CURRIER DE 700
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.
- Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort
- USS CURRIER DE-700
Commissioned February 1 1944 - Decommissioned April 4 1960
Struck from Naval Register December 1 1966
Sunk July 11 1967 as target off California
Keel Laid July 21 1943 - Launched October 14 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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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 (1943-44)
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.
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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Post office established January 13 1944 - Disestablished November 22 1947
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1947-04-04 |
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1944-03-30 |
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Post office reestablished 1955
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Other Information
CURRIER earned 2 Battle Stars (WWII)
Earned 1 Battle Star (Korea)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal w/ 1 star - United Nations Korean Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
NAMESAKE - Roger Noon Currier, born in Portland, OR April 20 1913, graduated from the Naval Academy June 3 1937. He served on USS SALT LAKE CITY CA-25 and was assigned to the staff of Admiral Norman Scott as Communications Officer on October 20 1942. Embarked in USS ATLANTA CL-51 he was killed during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of November 13 1942. He shared posthumously in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to Atlanta and also received a Purple Heart.
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