WILLIAM J PATTISON APD 104

Ship Name and Designation History

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Crosley Class High-speed Transport Keel Laid January 4 1944 Launched February 15 1944 as Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort DE-594 Redesignated High-speed Transport July 17 1944 USS WILLIAM J. PATTISON APD-104 Commissioned February 27 1945 - Decommissioned July 5 1946 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group Struck from Naval Register June 1 1960 Sold January 18 1962 to First Steel and Ship Corp. of New York for scrap

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1. USS William J. Pattison APD-104 Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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

 

USPO Machine Cancel Hingham MA

1944-02-15

N/A

Cachet by Morris W. Beck. Dual launching with USS Myers DE-595

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-30

1945-10-27

A modified "Victory Cancel"

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - William Joseph Pattison USN (January 15 1921 - March 10 1943)
Pattison enlisted in the Navy on August 23 1939 at Indianapolis, Ind. A conscientious sailor, Pattison advanced steadily in rating and, at least once, was meritoriously promoted. By the beginning of 1943, he had reached the rank of Signalman 3d Class and was serving in USS EBERLE DD-430 in the South Atlantic. On March 10 1943, his ship encountered the German Blockade Runner, KARIN, which was flying the Dutch flag. The task group commander, Rear Admiral O. M. Read, ordered EBERLE to ignore the ship's Allied flag and board her. Pattison was one of the 14 men chosen from EBERLE's complement to board the blockade runner before her crew could scuttle her and was the second American to reach the enemy ship's deck. In spite of rising flames and explosions, Pattison performed his salvage duties—primarily maintaining contact while his colleagues searched for demolition charges. While executing his duty, Pattison was killed by the explosion of one of the German demolition charges. For his ". . . exemplary conduct and heroic devotion to duty . . .," SM3c Pattison was awarded the Navy Cross, posthumously

 

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