EUGENE A GREENE DD 711

Ship Name and Designation History

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Gearing Class Destroyer Keel Laid 17 August 1944 - Launched 18 March 1945 USS EUGENE A. GREENE DD-711 Commissioned 8 June 1945 - Decommissioned 1 April 1952 USS EUGENE A. GREENE DDR-711 Reclassified Radar Picket Destroyer (DDR) 18 July 1952 Recommissioned 1 December 1952 USS EUGENE A. GREENE DD-711 Reverted to Destroyer (DD) 23 March 1963 Completed FRAM upgrade October 1963 Decommissioned 31 August 1972 CHURRUCA D-61 Loaned to Spain 31 August 1972 and renamed Sold to Spain 17 May 1978 Struck from Naval Register 2 June 1975 Stricken by Spain 15 September 1989 Used for target practice and sunk by the Spanish 12 December 1991.

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1. USS Eugene A. Greene DD-711 / DDR-711 Covers Page 1    (1945-1972)

 

Postmarks

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

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1st Commissioning 8 June 1945 to 1 April 1952

 

Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-28

1945-10-27

DD-711. Navy Day 1945
 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-28

1946-12-19

DD-711
 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1945-09-02

DD-711

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2nd Commissioning 1 December 1952 to 31 August 1972

 

Locy Type 2

1953-06-08

DDR-711
 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1965-01-19

DD-711. Project Gemini Support. Nice "Mail Delayed Dog Loose" aux. marking.
 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1965-01-19

DD-711. Project Gemini Support. Cachet by Morris W. Beck
 

Locy Type 9efu

1954-03-12

DDR-711
 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-28d

1967-02-27

DD-711
 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-28b

1970-04-25

DD-711

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Ensign Eugene A. Greene USNR (21 November 1921 - 4 June 1942)
Greene enlisted in the Naval Reserve 13 January 1941, and after aviation training, was commissioned Ensign 30 August 1941. Serving in Bombing Squadron 6 in USS ENTERPRISE CV-6, he was killed in action 4 June 1942 in the Battle of Midway. He distinguished himself in breaking through heavy Japanese fighter and antiaircraft opposition to dive bomb a Japanese carrier, and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his selfless heroism.

NAMESAKE - (CHURRUCA) - Cosme Damián Churruca y Elorza was born in Motrico, 27 September 1761 and was Killed in the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. Spanish scientist and sailor, Flag Officer in the Spanish Royal Navy and mayor of Motrico. He distinguished himself in the Battle of Trafalgar, where he commanded the ship-of-the-line San Juan Nepomuceno, on board which he was killed.

"EUGENE A. GREENE" was originally assigned to DE-549 on 28 October 1943, canceled on 10 June 1944, and reassigned to DD-711 on 10 July 1944.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Anita M. Greene, widow of Ensign Greene

 

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