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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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John C. Butler Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid November 8 1943 - Launched January 18 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS OBERRENDER DE-344'''<br/>Commissioned May 11 1944<br/>
Irreparably damaged by Kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa May 9 1945<br/>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;24 crewmembers killed, wounded, or missing<br/> 
Decommissioned July 11 1945<br/>
Stricken July 25 1945 - Sunk as target off Kerama Retto November 6 1945
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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.

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.
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Locy Type 2z
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1944-10-06
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Registered Official Mail
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Locy Type 2a<br/><br/>3205 Registered<br/><br/>Pityliu Island<br/>Admiralty Islands<br/>Papua New Guinea
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1944-10-06
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1st stop off the ship
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Locy Type 9ef#<br/><br/>Branch 10088<br/><br/>Postal Concentration<br/>Center<br/>Pearl Harbor HI
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1944-10-08
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2nd stop off the ship
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Locy Type 9ef#<br/><br/>Branch 10461<br/><br/>Commander in Chief<br/>Pacific Fleet<br/>Pearl Harbor HI
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1944-10-08
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Last stop
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
USS OBERRENDER earned the folowing awards during her Naval career - Combat Action Ribbon - 
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 3 Battle stars) - World War II Victory Medal.<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Thomas Olin Oberrender, Jr., born in DuBois, Pa. on 24 September 1906, graduated from the Naval Academy in the Class of 1927. After serving in cruisers Rochester, Tulsa, and Louisville and other ships, he attended postgraduate school from 1934 to 1936, followed by duty in battleship Nevada. Assigned as engineering officer in destroyer Hull in 1938, he became her executive officer the following year. After a brief period of duty ashore he reported on board the new cruiser Juneau in November 1941, when the ship was just fitting out. When she commissioned the following February, he was her engineering officer. Lt. Comdr. Oberrender died 13 November 1942 when Juneau was torpedoed and sunk in action in the Solomon Islands. {DANFS}
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