LARDNER DD 487

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.

Gleaves Class Destroyer Keel Laid September 15 1941 - Launched March 20 1942 USS LARDNER DD-487 Commissioned May 13 1942 - Decommissioned May 16 1946 Struck from Naval Register August 15 1949 TCG GEMLIK D-347 (Turkish Naval Service) Sold to Turkey June 10 1949 and renamed Stricken from the Turkish Navy 1974 Sunk as target November 21 1982 in the Eastern Mediterranean by the USS Biddle CG-34, USS Julius A. Furer FFG-6, USS Truett FF-1095 and aircraft from CVW-6.

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 3z (BBB)

1944-09-26

Censored wartime (WWII) Business reply use

 

Locy Type P (3z,"USS LARDNER" in bars)

1946-02-11

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Turkish Naval Service June 10 1949 to 1974

 

Locy Type 2r USS Aucilla AO-56

1961-04-30

No Image

Welcome To Norfolk, Cachet by the Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

LARDNER received 10 battle stars for her World War II service.

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral James Lawrence Lardner, USN (November 20 1802 – April 12 1881).
Two ships have been named in his honor; USS Lardner DD-286 and USS Lardner DD-487.

 

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