WESSON DE 184

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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.

    Cannon Class Type DET Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid July 29 1943 - Launched October 17 1943

  1. USS WESSON DE-184
    Commissioned November 11 1943 - Decommissioned July 25 1946

    Struck from Naval Register March 26 1951

  2. ANDROMEDA F-592 (Italian Naval Service)
    Transferred to Italy January 10 1951 and renamed

    Stricken by Italy 1970 and broken up 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 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
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
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Cover Image


 

Locy Type
2z

1946-01-04
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1946-01-05

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Locy Type
9efu

1946-01-04
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1946-01-05

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Other Information

WESSON earned seven battle stars for her World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 7 stars - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Morgan Wesson (December 19 1918 - November 13 1942)
Wesson was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve on June 17 1941. He reported to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., on August 19 1941 for instruction in communications. Upon completion of that training, he reported to the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, N.J., on December 29 1941 for duty in connection with fitting out USS ATLANTA CL-51. After that cruiser was placed in commission, he served in her and was promoted to Lieutenant (junior grade) on June 15 1942. He was killed in action when ATLANTA was sunk in the Battle of the Solomon Islands on November 13 1942

 


 

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