BAUSELL DD 845

Ship Name and Designation History

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Gearing Class Destroyer Keel Laid 28 May 1945 - Launched 19 November 1945 USS BAUSELL DD-845 Commissioned 7 February 1946 - Decommissioned 30 May 1978 Struck from Naval Register 30 May 1978 Sunk 17 July 1987 in missile tests

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1. USS Bausell DD-845 Covers Page 1     (1946-1977)

 

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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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Post Office Established 7 February 1946 - Disestablished 22 May 1978

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n)

1946-02-07

Commissioning, cachet by Michael Sanders.

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1949-06-28

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Locy Type 2(n+) (A)

1957-06-08

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Locy Type 2(n) (B)

1969-10-21

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Locy Type 2r

1955-07-01

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

1972-05-01

Cachet by Frederick L. Karcher with a FRAUDULENT use of the "FREE" mail privilege.

 

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

1972-05-01

Cachet by Frederick L. Karcher with a FRAUDULENT use of the "FREE" mail privilege.

 

Locy Type 2tnu (USS,DD at top, 845 at bottom)

1977-02-09

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Locy Type 9ef(n+u)

1969-10-21

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Locy Type 9efu

1961-02-08

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Other Information

USS BAUSELL earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon w/ 1 Star, the Battle Efficiency "E" Ribbon, the China Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal W/ 1 Star, the Korean Service Medal w/ 3 Battle Stars, the United Nations Service Medal, the Republic Of Korea Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 9 Battle Stars and the Vietnam Campaign Medal W/ Clasp during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Corporal Lewis Kenneth Bausell, USMC (17 April 1924 - 18 August 1944)
         Bausell enlisted in the Marine Corps on 15 December 1941. After training at the Marine Corps' recruit depot at Parris Island, S.C., he joined the 1st Marine Division, at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on 29 January 1942. Bausell was promoted to Private First Class on 25 March, and to Corporal on 1 June. Assigned to take Peleliu, the 5th Marines sailed from Pavuvu in early September 1944. Landing at Beach "Orange One" on 15 September, Bausell’s regiment drew the task of seizing the island's airfield. Transported across the coral reef in LVTs, the Marines hit the beach and began fighting their way inland. Many small unmarked coral ridges bogged down the advance. Cpl. Bausell was in a squad assigned to neutralize a ridge honeycombed with many Japanese fortifications. The squad, led by 2nd Lt. Jack Kimble, was using a flamethrower to flush Japanese soldiers out the opposite side of a bunker where Cpl. Bausell and several other men were also firing into the fortification. A Japanese soldier appeared and threw a grenade among Bausell and the others. "There wasn't any cover and no place to run," related Kimble, "Bausell ran toward the grenade and fell upon it." Cpl. Bausell took the full blast of the explosion, sacrificing his own body to save his men. Severely wounded, he was evacuated and died of his wounds on August 18. For his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, Bausell was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. In addition to the Medal of Honor, Cpl Bausell was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four bronze stars and the World War II Victory Medal.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Lawrence K. Bausell, Corporal Bausell's mother.

 

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