PRICHETT DD 561

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.

Fletcher Class Destroyer Keel Laid July 20 1942 - Launched July 31 1943 USS PRICHETT DD-561 Commissioned January 15 1944 - Decommissioned March 14 1946 Recommissioned August 17 1951 - Decommissioned January 10 1970 Struck from Naval Register January 10 1970 ITS GENIERE D-555 (Italian Naval Service) Sold to Italy January 17 1970 and renamed Stricken by Italy and scrapped 1975

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1955-67)

 

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 January 15 1944 to March 14 1946

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-12-29

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2nd Commissioning August 17 1951 to January 10 1970

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1951-08-28

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2

1955-05-19

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Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

1966-01-15

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Locy Type 9ef(nu) (USS)

1967-10-24

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Locy Type 9efu

1966-01-15

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Other Information

PRICHETT earned 8 battle stars for WWII and 2 for Korean service

NAMESAKE - Lieutenant Commander James M. Prichett, USN (1835–1871).
    Prichett, born in Centreville, Indiana, in 1836, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1857. Prior to the Civil War he served aboard MISSISSIPPI on the China Station, and in RICHMOND on the Mediterranean Station.
     Assigned to the Washington Navy Yard in 1861, he joined the Naval forces on the Mississippi River in 1862. On 4 July 1863, while commanding gunboat USS TYLER, he participated in, and won praise for, effective action in repulsing a superior Confederate force during the battle of Helena, Ark. He also commanded monitor MAHOPAC during the war.
    After the war he sailed with Admiral David Farragut’s expedition to Russia and, in 1869, returned to the Pacific Squadron. Lieutenant Commander Prichett died in 1871 while attached to receiving ship VERMONT at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

 

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