BUCHANAN DD 484

Ship Name and Designation History

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Gleaves Class Destroyer Keel Laid 11 February 1941 - Launched 22 November 1941 USS BUCHANAN DD-484 Commissioned 21 March 1942 - Decommissioned 21 May 1946 Recommissioned 11 December 1948 - Decommissioned 28 April 1949 Struck from Naval Register 7 June 1949 TCG GELIBOLU D-346 (Turkish Naval Service) Transferred to Turkey 28 April 1949 and renamed Stricken by Turkey 1976 and scrapped

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1. USS Buchanan DD-484 Covers Page 1     (1942-45)

 

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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 March 21 1942 to May 21 1946

 

Locy Type FDC 3z

1942-03-21

Censored, WWII use. First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-10-27

Navy Day 1945

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1943-06-02

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Other Information

USS BUCHANAN earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and 16 Battle Stars for WWII service

USS BUCHANAN DD-484 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender ceremony

NAMESAKE - Captain Franklin Buchanan, USN (17 September 1800 – 11 May 1874)
Buchanan was appointed a Midshipman in 1815, and rose to be a Commander in 1841. He was chief adviser to Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft in planning the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and was its first superintendent (1845–47). Buchanan was promoted to Captain on September 14, 1855. From 1859–1861, Buchanan was the Commandant of the Washington Navy Yard.
    In September 1861, he took the rank of Captain in the Confederate Navy, commanding the CSS VIRGINIA (formerly the MERRIMACK) against the Union blockading squadron in Hampton Roads (Mar. 8, 1863). Wounded in that engagement, he took no part in the battle of the MONITOR and MERRIMACK the next day. In August 1862, Buchanan was promoted to the rank of Full Admiral – the only officer so honored in the Confederate Navy – and was sent to take command of Confederate naval forces stationed at Mobile Bay, Alabama. He oversaw the construction of the ironclad CSS Tennessee whose keel was laid in October, 1862 and was on board her during the Battle of Mobile Bay with Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut's Union fleet on August 5, 1864. Wounded and taken prisoner, Buchanan was not exchanged until February 1865. He was on convalescent leave until the Civil War ended a few months later.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name BUCHANAN in his honor - USS Buchanan DD-131, USS Buchanan DD-484 and USS Buchanan DDG-14.

The ships sponsor was Miss Hildreth Meiere, great-granddaughter of Admiral Buchanan.

 

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