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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>Virginia Class Battleship<br/>
Keel Laid 1 May 1902 - Launched 17 May 1904<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS RHODE ISLAND Battleship No. 17'''<br/>
Commissioned 19 February 1906 - Decommissioned 30 June 1920<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register 12 July 1922<br/>
Sold 1 November 1923 and broken up for scrap
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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 
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range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[USS RHODE ISLAND BB-17_Covers_Page_1 | USS Rhode Island Battleship No. 17 Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1909-18)</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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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Unused
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1918
<br/>to<br/>
1919
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_RhodeIsland_BB17_1918_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_RhodeIsland_BB17_1918_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Picture postcard of the USS Rhode Island Battleship No. 17
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Locy Type 1s
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1909-04-22
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_RhodeIsland_BB17_19090422_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_RhodeIsland_BB17_19090422_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Sailor's Mail
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Locy Type<br/>1u (C)
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1910-12-15
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[[Image:JonBurdett rhodeisland 19101215 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett rhodeisland 19101215.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type 1z
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1918-10-21
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[[Image:JonBurdett rhodeisland bb17 19181021 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett rhodeisland bb17 19181021.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Censored, WWI use
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Locy Type 2
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1912-03-08
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[[Image:JonBurdett rhodeisland bb17 19120308 pm.JPG|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett rhodeisland bb17 19120308.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>3 (AC)<br/><br/>"VERA CRUZ /<br/>MEXICO"
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1914-12-31
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[[Image:JonBurdett rhodeisland bb17 19141231 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett rhodeisland bb17 19141231.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>3 (BC)
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1915-12-12
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[[Image:JonBurdett rhodeisland bb17 19151212 pm.JPG|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett rhodeisland bb17 19151212.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>3 (AC)<br/><br/>"AT /<br/>SEA"
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1916-08-27
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_RhodeIsland_BB17_19160827_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_RhodeIsland_BB17_19160827_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Sailor's Mail
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Locy Type 2<br/><br/>[[CONSTELLATION IX 20| USS Constellation]]
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1911-11-01
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[[Image:JonBurdett constellation ix20 19111101 back.JPG|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett constellation ix20 19111101.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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Picture postcard of the USS Rhode Island Battleship No. 17
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for The State of Rhode Island<br/><br/>
Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name RHODE ISLAND - USS Rhode Island (1861 Side Wheel Steamer), USS Rhode Island Battleship No. 17 and [[RHODE_ISLAND_SSBN_740_ | USS Rhode Island SSBN-740]].
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