DASHIELL DD 659

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 1 October 1942 - Launched 6 February 1943 USS DASHIELL DD-659 Commissioned 20 March 1943 - Decommissioned 30 March 1946 Recommissioned 3 May 1951 - Decommissioned 29 April 1960 Struck from Naval Register 1 December 1974 Sold 21 September 1975 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Dashiell DD-659 Covers Page 1     (1943-1951)

 

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 4 April 1943 - Disestablished 1 February 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-10-27

Navy Day

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-01-28

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Locy Type 2z*

1944-04-19

Censored WWII use

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Post Office Reestablished 16 July 1951 - Disestablished 1960

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1951-07-16

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2

1952-03-23

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Other Information

USS DASHIELL earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 10 Battle Stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Assistant Naval Constructor Robert Brooke Dashiell, USN (29 July 1860 – 8 March 1899)
Dashiell was an officer in the United States Navy in the latter 19th century, who was noted for his technical expertise. Dashiell graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1881 and was commissioned as an Ensign two years later. An inventor of important ordnance mechanisms and an authority on dock construction, he was commissioned Assistant Naval Constructor February 7 1895 and served in his specialty until his death in Washington, D.C., March 8 1899.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. R. B. Dashiell, widow of Assistant Naval Constructor Dashiell.

 

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