KENNETH D BAILEY DD 713

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.

Gearing Class Destroyer Keel Laid September 21 1944 - Launched June 17 1945 USS KENNETH D. BAILEY DD-713 Commissioned July 31 1945 - Decommissioned December 22 1952 USS KENNETH D. BAILEY DDR-713 Reclassified Radar Picket Destroyer (DDR) April 9 1953 Recommissioned August 29 1953 USS KENNETH D. BAILEY DD-713 Reverted to Destroyer (DD) January 1 1969 Decommissioned April 2 1970 Struck from Naval Register February 1 1974 Sold to Iran January 13 1975 Cannibalized for spare parts

Naval Covers

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1. Kenneth D. Bailey Covers Page 1    (1946-69)

 

Postmarks

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

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1st Commissioning July 31 1945 to December 22 1952

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-4

1948-10-28

As DD-713

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-4

1951-07-04

As DD-713
Independence Day, Cachet by Dorothy Knapp

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #16116)

1946-04-23

As DD-713

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) (Date Slug Inverted)

1947-04-19

As DD-713

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #16116)

1946-10-27

As DD-713

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-4a

1946-11-20

As DD-713

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-4a

1946-11-20

As DD-713
Reused FDPS cover, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-4b

1946-11-07

As DD-713

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2nd Commissioning August 29 1953 to April 2 1970

 

Locy Type 2

1953-11-04

As DDR-713

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1969-07-25

As DD-713

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Major Kenneth Dillon Bailey, USMC (October 21 1910 – September 27 1942).
Major Bailey was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroic conduct during action during the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. He also earned the Silver Star Medal during the initial landing on Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. Major Bailey was also posthumously awarded the Purple Heart; Presidential Unit Citation; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp; and the World War II Victory Medal.

 

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