RAMSDEN DER 382

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.

Edsall Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid 26 March 1943 - Launched 24 May 1943 USS RAMSDEN DE-382 Commissioned 19 October 1943 - Decommissioned 13 June 1946 USCGC RAMSDEN WDE-482 Loaned to USCG and recommissioned 28 March 1952 Decommissioned 10 April 1954 Returned to U.S. Navy custody Reclassified Radar Picket Escort (DER) 1 November 1956 USS RAMSDEN DER-382 Recommissioned 10 December 1957 - Decommissioned 23 June 1960 Struck from Naval Register 1 August 1974 Sunk as target

Naval Covers

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1. USS Ramsden DE-382 / DER-382 Covers Page 1     (1944-1958)

 

Postmarks

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

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DE-382

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-04-08

Add-on cachet by Mh Cachets (Michael Hebert)

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1944-05-04

Official mail.

 

Locy Type 9efu

1946-04-08

Add-on cachet by Mh Cachets (Michael Hebert)

 

Locy Type CD-R3

1946-04-29

From the back of a cover that was postmarked from Green Cove Springs, Fl. From the Bob Govern Collection.

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DER-382

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1958-07-16

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Other Information

RAMSDEN earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 Battle star, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal and the United Nations Korean Service Medal during her Navy / Coast Guard career.

NAMESAKE - Coxswain Marvin Lee Ramsden, USN (2 January 1919 - 8 May 1942)
Ramsden enlisted in the Navy 21 May 1936 and reported for duty aboard USS LEXINGTON CV-2 on 8 October 1936. During the Battle of the Coral Sea, 8 May 1942, Coxswain Ramsden, a member of Lexington's crew throughout his career, remained at his exposed station, despite wounds, continuing to operate a range finder in the face of intense enemy strafing and dive-bombing attacks until he died. For his gallant and intrepid conduct, he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. James L. Ramsden, mother of the late Coxswain Ramsden.

 

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