ELLYSON DD 454

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 2 September 1940 - Launched 25 July 1941 USS ELLYSON DD-454 Commissioned 28 November 1941 USS ELLYSON DMS-19 Converted to High-speed Mine Sweeper (DMS) 15 November 1944 USS ELLYSON DD-454 Reverted to Destroyer (DD) 4 May 1954 Decommissioned 19 October 1954 JNS ASAKAZE DD-181 Transferred to Japan 19 October 1954 and renamed Returned to U.S. Navy 1970 Struck from Naval Register 1 February 1970 Sold to Taiwan August 1970 and cannibalized for spare parts

Naval Covers

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1. USS Ellyson DD-454 /DMS-19 Covers Page 1    (1940-1947)

 

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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Post office established 28 November 1941 - Disestablished 19 October 1954

 

Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"

1941-11-28

DD-454.

 

Locy Type 2t(nu) (DMS)

1947-08-18

DMS-19.

 

Locy Type 2t(nu) (DMS)

1947-09-02

DMS-19. 2nd Anniversary of V-J Day, cachet by George Neumann, sponsored by Frederick Horton.

 

Locy Type 2t(nu) (DMS)

1950-09-19

DMS-19. Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15964)

1946-06-26

DMS-19.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1941-11-29

DD-454. Cachet is for the First Day of Commission. Actual Commission date is November 28, 1941. Cachet by George Neumann, sponsored by Frederick Horton.

 

Locy Type 3z (OBO)

1944-01-20

DD-454.

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #15964)

1945-11-30

DMS-19.

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-32

1942-01-13

DD-454. Censored sailors mail. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type P (9v, name removed)

1945-03-04

DMS-19. Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

USS ELLYSON earned 7 Battle Stars (Europe & Pacific Campaign Theaters) and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

USS ELLYSON DMS-19 was at Tokyo Bay 2 September 1945 for the Japanese surrender

NAMESAKE - Commander Theodore Gordon "Spuds" Ellyson, USN (27 February 1885 - 27 February 1928)
Ellyson was the first U.S. Navy officer designated as an aviator ("Naval Aviator No. 1"). Ellyson served in the experimental development of aviation in the years before and after World War I. He also spent several years before the war as part of the Navy's new submarine service. A recipient of the Navy Cross for his aviation service in World War I, Ellyson died in 1928 when his aircraft crashed in the lower Chesapeake Bay while on a night flight from Norfolk, Virginia to Annapolis, Maryland.

The ships sponsor was Miss Gordon Ellyson, daughter of the ship's namesake.

 

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