STEVENSON DD 645

Ship Name and Designation History

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Gleaves Class Destroyer Keel Laid 23 July 1942 - Launched 11 November 1942 USS STEVENSON DD-645 Commissioned 15 December 1942 - Decommissioned 27 April 1946 Stuck from Naval Register 1 June 1968 Sold 2 June 1970 and broken up for scrap

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1. USS Stevenson DD-645 Covers Page 1     (1942-1946)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-08-08

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Locy Type 2(n)

1946-01-01

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Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1943-08-12

Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type SLb (41x4) Locy Type 2(n)

1946-01-01

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS STEVENSON earned seven battle stars for her World War II service

NAMESAKE - Pay Inspector John H. Stevenson, USN
Stevenson was appointed Volunteer Acting Assistant Paymaster and Clerk in the United States Navy on 19 September 1862. His Civil War career was marked by several exploits of exceptional heroism. While attached to USS SATELLITE on the Potomac in December 1862, he led a boat expedition ashore, captured a small party of Confederates, and destroyed signal and recruiting stations. In June 1863, while attached to USS PRINCESS ROYAL on the West Gulf Blockading Squadron, he reconnoitered in and about an enemy camp. Learning the details of a plan to capture Fort Donaldsville, LA, he made plans that enabled the small fort and PRINCESS ROYAL to beat off the attack. He further demonstrated his heroism on 10 July 1863 when he volunteered to pick up dispatches from USS NEW LONDON, aground under enemy fire, and carried them to Farragut at New Orleans, a journey of some 85 miles on horseback through enemy territory. He remained in the Navy after the war, serving in United States ports, the South Atlantic and Pacific stations, and at Nagasaki, Japan, until retiring with the grade of Pay Inspector on September 25 1893. He was called back to active duty during the Spanish-American War and served as pay officer of the Coast Defense System. He died in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 14 1899.

The ships sponsor was Miss Mary Stevenson, daughter of Pay Inspector Stevenson.

The name STEVENSON was assigned on 22 January 1941 to DD-503, an experimental 900-ton destroyer ordered on 9 September 1940 from the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. However, the contract was cancelled on 10 February 1941 and replaced by a contract for the Gleaves class destroyer.

 

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