BACHE DD 470

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.

Fletcher Class Destroyer
Keel Laid November 19 1941 - Launched July 7 1942


1. USS BACHE DD-470
   Commissioned November 14 1942 - Decommissioned February 4 1946
   Recommissioned October 1 1951
   
   
2. USS BACHE DDE-470
   Reclassified Escort Destroyer (DDE) January 2 1951
   
   
3. USS BACHE DD-470
   Reverted to Destroyer (DD) June 30 1962
   Decommissioned March 1 1968
   
   Struck from Naval Register March 1 1968
   Wrecked February 6 1968 on the Island of Rhodes Greece
   Refloated and scuttled in deep waters.

 

Naval Covers

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.

1. Bache Covers Page 1     (1943-63)

 

Postmarks

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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

---

1st Commissioning November 14 1942 to February 4 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945

1945-10-27

"Victory Cancel"

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-11-11

As DD-470

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-01-28 to 1946-01-29

As DD-470

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1943-06-23

As DD-470

---

2nd Commissioning October 1 1951 to March 1 1968

 

Locy Type 2r

1954-05-02

As DDE-470
Welcome to Norfolk - HMCS MICMAC DDE 214, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2r

1959-10-11

As DDE-470

 

Locy Type P [2t(n+u) "E" removed]

1963-02-09

As DD-470

 

Other Information

BACHE earned 8 Battle Stars (WWII)

NAMESAKE - Commander George Mifflin Bache, USN (November 12 1840 - February 11 1896)
Bache was appointed Midshipman on November 9 1857. Graduating from the Naval Academy just after the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Passed Midshipman Bache went to sea in the sloop JAMESTOWN that operated along the Atlantic coast of the Confederacy. Later, he served briefly in the steam sloop POWHATAN before transferring to the squadron on the Mississippi River late in 1862. On November 8 1862, he received orders to assume command of the stern wheel, casemate gunboat CINCINNATI. Lt. Bache commanded the gunboat during operations leading up to the fall of Vicksburg, Miss., early in July of 1863. During those operations, however, his ship was sunk on May 27 1863 while dueling Confederate batteries defending the river approaches to the city. That summer, he took command of the sidewheel gunboat LEXINGTON and led her in a number of engagements with Confederate forces. In 1864, he returned to the Atlantic blockade as executive officer of POWHATAN. While assigned to that ship, Lt. Bache participated in both the unsuccessful and successful assaults on Fort Fisher, N.C., carried out in December 1864 and January 1865. In the latter attack, he was wounded but not severely. Following the Civil War, he served in SACRAMENTO until she was destroyed on a reef at the mouth of the Godavary River, Madras, India, on June 19 1867. Between 1869 and 1872, Lt. Comdr. Bache was assigned to the steam sloop JUNIATA on the European Station. After that, he went ashore to ordnance duty at the Washington Navy Yard until his retirement on April 5 1875. Comdr. Bache died on February 11 1896 at Washington, D.C

 

---

 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum