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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.
<ol>Edsall Class Type FMR Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid December 21 1942 - Launched February 28 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS HILL DE-141'''<br/>
Commissioned August 16 1943 - Decommissioned June 7 1946<br/><br/>
Stricken October 1 1972<br/>
Sold January 18 1974 for scrap
</ol>
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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 incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
<ol>
<li>[[USS HILL DE-141_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]    (1946)</li>
</ol>
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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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
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.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type / Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="100">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Close-Up Image</th>
<th align="center" width="200">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Full Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2z*
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-03-21
<br/>to<br/>
?
</td><td align="center" width="100">
[[Image:JonBurdett hill de141 19460321 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="200">
[[Image:JonBurdett hill de141 19460321.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Ship used only 2z and 2z* devices


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named in Honor of Chief Boatswain Edwin Joseph Hill USN (October 4 1894 - December 7 1941) killed in [[Pearl Harbor Heroes|Pearl Harbor attack]] while serving on [[NEVADA BB 36|USS NEVADA BB-36]]. Chief Boatswain Hill led his men of the linehandling details of the USS NEVADA to the quays, cast off the lines and swam back to his ship. Later, while on the forecastle, attempting to let go the anchors, he was blown overboard and killed by the explosion of several bombs. Hill was posthumously awarded The Medal of Honor for distinguished conduct in the line of his profession, extraordinary courage, and disregard of his own safety <br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal<br/>European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal<br/>WWII Victory Medal




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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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