DONNELL IX 182

Ship Name and Designation History

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Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort Keel Laid November 27 1942 - Launched March 13 1943 USS DONNELL DE-56 Commissioned June 26 1943 Severely damaged by German Submarine May 3 1944 USS DONNELL IX-182 Reclassified Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) July 10 1944 Used as Floating Barracks and Power Station in Europe Decommissioned October 23 1945 Stricken November 16 1945 Sold April 29 1946 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

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 2z*

1943-10-02 to 1943-10-02

As DE-56

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-07-29

As IX-182. This cancel is not identified with the ship, so the cover was posted either on another ship or ashore. Although the ship had been reclassified 19 days earlier, the return address still identifies it as DE-56.

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
American Campaign Medal
European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
WWII Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Earl Roe Donnell, Jr. USNR (September 3 1918 - February 1 1942)
Donnell enlisted in the Naval Reserve August 24 1940 and was appointed an Aviation Cadet December 6. Ensign Donnell was killed in action while serving in Scouting Squadron 6 on board USS ENTERPRISE CV-6 during the attack on the Marshalls February 1 1942. For his courage in pressing home his attack in the face of enemy fighter opposition and heavy antiaircraft fire, he was posthumously awarded The Air Medal

 

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