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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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Hamilton Class 378-foot, High Endurance Cutter<br/>
Keel Laid 12 December 1966 - Launched 17 June 1967<br/><br/>
<li>'''USCGC BOUTWELL WHEC 719'''<br/>
Commissioned 24 June 1968 - Decommissioned for FRAM March 1989<br/>
Recommissioned (Special) 13 September 1990 - Recommissioned (Full) 2 May 1991<br/>
Decommissioned 16 March 2016<br/><br/>
<li>'''BRP ANDRES BONIFACIO PF-17'''<br/>
Christened 21 JULY 2016 into the Philippine Navy
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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<li>[[BOUTWELL_WHEC_719_Covers_Page_1 | USCGC Boutwell WHEC-719 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2016)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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USPS<br/>Pictorial Postmark<br/><br/>"City of Roses"<br/><br/>Portland OR
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1997-06-04
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Portland Rose Festival, rubber stamp cachets. 
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USPS<br/>4-bar Cancel<br/><br/>"Midway Philatelic Sta."<br/><br/>San Diego CA
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2016-03-16
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Decommissioning, cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]] 
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - George Sewall Boutwell (28 January 1818 – 27 February 1905)<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Boutwell was an American politician, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, the 20th Governor of Massachusetts, a Senator and Representative from Massachusetts and the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue under U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. He was a leader in the impeachment of U.S. President Andrew Johnson.<br/><br/>
Three cutters of the US Coast Guard have borne the name BOUTWELL - USRC Boutwell (1873-1907), [[BOUTWELL_WSC_130_ | USCGC Boutwell WSC-130]] and USCGC Boutwell WHEC-719.<br/><br/> 
The ships sponsor is Mrs. Douglass Dillon, the wife of the Honorable C. Douglass Dillon, former Secretary of the Treasury.<br/><br/>
'''PHILIPPINE NAMESAKE''' - Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro (November 30, 1863 – May 10, 1897), revolutionary and founder of the Katipunan movement. He is considered a de facto national hero of the Philippines, and is also considered by some Filipino historians to be the first President of the Philippines (through the revolutionary government he established), but officially he is not recognized as such.
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