GHERARDI DD 637: Difference between revisions

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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.

USS GHERARDI DD-637
Commissioned September 15 1942
USS GHERARDI DMS-30
Converted to High-speed Minesweeper (DMS) November 15 1944
USS GHERARDI DD-637
Reverted to (DD) July 15 1955
Decommissioned December 17 1955

Stricken June 1 1971
Sunk as target June 3 1973 off Puerto Rico

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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.

Gherardi Covers Page 1 (1941-47)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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.

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

USPO Duplex

"Navy Yard Sta."

Philadelphia PA

1941-09-16

No Image

Keel Laying, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

Philadelphia PA Navy Yard Sta.
Duplex

1942-02-12

Twin Launching with USS BUTLER DD-636

Philadelphia PA
Machine

"MAIL /
EARLY /
FOR /
CHRISTMAS"

1942-12-20

Launching Cachet (Posted nearly a year later)

Locy Type
2(n) (DMS)

1947-10-27

As DMS-30. Navy Day

Locy Type
2(n) (DMS)

1947-11-23

As DMS-30

Locy Type
2#

(Br. #15902)

1947-01-03

As DMS-30

Locy Type
2#

(Br. #15902)

1947-03-11

As DMS-30.

Locy Type
9efu

1946-03-15

As DMS-30. Cachet by Ted Harrington

Other Information

GHERARDI received five battle stars for her World War II service.

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, USN

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

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