EARHART APD 113

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.

Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort
Keel Laid March 20 1945 as Destroyer Escort DE-603
Redesignated Crosley Class High-Speed Transport (APD) during construction
Launched May 12 1945


1. USS EARHART APD-113
   Commissioned July 26 1945 - Decommissioned April 29 1946
   Struck from Naval Register December 12 1963
   
   
2. ARM H-4 (Mexican Naval Service)
   Sold to Mexico December 12 1963 and renamed
   
   
3. ARM PAPALOAPAN B-4
   Reclassified 1964 and renamed
   Ran aground 1976 and was discarded and scrapped

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Locy Type 7z*

1945-08-05

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Private First Class James Edward Earheart, Jr., USMC (April 25 1913 - November 8 1942).
On November 8 1942, PFC Earheart was a member of a Naval antisabotage party embarked in a British warship which was damaged during the entry into Oran, Algeria. Heroically, he volunteered, in the face of continuous shelling, to swim to a harbor tug whose movements were endangering the men abandoning the warship. Killed in this effort, he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.

 

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