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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>Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid May 22 1943 - Launched August 14 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS GEORGE DE-697'''<br/>
Commissioned November 20 1943 - Decommissioned October 8 1958<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register November 1 1969<br/>
Sold October 12 1970 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 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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<li>[[USS GEORGE DE-697_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945-54)</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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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Bay City MI<br/>Machine
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1943-08-14
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Launching
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<h4>1st Post Office Period December 6 1943 to April 25 1949</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>2tnu
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1948-01-14
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Locy Type<br/>2z
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1945-03-13
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
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<h4>2nd Post Office December 16 1953 to 1958</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>2r
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1954-07-12
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Locy Type<br/>9efu
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1954-07-12
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
GEORGE received two battle stars for World War II service<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars - WWII Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Eugene Frank George USN (April 23 1925 - November 12 1942)<br/>
George enlisted in the Navy May 18 1942 and reported for duty in [[SAN FRANCISCO CA 38|USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38]] at Pearl Harbor July 17. As an antiaircraft gunner, he participated in the bitterly-fought naval engagements against the Japanese off the Solomon Islands following the American invasion of Guadalcanal August 7. On November 12 SAN FRANCISCO and other ships of Rear Admiral Richard K. Turner's Task Force 67 formed a protective screen off Lunga Point while troop reinforcements debarked from the transports and landed on Guadalcanal. During early afternoon a force of enemy fighters and bombers attacked the ships, but effective anti-aircraft fire and air cover repelled the attack and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy planes. One torpedo-bomber, damaged by anti-aircraft fire from the screening ships, crashed SAN FRANCISCO, destroying the after control station and demolishing three 20mm. gunmounts. Seaman George, who courageously refused to abandon his gun in spite of the onrushing plane, blazed away at the attacker until killed by the doomed aircraft. For his grim perserverance and relentless devotion to duty in the face of certain death, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross
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