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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.
<ol>Wickes (Little) Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid December 9 1918 - Launched May 16 1919<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS STANSBURY Destroyer No. 180'''<br/>
Commissioned January 8 1920<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS STANSBURY DD-180'''<br/>
Designated (DD) July 17 1920<br/>
Decommissioned May 27 1922<br/> 
Recommissioned August 29 1940<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS STANSBURY DMS-8'''<br/>
Reclassified High-speed Minesweeper (DMS) November 19 1940<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS STANSBURY AG-107'''<br/>
Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) June 5 1945<br/>
Decommissioned October 11 1945<br/><br/>
Stricken January 3 1946<br/>
Sold October 26 1946 and broken up for scrap 
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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<li>[[USS STANSBURY AG-107_Covers_Page_1 | Stansbury Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1940-41)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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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.

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image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
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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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<h4>1st Commissioning January 8 1920 to May 27 1922</h4>
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<h4>2nd Commissioning August 29 1940 to December 11 1945</h4>


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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>FDPS 3 
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1940-11-04
<br/>to<br/>
1940-11-04
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Stansbury_DD180_19401104_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Stansbury_DD180_19401104_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DD-180<br/>
First Day of Postal Service
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Locy Type<br/>3 (A-BTT)
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1941-06-01
<br/>to<br/>
1941-06-01
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Stansbury_DMS8_19410601_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Stansbury_DMS8_19410601_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DMS-8
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
STANSBURY was awarded three battle stars during World War II<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - John Stansbury (? - September 11 1814)<br/>
Stansbury served in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He served under Decatur as a Midshipman in United States during the capture of the British ship, MACEDONIAN. He was killed during the Battle of Lake Champlain on September 11 1814. 
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