RALL DE 304

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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.

    Evarts Class Type GMT Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid May 24 1943 - Launched September 23 1943

  1. USS RALL DE-304
    Commissioned April 8 1944
    Damaged by Kamikaze April 11 1945 off Okinawa
    Heavily damaged in a kamikaze attack off Ie Shima April 12 1945
    Decommissioned December 11 1945

    Stricken January 3 1946
    Hulk sold March 18 1947 for scrap

Naval Covers

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Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of Lieutenant (j.g.) Richard Redner Rall USNR (12 May 1909 - December 7 1941)
Rall was appointed Assistant Surgeon with the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade), MC, USNR, March 29 1935; received regular Navy commission March 10 1937; and attended postgraduate courses at Navy Medical School, Washington, D.C.
Rall was assigned to U.S. Navy Hospitals at Guam and Mare Island before reporting to USS PENNSYLVANIA BB-38 May 1941. He was killed in action during the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7 1941

Earned 3 Battle Stars (WWII)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars
WWII Victory Medal

 


 

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