WEISS LPR 135

Ship Name and Designation History

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Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid 4 October 1944 as DE-719 Converted to Crosley Class High-speed Transport (APD) while under construction Launched 15 February 1945 USS WEISS APD-135 Commissioned 7 July 1945 - Decommissioned 2 May 1949 Recommissioned 14 October 1950 - Decommissioned 2 March 1958 Recommissioned 20 November 1961 USS WEISS LPR-135 Redesignated Amphibious Transport (Small) (LPR) 1 January 1969 Decommissioned January 1970 Struck from Naval Register 15 September 1974 Sold 24 June 1976 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Weiss APD-135 Covers Page 1    (1945-46)
2. USS Weiss LPR-135 Covers Page 1    (DATE RANGE)

 

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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 7 July 1945 to 2 May 1949

 

Locy Type 2(n) (27 October 1945)

1945-10-27

"Victory Cancel". Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-10-26

APD-135

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1946-09-26

The cancel was applied to the reverse of the cover.

 

Return Address

1946-02-27

Locy Type 7z. Unknown Shore Station

 

Other Information

USS WEISS earned the following awards during her Naval career: Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (3) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (6) - Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korean War Service Medal.

NAMESAKE - Sergeant Carl Walter Weiss, USMC (27 March 1915 - 2 November 1942)
Navy Cross Citation
"The Navy Cross is presented to Carl Walter Weiss, Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with Company C, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division, in combat against enemy Japanese forces west of the Matanikau River in the Solomon Islands Area on November 1 and 2, 1942. Advancing in the face of persistent enemy machine gun and rifle fire, Sergeant Weiss, with grim determination and dauntless courage, neutralized an enemy machine gun nest with a grenade and returned to set up his own machine gun. As the infuriated Japanese charged up the hill with bayonets, Sergeant Weiss, directing the fire of his gunners, repulsed them three times, but during the last assault, one of his men was wounded and rolled forward of the gun. Under the punishing fire of the enemy, Sergeant Weiss crawled forward and dragged his comrade to safety. On the following day as Sergeant Weiss again inched his way over the nose of the hill to set up his gun, a hostile automatic weapon fired upon him, but he continued on and threw a hand grenade into the enemy position. As he attempted to throw a second grenade, he was hit and killed. His great personal valor, aggressiveness and fine spirit of self-sacrifice were an inspiration to his comrades and contributed in a large measure to the success of this operation. He gallantly gave up his life in the defense of his country".

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Anna Weiss.

Weiss (DE-378), a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort, was cancelled on 5 June 1944 before completion, and her materials were scrapped. The name Weiss, however, was concurrently reassigned to DE-719 which became Weiss (APD-135) on 17 July 1944.

 

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