SWEARER DE 186

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.

Cannon Class Type DET Destroyeer Escort
Keel Laid August 12 1943 - Launched October 31 1943


1. USS SWEARER DE-186
   Commissioned November 24 1943 - Decommissioned August 27 1947
   
   Struck from Naval Register October 20 1950
   
   
2. BAMBARA F-719 (French Naval Service)
   Transferred to France September 16 1950 and renamed
   Stricken by France and broken up 1959

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1945-46)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-11-24 to 1945-11-27

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Locy Type 9efu

1946-01-21

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Other Information

SWEARER received 9 Battle Stars (WWII)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 9 stars -WWII Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Lt. Walter John Swearer USNR (July 13 1909 - October 26 1942)
Swearer was appointed Lieutenant (jg.) in the Naval Reserve on September 16 1941 and, six days later, reported to the Naval Training School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study aircraft engines. On December 17, he was ordered to the Indoctrination School at Fort Schuyler in the Bronx. After a little over a month, Lt. (jg.) Swearer moved to the Bureau of Aeronautics at Washington, D.C. He was detached from that duty on February 27 1942 and ordered to report to the Commandant, 12th Naval District, at San Francisco, Calif., preparatory to being assigned to USS ENTERPRISE CV-6. On June 15, Swearer was temporarily promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Lt. Swearer was killed in action while serving in Enterprise during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on October 26 1942

 

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