DORTCH DD 670

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 2 March 1943 - Launched 20 June 1943 USS DORTCH DD-670 Commissioned 7 August 1943 - Decommissioned 19 July 1946 Recommissioned 4 May 1951 - Decommissioned 13 December 1957 Struck from Naval Register 1 September 1975 ARA ESPORA D-21 (Argentine Naval Service) Transferred to Argentina 16 August 1961 and renamed Stricken 1977 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Dortch DD-670 Covers Page 1     (1943-1952)

 

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 7 August 1943 to 19 July 1946

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-10-16

Note:

 

Locy Type Pz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-29

1945-12-04

Note: Mark is reversed from USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration

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2nd Commissioning 4 May 1951 to 13 December 1957

 

Locy Type 2r

1952-07-19

Add on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

Locy Type 9efu

1952-07-19

Add on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

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ARA ESPORA D-21

 

Locy Type 2r USS Wren DD-568

1962-03-06

N/A

Welcome to Norfolk cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson, Add-on cachet (Ships Crest) by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Other Information

USS DORTCH earned 8 Battle Stars during WWII and 1 Battle Star during Korea.

NAMESAKE - Captain Isaac Foote Dortch, USN (12 December 1883 - 4 June 1932)
Dortch graduated from the Naval Academy in 1905. He commanded USS WARRINGTON DD-30 in 1915, and during World War I, commanded USS WADSWORTH DD-60 and fitted out and commissioned USS TALBOT DD-114 in 1918. For his distinguished service while commanding WADSWORTH and TALBOT, he was awarded The Navy Cross. Captain Dortch served as naval attaché in Argentina and Chile during 1922-25 and died while on active duty June 4 1932 at San Francisco.

The ships sponsor was Miss M. C. Dortch, daughter of Captain Dortch.

 

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