HOLTON DE 703
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 September 28 1943 - Launched December 15 1943 |
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- Covers Page 1 (1945)
Postmarks
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Bay City MI |
1943-12-15 |
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Launching
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Locy Type |
1945-11-05
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Other Information
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon
NAMESAKE - Ralph Lee Holton USN (September 19 1918 - June 6 1942)
Holton graduated from the Naval Academy in December 1941. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his valiant rescue work aiding survivors of the stricken Carrier USS LEXINGTON CV-2 May 8 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea. As officer-in-charge of a boat detailed to rescue survivors from the burning carrier, Ensign Holton, under a hail of flaming debris from bombs, ammunition, and gasoline exploding on LEXINGTON, persistently returned to the stricken ship and thus effected a series of daring rescues in which he saved the lives of many members of the ship's crew who otherwise would have been lost. Less than a month later, June 6, Ensign Holton was reported missing and presumed dead as his ship, the destroyer HAMMANN DD-412, was sunk during the Battle of Midway
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