EDSALL DE 129
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.
- USS EDSALL DE-129
Commissioned 10 April 1943 - Decommissioned 11 June 1946
Stricken 1 June 1968
Sold July 1969 for scrap
Edsall Class Destroyer Escort
Keel Laid 2 July 1942 - Launched 1 November 1942
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Postmarks
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Locy Type 2z* |
1946-04-12 |
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Glenn W. Dye (Grey Cover Service) postmark card.
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1946-04-12 |
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Glenn W. Dye (Grey Cover Service) postmark card.
Other Information
USS EDSALL earned the American Campaign Medal, the European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Seaman Norman Eckley Edsall, USN (June 3 1873 – April 1899)
Edsall was a veteran of the Spanish-American War.
Edsall enlisted in the U.S. Navy 27 June 1898. While serving on USS Philadelphia, Seaman Edsall went ashore with a landing party on 1 April 1899 to suppress hostile natives near Vailele, Samoa. He was killed attempting to carry his wounded commander, Lieutenant Philip Lansdale, to safety, and is buried on Samoa.
Two U.S. Navy ships have been named in his honor, USS Edsall DD-219 and USS Edsall DE-129.
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