DONNER LSD 20

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.

Casa Grande Class Dock Landing Ship Keel Laid 16 December 1944 - Launched 6 April 1945 USS DONNER LSD-20 Commissioned 31 July 1945 - Decommissioned 12 August 1949 Recommissioned 15 September 1950 - Decommissioned 23 December 1970 Struck from Naval Register 1 November 1976 Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA Scrapped 10 June 2005.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Donner LSD-20 Covers Page 1     (1946-1964)

 

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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1st Commissioning 31 July 1945 to 12 August 1949

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1947-04-03

Note:

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #16004)

1945-12-06

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1947-01-03

Cut piece pasted to cover

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #16004)

1946-05-30

Add-on cachet by Alex R. Hesse

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2nd Commissioning 15 September 1950 to 23 December 1970

 

Locy Type 2

1957-09-15

Cachet by Frank H. Strobel. From the John Young collection.

 

Locy Type 2t(nu) (B)

1964-08-12

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efu

1957-09-15

Cachet by Frank H. Strobel. From the John Young collection.

 

Other Information

USS DONNER earned the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards) and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2 awards) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A mountain pass on the pioneer trail to California where the Donner party perished in 1846.

 

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