GRADY DE 445
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 January 3 1944 - Launched April 2 1944 |
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- Covers Page 1 (1946)
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.
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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Kearny NJ |
1944-04-02 |
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Launching
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Kearny NJ |
1944-04-02 |
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Twin launching with USS FORMOE DE-509
1st Commissioning September 11 1944 to July 2 1946
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Locy Type |
1946-02-04 |
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Locy Type |
1946-02-04 |
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Other Information
GRADY received three battle stars for World War II Service
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 star
NAMESAKE - George Francis Grady USMC (April 28 1920 - August 7 1942)
Grady enlisted in the Marine Corps October 11 1938. Assigned to the 1st Marine Division, Private First Class Grady was killed in action on Gavutu, Solomon Islands, August 7 1942. Although aware that his weapon was not functioning, Grady rushed three of the enemy who were firing on his squad, engaged them in hand-to-hand combat, and succeeded in overpowering two of them before he himself was killed. For his courage and self-sacrifice, Grady was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross
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