DOBLER DE 48

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 Destroyer Escort Keel Laid 1 April 1942 for Great Britain as BDE-48 Retained by U.S. Navy (Date unknown) Launched 24 July 1942 USS DOBLER DE-48 Commissioned 17 May 1943 - Decommissioned 2 October 1945 Struck from Naval Register 24 October 1945 Sold 12 July 1946 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Dobler DE-48 Covers Page 1     (1943-1945)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-01-11

Note: Type 2z over struck the following day by Type 3z which was not carried by this ship

 

Locy Type 9efu

1944-12-07

From the back of the envelope. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS DOBLER earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Lieutenant Joseph John Julius Dobler, USNR (19 November 1918 - 30 January 1943)
         Dobler enlisted in the Naval Reserve 14 December 1939 and was appointed Aviation Cadet 29 January 1940. On active duty from 22 October 1940 with Scouting Squadron 6, in USS ENTERPRISE CV-6. Lieutenant Dobler was killed in action 30 January 1943 during the Battle of Rennell Island when American aircraft fought off Japanese air attacks on a task force covering the movement of transports to Guadalcanal.

 

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