DOUGLAS H FOX DD 779

Ship Name and Designation History

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Allen M. Somers Class Destroyer Keel Laid 31 January 1944 - Launched 30 September 1944 USS DOUGLAS H. FOX DD-779 Commissioned 26 December 1944 - Decommissioned 21 April 1950 Recommissioned 15 November 1950 - Decommissioned 15 December 1973 Struck from Naval Register 15 December 1973 MINISTRO PORTALES DD-17 (Chilean Naval Service) Sold to Chile 8 January 1974 and renamed Stricken and broken up for scrap in 1990.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Douglas H. Fox DD-779 Covers Page 1     (1945-1969)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning 26 December 1944 to 21 April 1950

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-10-27

Navy Day, Named cancels are reinstated.

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1947-01-01

New Year's Day, cachet by Donald R. Graf

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1945-11-29

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Locy Type 9# 15232 Branch

1945-10-27

1945 Navy Day

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2nd Commissioning 15 November 1950 to 15 December 1973

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1950-12-04

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2

1951-04-05

WWII Patriotic cover by Jacques Minkus

 

Locy Type 2t(nu)(USS)

1964-04-03

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Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1969-10-09

Cachet by Frederick L. Karcher. Fraudulent use of the "FREE" mail privilege.

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-48

1964-04-03

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Other Information

USS DOUGLAS H. FOX received one battle star for her World War II service and one for her Korean war service.

NAMESAKE - Douglas Harold Fox born 26 March 1905 in Walled Lake, Mich., graduated from the Naval Academy 3 June 1926. After service in various ships and shore stations, he was given command of the newly commissioned Barton (DD-599) 29 May 1942. Lieutenant Commander Fox went down with his ship when she was torpedoed and sunk in the naval Battle of Guadalcanal 13 November 1942. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his contribution to the defeat of a superior enemy force in this battle, and was later awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a second Navy Cross for earlier actions on 26 and 30 October and 3 November in which he had rescued downed aviators and survivors of Hornet (CV-8) under hazardous conditions. {DANFS}

 

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