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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/>
Clemson Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid January 11 1919 - Launched May 1 1919<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS NICHOLAS DD-311'''<br/>
Commissioned November 23 1920<br/>
LOST (Wrecked) September 8 1923 on Honda Point CA<br/><br/>
Wreck sold October 19 1925
</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>      (DATE RANGE)</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="220">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">
NO POSTMARKS REPORTED
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
DATE FROM
<br/>to<br/>
DATE TO
</td><td align="center" width="220">
N/A
</td><td align="center" width="120">
N/A
</td></tr></table>
Note:


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Wrecked at Honda Point, CA with six other Destroyers in multiple grounding...[[CHAUNCEY DD 296|USS CHAUNCEY DD-296]], [[FULLER DD 297|USS FULLER DD-297]],<br/> [[DELPHY DD 261|USS DELPHY DD-261]], [[S P LEE DD 310|USS S.P. LEE DD-310]], [[WOODBURY DD 309|USS WOODBURY DD-309]], and [[YOUNG DD 312|USS YOUNG DD-312]]<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Major Samuel Nicholas, USMC (1744 – August 27, 1790).<br/>Nicholas was the first officer commissioned in the United States Continental Marines (now the United States Marine Corps) and by tradition is considered to be the first Commandant of the Marine Corps.<br/>Veteran of the Battle of Nassau, Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton, Nicholas served from 1775 to 1783.<br/>Three ships in the US Navy have been named in his honor; USS NICHOLAS DD-311, USS NICHOLAS DD-449 and USS NICHOLAS FFG-47.



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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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