LANSDOWNE DD 486

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 July 31 1941 - Launched February 20 1942 USS LANSDOWNE DD-486 Commissioned April 29 1942 - Decommissioned May 2 1946 Struck from Naval Register August 15 1949 GAZIANTEP D-348 (Turkish Naval Service) Transferred to Turkey June 10 1949 and renamed Stricken by Turkey 1973 and scrapped

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1942-46)

 

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 2(n)

1946-11-14

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Locy Type 2z

1946-01-12

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Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1942-05-07

Censored wartime (WWII) Business Reply use

 

Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1944-02-09

Censored wartime (WWII) use

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GAZIANTEP

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) USS DAVIS DD-937

1961-09-17

N/A

Port Visit by former LANSDOWNE

 

Other Information

LANSDOWNE earned 12 Battle Stars for WWII service

NAMESAKE - Zachary Lansdowne USN (December 1 1888 - September 3 1925)
Lansdowne entered the United States Naval Academy in 1905 and graduated in 1909. In June 1911, following two years' service aboard the Battleship USS VIRGINIA BB-13, he was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. During the next five years Lansdowne served in the Destroyer McCALL and had recruiting and Naval Militia duty in Ohio. He then received aeronautical instruction at Pensacola, Florida, and Akron, Ohio. In September 1917, Lieutenant Lansdowne was sent to England for training in the operation of dirigibles. He spent the rest of the First World War, and the first months of 1919, at the Navy Department and at air stations in France. In July 1919, Lieutenant Commander Lansdowne served on board the British Rigid Airship R-34 during its historic non-stop flight across the Atlantic to the United States. Service followed at the Navy Department, at Akron, Ohio, and as a White House Aide. He was Assistant Naval Attache in Germany in 1922-1923, during which time his duties involved negotiations that resulted in the construction of USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3, the Navy's second rigid airship. Lieutenant Commander Lansdowne took command of USS SHENANDOAH ZR-1 early in 1924. Over the next year and a half he carried out an energetic development program with her, including operations at sea and a trans-Continental flight to California. While on a long-distance flight to the Midwest on September 3 1925, Shenandoah encountered fierce weather conditions and crashed in southern Ohio. Zachary Lansdowne was among those who lost their lives in this accident.

 

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