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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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Hamilton Class 378-foot High Endurance Cutter<br/>
Keel Laid 25 July 1966 - Launched 11 February 1967<br/><br/>
<li>'''USCGC MELLON WHEC-717'''</li>Commissioned 9 January 1968<br/>Decommissioned 24 October 1985 for FRAM modernization<br/>Recommissioned 1989 -
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the 
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for 
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same 
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't 
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<li>[[MELLON_WHEC_717_Covers_Page_1 | USCGC Mellon WHEC-717 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1970-1985)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a 
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, 
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one 
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of 
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an 
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
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<h4>1st Commissioning 9 January 1968 to 1984</h4>
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USPO Slogan<br/>Machine cancel<br/><br/>Honolulu HI
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1970-10-19
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N/A
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Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Michael_F_Hebert_ | Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)]]
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USPS Type 9<br/><br/>Seattle WA
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1985-10-24
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Decommissioning, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_74_USS_Puget_Sound_ | USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS]] 
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USCGC MELLON has received numerous Meritorious Unit Commendations and the CG Unit Commendation Medal along with other awards.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' -  Andrew William Mellon, (24 March 1855 – 26 August 1937)<br/>Mellon was an American banker, businessman, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and politician. Mellon served as the 49th Secretary of the Treasury from 1921-1932.<br/><br/>
The cutters sponsor is Mrs. John W. Warner Jr., granddaughter of the late Secretary Andrew W. Mellon.
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