ALFRED A CUNNINGHAM DD 752

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 February 23 1944 - Launched August 3 1944


1. USS ALFRED A. CUNNINGHAM DD-752
   Commissioned November 23 1944 - Decommissioned May 12 1947
   Recommissioned October 5 1950 - Decommissioned February 24 1971
   
   Stricken February 1 1974
   Sunk as target October 12 1979 off California

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1944-69)

 

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

 

USPO Duplex "Mariners Harbor Station" Staten Island NY

1944-08-03

No Image

Launching

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Port Richmond Station" Staten Island NY

1944-08-03

No Image

Launching

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1st Commissioning November 23 1944 to May 12 1947

 

Locy Type 2z

c1945

Censored wartime (WWII) use

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2nd Commissioning October 5 1950 to February 24 1971

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1950-11-13

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2

1955-12-28 to 1955-12-28

Note:

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-71

1962-10-13 to 1962-10-13

Note:

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-71a

1969-04-23 to 1969-04-23

Cachet by Frederick L. Karcher and is a fraudulent use of the "FREE-COMBAT ZONE" mail.

 

Locy Type 9efu

1955-12-28 to 1955-12-28

Backside of the 1955 cover

 

Locy Type 9fuy ("SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF") *Should have been New York NY*

1961-06-06 to 1961-06-06

No Image

"Proof Strike on Plain Paper"

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USPO Slogan Machine Cancel San Francisco CA

1949-09-02 to 1949-09-02

No Image

Recommissioning cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

USPS Pictorial Cancel Pawtucket RI

2002-05-07

No Image

Commemorative cover for the 100th Anniversary of US Navy Destroyers. Cachet by Alvin Eckert

 

Other Information

Earned 1 Battle Star (WWII)
* Wake Island operation June 1945

Earned 6 Battle Stars (Korea)

NAMESAKE - Lt. Colonel Alfred Austell Cunningham, USMC (March 8 1882 - May 27 1939)
LtCol. Cunningham was the first Marine Corps aviator and the first Director of Marine Corps Aviation. His military career included service in the Spanish-American War, World War I, and U.S. operations in the Caribbean during the 1920s

 

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