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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>
Self-propelled Covered Lighter<br/>
Launched 19 June 1943 <br/><br/>
<li>'''YF-444''' (Lighter)</li>
Placed in Service May 29 1944<br/>
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District as ammunition lighter at Naval Ammunition Depot at Earle, NJ<br/>
Placed out of service and Transferred to the US Coast Guard in 1946<br/><br/>
<li>'''USCGC WHITE SAGE WAGL-544'''</li>
Commissioned August 9 1947<br/><br/>
<li>'''USCGC WHITE SAGE WLM-544'''</li>
Redesignated 1965<br/>
Decommissioned June 7 1996<br/><br/>
Donated to the Canvasback Missions, Inc. via a Congressional earmark<br/>
Possession taken in Baltimore in September 1999<br/>
Canvasback controversially sold the ship a few months later to a maritime equipment company<br/>
but failed to inform the Coast Guard property office about the sales<br/>
The maritime equipment company later sold the ship for substantially more to a pig farmer who uses it as a commercial ferry off Nicaragua<br/><br/>
<!-- Canvasback controversy detailed in: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/business/13cutter.html
Archive file: White_Sage_NY_Times.pdf -->
Fate unknown 
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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>
</ol>
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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
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<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
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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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPS Type 9<br/><br/>Bristol, RI
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1996-06-28
<br/>to<br/>
1996-06-28
</td><td align="center" width="100">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Sorrel_WLB296_19960620_1_Seal.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td align="center" width="200">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_WhiteSage_WLM544_19960628_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Decommissioning_ | Decommissioning]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_Page_22_ | 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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