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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>Gleaves Class Destroyer<br/>
Originally ordered as GRAYSON<br/>
Renamed December 23 1938<br/>
Keel Laid March 6 1939 - Launched August 3 1940<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS LIVERMORE DD-429'''<br/>
Commissioned October 7 1940 - Decommissioned January 24 1947<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register July 19 1956<br/>
Sold March 3 1961<br/><br/>
Broken up for scrap August 1961
</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 LIVERMORE DD-429_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]    (1940-45)</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<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
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>
</tr></table>



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>FDC 3 <br/><br/>"FIRST DAY /<br/>COMMISSION"
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1940-10-07
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Livermore_DD429_19401007_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Livermore_DD429_19401007_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
First Day of Commission (Notice the dial set-up "OCT 7 P.M. 1940")<br/>Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Leo_A_Schupp_ | Leo A. Schupp]]




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>FDC 3 <br/><br/>"FIRST DAY /<br/>COMMISSION"
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1940-10-07
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Livermore_DD429_19401007_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Livermore_DD429_19401007_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
First Day of Commission (Notice the dial set-up "OCT 7 1940 P.M.")




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>FDC 9x<br/>
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1940-10-07
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Livermore_DD429_19401007_3_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Livermore_DD429_19401007_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
First Day of Commission




<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">
1945-06-06
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:Jonburdett livermore dd429 19450606 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:Jonburdett livermore dd429 19450606.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>3 (A-BBT)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-04-18
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett livermore dd429 19410418 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett livermore dd429 19410418.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>3b (A-BXT)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1945-12-13
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett livermore dd429 19451213 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett livermore dd429 19451213.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>3z (BBT)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-06-17
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Livermore_DD429_19410617_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Livermore_DD429_19410617_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Manuscript ship's name on front


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
LIVERMORE received 3 battle stars for her World War II service<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Samuel Livermore (August 26 1786 - July 11 1833)<br/>
The first Naval Chaplain to be thus honored. Graduating from Harvard in 1804, he practiced law in Boston, Mass. During the War of 1812 he served as acting Chaplain in CHESAPEAKE and was wounded and captured in her engagement with HMS SHANNON in June 1813. Released from prison at Halifax, Nova Scotia, he served as purser in various Navy ships, including Brig SPARK in the Mediterranean in 1815 during the brief war with Algiers. He left the Navy in 1816, practiced law in Baltimore and New Orleans, and died July 11 1833 at Florence, Ala., enroute to New England.



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