EVARTS DE 5

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 October 17 1942 for Great Britain as BDE-5 Launched December 7 1942 Retained and named February 19 1943 USS EVARTS DE-5 Commissioned April 15 1943 - Decommissioned October 2 1945 Struck from Navy Register October 25 1945 Sold July 12 1946 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2z*

1945-03-08

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Other Information

EVARTS received one battle star for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - WWII Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Milo Burnell Evarts USNR (September 3 1913 - October 12 1942)
Evarts enlisted in the Naval Reserve August 31 1940. He was commissioned as an Ensign on June 12 1941 . On the night of October 11-12 1942, during the Battle of Cape Esperance, Lieutenant (junior grade) Evarts was killed in action when his ship USS BOISE CL-47 was damaged. Disregarding the danger of explosion from the fires which broke out in the gun turret of which he was in charge, Evarts stood to his station until killed. He was posthumously awarded The Navy Cross for his unyielding devotion to duty

 

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