GEORGE DE 697

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.

Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort Keel Laid May 22 1943 - Launched August 14 1943 USS GEORGE DE-697 Commissioned November 20 1943 - Decommissioned October 8 1958 Struck from Naval Register November 1 1969 Sold October 12 1970 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945-54)

 

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

 

Bay City MI Machine

1943-08-14

Launching

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1st Post Office Period December 6 1943 to April 25 1949

 

Locy Type 2tnu

1948-01-14

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Locy Type 2z

1945-03-13

Censored wartime (WWII) use

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2nd Post Office December 16 1953 to 1958

 

Locy Type 2r

1954-07-12

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Locy Type 9efu

1954-07-12

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Other Information

GEORGE received two battle stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars - WWII Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

NAMESAKE - Eugene Frank George USN (April 23 1925 - November 12 1942)
George enlisted in the Navy May 18 1942 and reported for duty in USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38 at Pearl Harbor July 17. As an antiaircraft gunner, he participated in the bitterly-fought naval engagements against the Japanese off the Solomon Islands following the American invasion of Guadalcanal August 7. On November 12 SAN FRANCISCO and other ships of Rear Admiral Richard K. Turner's Task Force 67 formed a protective screen off Lunga Point while troop reinforcements debarked from the transports and landed on Guadalcanal. During early afternoon a force of enemy fighters and bombers attacked the ships, but effective anti-aircraft fire and air cover repelled the attack and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy planes. One torpedo-bomber, damaged by anti-aircraft fire from the screening ships, crashed SAN FRANCISCO, destroying the after control station and demolishing three 20mm. gunmounts. Seaman George, who courageously refused to abandon his gun in spite of the onrushing plane, blazed away at the attacker until killed by the doomed aircraft. For his grim perserverance and relentless devotion to duty in the face of certain death, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross

 

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