KALK DD 611

Ship Name and Designation History

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Benson CLass Destroyer Keel Laid June 30 1941 - Launched July 18 1942 USS KALK DD-611 Commissioned October 17 1942 Heavily damaged (Aerial bomb) June 12 1944 off Biak 30 of her crew were lost and remain on duty Decommissioned May 3 1946 Struck from Naval Register June 1 1968 Sunk as target March 20 1969 off Florida

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1943-46)

 

Postmarks

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Locy Type 2(n)

1946-01-26

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Locy Type 3z " / TOKYO BAY"

1945-09-01

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Other Information

KALK received eight battle stars for World War II service

KALK was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender

NAMESAKE - Stanton Frederick Kalk (October 14 1894 - December 6 1917)
Kalk received his higher education at the U.S. Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 1916. Service in the Battleship USS FLORIDA Battleship No. 30 followed. In September 1917 he was assigned to the Destroyer JACOB JONES DD-61, which was then performing convoy escort duties as part of the Anglo-American effort to control the serious threat of German U-boats. On December 6 1917, Kalk was officer-of-the-deck when his ship was torpedoed by the submarine U-53. After JACOB JONES sank, he exhibited "extraordinary heroism" while helping move survivors among life rafts in an effort to equalize their loads. As a result of his exertions in the chilly water of the North Atlantic, Lt(JG) Kalk died from exhaustion and exposure. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.

 

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