HICKOX DD 673

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 March 12 1943 - Launched July 4 1943


1. USS HICKOX DD-673
   Commissioned September 10 1943 - Decommissioned December 10 1946
   Recommissioned May 19 1951 - Decommissioned December 20 1957
   
   Struck from Naval Register June 2 1975
   
   
2. ROK PUSAN DD-913 (South Korean Naval Service)
   Transferred to South Korea November 15 1968 and renamed
   
   Stricken by South Korea 1989 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1943-51)

 

Postmarks

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USPO Machine Postmark Kearney, NJ

1943-07-04

Twin Launching - HEALY (DD-672) and HICKOX (DD-673)
Cachet by George Neumann

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1st Commissioning September 10 1943 to December 10 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-12-20

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Locy Type 2z

1943-11-18

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Locy Type 2# 15919 Branch

1945-10-27

Navy Day 1945. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

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2nd Commissioning May 19 1951 to December 20 1957

 

Locy Type FDPS 2r

1951-07-24

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2r

1951-07-25

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Locy Type 9efu

1951-07-25

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Other Information

HICKOX received 9 battle stars for her World War II service and 2 for her Korean service

NAMESAKE - Ralph Hickox USMC/USN (August 29 1903 - February 18 1942)
Enlisting in the United States Marine Corps September 23 1921, he was appointed to Annapolis July 18 1923 and commissioned Ensign June 2 1927. In the peacetime Navy Hickox served in a variety of ships and stations and was finally appointed commanding officer of the Destroyer USS TRUXTUN DD-229 on October 3 1941. He had been commissioned Lieutenant Commander July 1 of that year. When his ship went aground in heavy seas off St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, February 18 1942, Lt. Comdr. Hickox remained on the bridge directing rescue operations in a cool and fearless manner which inspired the officers and men under him and was instrumental in effecting the rescue of many of the members of his crew. Tragically Lt. Commander Hickox was swept from the bridge by the pounding seas and lost. 119 members of her crew lost their lives in the heavy seas and with the assistance of the local residents 33 survivors were rescued

 

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