WESSON DE 184
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Keel Laid July 29 1943 - Launched October 17 1943 |
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).
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- Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)
Postmarks
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
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THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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1946-01-04
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1946-01-04
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Other Information
WESSON earned seven battle stars for her World War II service
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 7 stars - World War II Victory Medal
NAMESAKE - Morgan Wesson (December 19 1918 - November 13 1942)
Wesson was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve on June 17 1941. He reported to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., on August 19 1941 for instruction in communications. Upon completion of that training, he reported to the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, N.J., on December 29 1941 for duty in connection with fitting out USS ATLANTA CL-51. After that cruiser was placed in commission, he served in her and was promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade) on June 15 1942. He was killed in action when ATLANTA was sunk in the Battle of the Solomon Islands on November 13 1942
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