CHRISTOPHER DE 100

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.

Cannon Class Type DET Destroyer Escort Keel Laid December 7 1942 - Launched June 19 1943 USS CHRISTOPHER DE-100 Commissioned October 23 1943 - Decommissioned December 19 1944 BENEVENTE Be-6 (Brazilian Naval Service) Transferred to Brazil December 19 1944 BENEVENTE D-20 (Brazilian Naval Service) Redesignated 1955 BENEVENTE U-30 (Brazilian Naval Service) Redesignated early 1960s Stricken from the U.S. Naval Register July 20 1953 Stricken by Brazil in 1964 and sold for scrapping - but not scrapped In August 1967 assigned to the Southern Naval Group Remained active into 1974 Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-06-08 to 1944-06-08

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-11-10

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal

NAMESAKE - Ensign Harald Jensen Christopher USNR (November 6 1919 - December 7 1941)
Commissioned Ensign in the Naval Reserve May 28 1941, and after training at The Naval Air Station, San Pedro, Calif., reported for duty in USS NEVADA BB-36 August 5 1941
During the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 "Ensign Christopher, realizing that his services at his regular battle station were not needed at the time, upon his own initiative assumed duties on the 5-inch broadside battery and effectively controlled his part of that battery until killed by a bomb explosion." He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for "distinguished service, courage, devotion to duty and disregard for his own safety."

 

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