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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Montgomery Class Protected Cruiser<br/>
Keel Laid October 1890 - Launched August 11 1892<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MARBLEHEAD C-11'''<br/>
Commissioned April 2 1894 - Decommissioned April 30 1900<br/>
Recommissioned November 10 1902 - Decommissioned October 1 1906<br/>
Loaned to California Militia March 31 1910<br/>
Loaned to Oregon Militia 1916<br/>
Recommissioned April 6 1917 - Decommissioned August 21 1919<br/>
Reclassified Gunboat PG-27 July 7 1920, While in reserve<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register August 5 1921<br/>
Sold August 5 1921 for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for 
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same 
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 
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<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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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
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<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>1st Commissioning 2 April 1894 to 30 April 1900</h4>

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Paris France CDS<br/><br/>
Venice Italy CDS
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1896-06-23
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Incoming mail to USS MARBLEHEAD at Venice Italy
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<h4>2nd Commissioning November 10 1902 to October 1 1906</h4>
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<h4>3rd Commissioning 6 April 1917 to 21 August 1919</h4>


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Locy Type<br/>3 (AC)
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1918-01-24
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Passed by Censor. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS MARBLEHEAD earned the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the Spanish Campaign Medal and the World War I Victory Medal w/ ATLANTIC FLEET Clasp during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A seaport in Massachusetts<br/><br/>
The ships sponsor was Mrs. C. F. Allen.<br/><br/>
Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name MARBLEHEAD - USS Marblehead (Gunboat, 1861), USS Marblehead C-11 and [[MARBLEHEAD_CL_12_ | USS Marblehead CL-12]]
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