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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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<ol>Mars Class Combat Stores Ship<br/> 
Keel Laid October 2 1965 - Launched July 27 1966<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USS WHITE PLAINS AFS-4'''<br/>
Commissioned November 23 1968 - 
Decommissioned April 4 1993<br/>
Assigned to MSC April 4 1993<br/><br/>
<li>'''USNS WHITE PLAINS AFS-4'''<br/>
Placed In Service April 4 1993 - Out of Service April 17 1995<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register August 24 1995<br/> 
Sunk as target July 8 2002 during "RIMPAC 2002"
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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 name of the ship (for 
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same 
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 
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>[[USS WHITE PLAINS AFS-4_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1968-93)</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 name and/or commissioning period. 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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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/>FDC 2(n+)
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1968-11-23
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[[Image:JonBurdett whiteplains afs4 19681123-1 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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First Day in Commission
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Locy Type<br/>2(n+)
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1973-12-27
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[[Image:JonBurdett whiteplains afs4 19731227 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett whiteplains afs4 19731227.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>2t(n+u) (USS)
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1977-10-11
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[[Image:JonBurdett whiteplains afs4 19771011 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+) (USS)
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1979-08-28
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[[Image:JonBurdett whiteplains afs4 19790828 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Listed as Type 2-1(n) in USCS Catalog - Clearly this is a Type 2-1(n+)
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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+) (USS)
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1985-01-14
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_WhitePlains_AFS4_19850114_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Raymond_W_Milling_ | Raymond W. Milling]]
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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+) (USS)
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1990-06-27
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[[Image:JonBurdett whiteplains afs4 19900627 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Locy Type<br/>9-1(n+u) (USS)<br/>lettering fills dial
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1990-06-27
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[[Image:JonBurdett whiteplains afs4 19900627 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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<h4>In Service period April 4 1993 to April 17 1995</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+) (USS)
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1993-05-19
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As USNS WHITE PLAINS
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USPS 4-bar<br/><br/>Naval Station<br/>Guam
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1995-04-17
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Place Out Of Service. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
WHITE PLAINS earned the following awards during her Naval career - Navy Unit Commendation
- Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (6) -Navy Expeditionary Medal (5) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 5 Campaign stars) - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Humanitarian Services Medal (6) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - "A city in, and the seat of government for, Westchester County, N.Y. After the Battle of Long Island on 27 August 1776, during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was forced to evacuate Long Island and, later, the entire state of New York. During the retreat through New York and New Jersey, contingents of American soldiers fought a series of sharp rearguard actions which held up the British forces and allowed the Continental Army to escape intact to Pennsylvania. On 28 October 1776, the second of those engagements was fought near White Plains, N.Y. Though the American troops were ultimately driven from the field, they held the British back long enough to allow General Washington's main force to make good its retreat." {DANFS}<br/><br/>
There has been 2 ships of the US Navy named WHITE PLAINS - USS White Plains CVE-66 and USS White Plains AFS-4.
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