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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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Gearing Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid December 1 1944 - Launched July 7 1945<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS RICHARD B. ANDERSON DD-786'''<br/>
Commissioned October 26 1945 - Decommissioned December 20 1975<br/><br/>
Stricken January 30 1976<br/><br/>
<li>'''KAI YANG D-925''' (Taiwanese Naval Service)<br/>
Transferred to Taiwan June 10 1977 and renamed<br/>
Decommissioned by Taiwan November 16 1999 and laid up
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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).

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<li>[[USS RICHARD B. ANDERSON DD-786_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1946-72)</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 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.
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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/>2
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1953-11-27
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Locy Type<br/>2et(n+u)<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. R-46 
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1972-06-04
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FRAUDULENT use of the "FREE" mail privilege by [[Cachet_Maker_Frederick_L_Karcher_ | Frederick L. Karcher]]
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Locy Type<br/>2et(n+u)<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. R-46 
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1972-08-20
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1962-10-12
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1953-11-27
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
RICHARD B. ANDERSON earned 4 Battle Stars for her Korean War service and 11 Battle Stars for her Vietnam War service.<br/><br/> 
'''NAMESAKE''' - Private First Class Richard B. Anderson, USMC (June 26 1921 – February 1 1944)<br/>PFC Anderson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Battle of Kwajalein.  Anderson hurled himself on a live grenade in a shell hole to save the lives of three buddies though he knew death for himself was almost certain. PFC Anderson was evacuated to a ship, where he died of his wounds.
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