MOALE DD 693

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.

Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer Keel Laid August 5 1943 - Launched January 16 1944 USS MOALE DD-693 Commissioned February 28 1944 - Decommissioned July 2 1973 Struck from Naval Register July 2 1973 Sold November 13 1974 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1944-62)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1944-01-16 to 1945-08-29

Additional Type 2z dated 1944-01-16 is for ship launching and is not from the ship

 

Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

1962-05-24

Note:

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-09-15

Tokyo Bay

 

Locy Type 9efu

1946-01-13

Favor strike on stamp block

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-79

1945-09-15

Tokyo Bay

 

Other Information

MOALE earned 5 Battle Stars for WWII service and 1 Battle Star for Korea

NAMESAKE - Lieutenant Edward Moale Jr. USN (September 10 1866 – October 23 1903)
Moale was appointed a Naval Cadet in 1882 and commissioned an Ensign July 1 1889. As an officer on board Gunboat USS HELENA PG-9 in 1898, he took part in operations against Spanish land and naval forces at Santiago de Cuba, including the naval battle of July 3. HELENA subsequently sailed east, around the Cape of Good Hope, and across the Indian Ocean to the Philippines. There, Lieutenant Moale participated in operations, off northern Luzon, to assist the U.S. Army during the Philippine Insurrection, 1890-1900. He died October 23 1903, at Baltimore, Md., from illness contracted during land operations in the Cagayan Valley swamps in 1899

 

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