PRUITT AG 101

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.

Clemson Class Destroyer
Keel Laid June 25 1919 - Launched August 2 1920


1. USS PRUITT DD-347
   Commissioned September 2 1920
   
   
2. USS PRUITT DM-22
   Converted to Light Minelayer (DM) June 30 1937
   
   
3. USS PRUITT AG-101
   Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) June 5 1945
   Decommissioned November 16 1945
   
   Struck December 5 1945 and scrapped

 

Naval Covers

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1. Pruitt Covers Page 1    (1930-41)

 

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 3 (A-BTT)

1941-05-27

As DM-22

 

Locy Type 3r " / C.Z."

1930-07-02

As DD-347

 

Locy Type 3s (AC-TBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

1934-10-27

As DD-347
Navy Day 1934

 

Locy Type 3s (AC-TBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."

1935-10-27

As DD-347
Navy Day 1935, cachet by Clarence E. Reid

 

Locy Type 3s (AC-TBT) "VANCOUVER / B.C."

1936-07-10

As DD-347
Port Visit

 

Locy Type 3s (AC-TBT) "BREMERTON / WASH"

1937-10-15

As DM-22

 

Locy Type 3s (AC-TBT) "PEARL HARBOR / OAHU"

1938-05-16

As DM-22
Cachet by George Sadworth

 

Locy Type 3s (AC-TBT) "PEARL HARBOR / OAHU"

1938-08-15

As DM-22

 

Locy Type 3s (AC-TBT) "PEARL / HARBOR T.H."

1939-06-14

As DM-22

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-51

1932-02-22

As DD-347

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-51a

1943-09-24

As DM-22
Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3

1941-08-02

Hobby Shop Fake cancel

 

Other Information

PRUITT earned 3 battle stars for WWII service

PRUITT DM-22 was at Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 at The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard

NAMESAKE - Corporal John Henry Pruitt, USMC (October 4 1896 – October 4 1918)
Attached to 78th Company, 6th Regiment, 2d Division, Pruitt participated in engagements with the enemy at Chateau-Thierry, Bouresches, and Belleau Wood before he was gassed June 14 1918 and sent to a base hospital.
Upon his recovery, he returned to the front and fought in the Marbache Sector, St. Mihiel, Thiaucourt, and later at Blanc Mont in the Champagne Sector. He was officially cited for bravery (Silver Star) in action, near Thiaucourt, France September 15 1918, for aiding in the capture of an enemy machine gun. Pruitt attacked and captured two enemy machine guns, and later captured forty of the enemy.
Corporal Pruitt was mortally wounded in action at Blanc Mont on October 3 1918 and died the following day. For his heroism during the battle that took his life, Cpl. Pruitt was posthumously awarded both the Army and Navy Medals of Honor, Purple Heart, French Croix de Guerre, and the Italian Cross of Military Valor.

 

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