GATLING DD 671

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.

Fletcher Class Destroyer Keel Laid March 3 1943 - Launched June 20 1943 USS GATLING DD-671 Commissioned August 19 1943 - Decommissioned July 16 1946 Recommissioned June 4 1951 - Decommissioned May 2 1960 Struck from Naval Register December 1 1974 Sold February 22 1977 to Union Minerals & Alloys, New York for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1943-52)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established August 14 1943 - Disestablished March 1 1946

 

Locy Type 2z*

1945-08-00

N/A

Censored Sailor's mail. Postmark isn't strong enough to show well.

 

Locy Type 2z* + SL

1945-11-17

USCS Postmark Catalog lists as Type 2z + SL...Stars are present on this example

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Post Office Reestablished July 27 1951 - Disestablished 1960

 

Locy Type FDPS 2r Aug 2 [1951]

1951-08-02

First Day Postal Service. 1951 commissioning covers have no year date in cancel (USCS Postmark Catalog). Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (MH Cachets)

 

Locy Type 2r

1952-04-01

Cachet by William T. (Duke) Gmahle

 

Locy Type 9efu

1952-04-01

Cachet by William T. (Duke) Gmahle

 

Other Information

USS GATLING received eight battle stars for her World War II service and one battle star for her Korean War service

NAMESAKE - Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12 1818 - February 25 1903)
Gatling won fame as the inventor of machines to plant cotton, rice, and wheat; and a hemp-breaker; a steam plow; and a screw propeller for steamboats. During the Civil War he designed a multibarrelled machine gun. He died in New York City.

 

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