NCMSysop: updated ship names section

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updated ship names section

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	Built 1799 - Launched June 5 1799<br/><br/>		Built 1799 - Launched June 5 1799<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS JOHN ADAMS'''<br/>		<li>'''USS JOHN ADAMS''' (Frigate)<br/>
	Commissioned 1799<br/>		Commissioned 1799<br/>
	Placed In Ordinary January 1801<br/>		Placed In Ordinary January 1801<br/>

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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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Frigate 
Built 1799 - Launched June 5 1799 
<li>'''USS JOHN ADAMS''' 
Commissioned 1799 
Placed In Ordinary January 1801 
Laid up June 1801 at Washington 
Reactivated 1802 
Placed In Ordinary November 1805 
Laid up at New York 
Reactivated 1814 
Laid up 1829 at Gosport VA 
Reactivated 1831 
Laid up June 1838 at Boston 
Reactivated 1842 
Placed In Ordinary (date unknown) until 1847 
Decommissioned September 1865 
Sold October 5 1867 
Fate unknown
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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.
<ol>
<li> Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)</li>
</ol>
 

<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.
   
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



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Postmark Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cover Image</th>
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons... 
Civil War Medal 
JOHN ADAMS sailed on or about October 1 1799 to operate against French privateers in the Caribbean 
Early in January 1800, the Frigate began to make her presence known 
taking an unidentified Caribbean off San Juan, P.R., recapturing Brig DOLPHIN and Brigs HANNIBAL and ATLANTIC in March 
French Privateer Schooner LA JASON surrendered to her April 3 
In May she retook Schooners DISPATCH and WILLIAM 
In the late spring or summer she recaptured American Brig OLIVE, and on June 13 she took French Schooner DECADE 
John Adams was dispatched to the United States 5 December escorting a convoy 
Operated with Mediterranean Squadron from January 5 to May 3 1803 
On May 3 she was ordered to cruise independently off Tripoli 
At Tripoli, the Frigate attacked the forts and the gunboats anchored under their protection, capturing the 20-gun TRIPOLITAN cruiser MESHOUDA 
Reinforced by USS NEW YORK, and USS ENTERPRISE, she engaged a flotilla of enemy gunboats off Tripoli May 22 sending them scurrying back into the harbor to safety 
On May 27 the squadron again bested a group of pirate gunboats 
On June 21 JOHN ADAMS and ENTERPRISE captured a 22-gun vessel belonging to Tripoli thus reducing the threat from that state 
Throughout the summer and early fall continued operations against the Barbary pirates of Tunis, Algiers, and Morocco before returning home 
Rejoined the Mediterranean Squadron August 1804 to participate in the bombardment of Tripoli 
During the War Of 1812 she was in laid-up status at New York until 1814 due to the British blockade and a critical shortage of seamen 
Sailed under a flag of truce carrying peace commissioners Henry Clay and Jonathan Russell to Europe 
She returned to the United States September 5 bringing dispatches from the American commissioners at Ghent 
In the autumn of 1815 arrived in the Mediterranean to assist frigates USS UNITED STATES and USS CONSTELLATION and Sloops USS ERIE and USS ONTARIO 
in maintaining peace and order in the area...Early in 1816 she returned home with dispatches 
In 1817 she deployed to the West Indies to suppress pirate activity 
On December 22 she demanded and received the surrender of Amelia Island, off the east coast of Florida, the base from which corsairs pounced upon passing merchantmen 
In 1819 sailed with COMO. Oliver Hazard Perry to Venezuela to negotiate restitution for United States vessels illegally captured during the countries revolution 
Accompanied USS CONSTELLATION on a voyage to the Plata River to continue the negotiations to establish friendly relations with the new Latin American republics 
Joined the West India Squadron created in 1822 to cope with continuing pirate activity 
Joined the Mediterranean Squadron in 1831 
Carried, ex-Commodore Porter, to Constantinople where he became the U.S.'s first charge d'affaires 
JOHN ADAMS was kept busy convoying ships in the Mediterranean and in 1833 visited Liberia, being colonized with American Negroes 
She sailed from Hampton Roads May 5 1838 on a cruise around the world accompanied by USS COLUMBIA 
At the beginning of the Mexican War she was assigned to blockading duty off the east coast of Mexico 
Joined the Africa station for action with the English Navy against the slave trade until July 1853 
John Adams next operated in the Pacific and the Far East until after the outbreak of the Civil War 
In the summer of 1863 she joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and took station off Morris Island inside Charleston Bar 




 
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