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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 November 5 1943 - Launched December 30 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS ROBERT I. PAINE DE-578'''<br/>
Commissioned February 26 1944 - Decommissioned March 18 1949<br/>
Reclassified Rader Picket Escort (DER) March 18 1949, While in reserve<br/>
Reverted to Destroyer Escort (DE) December 1 1954, While in reserve<br/><br/>
Stricken 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 ROBERT I. PAINE DE-578_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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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>
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Locy Type<br/>2z
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1945-01-23
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[[Image:JonBurdett robertipaine de578 19450123 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett robertipaine de578 19450123.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
ROBERT I. PAINE earned one battle star during World War II<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - World War II Victory Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Robert Ignatius Paine USMCR (June 16 1923 August 7 1942)<br/>
Paine enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve January 14 1942. After training at Parris Island, S.C., and at Quantico, Va., Private Paine served in the field until he was killed in action during the initial landing on Tulagi August 7 1942. A member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion, he died as he persisted in advancing on an enemy machinegun position despite exposure to its fire. For his " ... conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action ..." and " ... his grim determination and great personal valor ..." he was awarded the Silver Star posthumously




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