MERRILL DE 392

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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.

    Edsall Class Type FMR Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid July 1 1943 - Launched August 29 1943

  1. USS MERRILL DE-392
    Commissioned November 27 1943 - Decommissioned May 1 1946

    Stricken April 2 1971
    Sold September 30 1974 for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

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 postm--ark 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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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Locy Type
2z*

1944-05-30

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of Ensign Howard Deel Merrill USN (December 16 1917 - December 7 1941)
Merrill was appointed midshipman at the Naval Academy June 25 1936. He was commissioned Ensign June 6 1940, and reported for duty in battleship USS ARIZONA BB-39 July 2 1940. Merrill was declared dead as a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7 1941


 


 

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