LEWIS DE 535
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 November 3 1943 - Launched December 7 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 (1945-55)
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 September 5 1944 to May 31 1946
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Locy Type |
1945-06-28 |
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2nd Commissioning March 28 1952 to May 27 1960
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Locy Type |
1955-11-03 |
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Other Information
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal - United Nations Korea Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
In November 1959 while participating in "Project Nekton", which was deep water research involving the Trieste (a self contained two man bathysphere that could operate in the deepest ocean waters), LEWIS, using her depth finding gear discovered the deepest spot ever found in the ocean; 35,800 feet
NAMESAKE - Victor Alan Lewis (1919-1942)
Lewis was killed June 4 1942 during the Battle of Midway while attacking the Japanese Fleet. He was awarded the Navy Cross
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