LeHARDY DE 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.

Evarts Class Destroyer Escort
Keel Laid April 15 1942 as HMS DUFF BDE-20 for Great Britain
Launched November 21 1942
Retained by U.S. Navy February 19 1943 and renamed


1. USS LeHARDY DE-20
   Commissioned May 15 1943 - Decommissioned October 25 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register November 13 1945
   Sold December 26 1946 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS LeHardy DE-20 Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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

1945-04-29

 

Other Information

USS LeHARDY earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/2 battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Louis Marcel LeHardy, USN (February 18 1905 - November 13 1942)
LeHardy served as Communications Aide to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Commanded the destroyer USS ZANE DMS-14 before, during and following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941. Director of Communications for the SW Pacific Command under Adm. Ghormley, 1942. Adm. Callaghan asked him to join the CTF staff aboard the USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38 in the Fall of 1942 as Communications Officer for the CTF. Was on the bridge of the USS SAN FRANCISCO on the night of November 12-13 1942. Killed in action during the Naval Battle for Guadalcanal, November 13 1942. Buried at Sea somewhere in Indispensable Straits on the afternoon of November 13 1942. Awarded the Navy Cross posthumously.

 

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