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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>PCE(R)-848 Class Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue)<br/>
Keel Laid November 16 1943 - Launched March 18 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS PCE(R)-853'''<br/>
Commissioned June 16 1944 - Decommissioned October 1945<br/><br/>
<li>'''PCE(R)-853'''<br/> 
Placed In Service December 1947 as Naval Reserve Training Ship<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS PCE(R)-853'''<br/>
Recommissioned November 28 1950<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS AMHERST PCE(R)-853'''<br/>
Named February 15 1956<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS AMHERST EPCE(R)-853'''<br/>
Reclassified Experimental Patrol Craft Escort (Rescue) (EPCE(R)) 1959<br/>
Decommissioned February 6 1970<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register June 3 1970<br/><br/>
<li>'''VAN KIEP II HQ-14''' (South Vietnamese Naval Service)<br/>
Transferred to South Vietnam November 6 1970 and renamed<br/>
Escaped to the Philippines 1975 after fall of Saigon<br/><br/>
<li>'''BRP DATU MARIKUDO PC-23''' (Philippine Naval Service)<br/>
Transferred to the Philippines April 5 1976 and renamed<br/><br/>
Fate unknown
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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 
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><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1964)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a 
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, 
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one 
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of 
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an 
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
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<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>1st Commissioning June 15 1944 to October 1945</h4>
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<h4>2nd Commissioning November 28 1950 to February 6 1970</h4>

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USPO Slogan<br/>Machine Postmark<br/><br/>Detroit, MI
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1962-11-06
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Double-ring CDS<br/><br/> Port Huron MI
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1964-07-18
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N/A
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Anti-Submarine War (ASW) Games 1964. Participants include [[RUNNER_IXSS_476_ | USS Runner SS-476]], USS Amherst PCE(R)-853, [[HAVRE_PCE(C)_877_ | USS Havre PCE-877]], [[ELY_PCE_880_ | USS Ely PCE-880]], [[FARMINGTON_PCE_894_ | USS Farmington PCE-894]], [[PORTAGE_PCE_902_ | USS Portage PCE-902]] and [[DANIEL_A_JOY_DE_585_ | USS Daniel A. Joy DE-585]]. 
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS PCE(R) earned two battle stars for her World War II service.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Towns in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Virginia, and a county in Virginia.
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