PIEDMONT AD 17

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.

Dixie Class Destroyer Tender Keel Laid December 1 1941 - Launched December 7 1942 USS PIEDMONT AD-17 Commissioned January 5 1944 - Decommissioned September 30 1982 Struck from Naval Register August 6 1987 TCG DERYA A-576 (Turkish Naval Service) Loaned to Turkey October 18 1982 and renamed Sold to Turkey August 6 1987 Deleted from the Turkish Navy 1994 Broken up for scrap 1995

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1945-81)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2 1950

1950-06-05

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Locy Type 2 1951

1952-07-04

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Locy Type 2 1953

1953-05-22

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Locy Type 2(n)

1948-10-02

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Locy Type 2r 1952

1952-10-22

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Locy Type 2r 1954

1955-02-18

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Locy Type 2tn+u

1965-03-08

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Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1968-02-02

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

1974-01-05

30th Anniversary, cachet by Richard F. Hoffner, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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

1980-02-13

Sailor's mail.

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-04-06

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

1979-01-30

Sailor's mail

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS)

1981-12-07 to 1981-12-08

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Locy Type 7t (USS)

1955-09-12

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Locy Type 7ditn+u ("POW/MIA")

1971-10-22

Courtesy of the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

Locy Type 9efu 1945

1948-04-20

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Locy Type Fz "TOKYO / BAY / JAPAN" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-26

1946-02-23

Official Business

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-26a

1946-03-27

Tokyo Bay strike

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-26b

1946-09-15

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Other Information

USS PIEDMONT AD-17 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender

USS PIEDMONT earned the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Korean Service Medal (with 4 Battle stars), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2 awards), the Vietnam Service Medal (with 1 Campaign star), the United Nations Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for a region which lies just east of the Appalachian Mountains in Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Carolinas

 

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