ANTHONY DD 515

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 August 17 1942 - Launched December 20 1942 USS ANTHONY DD-515 Commissioned February 26 1943 - Decommissioned April 17 1946 Struck from Naval Register April 15 1972 Z-1 (West German Naval Service) Transferred to Federal Republic of Germany January 17 1958 and renamed Stricken by Germany 1976 Sunk May 16 1979 as torpedo target in the Mediterranean

Z-1

Naval Covers

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1. USS Anthony DD-515 Covers Page 1     (1943-45)

 

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

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Post Office Established August 2 1943 - Disestablished December 23 1945

 

Locy Type 2z*

1945-07-24

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-12-23

Last Day of Postal Service

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Z-1

 

Locy Type P [2t(nu),"E" removed] USS Waller DD-466

1965-06-19

Ship's Mark
Welcome to Norfolk, German Destroyer Z1, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

ANTHONY earned 7 Battle Stars (WWII)

Earned Navy Unit Commendation for her service at Okinawa (April 1-19 and June 19-24 1945)

NAMESAKE - Sergeant Major William Anthony, USMC (October 27 1853 – November 24 1899)
Anthony was a soldier in the United States Army and a Marine in the United States Marine Corps, who served during the Spanish-American War. Anthony enlisted in the Army on February 1 1875 and served two five-year enlistments before joining the Marine Corps at Brooklyn, New York, on July 18 1885. He served ashore (at the New York Navy Yard) and afloat in the Armored Cruiser USS BROOKLYN ACR-3 before reporting for duty on May 12 1897 in the Marine guard of the battleship MAINE. An explosion rocked MAINE as she lay at anchor in Havana Harbor on the night of February 15 1898. As she began to settle, Private Anthony, who was on watch at the time, hastened immediately forward toward the Captain's cabin to inform him of the event. In the darkness, the Marine bumped into Captain Charles D. Sigsbee as the latter groped his way toward the outer hatch of the super-structure. Anthony apologized and made his report "that the ship has blown up and is sinking." The two men then proceeded together toward the quarterdeck. "The special feature in this case of service performed by Private Anthony," Sigsbee later recounted in a letter to John D. Long, the Secretary of the Navy, "is that, on an occasion when a man's instinct would lead him to safety outside the ship, he started into the superstructure and toward the cabin, irrespective of the danger. MAINE's former Captain then recommended that the Marine be promoted to Sergeant, which was accomplished on April 14 1898. Anthony had meanwhile joined the Marine guard of the cruiser DETROIT on March 5 1898 and served in that ship until transferred to duty at the Marine Barracks, New York Navy Yard, on September 10 of that year. Upon expiration of his enlistment, Anthony was honorably discharged at New York on June 26 1899 with the rank of Sergeant Major. Anthony died in New York City on November 24 1899 and was buried at Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn.

 

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