LOVELACE DE 198

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.

Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort Keel Laid May 22 1943 - Launched July 4 1943 USS LOVELACE DE-198 Commissioned November 7 1943 - Decommissioned May 22 1946 Struck from Naval Register July 1 1967 Sunk as target April 25 1968 off the California coast

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-09-12

Ship had no postal facilities; a souvenir "cancel".

 

Other Information

LOVELACE was awarded three battle stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

NAMESAKE - Donald Alexander Lovelace USN (June 20 1906 - June 2 1942)
Lovelace entered the Naval Academy July 8 1924 and was commissioned Ensign upon graduation in 1928. After duty in USS WYOMING BB-32, he learned to fly at Pensacola, Fla., during 1930 and subsequently was active in developing naval aviation. At the outbreak of the war in the Pacific, Lovelace was assigned to USS YORKTOWN CV-5. He soon won the Distinguished Flying Cross "for heroic conduct in aerial combat, as division leader and pilot, when on February 20 1942, in enemy waters, he led his division in a vigorous and determined attack, in the face of combined machine-gun and cannon fire, against a formation of enemy bombers, and he, with the assistance of his teammate, caused the destruction of one enemy bomber." Lieutenant Commander Lovelace was killed in a plane crash northeast of Midway Island June 2 1942 while searching for the Japanese naval force which was defeated in the Battle of Midway 2 days later

 

---

 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum