BRIGHT DE 747

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.

Cannon Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid 9 June 1943 - Launched and Christened 26 September 1943 USS BRIGHT DE-747 Commissioned 30 June 1944 - Decommissioned 19 April 1946 Stricken 20 December 1950 TOUAREG F-721 Transferred to France 11 November 1950 and renamed Placed in reserve 1960 Struck from Naval Register May 1964 Sold May 1965 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Bright DE-747 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 3z (BTT)

1945-09-07

Official Business. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 9efu

1946-01-14

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Locy Type SL

1946-01-14

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Other Information

USS BRIGHT earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Lieutenant (junior grade) Graham Paul Bright, USN (4 September 1912 - 10 December 1941)
         Bright was appointed a Midshipman at the Naval Academy on 17 June 1931 and graduated on 6 June 1935. After service in USS Idaho BB-42 and study at the Naval Finance and Supply School at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Bright transferred from the unrestricted line to the Supply Corps in June 1937 and reported to his first fiscal billet as disbursing officer for Destroyer Division (DesDiv) 24, Battle Force, on 15 June 1937. Advanced to Lieutenant (junior grade) a year later, Bright served as disbursing officer for DesDiv 11, Battle Force, from 15 October 1938 to 12 July 1939 and then become disbursing and commissary officer at the Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington, D.C. Eventually becoming assistant to the supply officer at Anacostia in the summer of 1940, Bright served for a month with the 12th Naval District before reporting to Guam on 19 August 1941. When war came to that lightly defended American possession, Lt.(jg.) Bright was serving as assistant supply officer with the naval government of Guam, working in the administrative unit at Agana. He was killed by machinegun fire during the fighting that followed the Japanese landing on December 10 1941. Lt.(jg) Bright was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Miriam Engle Bright, Lt.(jg) Bright’s widow.

 

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