SPANGLER DE 696
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.
Keel Laid April 28 1943 - Launched July 15 1943 |
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- Covers Page 1 (1943-46)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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1st Commissioning October 31 1943 to June 30 1948
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Locy Type |
1946-12-11 |
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Other Information
SPANGLER earned two battle stars during World War II
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars - WWII Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
NAMESAKE - Donald Hays Spangler (May 29 1918 - November 13 1942)
Spangler was appointed Midshipman at the Naval Academy on July 8 1938 and commissioned Ensign on December 19 1941. Ensign Spangler reported for duty in USS ATLANTA CL-51 at Boston, Mass., on January 3 1942. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade) to date from October 1 1942. Lt. (jg.) Spangler was killed in action when ATLANTA was heavily damaged during the night action off Savo Island in the Solomons on November 13 1942
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