BENNION DD 662

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 March 19 1943 - Launched July 4 1943


1. USS BENNION DD-662
   Commissioned December 14 1943 - Decommissioned June 20 1946
   
   Stricken April 15 1971
   Sold May 30 1973 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1945)

 

Postmarks

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Locy Type 2z

1945-06-22

Censored wartime (WWII) use
 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-12-25

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Other Information

Earned 8 Battle Stars (WWII)
* Saipan seizure June - July 1944
* Tinian occupation July - August 1944
* Palaus occupation September 1944
* Leyte invasion October - November 1944
* Mindoro landings December 1944
* Lingayen Gulf landings January 1945
* Iwo Jima invasion February - March 1945
* Okinawa seizure March - June 1945

Earned Presidential Unit Citation for her action off Okinawa 1945

NAMESAKE - Mervyn Sharp Bennion USN (May 5 1887 – December 7 1941)
Captain Bennion was killed during the Pearl Harbor attack. While mortally wounded, he remained in command of his ship USS WEST VIRGINIA BB-48. For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete disregard of his own life, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor

 

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