PLUNKETT DD 431

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.

Gleaves Class Destroyer
Keel Laid March 1 1939 - Launched March 9 1940


1. USS PLUNKETT DD-431
   Commissioned July 17 1940 - Decommissioned May 3 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register November 1 1972
   
   
2. NAN YANG DD-17 (Taiwanese Naval Service)
   Transferred to Taiwan February 16 1954 and renamed
   
   Stricken by Taiwan 1975 and scrapped

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Plunkett DD-431 Covers Page 1    (1939-46)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established July 29 1940 - Disestablished February 27 1946

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 Aug 15, 1940 "MAIL SERVICE / FIRST DAY"

1940-08-15

Commissioning & First Day of Postal Service, cachet by George Neumann and Frederick Horton

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-04-27

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Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "NEW YORK"

1940-12-11

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Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1942-06-30

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-10-19

Cachet by Louis C. Weigand

 

Locy Type SLKbs(n) (42x3)

1940-10-19

Cachet by Louis C. Weigand. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

Locy Type SLbs(n) (42x3)

1942-06-30

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Other Information

USS PLUNKETT earned 5 battle stars for her WWII service.

NAMESAKE - RAdm Charles Peshall Plunkett, USN (February 15 1864 - March 24 1931)
Plunkett was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1879. A veteran of the Spanish-American War, during which he served in Adm. Dewey’s Squadron at Manila Bay, he had commanded both USS NORTH DAKOTA BB-29 and USS SOUTH DAKOTA ACR-9 and had served as Director, Target Practice and Engineering Competitions for the Navy Department before the United States entered World War I. In July, 1918, he assumed command of the five Naval Railway Batteries in France. Under his direction those mobile units of 14” battleship guns supported French and American armies from September 6 until the Armistice. Awarded The Distinguished Service Medal for his service during the war, he later commanded Destroyers, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and served as Chief of Staff, Naval War College; President, Board of Inspection and Survey; and as Commandant, New York Navy Yard and the 3d Naval District. Retiring in 1928, Rear Admiral Plunkett died, in Washington, D.C., March 24 1931

 

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