NICHOLAS DD 449

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.

Fletcher Class Destroyer
Keel Laid March 3 1941 - Launched February 19 1942


1. USS NICHOLAS DD-449
   Commissioned June 4 1942 - Decommissioned June 12 1946
   Reclassified Escort Destroyer (DDE) March 26 1949, While in reserve
   
   
2. USS NICHOLAS DDE-449
   Recommissioned February 19 1951
   
   
3. USS NICHOLAS DD-449
   Reverted to Destroyer (DD) July 1 1962
   Decommissioned January 30 1970
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 30 1970
   Sold October 1970 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1943-69)

 

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

 

USPO Machine Bath, Maine

1942-07-14

Commissioning Cover posted a month later

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1st Commissioning June 4 1942 to June 12 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945

1945-10-27

As DD-449
Tokyo Bay

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-04-23

As DD-449

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1943-03-15

As DD-449
Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9vz

1943-08-07 to 1945-08-15

As DD-449
Mark from back of cover

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2nd Commissioning February 19 1951 to January 30 1970

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1951-03-21

As DDE-449
First Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2

1951-03-28

As DDE-449

 

Locy Type 2r

1954-08-28

As DDE-449

 

Locy Type 9efu

1954-08-28

As DDE-449

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3rd Post Office Period August 1 1960 to January 30 1970

 

Locy Type 2(n+)

1969-03-13

As DD-449
Apollo Space Program support

 

Locy Type P [2t(nu) with "E" removed]

1963-05-13

As DD-449

 

Other Information

NICHOLAS earned 16 Battle Stars for WWII, and 5 Battle Stars for Korea service

NICHOLAS DD-449 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender

NAMESAKE - Major Samuel Nicholas, USMC (1744 – August 27, 1790).
Nicholas was the first officer commissioned in the United States Continental Marines (now the United States Marine Corps) and by tradition is considered to be the first Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Veteran of the Battle of Nassau, Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton, Nicholas served from 1775 to 1783

Three ships in the US Navy have been named in his honor; USS Nicholas DD-311, USS Nicholas DD-449 and USS Nicholas FFG-47.

 

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