MITCHELL DE 43

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.

Evarts Class Type GMT Destroyer Escort
Ordered for Great Britain as BDE-43
Keel Laid January 12 1943
Retained by U.S. Navy June 16 1943 and designated (DE)
Named June 23 1943
Launched August 1 1943


1. USS MITCHELL DE-43
   Commissioned November 17 1943 - Decommissioned December 29 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register December 29 1945
   Sold December 11 1946 to the Puget Sound Navigation Co. Seattle, Wash for scrap

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Locy Type 2z

1944-08-31

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Other Information

MITCHELL received nine battle stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/9 stars - WWII Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Albert Edward Mitchell USN (December 25 1914 - June 1942)
Mitchell enlisted in the U.S. Navy as a Seaman Second Class December 20 1940 for flight training at Seattle and Corpus Christi, where he was designated a Naval Aviator September 30 1941 and commissioned an Ensign. While assigned to Patrol Squadron 42, he was killed in action June 1942

 

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