STEWART DE 238

Ship Name and Designation History

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Edsall Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid July 15 1942 - Launched November 22 1942 USS STEWART DE-238 Commissioned May 31 1943 - Decommissioned March 27 1946 Struck from Naval Register October 1 1972 Preserved as a museum ship at Galveston, TX

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1. USS Stewart DE-238 Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2z*

1945-10-06

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Locy Type 3z (variety)

1943-06-22

The ships hull number 238 is inserted into the postmark.

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-64

1945-12-07

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Other Information

USS Stewart earned the American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Charles Stewart (July 28 1778 - November 6 1869)
Stewart went to sea at the age of thirteen as a cabin boy and rose through the grades to become Master of Merchantman. During the Quasi-War with France, Stewart was commissioned a Lieutenant in the United States Navy on March 9 1798 and joined the Frigate UNITED STATES for a cruise in the West Indies. He took command of the Schooner EXPERIMENT on July 16 1800 and soon captured two armed French vessels and freed several captured American ships. After brief command of CHESAPEAKE in 1801 and service in USS CONSTELLATION in 1802, Stewart sailed to the Mediterranean in command of the Brig SIREN. There he participated in the destruction of PHILLAELPHIA after her capture by Tripoli, helped to maintain the blockade of Tripoli, and distinguished himself in assaults on the enemy in August and September 1804. After the war, he participated in a show of force at Tunis and returned home as Captain in 1806. On the outbreak of war in 1812, Stewart commanded, successively, ARGUS, HORNET, and CONSTELLATION. But, as the latter was closely blockaded in Norfolk, he took command of USS CONSTITUTION at Boston in 1813. He made two brilliant cruises in her between 1813 and 1815. The frigate captured HMS CYANE and HMS LEVANT on February 20 1815. Stewart's later service included command of a squadron in the Mediterranean from 1816 to 1820 and of one in the Pacific from 1820 to 1824. He served as a Naval Commissioner from 1830 to 1832 and commanded the Philadelphia Navy Yard from 1838 to 1841, in 1846, and again from 1854 to 1861. By a bill passed on March 2 1859, Congress made Stewart "Senior Flag Officer," an office created for him in recognition of his distinguished and meritorious service. He became Rear Admiral on the retired list on July 16 1862, and he died at Bordentown, N.J., on November 6 1869.

 

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