PUTNAM DD 757

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 July 11 1943 - Launched March 26 1944 USS PUTNAM DD-757 Commissioned October 12 1944 - Decommissioned March 4 1950 Recommissioned October 23 1950 - Decommissioned August 6 1973 Struck from Naval Register August 6 1973 Sold June 24 1974 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1945-55)

 

Postmarks

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

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1st Commissioning October 12 1944 to March 4 1950

 

Locy Type 2tnu

1948-11-10

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Locy Type 3z

1946-04-05

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Locy Type 9efu

1946-02-13

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-53

1946-07-04

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-53a

1946-06-24

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-53b

1945-09-18

Tokyo Bay

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-53c

1946-06-03

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Locy Type LDPS 2tnu

1950-01-06

Last Day Postal Service

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2nd Commissioning October 23 1950 to August 6 1973

 

Locy Type 2

1951-01-22

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Locy Type 9efu

1955-05-09

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Other Information

PUTNAM received 3 battle stars for her World War II service.

NAMESAKE - Charles Flint Putnam (December 1 1854 - January 1882)
Putnam entered the Naval Academy at the age of 14. Upon his request at graduation in 1873, he was ordered to the Far East in KEARSARGE, serving in that vessel with the Asiatic Squadron until 1875. Master Putnam was stationed at San Francisco in 1876 and was attached to Schoolship JAMESTOWN in 1877–78. In 1879 he joined the Coast Survey Steamer HASSLER in the North Pacific. Putnam volunteered in 1881 for service in RODGERS, fitted out to search for JEANETTE, which had been lost in the Arctic on an expedition to reach the North Pole. When RODGERS burned at St. Lawrence Bay, Siberia, November 30 1881, Putnam took supplies to the survivors on dog sledges. On his return to his depot at Cape Serdze, he missed his way in a blinding snow storm January 10 1882, drifted out to sea on an ice-floe and was never heard from again.

Two ships of the US Navy haved honored PUTNAM - USS Putnam DD-287 and USS Putnam DD-757.

 

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