KENDRICK DD 612

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.

Benson Class Destroyer Keel Laid May 1 1941 - Launched April 2 1942 USS KENDRICK DD-612 Commissioned September 12 1942 - Decommissioned March 31 1947 Struck from Naval Register May 1 1966 Sunk March 2 1968 as target off Key West Florida

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944-46)

 

Postmarks

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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 3z

1942-07-11

Commissioning cover posted 2 months before FDC of September 12 1942

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Locy Type 2(n)

1946-04-16

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Locy Type 2# (Br. #16069)

1945-12-08

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Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1944-11-05

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Other Information

KENDRICK received three battle stars for World War II service

NAMESAKE - Charles S. Kendrick (January 23 1817 – August 13 1863)
An officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Early in the Civil War, as Third Master in Army Gunboat ST. LOUIS of the Western Flotilla, he took part in the captures of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Island No. 10, Memphis, and Fort St. Charles. On October 1 1862, when the Western Flotilla was transferred to the Navy Department, he was commissioned Acting Master in the U.S. Navy. On April 30 1863, while commanding a landing party which drove Confederate sharpshooters from the river banks at Haines Bluff, he personally captured a Southern officer in hand-to-hand combat. In July he commanded PETREL when she and FOREST ROSE ascended the Tensas River and captured Confederate Steamers LOUISVILLE and ELMIRA. The following month Acting Master Kendrick was stricken with fever and died at the Naval Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, August 13 1863

 

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