STERN DE 187

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 Type DET Destroyer Escort
Keel Laid August 12 1943 - Launched October 31 1943


1. USS STERN DE-187
   Commissioned December 1 1943 - Decommissioned April 26 1946
   
   Stricken March 1 1951
   
   
2. VAN ZIJLL F-811 (Dutch Naval Service)
   Transferred to The Netherlands March 1 1951 and renamed
   
   Returned to the U.S. December 15 1967
   Sold February 1968 to Simons Scheepsslooperis N.V. Rotterdam for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Cover 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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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Cancel Kearny NJ

1943-10-31

No Image

Launching

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Locy Type 2z

1945-11-07

Ship used only the Type 2z device

 

Other Information

Earned 3 Battle Stars (WWII)
* Luzon operation December 1944 - January 1945
* Iwo Jima operation February - March 1945
* Ryukyus operation March - April 1945

NAMESAKE - Ensign Charles M. Stern (March 10 1915 - December 7 1941)
Stern was killed during the Pearl Harbor attack while serving on USS OKLAHOMA BB-37

 

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