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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 October 7 1943 - Launched December 30 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS WINGFIELD DE-194'''<br/>
Commissioned January 28 1944 - Decommissioned August 26 1947<br/><br/>
<li>'''RFS SAKALAVE F-720''' (French Naval Service)<br/>
Transferred to France September 15 1950 and renamed<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register October 20 1950<br/>
Sold 1960 by France 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 WINGFIELD DE-194_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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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</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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1944-07
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[[Image:JonBurdett wingfield de194 194407 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett wingfield de194 194407.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Censored wartime (WWII) V-Mail use


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - John David Wingfield USNR (November 4 1916 - May 8 1942)<br/>
Wingfield enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve at Washington, D.C., on November 15 1940 and was appointed an Aviation Cadet on February 5 1941. Following flight training at Jacksonville and Miami, Fla., he was appointed a Naval Aviator on August 20 1941 and was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve on September 5 1941. After further training in the Advanced Carrier Training Group, Pacific Fleet, he reported for duty to Scouting Squadron Two on December 28 1941. He was awarded the American Defense Service Medal and the Navy Cross: "For extraordinary heroism and valiant disregard for his own personal safety as pilot of a scouting plane in action against enemy Japanese forces in the Coral Sea on May 8 1942. With keen determination in pursuing his objective, Ensign Wingfield, when his bomb failed to release during his initial dive on an enemy Japanese carrier, gallantly returned to the scene of attack without protection or support to complete his assigned mission." He failed to return from this mission




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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
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