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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>Clemson Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid September 25 1918 - Launched February 21 1919<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS PAUL HAMILTON DD-307'''<br/>
Commissioned September 24 1920 - Decommissioned January 20 1930<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register July 8 1930<br/>
Sold 1931 and broken up for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, 
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<li>[[USS PAUL HAMILTON DD-307_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1929)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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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="350">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/>3s
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1925-08-30
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_PaulHamilton_DD307_19250830_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_PaulHamilton_DD307_19250830_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Sailor's Mail
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Locy Type<br/>3s
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1929-10-29
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1929-10-30
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[[Image:JonBurdett paulhamilton dd307 19291029 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett paulhamilton dd307 19291029.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>9
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1928-03-30
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Paul Hamilton_DD307_19280330_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JohnGermann_Paul Hamilton_DD307_19280330_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Paul Hamilton (October 16 1762 – June 30 1816)<br/>
Hamilton was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, following the war, he was a planter and public figure. He served South Carolina in many public offices including state Representative (1787), State Senator (1794), Comptroller (1800), and Governor (1804). In 1809, President James Madison selected Hamilton to become the third Secretary of the Navy. He would serve in this office from May 15 1809 to December 31 1812<br/><br/>
The US Navy has honored him with three destroyers named PAUL HAMILTON - USS Paul Hamilton DD-307, "USS Paul Hamilton DD-590" and [[PAUL_HAMILTON_DDG_60_ | USS Paul Hamilton DDG-60]].<br/>
The US Navy first honored him with "USS Hamilton" (Schooner 1812) and in 1942 a Liberty ship was named after him, "SS Paul Hamilton" (Hull Number 227).
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