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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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Chimo Class Minelayer<br/>
Keel Laid - Launched<br/>Completed 15 April 1942<br/><br/>
<li>'''USAMP GENERAL HENRY KNOX MP-1'''<br/>Commissioned 1942<br/>
Transferred to the U.S. Navy 2 January 1945<br/><br/>
Completed conversion to Auxiliary Minelayer ('''ACM''') 5 March 1945<br/>
<li>'''USS PICKET ACM-8'''<br/>Commissioned 6 March 1945 - Decommissioned 24 June 1946<br/><br/>
Struck from the Naval Vessel Register 19 July 1946<br/><br/>
Transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard 24 June 1946<br/>
<li>'''USCGC WILLOW WAGL-332'''<br/>Commissioned 20 September 1947<br/><br/>
<li>'''USCGC WILLOW WLB-332'''<br/>Redesignated (WLB) 1964<br/>
Decommissioned 10 October 1969<br/><br/>
Fate Unknown
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[[Image:US CoastGuard_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
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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>USCGC Willow WLB-332 Covers Page 1     (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 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="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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USPO Slogan<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>San Francisco CA
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1962-06-07
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'''WILLOW WAGL-332'''. Rubber stamp cachet. From the [[Cachet_Maker_John_Young_ | John Young]] collection.


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - (KNOX) - Henry Knox (25 July 1750 – 25 October 1806) was a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, who also served as the first United States Secretary of War from 1789 to 1794.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - (PICKET) - A pointed wooden stake driven into the ground, typically to form a fence or palisade or to tether a horse.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - (WILLOW) - Willows, also called sallows, and osiers, form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.



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