NEW DD 818

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Gearing Class Destroyer Keel Laid 14 April 1945 - Launched 18 August 1945 USS NEW DD-818 Commissioned 5 April 1946 USS NEW DDE-818 Redesignated Escort Destroyer (DDE) 4 March 1950 USS NEW DD-818 Reverted to Destroyer (DD) 30 June 1962 Decommissioned 1 July 1976 Struck from Naval Register 1 July 1976 ROKS TAEJON DD-919 (South Korean Naval Service) Transferred to South Korea 23 February 1977 and renamed Decommissioned by South Korea February 2001

Naval Covers

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1. USS New DD-818 Covers Page 1    (1946-1950)
2. USS New DDE-818 Covers Page 1     (1950-1962)
3. USS New DD-818 Covers Page 1     (1962-1976)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-6

1946-04-05

As DD-818
First Day of Commission

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-6a

1947-04-24

As DD-818

 

Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-6b

1957-06-13

DDE-818
Still using Type DD Device
International Naval Review 1957, Destroyer Zulia (Venezuela) visiting. Cover by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2(n) (A, USS,"DDE")

1962-05-05

DDE-818. Port Visit to Germany. Courtesy of Bob Govern.

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1970-04-17

As DD-818

 

Locy Type 2r

1952-02-09

As DDE-818

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-6c

1946-04-05 to 1946-09-23

As DD-818

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-6d

1957-06-13

As DDE-818
Still using Type DD Device
International Naval Review 1957, Destroyer Zulia (Venezuela) visiting. Cover by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-6

1946-05-25

As DD-818

 

Locy Type Fa USCS catalog Illustration (N-6 without bars)

1949-04-20

As DD-818

 

Locy Type P [2(n+),"E" removed]

1964-06-24

As DD-818
Fleet Week in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Private First Class John Dury New, USMC (12 August 1924 - 25 September 1944).
New was born on 12 August 1924 in Mobile, Alabama, and attended St. Joseph's Parochial School and the public schools of that city. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on 8 December 1941, the first Mobile man to enlist after Pearl Harbor. On 12 December 1941, he joined the 4th Recruit Battalion at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina, and following recruit training served at Quantico, Virginia. In September 1942, Pvt New joined the 4th Replacement Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, Training Center, at San Diego, California. He sailed for duty overseas the following month and took part in the Guadalcanal campaign as a member of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He shared in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded the Division on Guadalcanal. He later took part in the seizure and occupation of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, and in the defense of the airfield in the vicinity of Cape Gloucester. Promoted to Private First Class in April 1944, he moved from Cape Gloucester to Pavuvu, Russell Islands, to Guadalcanal, and on 15 September 1944 sailed for Peleliu in the Palau Islands. Nine days later, he was killed in action on Peleliu when he flung himself on an enemy hand grenade to save the lives of two comrades. The Medal of Honor, awarded to PFC New posthumously, was presented to his father. Initially buried in the U.S. Armed Forces Cemetery on Peleliu, PFC New's remains were reinterred in the Mobile National Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama, in 1948.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Barbara Julien, sister of PFC John New.

 

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