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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 June 12 1941 - Launched July 4 1942<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS DAVID W. TAYLOR DD-551'''<br/>
Commissioned September 18 1943 - Decommissioned August 17 1946<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register October 1 1972<br/><br/>
<li>'''ALMIRANTE FERRANDIZ D-22''' (Spanish Naval Service)<br/>
Transferred to Spain May 15 1957 and renamed<br/>
Sold to Spain October 1 1972<br/><br/>
Stricken by Spain November 17 1987 and scrapped
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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 DAVID W. TAYLOR DD-551_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]]     (1943-46)</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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Locy Type<br/>2(n)
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1946-01-30
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[[Image:JonBurdett davidwtaylor dd551 19460130 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett davidwtaylor dd551 19460130.jpeg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>2z
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1945-09-04
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett davidwtaylor dd551 19450904 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett davidwtaylor dd551 19450904.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>2#<br/><br/>(Br. #15890)
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1945-12-26
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[[Image:JonBurdett davidwtaylor dd551 19451226 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett davidwtaylor dd551 19451226.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>9efu
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1943-10-15
<br/>to<br/>
1943-10-16
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[[Image:JonBurdett davidwtaylor dd551 19431015 pm.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett davidwtaylor dd551 19431015.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Mark from back of cover


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
DAVID W. TAYLOR earned 8 Battle Stars for WWII service<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - David Watson Taylor USN (March 4 1864 - July 28 1940)<br/>
Taylor entered the Naval Academy after graduating from Randolph-Macon College in 1881. Appointed Naval Constructor December 5 1891 he served in this post and as Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair during his 40 years of active service. Recognized as an international authority on naval architecture and marine engineering, Rear Admiral Taylor also aided in the development of the NC-type flying boat, the first aircraft to make a transatlantic flight. For his services during World War I he was awarded The Distinguished Service Medal and the French government made him a Commander of the Legion of Honor. Admiral Taylor retired January 16 1923 and died in Washington, D.C., July 28 1940



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