OSWALD DE 767

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.

Cannon Class Type DET Destroyer Escort Keel Laid April 1 1943 - Launched April 25 1944 USS OSWALD DE-767 Commissioned June 12 1944 - Decommissioned April 30 1946 Laid up 1951 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia Group Struck from Naval Register August 1 1972 Sold October 15 1973 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-01-04

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Harvey Emerson Oswald USN (September 11 1918 - February 19 1942)
Oswald enlisted in the Naval Reserve in April 1938. Discharged from the reserve at his own request August 3 1939, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy the same day. Assigned the following December to USS WILLIAM B. PRESTON AVD-7, he was killed when that ship came under Japanese aerial attack at Darwin, Australia, February 19 1942. For his prompt and courageous manning of a .50 caliber PBY airplane machine gun, he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star

 

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