OTTERSTETTER DER 244
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 9 1942 - Launched January 19 1943 |
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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.
- Otterstetter Covers Page 1 (1943-56)
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.
| POSTMARK TYPE | DATE FROM to DATE TO |
THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE |
THUMBNAIL LINK TO FULL COVER IMAGE |
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1st Commissioning August 6 1943 to September 21 1946
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Locy Type |
1943-09-01 |
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As DE-244
2nd Commissioning June 6 1952 to June 20 1960
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Locy Type |
1952-08-01 |
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As DER-244
First Day Postal Service
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Locy Type |
1952-08-01 |
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As DER-244
First Day Postal Service
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Locy Type |
1954-01-20 |
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As DER-244
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Locy Type |
1955-03-04 |
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As DER-244
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Locy Type |
1955-03-04 |
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As DER-244
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Carl William Otterstetter USN (January 11 1920 - December 7 1941)
Seaman Otterstetter received a citation for prompt and efficient action and utter disregard of personal danger in the effort to repel the attack on KANEOHE BAY NAS during the Pearl Harbor attack in which he was killed
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