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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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Oliver Hazard Perry Class (Flight III) Frigate<br/>
Keel Laid 3 July 1981 as '''FFG-44''' - Launched & Christened 26 March 1982<br/><br/>
<li>'''HMAS DARWIN FFG 04''' (Australian Naval Service)<br/>Commissioned 21 July 1984
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[[Image:Darwin_FFG04_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
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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.
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<li> Covers Page 1     (Date)</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 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.
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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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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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USPS 4-bar<br/><br/>"Terminal Annex"<br/><br/>Seattle WA
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1985-01-26
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Darwin_FFG04_19850126_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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HMAS Darwin celebrates AUSTRALIA DAY 1985. Cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_74_USS_Puget_Sound_ | USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS]]

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<h3>Other Information</h3>
The HMAS DARWIN FFG-04 received battle honours for: "East Timor 1999", "Persian Gulf 2003-03", and "Iraq 2003".<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for the capital city of the Northern Territory.



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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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