BUCHANAN DD 484

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 BUCHANAN DD-484
Commissioned March 21 1942 - Decommissioned May 21 1946
Recommissioned December 11 1948 - Decommissioned April 28 1949

Struck from Naval Register June 7 1949
GELIBOLU D-346 (Turkish Naval Service)
Transferred to Turkey April 28 1949 and renamed

Stricken by Turkey 1976 and scrapped

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1942-45)

Postmarks

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

1st Commissioning March 21 1942 to May 21 1946

Locy Type
2(n) Oct 27, 1945

1945-10-27

Navy Day 1945

Locy Type
FDC 3z

1942-03-21

Censored wartime (WWII) use
First Day in Commission

Locy Type
3z (BTB)

1943-06-02

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Other Information

BUCHANAN earned the Presidential Unit Citation and 16 Battle Stars for WWII service

BUCHANAN DD-484 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender ceremony

NAMESAKE - Captain Franklin Buchanan (1800-1874)
Buchanan was appointed a Midshipman in 1815, and rose to be a Commander in 1841. He was chief adviser to Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft in planning the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and was its first superintendent (1845–47). In Sept., 1861, he took the rank of Captain in the Confederate navy, commanding the VIRGINIA (formerly the MERRIMACK) against the Union blockading squadron in Hampton Roads (Mar. 8, 1863). Wounded in that engagement, he took no part in the battle of the MONITOR and MERRIMACK the next day. Promoted to Ranking Officer in the Confederate navy, he was forced to surrender to David G. Farragut in the battle of Mobile Bay (Aug. 5, 1864)

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