MAYRANT DD 402
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.
- USS MAYRANT DD-402
Commissioned September 13 1939
Damaged in Atom Bomb Test at Bikini Atoll July 1946
Decommissioned August 28 1946
Scuttled off Kwajalein April 4 1948
Struck from Naval Register April 30 1948
Benham Class Destroyer
Keel Laid April 15 1937 - Launched May 14 1938
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- Covers Page 1 (1939-46)
Postmarks
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Locy Type |
1939-09-19 |
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First Day in Commission.
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1939-09-19 |
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First Day in Commission. Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill, sponsored by Frederick Horton
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1939-09-19 |
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Backside of the First Day in Commission cover. Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill, sponsored by Frederick Horton
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Locy Type |
1939-09-19 |
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First Day in Commission
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Locy Type |
1939-09-19 |
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First Day in Commission
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Locy Type |
1939-09-19 |
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First Day in Commission
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Locy Type |
1945-12-14 |
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Add-on cachet by Michael F. Hebert
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Locy Type |
1941-04-09 |
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Note: USCS Postmark Catalog states this postmark first useage was in 1945. Correction has been submitted. (Feb. 2007)
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Locy Type |
1941-01-30 |
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R/S marking on back from Paul J. Gross
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Locy Type |
1939-11-30 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1939-10-17 |
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Add-on cachet by Michael F. Hebert
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Locy Type Fz |
1941-10-27 |
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Manuscript ship's name on the front of this cover. R/S marking on back from Paul J. Gross
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Locy Type |
1939-11-30 |
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Other Information
MAYRANT received 3 battle stars for her World War II service.
NAMESAKE - John Mayrant (1762-1836)
Capt. John Mayrant, born in the parish of St. James Santee, S.C., December 1762, was appointed midshipman in the South Carolina Navy 23 May 1778. The following year, in France, he was appointed midshipman and aide to John Paul Jones. Sailing from L’Orient in Bon Homme Richard, he led the boarders in the engagement with Scrapis, 23 September 1779. He died in Tennessee in August 1836.
Two US Navy ships have been named in his honor - USS Mayrant DD 31 and USS Mayrant DD 402.
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