HOWARD D CROW DE 252

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.

Edsall Class Type FMR Destroyer Escort Keel Laid February 6 1943 - Launched April 26 1943 USS HOWARD D. CROW DE-252 Commissioned September 27 1943 - Decommissioned May 22 1946 Recommissioned July 6 1951 - Decommissioned September 23 1958 HOWARD D. CROW DE-252 Placed In Service as a unit of the Select Reserve Anti-submarine Force Assigned September 1958 to Naval Reserve Training 8th Naval Dist. Galveston TX USS HOWARD D. CROW DE-252 Recommissioned August 1961 for the Berlin Crisis HOWARD D. CROW DE-252 Placed In Service August 1 1962 - Out of Service 1967 Struck from Naval Register September 23 1968 Sold October 13 1970 to Coastal Pools Inc. of Beaumont, TX for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1944-64)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning September 27 1943 to May 22 1946

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-06-06

Official Business

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2nd Commissioning July 6 1951 to September 23 1958

 

Locy Type 2

1954-08-22

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Locy Type 2

1955-02-05

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In Service Period August 1 1962 to 1967

 

Locy Type 9efu (used after POD)

1964-11-16 to 1964-11-17

Post office discontinued March 18 1959

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star

NAMESAKE - Ensign Howard Daniel Crow USN (February 2 1918 - December 7 1941)
Crow was killed during the Pearl Harbor attack while serving on USS MARYLAND BB-46
Ensign Crow, whose battle station was in the ship's 5th Division, died of his wounds received in action

 

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