DONEFF DE 49

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.

Evarts Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid 1 April 1942 for Great Britain Launched 24 July 1942 as HMS BDE-49 Retained 4 March 1943 by U.S. Navy and renamed USS DONEFF DE-49 Commissioned 10 June 1943 - Decommissioned 22 December 1945 Struck from Naval Register 21 January 1946 Sold 9 January 1947 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Doneff DE-49 Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-06-17

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type LDPS 2z*

1945-11-26

Last Day of Postal Service. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS DONEFF earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - John Lincoln Doneff USN (12 February 1920 - 30 November 1942)
Doneff graduated from the Naval Academy and was commissioned Ensign 19 June 1942. Ensign Doneff was killed in action when his ship, USS PENSACOLA CA-24 was damaged during the Battle of Tassafaronga in the Solomon Islands on 30 November 1942.

 

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