MENGES DE 320 - Revision history

GregCiesielski: Updated the page and added 1 postmark / 1 cover

2020-07-24T15:10:52Z

Updated the page and added 1 postmark / 1 cover

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	<ol>Edsall Class ~~Type FMR~~ Destroyer Escort<br/>		<ol>Edsall Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
	Keel Laid March 22 1943 - Launched June 15 1943<br/><br/>		Keel Laid 22 March 1943 - Launched and Christened 15 June 1943<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS MENGES DE-320'''<br/>		<li>'''USS MENGES DE-320'''</li>
	Commissioned October 26 1943<br/>		Commissioned 26 October 1943<br/>
	Heavily damaged (Torpedo~~) by~~ German U-371 May 3 1944<br/>		Heavily damaged by Torpedo from German U-371 3 May 1944<br/>
	31 of her crew were lost and remain on duty<br/>		31 of her crew were lost and remain on duty<br/>
	Decommissioned January 2 1947<br/><br/>		Decommissioned 2 January 1947<br/><br/>
	Stricken January 2 1971<br/>		Stricken 2 January 1971<br/>
	Sold April 1972 for scrap		Sold April 1972 for scrap
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	range for covers on that page.		range for covers on that page.
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	<li>[[USS MENGES DE-320_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944)</li>		<li>[[USS MENGES DE-320_Covers_Page_1 \| USS Menges DE-320 Covers Page 1 ]]     (1944)</li>
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	Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text		Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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	~~Date From<br/>to~~<br/>Date To</th>		Postmark<br/>Date</th>
	<th align="center" width="~~220~~">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>		<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
	<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>		<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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	Locy Type<br/>2z		Locy Type 2(n)<br/>("NAVY/DAY/45" inked in bars)
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			1945-10-27
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			[[Image:GregCiesielski_Menges_DE320_19451027_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
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			Cacheted. Navy Day. From the Bob Govern collection.
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			Locy Type 2z
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	1944-06-05		1944-06-05
	~~<br/>to<br/>~~		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	~~1944-06-05~~
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	[[Image:JonBurdett menges de320 19440605 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett menges de320 19440605 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
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	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	~~Earned 2 Battle Stars (WWII)<br/><br/>~~		USS MENGES earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 2 Battle stars and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
	~~Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>~~		USS MENGES lost about 1/3 of her stern to a German Acoustic Torpedo from German U-371. Her stern was replaced by the stern from [[HOLDER DE 401\|USS Holder DE-401]] also heavily damaged by torpedo.<br/><br/>
	Combat Action Ribbon ~~(retroactive)~~		'''NAMESAKE''' - Ensign Herbert Hugo Menges, USNR (20 January 1917 - 7 December 1941)<br/>
	~~<br/>~~American Campaign Medal~~<br/>~~European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars~~<br/>~~WWII Victory Medal<br/><br/>		Menges enlisted in The Naval Reserve as Seaman Second Class at Robertson, MO., 3 July 1939. Appointed Naval Aviator 24 July 1940, he was assigned to [[OtherUS USS Enterprise CV 6 Air Group Branch\|Squadron 6]] on [[ENTERPRISE CV 6\|USS Enterprise CV-6]] 28 November 1940. Ensign Menges was killed during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor Heroes\|Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941]] as his squadron arrived over Pearl Harbor that morning.<br/><br/>
	MENGES lost about 1/3 of her stern to a German Acoustic Torpedo...Her stern was replaced by the stern from [[HOLDER DE 401\|USS ~~HOLDER~~ DE-401]] also heavily damaged by torpedo<br/><br/>		The ships sponsor was Mrs. Charles Menges, mother of Ensign Menges.
	'''NAMESAKE''' - ~~Named in Honor of~~ Ensign Herbert Hugo Menges USNR (January 20 1917 - December 7 1941)<br/>
	Menges enlisted in The Naval Reserve as Seaman Second Class at Robertson, Mo., July 3 1939. Appointed Naval Aviator July 24 1940, he was assigned to [[OtherUS USS Enterprise CV 6 Air Group Branch\|Squadron 6]] on [[ENTERPRISE CV 6\|USS ~~ENTRPRISE~~ CV-6]] November 28 1940. Ensign Menges was killed during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor Heroes\|Pearl Harbor December 7 1941]] as his squadron arrived over Pearl Harbor that morning




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JonBurdett: added 1 cover

2009-01-16T16:43:48Z

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.
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<ol>Edsall Class Type FMR Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid March 22 1943 - Launched June 15 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MENGES DE-320'''<br/>
Commissioned October 26 1943<br/>
Heavily damaged (Torpedo) by German U-371 May 3 1944<br/>
31 of her crew were lost and remain on duty<br/>
Decommissioned January 2 1947<br/><br/>
Stricken January 2 1971<br/>
Sold April 1972 for scrap
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<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 MENGES DE-320_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 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.



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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="220">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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1944-06-05
<br/>to<br/>
1944-06-05
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[[Image:JonBurdett menges de320 19440605 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett menges de320 19440605.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Official Business


<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
Earned 2 Battle Stars (WWII)<br/><br/>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
<br/>American Campaign Medal<br/>European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars<br/>WWII Victory Medal<br/><br/>
MENGES lost about 1/3 of her stern to a German Acoustic Torpedo...Her stern was replaced by the stern from [[HOLDER DE 401|USS HOLDER DE-401]] also heavily damaged by torpedo<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named in Honor of Ensign Herbert Hugo Menges USNR (January 20 1917 - December 7 1941)<br/>
Menges enlisted in The Naval Reserve as Seaman Second Class at Robertson, Mo., July 3 1939. Appointed Naval Aviator July 24 1940, he was assigned to [[OtherUS USS Enterprise CV 6 Air Group Branch|Squadron 6]] on [[ENTERPRISE CV 6|USS ENTRPRISE CV-6]] November 28 1940. Ensign Menges was killed during the Japanese attack on [[Pearl Harbor Heroes|Pearl Harbor December 7 1941]] as his squadron arrived over Pearl Harbor that morning




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