WILLIAM M WOOD DD 715
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 2 November 1944 - Launched 29 July 1945 |
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- William M. Wood DD-715 / DDR-715 Covers Page 1 (1946-1976)
Postmarks
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1st Commissioning November 24 1945 to September 30 1952
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Locy Type |
1946-01-28 |
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As DD-715
2nd Commissioning June 6 1953 to December 1 1976
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Locy Type 2 |
1957-11-24 |
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As DDR-715
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1965-11-06 |
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As DD-715. Listed in USCS Catalog as 2n+...Parentheses clearly there
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1976-10-21 |
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As DD-715. Welcome to Norfolk, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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1956-04-02 |
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As DDR-715
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1976-11-22 |
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As DD-715. Last Day Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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1976-11-22 |
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As DD-715. Last Day Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
Other Information
NAMESAKE - William Maxwell Wood (May 27, 1819 – March 1, 1880) was an officer and surgeon in the United States Navy in the middle 1800s. He became the first Surgeon-General of the U.S. Navy in 1871, with the equivalent rank of Commodore after rising to Chief of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in the years following the American Civil War. In that role, Wood was instrumental in increasing the stature of the Naval Surgeon, by championing a bill eventually passed by Congress that increased the rank and compensation of physicians in the Navy, enabling the Navy to attract and recruit more qualified physicians.Wood is most remembered in U.S. Naval history for his daring journey through Mexico in 1846 at the onset of the Mexican-American War, where he eluded detection and capture as a U.S. spy in enemy territory and successfully provided vital intelligence leading to the possession of California by the Pacific Squadron, as well as providing intelligence information to the Secretary of the Navy in Washington regarding Mexican fortifications and military operations. Wood was also an accomplished writer, and authored three books chronicling his voyages with the Pacific and East India Squadrons, and his ideas on improving the U.S. Navy, as well as many literary articles for notable publications of his day. {DANFS}
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