FRANK KNOX DD 742

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.

Gearing Class Destroyer Keel Laid 8 May 1944 - Launched 17 September 1944 USS FRANK KNOX DD-742 Commissioned 11 December 1944 USS FRANK KNOX DDR-742 Reclassified Radar Picket Destroyer (DDR) 18 March 1949 USS FRANK KNOX DD-742 Reverted to (DD) 1 January 1969 Decommissioned 31 January 1971 Struck from Naval Register 31 January 1971 HNS THEMISTOCLES D-210 (Greek Naval Service) Sold to Greece 23 January 1971 and renamed Stricken by Greece 1992 Sunk as target 11 September 2001 by Greek submarine HNS NEREUS

Naval Covers

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1. USS Frank Knox DD-742/DDR-742 Covers Page 1    (1945-1969)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1947-03-05

As DD-742

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (DDR)

1956-12-12

DDR-742. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 2t(nu) (DD)

1969-03-08

As DD-742

 

Locy Type 2z*

1946-10-27

As DD-742

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) DD 1947

1947-03-05

As DD-742

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) ("DDR")

1956-12-12

DDR-742. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 9# (15282 Branch)

1946-08-23

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Locy Type Pz "TOKYO / BAY / JAPAN" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-25

1945-10-01

As DD-742. Tokyo Bay

 

Locy Type 2z* + SLKts(n+)

1946-08-22

Note:

 

Other Information

USS FRANK KNOX earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle Star and the Korean Service Medal w/ 5 Battle stars during her Naval career.

USS FRANK KNOX DD-742 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of Secretary of the Navy William Franklin "Frank" Knox (1 January 1874 – 28 April 1944) under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. He was also the Republican Vice-presidential candidate in 1936.

The ship's sponsor Mrs. Frank Knox.

 

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