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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>Fletcher Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid August 3 1943 - Launched April 10 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS COLHOUN DD-801'''<br/>
Commissioned July 8 1944<br/>
Heavily damaged (Japanese aircraft) April 6 1945 off Okinawa<br/>
SUNK (Scuttled) by gunfire from [[CASSIN YOUNG DD 793|USS CASSIN YOUNG DD-793]]<br/>
35 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty
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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> Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)</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="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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NO COLHOUN POSTMARKS<br/>AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
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DATE FROM
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DATE TO
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Earned 1 Battle Star (WWII)<br/>*
Okinawa operation, April 1945<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Edmund Ross Colhoun USN (May 6 1821 - February 17 1897)
Colhoun was appointed a Midshipman on April 1 1839. He served during the Mexican War with Commodores Conner and Perry at Alvarado and Tabasco. During the Civil War he served on both the North and South Atlantic Blockading Squadrons, had command of the Monitor WEEHAWKEN and was commended for his participation in the bombardment and capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, from December 1864 to January 1865. He commanded the South Pacific Station (1874-5), Mare Island Navy Yard (1877-81) and retired from the U.S. Navy on May 5 1883. Rear Admiral Colhoun died on February 17 1897




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If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
editing this page.
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