Editing Ship Pages

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NCMSysop: added ship prefix list link

A Ship page contains information for a given ship. It is divided into four separate sections:
<ol>
<li>Ship Name and Designation History</li>
<li>Naval Covers</li>
<li>Postmarks</li>
<li>Other Information</li>
</ol>
   
This is the most complicated page in the Museum so take your time.
Use the 'Show Preview' button frequently to verify everything is coming together as you expect. 
Change only those sections where you want to add information and leave the others as-is.
For example, if you only want to add covers but not postmarks, then update the 'Naval Covers' section and leave 'Postmarks' alone.
Don't update a section if you don't have any information for it.
   
Typically, new ship pages are created by the Museum staff.
If a page does not exist for the ship you want to add covers/postmarks for, ask the Curator to create it for you.
When the staff creates a new ship page, they copy and paste the template (see [[Ship_Page_Template | Ship Page Template]]) and update the 'Ship Name and Designation History' section at a minimum.
They may also add data to the 'Other Information' section if desired. 
An optional section, 'Additional Naming History Sources', may also be added after 'Other Information' if deemed appropriate but this is usually rare.
 

How to update the "Ship Name and Designation History" section

   
In this section we attempt to list the complete set of names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime (aka incarnations),
in chronological order, starting with the earliest (oldest) and ending with the latest (most recent).
Typically the Museum staff will fill in this section so you do not need to worry it.
Just leave it as-is.
If you have information that affects this section, please contact the Curator. 
For the record, each entry uses the following template:
<pre>
<li>'''[A]''' [B] [C]</li>
</pre>
Where: 
<pre>'''</pre>
(Three single quote marks) appear before and after the [A] section of the template and cause the letters within [A] to be shown in bold letters. 
<pre>[A]</pre>
This section contains the ship's name and/or designation. 
Before the ship's name there may be a prefix code such as 'USS' used by the U.S. Navy or 'HMS' used by the British Navy. 
You may find different prefixes used by various sources but we use a more limited set of prefixes, or none at all. 
See [[Page_Design_Ship_Prefix_List | Ship Prefix List]] for the full list currently used by the Museum. 
<pre>[B]</pre>
This section is optional and is used if that incarnation of the ship was owned by some entity other than the U.S. Navy (ie a foreign navy, commercial service, etc).
If included, the text is enclosed in parenthesis. 
Examples are: (British Naval Service); (Commercial Service); (Private Yacht). 
This section is also used to help identify U.S. Navy ships if just a name exists without any designation.
For example: (Receiving Ship); (Screw Sloop of War); (Training Ship). 
For a full list of values currently in use, see [[Page_Design_Ship_Owner_and_Function_Labels | Ship Owner and Function Labels]]. 
<pre>[C]</pre>
This section is optional and is used to provide alternative spellings for the ship name.
Sometimes a ship's name uses letters/characters other than the standard Latin alphabet A-Z.
This is particularly evident with ship names for Asian countries. 
In this case, use standard Latin alphabet characters in section [A] and then provide the alternative spelling in section [C]
using the following format: (alt: xxx) 
For example, [[WADSWORTH_DD_516 | USS WADSWORTH DD-516]] has an incarnation as ZERSTÖRER with the West German Naval Service. In section [A] we use ZERSTORER
and then provide the native spelling in section [C] as (alt: ZERSTÖRER). 
USS WADSWORTH also has an incarnation as ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ with the Greek Naval Service.
In section [A] we use NEARKHOS and then provide the native spelling in section [C] as (alt: ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ). 
Another example is [[LST_805 | LST-805]] which has an incarnation as 中111 with China Merchants Group. In section [A] we use ZHONG 111 and then provide alternate spellings in section [C]
as (alt: 中111 / 中111 / ZHŌNG 111 / ZHONG 111 / CHUNG 111 / CHUNG 111). 
With this example, we also provide the following explanatory note at the end: 
[Note on transliteration of Chinese glyphs to English (roman/latin) letters: 
In the main section of Ship Name and Designation History, we provide the ship names in both a romanized alphabet and Chinese glyphs. 
The primary name (ie, ZHONG 111) is given in separated Pinyin without diacritics. In the "(alt: xxx)" section, additional forms are provided: 
(alt: 中111 / 中111 / ZHŌNG 111 / ZHONG 111 / CHUNG 111 / CHUNG 111) 
(Traditional Chinese glyphs / Simplified Chinese glyphs / separated Pinyin with diacritics / concatenated Pinyin without diacritics / separated Wade-Giles / concatenated Wade-Giles) 
Alas, you can find any of these versions (and others) used by sources - which makes text searches rather painful.] 
The value of section [C] comes into play when searching for a ship via its name. You can search either via its true name or its latinized name.
   
When done, the incarnations listed in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section should look something like this: (from [[WADSWORTH_DD_516 | USS WADSWORTH DD-516]]) 
<pre>
<li>'''USS WADSWORTH DD-516'''</li>
Commissioned March 16 1943 - Decommissioned April 18 1946 
<li>'''Z-3''' (West German Naval Service)</li>
Transferred to West Germany October 6 1959 and renamed 
Struck from Naval Register October 1 1974 
<li>'''ZERSTORER 3 D-172''' (West German Naval Service) (alt: ZERSTÖRER)</li>
Name and designation changed (date unknown) 
“Zestörer” is German for ‘destroyer’ 
<li>'''NEARKHOS''' (Greek Naval Service) (alt: ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ)</li>
Transferred to Greece October 30 1980 and renamed 
Struck by Greece 1991
</pre>
 
Which is displayed as: (bold letters not shown) 
<pre>
USS WADSWORTH DD-516
Commissioned March 16 1943 - Decommissioned April 18 1946

Z-3 (West German Naval Service)
Transferred to West Germany October 6 1959 and renamed
Struck from Naval Register October 1 1974

ZERSTORER 3 D-172 (West German Naval Service) (alt: ZERSTÖRER)
Name and designation changed (date unknown)
“Zestörer” is German for ‘destroyer’

NEARKHOS (Greek Naval Service) (alt: ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ)
Transferred to Greece October 30 1980 and renamed

Struck by Greece 1991
</pre>
 

How to update the "Naval Covers" section

   
This section contains links to pages that display covers associated with the ship. "Associated" means that the cover either has a postmark from the ship, a cachet mentioning the ship, or killer bar text mentioning the ship. In the case of the cachet or killer bar text, the cover can be postmarked on some other ship or location.
   
Since a ship can have many covers associated with it, the covers may be split among many pages. That way, a page wont have so many images that it takes forever to load. Typically you will only need to create the first link and page. The Museum Staff will add new pages when they notice that a given page is getting too big.
   
To add the first link and covers page, follow these four steps:
   
Step 1: On the ship's page, click the [edit] link at the far right of the "Naval Covers" section title. This will bring up the page editor showing the page code for just the Naval Covers section.
   
Step 2: Look for the line
<pre>
<li>[[SHIP_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
</pre>
and change the values for SHIP_NAME and DATE RANGE as described below.
   
<code>"SHIP_NAME"</code> is the name of the ship and should have the form: <code>"<Ship Name>_<Designation>_<Hull Number>"</code>. For example, the ship name for USS ALLEN M. SUMNER DD-692 is <code>ALLEN_M_SUMNER_DD_692</code>.
   
<code>"DATE RANGE"</code> is the range of dates for covers on that page. The date range should be expressed in the form: YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD. If you will only be adding one cover, then just use that one date (YYYY-MM-DD) or you could just put the year (YYYY).
   
Once you've made all the modifications, you will end up with a line that looks something like this (continuing the USS Allen M. Sumner example from above):
<pre>
<li>[[ALLEN_M_SUMNER_DD_692_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1931-10-03 to 1933-04-01)</li>
</pre>
Step 3: Preview and then save the page if it looks ok.
   
Go to the bottom of the outer page (the one that contains the edit window) and click on the "Show preview" button. You should see the link you just created but it will be in red to signify that no page exists yet for that link. This is how it is supposed to look at this stage.
   
If you need to make some corrections, hit the browser Back button (or back arrow) to go back to the page with the edit window.
   
Once everything looks ok, go to the very bottom of the page again and add some descriptive text in the text box next to "Summary". Something like "added ship cover page 1" would be ok. Finally, click the "Save page" button. The page is now saved.
   
Step 4: Create the Ship Cover page using the new link.
   
Once the page is saved you will return to the Ship page and see the new ship cover page link in red. Click on the red link and you will be taken to the ship cover page in edit mode. Note that the edit window is empty. You need to copy the Ship Cover Page template from the [[Ship_Cover_Page_Template | Ship Cover Page Template]] help page, paste it into the edit window, and modify as needed (follow the instructions on the template page).
 

How to update the "Postmarks" section

   
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. 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 MUST NOT be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. In other words, do NOT list a postmark unless you have an image to back it up.
   
There are four main steps you need to do to add a new postmark entry to the page. The first is to edit the Postmarks section. Second is to copy the template lines and paste them the right place. Third is to modify the template lines with information relevant for your new entry. Finally, preview and then save the page if it looks ok.
   
Step 1: On the ship's page, click the [edit] link at the far right of the "Postmarks" section title. This will bring up the page editor showing the page code for just the Postmarks section.
   
Step 2: Copy the text that is inside this box (the box just below with the border made out of blue dashes).
<pre>



 &nbsp; 
<table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
POSTMARK TYPE
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
POSTMARK DATE
</td><td align="center" width="350">
THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE
</td><td align="center" width="100">
THUMBNAIL LINK TO FULL COVER IMAGE
</td></tr></table>
NOTE

</pre>
Now find the existing postmark entry that the new postmark entry should follow. Add a blank line after that existing entry's <code></code> line and paste the template lines on it.
   
Step 3: Now, you need to change some of the values in the template text you just pasted.
   
First you need to find the following line in the template text you just pasted:
   
<code>"POSTMARK TYPE"</code>
   
and replace it with the postmark classification. See the page on the [[Locy_System | Locy System]] for help in classifying postmarks.
   
Next, find the <code>"DATE FROM" and "DATE TO"</code> lines and replace them with the usage date range for this postmark. Date ranges should be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and NOT from any other source. If there is only one example of the postmark in the Museum, then just set the FROM date and leave the TO date as a question mark. Dates should have the format: YYYY-MM-DD
   
Finally, find the following line:
   
<code>
THUMBNAIL LINK TO FULL COVER IMAGE
</code>
   
You need to replace this line with an image link to the front of the cover (the side with the postmark). An image link looks like:
   
<code><nowiki>
[[Image:IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|100px]]
</nowiki></code>
   
but you need to replace "IMAGE_NAME" with a name that uniquely identifies the image. For example, if your Museum userid is Xyzzy and the cover is postmarked on the battleship Pennsylvania BB-38 on Oct 12, 1934, then IMAGE_NAME should look something like this:
   
Xyzzy_Pennsylvania_BB38_19341012_1_Front.jpg
   
When you put it all together, the entire line will end up looking something like:
   
<code><nowiki>
[[Image:Xyzzy_Pennsylvania_BB38_19341012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</nowiki></code>
   
That's the minimum you need to do for step 3. However, there are two other values that you can set if you want to.
   
a) Postmark closeup image: This is a closeup image of the postmark. This is optional but if you want to do it, then you need to replace the
   
<code>THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE</code>
   
line with an image link:
   
<code><nowiki>
[[Image:IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|250px]]
</nowiki></code>
   
b) Notes: Finally, if you have anything special you want to say about the postmark, replace the "NOTES" line with your comments.
   
This is the end of step 3. Here is an example of an entry with the postmark, date range, and front image link filled in.
<pre>



 &nbsp; 
<table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
3s (AC-TBT)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1933-10-12
 to 
1935-05-10
</td><td align="center" width="250">
THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE
</td><td align="center" width="100">
[[Image:Xyzzy_Pennsylvania_BB38_19341012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
NOTES

</pre>
   

How to update the "Other Information" section

   
This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship. If you have information about the ship that you feel is valuable, add it here.
   
Step 1: On the ship's page, click the [edit] link at the far right of the "Other Information" section title. This will bring up the page editor showing the page code for just the Other Information section.
   
Step 2: If no Other Information has been added for this ship yet, you will see the following line:
   
<code>This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship.</code>
   
Erase this line and leave it blank. Go to step 4.
   
Step 3: If one or more Other Information entries already exists, find the last one and add a blank line after it.
   
Step 4: Copy the following template. Each distinct piece of information uses this template.
<pre>
 &nbsp; 
INFORMATION
</pre>
Step 5: Paste the template on the blank line you created in either Step 3 or Step 4.
   
Step 6: In the template lines you just pasted, replace <code>"INFORMATION"</code> with the information you want to provide. If you want to do something beyond just plain text, [[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] for help.
   
Step 7: Preview and then save the page if it looks ok.
   
Go to the bottom of the outer page (the one that contains the edit window) and click on the "Show preview" button. You should see the link you just created but it will be in red to signify that no page exists yet for that link. This is how it is supposed to look at this stage.
   
If you need to make some corrections, hit the browser Back button (or back arrow) to go back to the page with the edit window.
   
Once everything looks ok, go to the very bottom of the page again and add some descriptive text in the text box next to "Summary". Something like "added ship cover page 1" would be ok. Finally, click the "Save page" button. The page is now saved.
   

Finally...

   
If you have questions or run into trouble, [[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] for help. You can always Cancel an editing session using the "Cancel" link just to the right of the "Show changes" button at the bottom of the editor screen. For general editing help, see the article on [[How_To_Edit_Pages | How To Edit Pages]].
 
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Copyright {{CURRENTYEAR}} Naval Cover Museum

Page Design Ship Owner and Function Labels

2024-09-09T22:08:58Z

NCMSysop: created page

CHOCK WYTL 65602

2024-09-09T21:52:50Z

NCMSysop:

Editing Ship Pages

2024-09-09T21:33:24Z

NCMSysop: updated section on editing Ship Name and Designation History

A Ship page contains information for a given ship. It is divided into four separate sections:
<ol>
<li>Ship Name and Designation History</li>
<li>Naval Covers</li>
<li>Postmarks</li>
<li>Other Information</li>
</ol>
   
This is the most complicated page in the Museum so take your time.
Use the 'Show Preview' button frequently to verify everything is coming together as you expect. 
Change only those sections where you want to add information and leave the others as-is.
For example, if you only want to add covers but not postmarks, then update the 'Naval Covers' section and leave 'Postmarks' alone.
Don't update a section if you don't have any information for it.
   
Typically, new ship pages are created by the Museum staff.
If a page does not exist for the ship you want to add covers/postmarks for, ask the Curator to create it for you.
When the staff creates a new ship page, they copy and paste the template (see [[Ship_Page_Template | Ship Page Template]]) and update the 'Ship Name and Designation History' section at a minimum.
They may also add data to the 'Other Information' section if desired. 
An optional section, 'Additional Naming History Sources', may also be added after 'Other Information' if deemed appropriate but this is usually rare.
 

How to update the "Ship Name and Designation History" section

   
In this section we attempt to list the complete set of names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime (aka incarnations),
in chronological order, starting with the earliest (oldest) and ending with the latest (most recent).
Typically the Museum staff will fill in this section so you do not need to worry it.
Just leave it as-is.
If you have information that affects this section, please contact the Curator. 
For the record, each entry uses the following template:
<pre>
<li>'''[A]''' [B] [C]</li>
</pre>
Where: 
<pre>'''</pre>
(Three single quote marks) appear before and after the [A] section of the template and cause the letters within [A] to be shown in bold letters. 
<pre>[A]</pre>
This section contains the ship's name and/or designation. 
<pre>[B]</pre>
This section is optional and is used if that incarnation of the ship was owned by some entity other than the U.S. Navy (ie a foreign navy, commercial service, etc).
If included, the text is enclosed in parenthesis. 
Examples are: (British Naval Service); (Commercial Service); (Private Yacht). 
This section is also used to help identify U.S. Navy ships if just a name exists without any designation.
For example: (Receiving Ship); (Screw Sloop of War); (Training Ship). 
For a full list of values currently in use, see [[Page_Design_Ship_Owner_and_Function_Labels | Ship Owner and Function Labels]]. 
<pre>[C]</pre>
This section is optional and is used to provide alternative spellings for the ship name.
Sometimes a ship's name uses letters/characters other than the standard Latin alphabet A-Z.
This is particularly evident with ship names for Asian countries. 
In this case, use standard Latin alphabet characters in section [A] and then provide the alternative spelling in section [C]
using the following format: (alt: xxx) 
For example, [[WADSWORTH_DD_516 | USS WADSWORTH DD-516]] has an incarnation as ZERSTÖRER with the West German Naval Service. In section [A] we use ZERSTORER
and then provide the native spelling in section [C] as (alt: ZERSTÖRER). 
USS WADSWORTH also has an incarnation as ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ with the Greek Naval Service.
In section [A] we use NEARKHOS and then provide the native spelling in section [C] as (alt: ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ). 
Another example is [[LST_805 | LST-805]] which has an incarnation as 中111 with China Merchants Group. In section [A] we use ZHONG 111 and then provide alternate spellings in section [C]
as (alt: 中111 / 中111 / ZHŌNG 111 / ZHONG 111 / CHUNG 111 / CHUNG 111). 
With this example, we also provide the following explanatory note at the end: 
[Note on transliteration of Chinese glyphs to English (roman/latin) letters: 
In the main section of Ship Name and Designation History, we provide the ship names in both a romanized alphabet and Chinese glyphs. 
The primary name (ie, ZHONG 111) is given in separated Pinyin without diacritics. In the "(alt: xxx)" section, additional forms are provided: 
(alt: 中111 / 中111 / ZHŌNG 111 / ZHONG 111 / CHUNG 111 / CHUNG 111) 
(Traditional Chinese glyphs / Simplified Chinese glyphs / separated Pinyin with diacritics / concatenated Pinyin without diacritics / separated Wade-Giles / concatenated Wade-Giles) 
Alas, you can find any of these versions (and others) used by sources - which makes text searches rather painful.] 
The value of section [C] comes into play when searching for a ship via its name. You can search either via its true name or its latinized name.
   
When done, the incarnations listed in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section should look something like this: (from [[WADSWORTH_DD_516 | USS WADSWORTH DD-516]]) 
<pre>
<li>'''USS WADSWORTH DD-516'''</li>
Commissioned March 16 1943 - Decommissioned April 18 1946 
<li>'''Z-3''' (West German Naval Service)</li>
Transferred to West Germany October 6 1959 and renamed 
Struck from Naval Register October 1 1974 
<li>'''ZERSTORER 3 D-172''' (West German Naval Service) (alt: ZERSTÖRER)</li>
Name and designation changed (date unknown) 
“Zestörer” is German for ‘destroyer’ 
<li>'''NEARKHOS''' (Greek Naval Service) (alt: ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ)</li>
Transferred to Greece October 30 1980 and renamed 
Struck by Greece 1991
</pre>
 
Which is displayed as: (bold letters not shown) 
<pre>
USS WADSWORTH DD-516
Commissioned March 16 1943 - Decommissioned April 18 1946

Z-3 (West German Naval Service)
Transferred to West Germany October 6 1959 and renamed
Struck from Naval Register October 1 1974

ZERSTORER 3 D-172 (West German Naval Service) (alt: ZERSTÖRER)
Name and designation changed (date unknown)
“Zestörer” is German for ‘destroyer’

NEARKHOS (Greek Naval Service) (alt: ΝΈΑΡΧΟΣ)
Transferred to Greece October 30 1980 and renamed

Struck by Greece 1991
</pre>
 

How to update the "Naval Covers" section

   
This section contains links to pages that display covers associated with the ship. "Associated" means that the cover either has a postmark from the ship, a cachet mentioning the ship, or killer bar text mentioning the ship. In the case of the cachet or killer bar text, the cover can be postmarked on some other ship or location.
   
Since a ship can have many covers associated with it, the covers may be split among many pages. That way, a page wont have so many images that it takes forever to load. Typically you will only need to create the first link and page. The Museum Staff will add new pages when they notice that a given page is getting too big.
   
To add the first link and covers page, follow these four steps:
   
Step 1: On the ship's page, click the [edit] link at the far right of the "Naval Covers" section title. This will bring up the page editor showing the page code for just the Naval Covers section.
   
Step 2: Look for the line
<pre>
<li>[[SHIP_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
</pre>
and change the values for SHIP_NAME and DATE RANGE as described below.
   
<code>"SHIP_NAME"</code> is the name of the ship and should have the form: <code>"<Ship Name>_<Designation>_<Hull Number>"</code>. For example, the ship name for USS ALLEN M. SUMNER DD-692 is <code>ALLEN_M_SUMNER_DD_692</code>.
   
<code>"DATE RANGE"</code> is the range of dates for covers on that page. The date range should be expressed in the form: YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD. If you will only be adding one cover, then just use that one date (YYYY-MM-DD) or you could just put the year (YYYY).
   
Once you've made all the modifications, you will end up with a line that looks something like this (continuing the USS Allen M. Sumner example from above):
<pre>
<li>[[ALLEN_M_SUMNER_DD_692_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1931-10-03 to 1933-04-01)</li>
</pre>
Step 3: Preview and then save the page if it looks ok.
   
Go to the bottom of the outer page (the one that contains the edit window) and click on the "Show preview" button. You should see the link you just created but it will be in red to signify that no page exists yet for that link. This is how it is supposed to look at this stage.
   
If you need to make some corrections, hit the browser Back button (or back arrow) to go back to the page with the edit window.
   
Once everything looks ok, go to the very bottom of the page again and add some descriptive text in the text box next to "Summary". Something like "added ship cover page 1" would be ok. Finally, click the "Save page" button. The page is now saved.
   
Step 4: Create the Ship Cover page using the new link.
   
Once the page is saved you will return to the Ship page and see the new ship cover page link in red. Click on the red link and you will be taken to the ship cover page in edit mode. Note that the edit window is empty. You need to copy the Ship Cover Page template from the [[Ship_Cover_Page_Template | Ship Cover Page Template]] help page, paste it into the edit window, and modify as needed (follow the instructions on the template page).
 

How to update the "Postmarks" section

   
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. 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 MUST NOT be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. In other words, do NOT list a postmark unless you have an image to back it up.
   
There are four main steps you need to do to add a new postmark entry to the page. The first is to edit the Postmarks section. Second is to copy the template lines and paste them the right place. Third is to modify the template lines with information relevant for your new entry. Finally, preview and then save the page if it looks ok.
   
Step 1: On the ship's page, click the [edit] link at the far right of the "Postmarks" section title. This will bring up the page editor showing the page code for just the Postmarks section.
   
Step 2: Copy the text that is inside this box (the box just below with the border made out of blue dashes).
<pre>



 &nbsp; 
<table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
POSTMARK TYPE
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
POSTMARK DATE
</td><td align="center" width="350">
THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE
</td><td align="center" width="100">
THUMBNAIL LINK TO FULL COVER IMAGE
</td></tr></table>
NOTE

</pre>
Now find the existing postmark entry that the new postmark entry should follow. Add a blank line after that existing entry's <code></code> line and paste the template lines on it.
   
Step 3: Now, you need to change some of the values in the template text you just pasted.
   
First you need to find the following line in the template text you just pasted:
   
<code>"POSTMARK TYPE"</code>
   
and replace it with the postmark classification. See the page on the [[Locy_System | Locy System]] for help in classifying postmarks.
   
Next, find the <code>"DATE FROM" and "DATE TO"</code> lines and replace them with the usage date range for this postmark. Date ranges should be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and NOT from any other source. If there is only one example of the postmark in the Museum, then just set the FROM date and leave the TO date as a question mark. Dates should have the format: YYYY-MM-DD
   
Finally, find the following line:
   
<code>
THUMBNAIL LINK TO FULL COVER IMAGE
</code>
   
You need to replace this line with an image link to the front of the cover (the side with the postmark). An image link looks like:
   
<code><nowiki>
[[Image:IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|100px]]
</nowiki></code>
   
but you need to replace "IMAGE_NAME" with a name that uniquely identifies the image. For example, if your Museum userid is Xyzzy and the cover is postmarked on the battleship Pennsylvania BB-38 on Oct 12, 1934, then IMAGE_NAME should look something like this:
   
Xyzzy_Pennsylvania_BB38_19341012_1_Front.jpg
   
When you put it all together, the entire line will end up looking something like:
   
<code><nowiki>
[[Image:Xyzzy_Pennsylvania_BB38_19341012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</nowiki></code>
   
That's the minimum you need to do for step 3. However, there are two other values that you can set if you want to.
   
a) Postmark closeup image: This is a closeup image of the postmark. This is optional but if you want to do it, then you need to replace the
   
<code>THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE</code>
   
line with an image link:
   
<code><nowiki>
[[Image:IMAGE_NAME|thumb|center|250px]]
</nowiki></code>
   
b) Notes: Finally, if you have anything special you want to say about the postmark, replace the "NOTES" line with your comments.
   
This is the end of step 3. Here is an example of an entry with the postmark, date range, and front image link filled in.
<pre>



 &nbsp; 
<table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
3s (AC-TBT)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1933-10-12
 to 
1935-05-10
</td><td align="center" width="250">
THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE
</td><td align="center" width="100">
[[Image:Xyzzy_Pennsylvania_BB38_19341012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
NOTES

</pre>
   

How to update the "Other Information" section

   
This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship. If you have information about the ship that you feel is valuable, add it here.
   
Step 1: On the ship's page, click the [edit] link at the far right of the "Other Information" section title. This will bring up the page editor showing the page code for just the Other Information section.
   
Step 2: If no Other Information has been added for this ship yet, you will see the following line:
   
<code>This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship.</code>
   
Erase this line and leave it blank. Go to step 4.
   
Step 3: If one or more Other Information entries already exists, find the last one and add a blank line after it.
   
Step 4: Copy the following template. Each distinct piece of information uses this template.
<pre>
 &nbsp; 
INFORMATION
</pre>
Step 5: Paste the template on the blank line you created in either Step 3 or Step 4.
   
Step 6: In the template lines you just pasted, replace <code>"INFORMATION"</code> with the information you want to provide. If you want to do something beyond just plain text, [[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] for help.
   
Step 7: Preview and then save the page if it looks ok.
   
Go to the bottom of the outer page (the one that contains the edit window) and click on the "Show preview" button. You should see the link you just created but it will be in red to signify that no page exists yet for that link. This is how it is supposed to look at this stage.
   
If you need to make some corrections, hit the browser Back button (or back arrow) to go back to the page with the edit window.
   
Once everything looks ok, go to the very bottom of the page again and add some descriptive text in the text box next to "Summary". Something like "added ship cover page 1" would be ok. Finally, click the "Save page" button. The page is now saved.
   

Finally...

   
If you have questions or run into trouble, [[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] for help. You can always Cancel an editing session using the "Cancel" link just to the right of the "Show changes" button at the bottom of the editor screen. For general editing help, see the article on [[How_To_Edit_Pages | How To Edit Pages]].
 
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Copyright {{CURRENTYEAR}} Naval Cover Museum

LANCASTER

2024-09-05T22:32:41Z

NCMSysop:

<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.
<ol>Screw Sloop of War 
Keel Laid December 1857 - Launched 20 October 1858 
<li>'''USS LANCASTER''' (Screw Sloop of War)</li>
Commissioned 12 May 1859 - Decommissioned 19 March 1867 
Recommissioned 26 August 1869 - Decommissioned 31 July 1875 
Recommissioned 26 August 1881 - Decommissioned 7 September 1889 
Recommissioned 19 March 1891 - Decommissioned 30 June 1894 
Recommissioned 12 September 1895 - Decommissioned 31 December 1897 
Recommissioned 5 May 1898 
Reassigned 3 September 1898 as Gunnery Training Ship at Portsmouth, NH 
Decommissioned 1 May 1902 
<li>'''LANCASTER''' (Receiving Ship)</li>
Served as Receiving Ship at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 16 November 1903 - 31 March 1912 
See [[US_RECEIVING_SHIP_PHILADELPHIA_PA | US Receiving Ship - Philadelphia PA]] for more information 
Transferred to Bureau of Public Health Service 1 February 1913 
Stuck from Naval Register 31 December 1915 
Served as Quarantine Detention Ship at Reedy Island, DE. Quarantine Station, 1916-20 
Served at New York Quarantine Station 1920-29 
Sold 1929 - Broken up 1933
</ol>
 

<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.
<ol>
<li>[[LANCASTER_Covers_Page_1 | USS Lancaster Covers Page 1]]     (1864-1909)</li>
</ol>
 

<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.
   
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
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   <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Postmark Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




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<h4>1st Commissioning 12 May 1859 to 19 March 1867</h4>



   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPO CDS Mexico NY
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
c1865-01-09
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett lancaster 1865.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
N/A
</td></tr></table>
Incoming mail to ship at Panama, New Granada




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<h4>2nd Commissioning 26 August 1869 to 31 July 1875</h4>



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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Oval Ships Marking Unreadable CDS
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1871-07-26
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lancaster_SOW_18710726_1A_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lancaster_SOW_18710726_1A_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.




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<h4>3rd Commissioning 26 August 1881 to 7 September 1889</h4>



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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Duplex Cancel Napoli (Naples) Italy
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1882-11-22
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lancaster_SOW_18821122_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lancaster_SOW_18821122_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Letter to Capt Henry C. Cochrane, USMC, mailed from Naples Italy on 22 November 1882, back stamped in Salerno Italy on 24 November 1882.




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<h4>4th Commissioning 19 March 1891 to 30 June 1894</h4>



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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPO Duplex Cancel Pasadena, CA.
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1892-03-09
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett lancaster 18920309.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett lancaster 18920309 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Addressed to Lt. David Daniels at Yokohama, Japan. Back stamped San Francisco, CA F.D. 10 March 1892, received Yokohama, Japan 2 April 1892









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<h4>Receiving Ship, League Island (Philadelphia) Navy Yard, 16 November 1903 - 31 March 1912</h4>



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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
N/A
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1909-05-18
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lancaster_RecShip_19090518_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
N/A
</td></tr></table>
Picture postcard. Receiving Ship LANCASTER is on the left, [[WYOMING AG 17|USS WYOMING BB-22]] is on the right.


 
<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS LANCASTER earned the Civil War Medal and the Spanish Campaign Medal during her Naval career. 
'''NAMESAKE''' - A city in southeastern Pennsylvania. 
The ships sponsor was Miss Harriet Lane, niece and official hostess of President James Buchanan. 
Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name LANCASTER - USS Lancaster (1855 Sidewheel Steamship), USS Lancaster (1858 Screw Sloop), [[LANCASTER_ID_2953 | USS Lancaster ID-2953]] and [[LANCASTER_AK_193_ | USS Lancaster AK-193]].



 
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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.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer 
Keel Laid 24 December 1943 - Launched 19 July 1944 
<li>'''USS ZELLARS DD-777'''</li>
Commissioned 25 October 1944 - Decommissioned 19 March 1971 
Struck from Naval Register 19 March 1971 
<li>'''IIS BABR DDG-7''' (Iranian Naval Service)</li>
Sold to Iran 19 March 1971 and renamed 
Commissioned 12 October 1973 
<li>'''IIS BABR D-61''' (Iranian Naval Service)</li>
Redesignated (Date unknown) 
Inactive 1994
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:Zellars_DD777_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 

<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 ZELLARS DD-777_Covers_Page_1 | USS Zellars DD-777 Covers Page 1]]    (1945-1968)</li>
</ol>
 

<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.
   
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



   <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Postmark Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>



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<h4>Post Office Established 22 November 1944 - Disestablished 18 December 1969</h4>




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1945-10-27
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett_zellars dd777 19451027_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett_zellars dd777 19451027.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Navy Day "Victory Cancel"




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1947-10-27
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Zellars_DD777_19471027_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Zellars_DD777_19471027_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Navy Day 1947, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_D_W_Knapp_ | Dorothy W. Knapp]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1966-09-27
 to 
1966-10-03
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett_zellars dd777 19660927_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett_zellars dd777 19660927.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. Z-1
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1953-03-27
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett_zellars dd777 19530327r_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett_zellars dd777 19530327.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. Z-1a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1957-11-11
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Zellars_DD777_19571111_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Zellars_DD777_19571111_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
"Welcome to Norfolk" cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2t(n+u)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1962-07-25
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett_zellars dd777 19620725-1_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett_zellars dd777 19620725.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1967-11-03
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett_zellars dd777 19671103_pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett_zellars dd777 19671103.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 9efu
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1963-11-26
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett_zellars dd777 19631126_pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett_zellars dd777 19631126.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 9fu (ZELL'''E'''RS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1957-11-11
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Zellars_DD777_19571111_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Zellars_DD777_19571111_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
[[Country_Turkey_ | TCG Gaziantep]], "Welcome to Norfolk" cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]


 
<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS ZELLARS earned 1 Battle Star for her World War II service and 4 Battle Stars for her Korean War service. 
'''NAMESAKE''' - Thomas Edward Zellars 
Zellars was a lieutenant (junior grade) in the United States Navy who served on the [[MISSISSIPPI EAG 128|USS MISSISSIPPI BB-41]]. On June 12 1920, Thomas Zellars and 47 other crew members died in a firing accident. However before they were killed, Zellars apparently opened a flood valve that extinguished the fire, preventing further damage to the ship and likely saving the lives of his shipmates.



 
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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.
<ol>
Algorma Class Fleet Tug 
Keel Laid 7 April 1919 - Launched 21 October 1919 
<li>'''USS WANDANK Fleet Tug No. 26'''</li>
Commissioned 23 March 1920 
<li>'''USS WANDANK AT-26'''</li>
Designated (AT) 17 July 1920 
<li>'''USS WANDANK ATO-26'''</li>
Reclassified Fleet Tug Old (ATO) 15 May 1944 
Decommissioned 20 September 1946 
Struck from Naval Register 13 November 1946 
Sold 17 July 1947 for commercial use 
<li>'''W. A. BISSO''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Delivered to The New Orleans Coal and Bisso Towboat Company and renamed 
Operated through 1971 
Fate unknown
</ol>
 

<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>[[Wandank_ATO_26_Covers_Page_1 | USS Wandank AT-26 / ATO-26 Covers Page 1]]    (1935-1944)</li>
</ol>
 

<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.
   
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



   <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Postmark Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>



   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / CANCELLATION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-8
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1935-05-29
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wandank_AT26_19350529_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wandank_AT26_19350529_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
AT-26. First Day of Use, Type F Cancel. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Richard_F_Hoffner_ | Richard F. Hoffner]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type F "U.S.S. PHELPS / LAUNCHED" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-8
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1935-07-18
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wandank_AT26_19350718_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wandank_AT26_19350718_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
AT-26. Launching of [[PHELPS_DD_360_ | PHELPS DD-360]]. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_P_J_(PeeJay)_Ickeringill_ | P. J. Ickeringill]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type F "NAVY YARD / BOSTON" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-8
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1935-10-12
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wandank_AT26_19351012_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wandank_AT26_19351012_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
AT-26. [[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_ | Columbus Day]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Leo_A_Schupp_ | Leo Schupp]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="140">
Locy Type F "NAVY YARD / BOSTON" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-8
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1935-11-28
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:Bunter_Wandank_ATO_26_19351128_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:Bunter_Wandank_ATO_26_19351128_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
AT-26.




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type F "NAVY YARD / BOSTON" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-8
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1936-01-01
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wandank_AT26_19360101_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wandank_AT26_19360101_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
AT-26. New Year's Day, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell_ | C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Leslie_E_Paulson_ | Leslie E. Paulson]], ANCS 145.




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-8a
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1944-06-12
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett wandank ato26 19440612 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett wandank ato26 19440612.jpeg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
ATO-26.

 
<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS WANDANK earned the American Defense Service Medal w/ Fleet clasp, the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career. 
Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name WANDANK - USS Wandank ATO-26 and USS Wandank ATA-204.



 
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This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>
Shallow-draft River Gunboat 
Keel Laid 17 October 1926 - Launched 28 May 1927 
<li>'''USS GUAM PG-43'''</li>
Commissioned 28 December 1927 
<li>'''USS GUAM PR-3'''</li>
Reclassified River Gunboat (PR) 15 June 1928 
<li>'''USS WAKE PR-3'''</li>
Renamed 23 January 1941 
Surrendered to Imperial Japanese forces at Shanghai 8 December 1941 
Struck from Naval Register 25 March 1942 
<li>'''IJN TATARA''' (Imperial Japanese Naval Service)</li>
Renamed by the Imperial Japanese Navy 
Recovered by U.S. Forces August 1945 
<li>'''TAI YUAN''' (Republic of China Naval Service)</li>
Transferred to Nationalist China 1946 and renamed 
Captured by Communist Chinese forces 1949 
Fate unknown
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:Guam_Wake_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 

<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 GUAM PR-3_Covers_Page_1 | USS Guam PG-43 / PR-3 Covers Page 1]]    (1929-1941)</li>
<li>USS Wake PR-3 Covers Page 1     (1941)</li>
</ol>
 

<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.
   
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



   <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From to Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>
 <hr/>
<h4>USS GUAM 1927-1941</h4>
Post Office Established 16 February 1928 - Name Changed 23 January 1941



   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1936-10-02
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Guam_PR43_19361002_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Guam_PR43_19361002_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
GUAM PR-3. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_Coulthard_ | John Coulthard]] and sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Deane_C_Bartley_ | Deane C. (DC) Bartley]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-05-22
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett wake pr3 19410522 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett wake pr3 19410522.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
WAKE PR-3. Renamed 23 January 1941...Awaiting new device. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_Coulthard_ | John Coulthard]].




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 3s "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1933-08-30
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Guam_PR43_19330830_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Guam_PR43_19330830_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
GUAM PR-3




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 9v
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1929-12-27
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett guam pr3 19291227 pm.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett guam pr3 19291227.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
GUAM PR-3




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type LD 3 (AC-TBB) "LAST DAY / --" (As GUAM)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-07-22
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Guam_PR43_19410722_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Guam_PR43_19410722_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
WAKE PR-3. Ship was renamed in January, new postmark devices signifying the name change arrived in July, so this was the Last Day as GUAM PR-3 on postmark devices. Cover serviced by [[Cachet_Maker_Paul_J_Gross_ | Paul J. Gross]]

 <hr/>
<h4>USS WAKE PR-3 1941</h4>
Name Changed 23 January 1941 - First Day of Postal Service 23 July 1941



   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type FD 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY /" (As WAKE)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-07-23
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wake_PR43_19410723_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wake_PR43_19410723_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Louis_S_Pentel_ | Louis S. Pentel]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 9v
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-07-23
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wake_PR3_19410723_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wake_PR3_19410723_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
First Day of Postal Service. From the Bob Reisinger collection.




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 9x
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-07-23
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Wake_PR3_19410723_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Wake_PR3_19410723_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
First Day of Postal Service




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-08-25
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wake_PR43_19410825_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Wake_PR43_19410825_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_Neumann_ | George Neumann]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-10-06
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Guam_PR43_19411006_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Guam_PR43_19411006_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_M_Fay_Muridge_ | M. Fay Muridge]], sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_2_John_Paul_Jones_ | John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS]], cachet director was [[Cachet_Maker_Deane_C_Bartley_ | Deane C. (DC) Bartley]]


 
<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS GUAM / WAKE earned the Yangtze Service Medal, the China Service Medal, the American Defense Service Medal w/ "FLEET" clasp, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ one battle star and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career. 
'''NAMESAKES''' 
'''GUAM''' - Named for the island of Guam 
Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name GUAM - USS Guam PG-43, [[GUAM_CB_2_ | USS Guam CB-2]], [[GUAM_LPH_9_ | USS Guam LPH-9]] and [[GUAM_T-HST_1_ | USNS Guam HST-1]]. 
The ships sponsor was Miss Louise Frances Bruce. 
'''WAKE''' - Named for the island of Wake.



 
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WADDELL DDG 24

2024-09-03T00:27:20Z

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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.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Charles F. Adams Class Guided Missile Destroyer 
Keel Laid February 6 1962 - Launched February 26 1963 
<li>'''USS WADDELL DDG-24'''</li>
Commissioned August 28 1964 - Decommissioned October 1 1992 
Struck from Naval Register January 11 1995 
<li>'''NEARCHOS D-219''' (Greek Naval Service)</li>
Sold To Greece October 1 1992 
Decommissioned July 18 2003 and in reserve at Souda Bay, Crete
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:Waddell_DDG24_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
 

<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 WADDELL DDG-24_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]    (1967-82)</li>
</ol>
 

<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.
   
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



   <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From to Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Seattle WA Machine
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1963-02-26
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett waddell ddg24 19630226.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett waddell ddg24 19630226 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Launching 
Beck Cachet

<hr>




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type FDC 2(n+)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1964-08-28
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19640828_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19640828_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
First Day of Commissioning. Ship's cachet.




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type FDC 2(n+)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1964-08-28
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19640828_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19640828_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
First Day of Commissioning. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Morris_W_Beck_ | Morris W. Beck]]




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1969-05-02
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19690502_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19690502_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1970-09-08
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19700908_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19700908_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1982-06-11
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett waddell ddg24 19820611 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett waddell ddg24 19820611.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2-1n (USS,USN)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1989-08-28
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19890828_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19890828_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2-1n (USS,USN)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1991-07-12
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19910712_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19910712_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Midshipman's Cruise 1991




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1977-08-04
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett waddell ddg24 19770804 pm.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett waddell ddg24 19770804.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 9-1nu (USS,USN)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1989-08-28
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19890828_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19890828_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 10ef
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1965-04-06
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19650406_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19650406_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Not cataloged in the 1997 Catalog of United States Naval Postmarks.




   <table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type LDC 9-1nu (USS,USN)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1992-10-01
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19921001_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Waddell_DDG24_19921001_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Decommissioning, Cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_97_USS_Los_Angeles_ | USS Los Angeles Chapter No. 97, USCS]]

 
<h3>Other Information</h3>
WADDELL earned 2 Navy Unit Commendations and 11 Battle Stars for her Vietnam War service 
'''NAMESAKE''' - Lieutenant James Iredell Waddell, USN (July 3 1824 – March 15 1886). 
Mr. Waddell was an Lieutenant in the United States Navy and later a Commander in the Confederate States Navy.



 
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