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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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<li>'''CG 82344''' (U.S. Coast Guard)</li>
Commissioned 11 December 1963<br/><br/>
[Note: Although the U.S. Coast Guard may use "WPB-82344" in its documentation, the identification painted<br/>
on the ship's hull would have been "CG 82344" (as seen in standard photos of the class for that time period).]<br/><br/>
<li>'''USCGC POINT ESTERO WPB-82344'''</li>
Name assigned in January 1964<br/>
Decommissioned 8 February 2001<br><br/>
<li>'''ARC CABO TIBURON PC-143''' (Colombian Naval Service)</li>
Transferred to Columbia February 8 2001<br/><br/>
[Note: Some sources give the designation-hull number as "GC-143" 
([https://web.archive.org/web/20111002154115/http://www.harpoondatabases.com/encyclopedia/Entry2010.aspx Harpoon Databases])
or even "PM-143" ([https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_nationale_colombienne French Wikipedia]).<br>
The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_ships_of_the_Colombian_Navy U.S. Wikipedia] page uses "PC-143" so that's what I went with.]<br/><br/>
Still listed as active in 2024
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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).

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><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] --> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</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
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="100">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Close-Up Image</th>
<th align="center" width="200">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Full Cover Image</th>
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<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPS Type 9<br/><br/>Gulfport MS
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
2001-02-08
<br/>to<br/>
2001-02-08
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_PointEstero_WPB82344_20010208_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Decommissioning_ | Decommissioning]]<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship.

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