JOSEPH P KENNEDY JR DD 850

Ship Name and Designation History

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Gearing Class Destroyer Keel Laid 2 April 1945 - Launched 26 July 1945 USS JOSEPH P. KENNEDY JR. DD-850 Commissioned 15 December 1945 - Decommissioned 2 July 1973 Struck from Naval Register 1 July 1973 Now a memorial berthed at Fall River, MA

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1. USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. DD-850 Covers Page 1    (1946-72)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2

1961-05-30

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Locy Type 2(n)

1947-11-27

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Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

1967-10-28

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1972-02-28

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Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1952-07-22

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1964-09-16

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Other Information

USS JOSEPH P. KENNEDY JR. earned 2 Battle Stars (Korea)

NAMESAKE - Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., USN (July 25 1915 – August 12 1944)
Kennedy, a naval aviator, son of the former Ambassador to Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., and older brother of future President John F. Kennedy. Although Kennedy had completed his 25 combat missions and was eligible to return home, he volunteered for an Operation Aphrodite mission in which he died on August 12 1944. Kennedy was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.

The ships sponsor was Jean Ann Kennedy, sister of Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.

 

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