NORMAN SCOTT DD 690

Ship Name and Designation History

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Fletcher Class Destroyer Keel Laid 26 April 1943 - Launched 28 August 1943 USS NORMAN SCOTT DD-690 Commissioned 5 November 1943 - Decommissioned 30 April 1946 Struck from Naval Register 15 April 1973 Sold 3 December 1973 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Norman Scott DD-690 Covers Page 1     (1943-1946)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-12-03

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 2z

1943-12-05

Censored sailor's mail

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-39

1945-09-02

Tokyo Bay

 

Other Information

USS NORMAN SCOTT earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 5 battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Norman Scott, USN (10 August 1889 - 13 November 1942)
         Scott was appointed midshipman June 17 1907, and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1911. In December 1917, the future Rear Admiral Norman Scott was the Executive Officer of USS JACOB JONES DD-61 when she was sunk by a German submarine and was commended for his performance at that time. He received his first command, a group of eagle boats, in 1919. During peacetime, he commanded PAUL JONES and PENSACOLA. Commissioned Rear Admiral June 16 1942, he commanded a strike force in the Guadalcanal campaign. On the night of November 12/13 1942, he led his force against a numerically superior Japanese force in a desperate struggle to prevent the Japanese from turning back our first offensive action in the Pacific. He was killed aboard his flagship, USS ATLANTA CL-51, during the action, and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his intrepid leadership.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Norman Scott.

 

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