COONER DE 172
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
- USS COONER DE-172
Commissioned August 21 1943 - Decommissioned June 25 1946
Struck from Naval Register July 1 1972
Sold November 1 1973 for scrap
Keel Laid February 22 1943 - Launched July 23 1943
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- Covers Page 1 (1945)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
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THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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existing example.
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Postmark Type |
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Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image |
Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image |
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Newark NJ |
1943-07-23 |
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Twin launching with USS ELDRIDGE DE-173
Neumann Cachet
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Locy Type |
1945-12-25 |
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Christmas Day 1945. Green cachet by George V. Sadworth
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Locy Type |
1945-12-06 |
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Note:
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Locy Type SLK |
1945-12-25 |
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Christmas Day 1945. Blue cachet by George V. Sadworth
Other Information
USS COONER earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of Ensign Bunyan Randolph Cooner (February 27 1914 - June 16 1942).
Ensign Cooner won The Navy Cross for gallant service in The Battle of Midway, participating in vigorous and repeated attacks against Japanese warships June 4-6 1942, while attached to Bombing Squadron 3 on USS SARATOGA CV-3. Ensign Cooner was killed in a plane crash during flight operations out of NAS Pearl Harbor on June 16 1942
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