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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid April 24 1944 - Launched September 3 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS DREXLER DD-741'''<br/>
Commissioned November 14 1944<br/>
SUNK (Kamikaze) May 28 1945 off Okinawa<br/>
164 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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.
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<li>[[USS DREXLER DD-741_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]]     (1945)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>2z
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1945-04-15
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[[Image:JonBurdett drexler dd741 19450415 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett drexler dd741 19450415.jpeg|thumb|center|100px]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Earned 1 Battle Star (WWII)<br/>*
Okinawa operation, May 1945<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Henry Clay Drexler USN (August 7 1901 - October 20 1924)<br/>
Drexler was appointed from Delaware to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland and was commissioned an Ensign upon his graduation in June 1924. Drexler served on board [[TRENTON CL 11|USS TRENTON CL-11]] when she suffered a gun-mount explosion on October 20 1924, which took the lives of numerous crewmen. Drexler endeavored to stop the fire but lost his life in this attempt to save his shipmates. For his "extraordinary heroism" on this occasion, he was posthumously awarded The Medal of Honor and The Navy Cross. Henry C. Drexler is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.




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