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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>Cannon Class Type DET Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid May 3 1943 - Launched August 22 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MICKA DE-176'''<br/>
Commissioned September 23 1943 - Decommissioned June 14 1946<br/><br/>
Stricken August 1 1965<br/>
Sold May 15 1967 to the Peck Iron & Metal Co. of Portsmouth, Va 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 MICKA DE-176_Covers_Page_1 |Covers Page 1 ]]    (1944)</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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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
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1944-05-21
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1944-05-21
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Edward Micka (October 10 1915 - November 10 1942)<br/>
Micka enlisted in the U.S. Navy June 19 1934. Appointed Midshipman from the Navy at large the following year in 1935, and was commissioned Ensign June 1 1939. He served in [[MINNEAPOLIS CA 36|USS MINNEAPOLIS CA-36]] and [[CLEMSON DD 186|USS CLEMSON DD-186]] prior to receiving his wings as a Navy pilot and was attached to Fighting Squadron 9, onboard [[RANGER CV 4|USS RANGER CV-4]], in November 1942. On the 8th, he led three flights in support of the initial phase of Operation "Torch," the assault and occupation of Morocco. In the first two flights he led his sections against airdromes at Rabat-Sale and Port Lyautey, destroying at least 17 hostile planes on the ground. During his third flight he led his section in direct support of the ground forces by destroying several machinegun nests. Two days later he participated in the attack on the Mediouna airdrome, conducting strafing runs at low altitudes. Lieutenant Micka lost his life on the fifth run when his plane was hit by antiaircraft fire. He was awarded The Navy Cross posthumously "for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in action as a pilot" during Operation "Torch." He was also awarded the Purple Heart




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