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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>Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid June 7 1943 - Launched 4 September 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS RABY DE-698'''<br/>
Commissioned December 7 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS RABY DEC-698'''<br/>
Reclassified Control Escort Ship (DEC) November 2 1949<br/>
Decommissioned December 22 1953<br/>
Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, James River Group<br/>
Reverted to Destroyer Escort (DE) December 27 1957, While in reserve<br/>
Transferred 1960 to Reserve Fleet, Texas Group<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register June 1 1968<br/>
Sold July 18 1969 for scrap
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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 RABY DEC-698_Covers_Page_1 |Raby Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944)</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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1944-10-24
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[[Image:JonBurdett raby de698 19441024 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett raby de698 19441024.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DE-698


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
RABY earned three battle stars for World War II service<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars - WWII Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - James Joseph Raby USN (September 17 1874 - January 15 1934)<br/>
Raby was appointed Naval Cadet on September 9 1891. Commissioned Ensign on July 1 1897, he advanced rapidly in rank, becoming a Commander July 1 1914, Captain November 23 1919, and Rear Admiral November 1 1927. In 1912 he commanded [[OREGON IX 22|USS OREGON BB-3]] with additional duty as commander of the port of Apra, Guam. During World War I, he received the Navy Cross for convoy escort duty while commanding [[ALBANY CL 23|USS ALBANY PG-36]] and later [[MISSOURI BB 11|USS MISSOURI BB-11]]. After various assignments in Washington, D.C., in 1922 he became Commandant of the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., and of the 8th Naval District. In 1931 he became Commandant of the 6th Naval District with additional duty as Commandant of the Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C. He died near Midway, Ga. on January 15 1934




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