FISKE DD 842

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 April 9 1945 - Launched September 8 1945


1. USS FISKE DD-842
   Commissioned November 28 1945 - Decommissioned April 1 1952
   Recommissioned Nov 25 1952
   
   
2. USS FISKE DDR-842
   Reclassified Radar Picket Destroyer (DDR) July 18 1952
   
   
3. USS FISKE DD-842
   Reverted to Destroyer (DD) April 1 1964
   Decommissioned June 6 1980
   
   Struck from Naval Register August 6 1987
   
   
4. PIYALE PASA DD-350 (Turkish Naval Service)
   Sold to Turkey June 5 1980 and renamed
   Heavily damaged (Grounded) 1996
   
   Scrapped 1999

 

Naval Covers

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1. Fiske Covers Page 1    (1947-80)

 

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

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1st Commissioning November 28 1945 to April 1 1952

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-7

1947-10-27

As DD-842
Navy Day, cachet by M. Fay Muridge

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-7b

1947-03-26

As DD-842

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2nd Commissioning November 25 1952 to June 5 1980

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1966-06-17

As DD-842

 

Locy Type 2r

1953-01-26

As DDR-842

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (DD,USS)

1974-11-28

As DD-842

Turkish Naval Service

 

Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS ALBANY CG-10

1980-07-15

No Image

Welcome to Norfolk - TCG PIYALE PASE D-350 (ex USS FISKE DD-842), cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

FISKE earned 2 Battle Stars for her service during the Korean War.

NAMESAKE - Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske ,1854-1942, American naval officer and inventor, b. Lyons, N.Y., grad. Annapolis, 1874. In the U.S. navy he devoted himself to the invention of instruments for shipboard use. His numerous inventions include an electrically powered gun turret, the torpedo plane, a naval telescopic sight, an electromagnetic system for detonating torpedoes under ships, and an electric range finder—a device that brought him many citations when, as navigating officer of the gunboat Petrel, he successfully employed it in the battle of Manila Bay. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1911, but he was forced to retire in 1916 when his agitation for a stronger navy clashed with the policies of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. {DANFS}

 

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