NICHOLAS DD 449

Ship Name and Designation History

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Fletcher Class Destroyer Keel Laid 3 March 1941 - Launched 19 February 1942 USS NICHOLAS DD-449 Commissioned 4 June 1942 - Decommissioned 12 June 1946 USS NICHOLAS DDE-449 Reclassified Escort Destroyer (DDE) 26 March 1949, while in reserve Recommissioned 19 February 1951 USS NICHOLAS DD-449 Reverted to Destroyer (DD) 1 July 1962 Decommissioned 30 January 1970 Struck from Naval Register 30 January 1970 Sold October 1970 and broken up for scrap

Major Samuel Nicholas, USMC

Naval Covers

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1. USS Nicholas DD-449 Covers Page 1    (1943-69)

 

Postmarks

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

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1st Commissioning 4 June 1942 to 12 June 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945

1945-10-27

DD-449. Tokyo Bay

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-04-23

DD-449. Cachet by Ted Harrington

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1943-03-15

DD-449. Censored, WWII use

 

Locy Type 9vz

1943-08-07

DD-449. Postmark from the back of cover.

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2nd Commissioning 19 February 1951 to 30 January 1970

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1951-03-21

DDE-449. First Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2

1951-03-28

DDE-449. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2r

1954-08-28

DDE-449

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1959-11-24

DDE-449. Cachet by B. Saunders Bullard

 

Locy Type 9efu

1954-08-28

DDE-449

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3rd Post Office Period 1 August 1960 to 30 January 1970

 

Locy Type 2(n+)

1969-03-13

DD-449. Apollo Space Program support

 

Locy Type P [2t(nu) with "E" removed]

1963-05-13

DD-449

 

Other Information

USS NICHOLAS earned Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 16 Battle Stars, the WWII Victory Medal, the Korean Service Medal w/ 5 Battle Stars and the Vietnam Service Medal during her Naval career.

USS NICHOLAS DD-449 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender

NAMESAKE - Major Samuel Nicholas, USMC (1744 – August 27, 1790).
Nicholas was the first officer commissioned in the United States Continental Marines (now the United States Marine Corps) and by tradition is considered to be the first Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Veteran of the Battle of Nassau, Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton, Nicholas served from 1775 to 1783

Three ships in the US Navy have borne the name NICHOLAS in his honor; USS Nicholas DD-311, USS Nicholas DD-449 and USS Nicholas FFG-47.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Edward B. Tryon, a descendant of Samuel Nicholas.

 

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