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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.
<ol><br/>
Edsall Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid June 28 1943 - Launched August 31 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS KRETCHMER DE-329'''<br/>
Commissioned December 13 1943 - Decommissioned September 20 1946<br/><br/>
<li>'''USCGC KRETCHMER WDE-429'''<br/>
Loaned to U.S. Coast Guard and Recommissioned June 20 1951<br/>
Returned to U.S. Navy and Decommissioned August 12 1954<br/>
Reclassified Radar Picket Escort (DER) October 21 1955<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS KRETCHMER DER-329'''<br/>
Recommissioned September 22 1956 - Decommissioned October 1 1973<br/><br/>
Stricken September 30 1973<br/>
Sold May 14 1974 for scrap
</ol>
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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 incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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 KRETCHMER DER-329_Covers_Page_1 | Kretchmer Covers Page 1]]    (1956-73)</li>
</ol>
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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 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 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>









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<h4>2nd Commissioning September 22 1956 to October 1 1973</h4>




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1964-07-21
<br/>to<br/>
1964-07-21
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett_kretchmer der329 19640721_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett_kretchmer der329 19640721.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DER-329




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2t(n+u)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1962-03-22
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett_kretchmer der329 19620322_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett_kretchmer der329 19620322.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DER-329




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2t(n+u) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1973-07-10
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kretchmer_DER329_19730710_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kretchmer_DER329_19730710_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DER-329<br/>Ship's cachet.




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>9fu
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1962-03-22
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett_kretchmer der329 19620322_pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett_kretchmer der329 19620322.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DER-329<br/>
Marking from back of cover


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named in Honor of Ensign Raymond Joseph Kretchmer, USNR (1917 - August 9 1942).<br/>Ensign Kretchmer was killed in action August 9 1942 when [[ASTORIA CA 34|USS ASTORIA CA-34]] was sunk by Japanese naval forces during the Battle of Savo Island.



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[[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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KRETCHMER DER 329 - Revision history

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