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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><br/>
Gearing Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid October 1 1944 - Launched April 12 1945<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS McCAFFERY DD-860'''<br/>
Commissioned July 26 1945<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS McCAFFERY DDE-860'''<br/>
Redesignated Escort Destroyer (DDE) April 1 1950<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS McCAFFERY DD-860'''<br/>
Reverted to Destroyer (DD) June 30 1962<br/>
Decommissioned September 30 1973<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register September 30 1973<br/>
Sold June 11 1974 to Turkey for spare parts<br/>
</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 McCAFFERY DD-860_Covers_Page_1 | McCaffery Covers Page 1]]    (1946-66)</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.
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>>> 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/>2(n+) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1948-10-27
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett mccaffery dd860 19660606 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett mccaffery dd860 19660606.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DD-860




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2tnu
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1948-10-27
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_McCaffery_DD860_19481027_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_McCaffery_DD860_19481027_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DD-860




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2t(n+u) (DDE)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1962-04-07
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett mccaffery dde860 19620407 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett mccaffery dde860 19620407.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DDE-860




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2#<br/><br/>(Br. #16007)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1947-02-15
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_McCaffery_DD860_19470215_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_McCaffery_DD860_19470215_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DD-860




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>9fu
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1962-04-07
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett mccaffery dde860 19620407 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett mccaffery dde860 19620407.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DDE-860




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type P<br/>[2t(n+u)<br/>"E" removed]
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1963-05-15
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett mccaffery dd860 19630515 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett mccaffery dd860 19630515.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DD-860

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<h3>Other Information</h3>
McCAFFERY earned 2 Battle Stars for Korea service<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. McCaffery, USMC (1906–1943) killed in action at Bougainville on November 1 1943 and posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.



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