LEUTZE DD 481

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 June 3 1941 - Launched October 29 1942 USS LEUTZE DD-481 Commissioned March 2 1944 Heavily damaged by Kamikaze Aircraft April 6 1945 off Okinawa Decommissioned December 6 1945 Struck from Naval Register January 3 1946 Sold February 11 1947 broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

Postmarks

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

 

USPO Machine Cancel "Navy Yard Station" Bremerton WA

1941-07-08

No Image

Keel Laid cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick but used after the actual event.

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Locy Type 9efu

1944-11-15 to 1944-11-29

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-03-22

 

Other Information

LEUTZE received 5 Battle stars for her WWII service.

NAMESAKE - "Eugene Henry Cozzens Leutze, son of Emanuel Leutze, the noted painter of American Revolutionary War scenes, was born in Dusseldorf, Prussia, 16 November 1847. Appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy by President Lincoln in 1863, he witnessed part of the Civil War on board blockade ship Monticello the following summer. His early career brought Leutze various surveying assignments, especially in Central America. In 1897, as commanding officer of Alert, he helped promote the peace when representatives from Costa Rica and Nicaragua met and signed a treaty of peace aboard his ship. As captain of Monterey, he sailed to reinforce Dewey’s fleet at Manila, and was present when the city capitulated. A fine administrator, he was promoted to rear admiral in 1907 while Superintendent of the Naval Gun Factory and Commandant of the Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Admiral Leutze ended his active career as Commandant of both the 3rd Naval District and the New York Navy Yard on 6 June 1912. He died at Brooklyn Naval Hospital 1 September 1931." {DANFS}

 

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