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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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PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort<br/>
Keel Laid January 29 1943 - Launched August 28 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS PCE-902'''<br/>
Commissioned April 30 1945 - Decommissioned November 24 1949<br/><br/>
<li>'''PCE-902'''<br/>
Departed Philadelphia May 7 1950 and Placed in Service for Naval Reserve training duty in the Great Lakes.<br/><br/>
<li>'''PORTAGE PCE-902'''<br/>
Named February 15 1956<br/>
Placed Out of Service 1970 (?)<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register June 1 1970<br/>
Sold for scrap December 1 1973
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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> [[USS PCE-902_Covers_Page_1 | PCE-902 Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1949)</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>
<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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<h4>1st Commissioning April 30 1945 to November 24 1949</h4>
<h4>No Postmarks Reported</h4>
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Locy Type 2
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1946-05-17
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Postmarked from [[OtherUS_Hawaii_Sea_Forces_ | Hawaiian Sea Forces / Hawaiian Sea Frontier Branch]] Honolulu HI
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<h4>Naval Reserve Training Ship May 7 1950 to 1970</h4>
<h4>No Postmarks Reported</h4>
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Canadian Slogan<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>Sarnia, Ontario
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1964-07-10
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N/A
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Port Visit to Sarnia Ont., cacheted.
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Double-ring CDS<br/><br/>Port Huron MI
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1964-07-18
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Anti-Submarine War (ASW) Games 1964. Participants include [[RUNNER_IXSS_476_ | USS Runner SS-476]], [[AMHERST_PCER_853_ | USS Amherst PCE(R)-853]], [[HAVRE_PCE_877_ | USS Havre PCE-877]], [[ELY_PCE_880_ | USS Ely PCE-880]], [[FARMINGTON_PCE_894_ | USS Farmington PCE-894]], USS Portage PCE-902 and [[DANIEL_A_JOY_DE_585_ | USS Daniel A. Joy DE-585]]. 
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USPS Type 12<br/><br/>Portage PA
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2008-04-03
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N/A
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Commemorative cover by [[Cachet_Maker_Alvin_Eckert_ | Alvin Eckert]] postmarked at one of the ships namesake cities.
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Cities in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
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