HENLEY DD 762

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.

Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer Keel Laid 8 February 1944 - Launched 8 April 1945 USS HENLEY DD-762 Commissioned 8 October 1946 - Decommissioned 15 March 1950 Recommissioned 23 September 1950 - Decommissioned 2 July 1973 Struck from Naval Register 1 July 1973 Sold 24 June 1974 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Henley DD-762 Covers Page 1     (1947-1965)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established 1 October 1946 - Disestablished 14 December 1949

 

Locy Type FDPS 2(n)

1947-01-13

First Day Postal Service. Cachet for ships going into "mothballs" by Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1948-07-16

Note:

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

1949-12-15

Last Day Postal Service. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

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Post Office Reestablished 13 October 1950 - Disestablished 2 July 1973

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1950-10-13

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2

1958-12-11

Note:

 

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

1961-02-18

Welcome to Norfolk - KNM Brage N 49, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 9efu

1965-11-24

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Captain Robert Henley USN (1783–1828).
Henley was an Officer in The United States Navy during The Quasi-War with France, The War of 1812 and The Second Barbary War

Three ships in the US Navy have been named HENLEY - USS Henley DD-39, USS Henley DD-391 and USS Henley DD-762.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. George S. Wheaton, a descendant of Captain John D. Henley

 

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