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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>Fletcher Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid June 30 1942 - Launched July 4 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MORRISON DD-560'''<br/>
Commissioned December 18 1943<br/>
SUNK (Kamikaze) May 4 1945 off Okinawa<br/><br/>
152 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty
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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>[[USS MORRISON DD-560_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]]     (1945)</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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Postmark<br/>Date</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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Locy Type<br/>2z
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1945-02-19
<br/>to<br/>
1945-03-01
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[[Image:JonBurdett morrison dd560 19450219 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett morrison dd560 19450219.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Note:




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Locy Type<br/>9#<br/><br/>(Br. #15404)
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1945-02-19
<br/>to<br/>
1945-03-01
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[[Image:JonBurdett morrison dd560 19450219 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett morrison dd560 19450219.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Mark from back of cover


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
MORRISON received the Navy Unit Commendation and eight battle stars for World War II service<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - John Gordon Morrison (July 13 1838 - June 9 1897)<br/>
Morrison came to the United States in 1855. Enlisting in the U.S. Army at Lansingburg, N.Y., April 24 1861, he volunteered for service on Gunboat CARONDELET February 15 1862. He was appointed Coxswain and later received the Medal of Honor for exceptional bravery during an engagement July 15 1862 with Confederate Ram ARKANSAS in the Yazoo River. He was an inspiring example to the crew during CARONDELET’s unsuccessful attempt to halt the ironclad ram’s progress through the Union blockade to the Mississippi River. Discharged March 31 1863, Coxswain Morrison died at New York City June 9 1897




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