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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>Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid April 28 1943 - Launched October 17 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS WITTER DE-636'''<br/>
Commissioned December 19 1943<br/>
Scheduled conversion to High Speed Transport APD-58 never carried out<br/>
Decommissioned October 29 1945<br/><br/>
Stricken November 16 1945<br/>
Sold December 2 1946 to Northern Metals, Philadelphia PA 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 WITTER DE-636_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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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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1944-08-31
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[[Image:JonBurdett witter de636 19440831 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett witter de636 19440831.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Censored wartime (WWII) use<br/>
Ship carried only the Type 2z device


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<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/>Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/2 stars<br/>WWII Victory Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Jean Carter Witter USNR (January 31 1921 - November 13 1942)<br/>
Witter was matriculated at the University of California at Berkeley in September 1938. He graduated in the spring of 1942 and was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve on May 13 1942 as a result of his completion of the NROTC program at the university. On May 25, he reported to the Commandant, 12th Naval District for temporary duty while awaiting transportation to permanent duty in [[SAN FRANCISCO CA 38|USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38]] then active in the Pacific. Once on board the Heavy Cruiser, Ens. Witter participated in the assault on Guadalcanal and Tulagi early in August. He was present when [[WASP CV 7|USS WASP CV-7]] was torpedoed, and he fought in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Ens. Witter was killed during the brutal night action off Cape Esperance on the night of November 12-13 1942 as a result of one of the more than 45 shell hits suffered by his ship




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