HUGH PURVIS DD 709

Ship Name and Designation History

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Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer Keel Laid May 23 1944 - Launched December 17 1944 USS HUGH PURVIS DD-709 Commissioned March 1 1945 - Decommissioned June 15 1972 Struck from Naval Register February 1 1973 TCG ZAFER D-356 (Turkish Naval Service) Sold to Turkey July 1 1972 Stricken by Turkey 1993 Broken up for scrap 1994

Naval Covers

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1. USS Hugh Purvis DD-709 Covers Page 1     (1944-62)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945

1945-10-27

1945 Navy Day "Victory Cancel"

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-85

1946-12-25

Christmas

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-85

1947-02-25

Note:

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-85a

1947-10-21

First Day of Issue, Sc.# 951. Cachet by Winfred M. Grandy

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-85a

1948-05-28

Four Chaplain cachet by Michael Sanders

 

Locy Type 2tnu

1962-05-26

Note:

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15679)

1945-06-30

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1945-03-01

"Commissioning covers with the 9ef(nu) cancel are backdated, as the postmark was not issued until October."
USCS Catalog of United States Naval Postmarks

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1946-12-15

Christmas cachet (used early) by Neil F. Nielsen

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Hugh Purvis USMC
Purvis enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps October 27 1869. He reported immediately to the Marine detachment on board ALASKA soon departing for the Far East. During the punitive expedition to Korea in 1871, he took part in the assault on an enemy fort on the Han River. In desperate hand-to-hand fighting, the sailors and Marines stormed the walls of the citadel. Private Purvis ran immediately to the flagstaff which bore the enemy's colors and loosed the halyards. He was joined by Cpl. Charles Brown, and the two tore down the flag. For his inspiring and heroic act Private Purvis was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was discharged in 1873 and served two later tours with the Marine Corps, 1874 to 1879 and 1879 to 1884, rising to the rank of Corporal

 

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