BELL DD 587: Difference between revisions

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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.

USS BELL DD-587
Commissioned March 4 1943 - Decommissioned June 14 1946

Struck from Naval Register November 1 1972
Sunk May 11 1975 as target

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.

Covers Page 1 (1944-46)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.

>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

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

USPO
Machine Cancel

"Navy Yard Station"

Charleston SC

1941-12-30

Keel Laying

USPO
Machine Cancel

"Navy Yard Station"

Charleston SC

1942-06-24

No Image

Launching

Locy Type
3z (OOT)

1945-07-01

Censored wartime (WWII) use

Locy Type
9efu

1944-06-27

Mark from back of cover

Locy Type P

"U.S.S. BELL /
D D 587"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. B-24

1946-01-31

Note:

Other Information

BELL earned 12 Battle Stars for WWII service

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Henry H. Bell (1808 - January 11 1868).
Bell was an Officer in The United States Navy during The American Civil War. Admiral Bell drowned when his barge capsized in Osaka Harbor, Japan.

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

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