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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>Sampson Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid May 10 1915 - Launched December 5 1916<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USS ALLEN DD 66'''<br/>
Commissioned January 24 1917 - Decommissioned June 22 1922<br/>
Recommissioned June 23 1925 - Decommissioned March 1928<br/>
Recommissioned August 23 1940 - Decommissioned October 15 1945<br/><br/>
Stricken November 1 1945<br/>
Sold September 26 1946 and broken up for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the 
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each 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.
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<li>[[USS ALLEN DD-66_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1940-44)</li>
</ol>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a 
separate set of postmarks for each 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.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>3rd Commissioning August 23 1940 to October 15 1945</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>FDC F<br/><br/>"PHILA. /<br/>PA."<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. A-21 
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1940-08-23
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[[Image:JonBurdett allen dd66 19400823 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett allen dd66 19400823.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Recommissioning_ | Recommissioning]], [[Cachet_Maker_Dr S E Hutnick_ | Dr. S.E. Hutnick]] First Day Postal Service Cachet
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Locy Type<br/>FDC F<br/><br/>"PHILA. /<br/>PA."<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. A-21
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1940-08-23
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Allen_DD66_19400823_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Allen_DD66_19400823_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Recommissioning_ | Recommissioning]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Al_Cohen_ | Al Cohen]] 
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Locy Type<br/>2z
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1944-06-02
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[[Image:JonBurdett_allen_dd66_19440602_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett_allen_dd66_19440602.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>3r (A-BBT)<br/><br/>"PEARL HARBOR /<br/>T.H."
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1940-12-20
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[[Image:JonBurdett_allen_dd66_122040_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett_allen_dd66_122040.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>3r (A-BBT)<br/><br/>"PEARL HARBOR /<br/>T.H."
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-05-01 
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Allen_DD66_19410501_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Allen_DD66_19410501_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Patriotic cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Paul_J_Gross_ | Paul J. Gross]]
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Locy Type<br/>3z (BTT)
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1944-03-14
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[[Image:JonBurdett_allen_dd66_19440314_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett_allen_dd66_19440314.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
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Locy Type<br/>9x
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1940-10-03
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[[Image:JonBurdett_allen_dd66_19401003_pm.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
ALLEN earned 1 Battle Star for her WWII service.<br/>*
[[The Pearl Harbor Ships|Pearl Harbor December 7 1941]]<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Commander William Henry Allen USN (1784-1813)<br/>
Allen was a naval officer during the War of 1812.<br/>On August 24 1813, he led his ship ARGUS in the engagement with HMS PELICAN during which battle he received mortal wounds. Commander Allen was taken to the hospital at Mill Prison where he died on August 18 1813.
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