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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 August 18 1943 - Launched October 27 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS WEEDEN DE-797'''<br/>
Commissioned February 19 1944 - Decommissioned May 9 1946<br/>
Assigned to Reserve Training Duty 11th Naval District November 20 1946<br/>
Recommissioned (Reserve) May 26 1950 - Decommissioned February 26 1958<br/><br/>
Stricken June 30 1968<br/>
Sold October 27 1969 to Zidell Explorations Inc. of Portland, OR for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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<li>[[USS WEEDEN DE-797_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1944-46)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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 Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>1st Commissioning February 19 1944 to May 9 1946</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>2z
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1944-08-31
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
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Locy Type<br/>2#<br/><br/>
(Br. #16023)
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1946-02-09
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[[Image:JonBurdett weeden de797 19460209 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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<h4>2nd Commissioning May 26 1950 to February 26 1958</h4>
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Ensign Carl Alfred Weeden USN (April 14 1916 – December 7 1941)<br/>
Weeden graduated from the Naval Academy and reported for duty in [[ARIZONA BB 39|USS ARIZONA BB-39]] June 9 1940, and spent his entire but brief naval career in ARIZONA. He was killed during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor Heroes|Pearl Harbor December 7 1941]], and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart

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