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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>Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid February 22 1943 - Launched May 29 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS SOLAR DE-221'''<br/>
Commissioned February 15 1944<br/>
Exploded at her berth, Naval Weapons Station, in Earle NJ while unloading ammunition on April 30 1946<br/>
165 members of her crew and dock workers were killed in the explosion and 65 injured<br/>
Decommissioned May 21 1946<br/><br/>
Stricken June 5 1946<br/>
Hulk was towed 100 miles out to sea and scuttled in 700 fathoms of water on June 9 1946
</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 SOLAR DE-221_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]    (1945)</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.
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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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<table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">POSTMARK TYPE</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/>CLOSE-UP IMAGE</th>
<th align="center" width="120">THUMBNAIL LINK TO<br/>FULL COVER IMAGE</th>
</tr></table>



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<table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2(n)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1945-10-27
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett_solar_de221_19451027_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett_solar_de221_19451027.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Category_Navy_Day|Navy Day]] 1945




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<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">
1945-09-04
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett_solar_de221_19450904_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett_solar_de221_19450904.jpeg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
<br/>American Campaign Medal<br/>European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2)<br/>WWII Victory Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Boatswains Mate Adolfo Solar USN (June 1 1922 - December 7 1941)<br/>
Solar was killed during the [[Pearl Harbor Heroes|Pearl Harbor attack]] while serving on [[NEVADA_BB_36|USS NEVADA BB-36]]. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Solar was credited with “ the early opening of fire by antiaircraft battery prior to the arrival of the battery officers at their stations, and thereafter controlling his gun in an outstanding manner until killed by shell fragments.” He was posthumously commended by the Secretary of the Navy




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If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
[[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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