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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>Cassin Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid June 17 1912 - Launched April 5 1913<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS DUNCAN Destroyer No. 46'''<br/>
Commissioned August 30 1913 - October 24 1914<br/>
Recommissioned January 22 1916<br/>
Placed in Ordinary May 31 1919<br/>
Placed in Reduced Commission January 1 1920<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS DUNCAN DD-46'''<br/>
Designated (DD) July 17 1920<br/>
Placed in Commission in Reserve August 1 1920<br/>
Decommissioned August 1 1922<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register March 8 1935<br/>
Sold 1935 and broken up 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).
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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<h4>2nd Commissioning January 22 1916 to August 9 1921</h4>




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NO DUNCAN POSTMARKS<br/>AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
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DATE FROM
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DATE TO
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British GPO mute
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1918-01-12
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[[Image:JonBurdett duncan dd46 19180112.JPG|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett duncan dd46 19180112 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Censored wartime (WWI) use

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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Silas Duncan (1788 - September 14 1834)<br/>
Duncan was appointed Midshipman November 15 1809. While Third Lieutenant of SARATOGA during the Battle of Lake Champlain, September 11 1814, he was sent in a gig to order the gunboats to retire. He succeeded in delivering the orders despite concentrated enemy fire which severely wounded him and caused the loss of his right arm. For his gallant conduct he was thanked by and Congress. From 1814 to 1824 Commander Duncan saw active service on board INDEPENDENCE, HORNET, GUERRIERE, CYANE and FERRET. He died September 14 1834 at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia




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