RUDDEROW DE 224

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.

Rudderow Class Type TEV Destroyer Escort Keel Laid July 15 1943 - Launched October 14 1943 USS RUDDEROW DE-224 Commissioned May 15 1944 - Decommissioned January 15 1947 Laid up May 1957 in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Francisco Group Stricken from Naval Register November 1 1969 Sold November 1 1969 to the Nicolai Joffe Corp. for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

Postmarks

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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 2z

1944-11-21

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Other Information

RUDDEROW earned two battle stars during World War II

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars - WWII Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

NAMESAKE - Thomas Wright Rudderow (August 8 1885 - May 2 1942)
Rudderrow attended the Pennsylvania Nautical School and served as Navigator and Watch Officer in SS ADAMS and SS MEXICO prior to assuming duties as Port Captain, Port of Philadelphia in 1914. Commissioned Ensign in the Naval Militia of Pennsylvania July 14 1916, he was mustered into Federal service April 7 1917 and assigned in May, to PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH, later renamed USS DeKALB SP-3010. On July 1 1918 he transferred to the U.S. Naval Reserve Force and in September reported for duty with Destroyer Forces at Queenstown, Ireland. He served in USS ALLEN DD-66 during November 1918; in USS McCALL DD-28 from December 1918 to March 1919; and under Commander, Flotilla B, Destroyer Force, Atlantic, between March and June 1919. Relieved from active duty June 25 1919, he remained in the Naval Reserve until transferred to the Honorary Retired List September 1 1939. On January 3 1942 while Superintendent and Commanding Officer of the Pennsylvania Nautical School Ship Seneca, Lieutenant Commander Rudderow was recalled to active duty and assigned to a USS CYTHERA PY-26, another World War I veteran then being fitted out for coastal patrol work. Assuming command of Cythera when she commissioned March 3, Lieutenant Commander Rudderow was killed when his ship was torpedoed by U-402 off the North Carolina coast May 2 1942. Only two of CYTHERA's crew survived. They were picked up by the German submarine, taken to Germany, and interned for the duration of the war

 

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