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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>John C. Butler Class Type WGT Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid January 24 1944 - Launched March 21 1944<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS LLOYD E. ACREE DE-356'''<br/>
Commissioned August 1 1944 - Decommissioned October 10 1946<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register January 15 1972<br/>
Sold June 13 1973 for scrap
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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 LLOYD E. ACREE DE-356_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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1945-05-02
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[[Image:JonBurdett lloydeacree de356 19450502 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett lloydeacree de356 19450502.jpeg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>9#<br/><br/>(Br. #15674)
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1945-09-14
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[[Image:JonBurdett lloydeacree de356 19450914 pm.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett lloydeacree de356 19450914.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
China Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Lloyd Edgar Acree (July 31 1920 - October 12 1942)<br/>
Acree enlisted in the Navy October 17 1940. After training at San Diego, Calif., he was assigned to Heavy Cruiser [[SALT LAKE CITY CA 25|USS SALT LAKE CITY CA-25]] on December 10 1940, and became Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class August 1. During the grim months after Pearl Harbor, SALT LAKE CITY, against desperate odds, helped stem the tide of Japanese expansion. Following the American invasion of Guadalcanal August 7 1942, Acree participated in the grim struggle for control of the Solomons. During the night of October 11 to 12 1942, an American cruiser-destroyer force under Rear Adm. Norman Scott intercepted a cruiser-destroyer bombardment group off Cape Esperance and repulsed the enemy after a furious night battle. Early in the action, an enemy shell burst close aboard to starboard and sprayed the cruiser with shell fragments. Acree, who was holding a 5-inch shell loading into No. 3 gun, fell to the deck, seriously wounded in the abdomen. Although in intense pain, he gallantly clung to the shell to prevent its' explosion. He died a short time later while undergoing emergency surgery. For his great courage and outstanding devotion to duty, Acree was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously




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