CHARLES S SPERRY DD 697

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.

Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer Keel Laid 19 October 1943 - Launched 13 March 1944 USS CHARLES S. SPERRY DD-697 Commissioned 17 May 1944 - Decommissioned 15 March 1948 Recommissioned 1 July 1950 - Decommissioned 15 December 1973 Struck from Naval Register 15 December 1973 MINISTRO ZENTENO D-16 Sold to Chile 8 January 1974 Stricken by Chile and scrapped 1990

Naval Covers

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1. USS Charles S. Sperry DD-697 Covers Page 1    (1946-1971)

 

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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1st Commissioning 17 May 1944 to 15 March 1948

 

Locy Type 2(n) (DD 967)

1946-03-19

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-30a

1946-10-27

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Locy Type P [2(n) - number corrected]

1946-04-29

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Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-30

1946-03-05

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2nd Commissioning 1 July 1950 to 15 December 1973

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1950-07-01

First Day Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2

1956-07-05

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Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1965-05-24

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Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1971-10-27

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Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1967-01-05

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Other Information

USS CHARLES S. SPERRY received 4 battle stars for World War II, and 4 battle stars for Korea service

NAMESAKE - Admiral Charles Stillman Sperry, USN (3 September 1847 – 1 February 1911)
Sperry, born in Brooklyn, NY, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1866. In November 1898 he became commanding officer of Yorktown, and later served as senior officer of the Southern Squadron on the Asiatic Station and as President of the Naval War College. As a rear admiral, he served in the United States delegation to the Geneva Convention and the Second Hague Conference, and as Commander in Chief, Battle Fleet, he led the Great White Fleet during the major portion of its historic cruise around the world in 1907 and 1908. Admiral Sperry retired 3 September 1909, but subsequently was recalled to active duty for special service. He died in Washington, D.C.

NAMESAKE (Chile) - Ministro Zenteno - José Ignacio Zenteno del Pozo y Silva; Chilean military and politician. He was born in Santiago, on 28 July 1786. He died in the same city on 16 July 1847. Son of Antonio Zenteno y Bustamante and Doña Victoria del Pozo y Silva. He attended the Colegio Carolino, where he studied.

The ships sponsor was Miss M. Sperry.

 

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