ELDRIDGE DE 173 - Revision history

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2016-10-26T14:36:56Z

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	<li>'''USS ELDRIDGE DE-173'''<br/>		<li>'''USS ELDRIDGE DE-173'''<br/>
	Commissioned August 27 1943 - Decommissioned June 17 1946<br/><br/>		Commissioned August 27 1943 - Decommissioned June 17 1946<br/><br/>
	~~Stricken~~ March 26 1951<br/><br/>		Struck from Naval Register March 26 1951<br/><br/>
	<li>'''HNS LEON D-54''' (Greek Naval Service)<br/>		<li>'''HNS LEON D-54''' (Greek Naval Service)<br/>
	Transferred to Greece January 15 1951 and renamed<br/>		Transferred to Greece January 15 1951 and renamed<br/>
	~~Struck from Naval Register~~ by Greece 1991<br/>		Stricken by Greece 1991<br/>
	Laid up in Souda Bay, Crete in Terminal Reserve		Laid up in Souda Bay, Crete in Terminal Reserve
	</ol></td>		</ol></td>

JonBurdett: added one cover

2016-10-26T14:35:49Z

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	<li>'''HNS LEON D-54''' (Greek Naval Service)<br/>		<li>'''HNS LEON D-54''' (Greek Naval Service)<br/>
	Transferred to Greece January 15 1951 and renamed<br/>		Transferred to Greece January 15 1951 and renamed<br/>
	~~Stricken~~ by Greece 1991<br/>		Struck from Naval Register by Greece 1991<br/>
	Laid up in Souda Bay, Crete in Terminal Reserve		Laid up in Souda Bay, Crete in Terminal Reserve
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	</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>		Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
	<th align="center" width="~~320~~">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>		<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
	<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>		<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
	</tr></table>		</tr></table>
			<!-- ============== -->
			<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
			<!-- ============== -->
			<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
			<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
			Newark NJ<br/>Machine
			</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
			1943-07-23
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			[[Image:JonBurdett cooner de172 19430723.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
			</td><td align="center" width="120">
			[[Image:JonBurdett cooner de172 19430723 cach.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
			</td></tr></table>
			Twin launching with [[COONER DE 172\|USS COONER DE-172]]<br/>
			Neumann Cachet
			<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
			<hr>

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	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	1944-11-24		1944-11-24
	</td><td align="center" width="~~220~~">		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	[[Image:JonBurdett eldridge de173 19441124 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett eldridge de173 19441124 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">

JonBurdett: added 1 cover

2010-05-05T03:44:29Z

added 1 cover

New page

<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.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Cannon Class Type DET Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid February 22 1943 - Launched July 25 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS ELDRIDGE DE-173'''<br/>
Commissioned August 27 1943 - Decommissioned June 17 1946<br/><br/>
Stricken March 26 1951<br/><br/>
<li>'''HNS LEON D-54''' (Greek Naval Service)<br/>
Transferred to Greece January 15 1951 and renamed<br/>
Stricken by Greece 1991<br/>
Laid up in Souda Bay, Crete in Terminal Reserve
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">

</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>

<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.
<ol>
<li>[[USS ELDRIDGE DE-173_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944)</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>

<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.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
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>
</tr></table>




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2z
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1944-11-24
</td><td align="center" width="220">
[[Image:JonBurdett eldridge de173 19441124 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett eldridge de173 19441124.jpeg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:


<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - World War II Victory Medal<br/><br/>
ELDRIDGE was the subject of the much publicized book and movie "The Philadelphia Experiment"<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - John Eldridge, Jr USN (October 10 1903 - November 2 1942)<br/>
Eldridge graduated from the Naval Academy in 1927. After flight training at Pensacola, Fla., he served at various stations on aviation duty. From September 11 1941 he was Commander, Scouting Squadron 71, attached to [[WASP CV 7|USS WASP CV-7]]. Lieutenant Commander Eldridge was killed in action in the Solomons November 2 1942. For his extraordinary heroism in leading the air attack on Japanese positions in the initial invasion of the Solomons, August 7 and 8 1942, he was posthumously awarded The Navy Cross



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