HENRY W TUCKER DD 875

Ship Name and Designation History

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Gearing Class Destroyer Keel Laid May 29 1944 - Launched November 8 1944 USS HENRY W. TUCKER DD-875 Commissioned March 12 1945 USS HENRY W. TUCKER DDR-875 Redesignated Radar Picket Destroyer (DDR) March 18 1949 USS HENRY W. TUCKER DD-875 Reverted to Destroyer (DD) March 15 1963 Decommissioned December 3 1973 Struck from Naval Register December 3 1973 MARCILIO DIAS D-25 (Brazilian Naval Service) Transferred to Brazil December 3 1973 and renamed Sunk as target 1992

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1. Henry W. Tucker Covers Page 1     (1945-69)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-04-17

As DD-875

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-32b

1965-12-08

As DD-875

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-32c

1969-09-06

As DD-875

 

Locy Type 2z

1947-05-20

As DD-875

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1954-09-01

As DDR-875

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #15613) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-32

1945-07-31 to 1945-08-01

As DD-875
Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

HENRY W. TUCKER was awarded 7 battle stars for her participation in the Korean conflict

NAMESAKE - Henry Warren Tucker USNR (October 5 1919 - May 7 1942)
Tucker enlisted in the Naval Reserve June 24 1941 and after being trained as a pharmacist's mate reported to the Oiler USS NEOSHO AO-23 January 15 1942. On May 7 1942, in the opening phase of the Battle of the Coral Sea, NEOSHO and her escorting destroyer were attacked by three waves of Japanese planes. The escort sank and NEOSHO was so severely damaged that the skipper ordered all hands to prepare to abandon ship. Many of the oiler's crew, believing that "abandon ship" orders had been given, went over the side at once. As the men struggled through the water trying to reach the few undamaged life rafts, Tucker swam among them, treating the burned and wounded. Disregarding his own safety, he helped many of his shipmates to safety on the life rafts while refusing a place himself, at the cost of his life. For his gallant and devoted service to his wounded comrades, Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Henry W. Tucker was posthumously awarded The Navy Cross

 

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