ENRIGHT APD 66

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.

Buckley Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid 22 February 1943 - Launched and christened 29 May 1943 USS ENRIGHT DE-216 Commissioned 21 September 1943 USS ENRIGHT APD-66 Reclassified High-speed Transport (APD) 21 January 1945 Decommissioned June 21 1946 BAE 25 DE JULIO E-12 Transferred to Ecuador 14 July 1967 and renamed BAE MORAN VALVERDE Renamed (Date unknown) Stricken from U.S. Navy Register 31 March 1978 Struck by Ecuador 1989

Naval Covers

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1. USS Enright DE-216 / APD-66 Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

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

1946-01-24

As APD-66

 

Locy Type RECD

1944-03-12

DE-216. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

Locy Type SL

1944-03-12

APD-66. An example of the ship's straight-line marking. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

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Ecuadoran Naval Service

 

Locy Type 2f(n+) USS Neosho AO-143

1967-07-17

Welcome to Norfolk - BAE 25 DE JULIO, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

USS ENRIGHT earned the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Asia clasp and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Lieutenant (j.g.) Robert Paul Francis Enright, USNR (28 September 1916 - 6 June 1942)
         Enright enlisted in the Naval Reserve July 20 1940, and was commissioned Ensign March 14 1941. He was killed in action when his ship USS Hammann DD-412 was sunk 6 June 1942 in the Battle of Midway.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Katherine L. Enright, mother of Lieutenant (j.g.) Enright.

 

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