CATES DE 763

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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.

    Cannon Class Type DET Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid March 1 1943 - Launched October 19 1943

  1. USS CATES DE-763
    Commissioned December 15 1943 - Decommissioned March 28 1947

  2. SOUDANAIS F-722 (French Naval Service)
    Transferred to France November 11 1950

    Struck from Naval Register December 20 1950

    Stricken by French Navy 1959 and scrapped

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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.

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Killer Bar Text

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Locy Type
2z

1944-10-13

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - William Finnie Cates USNR (April 30 1916 - November 12 1942)
Cates enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve January 21 1942. While serving as Seaman Second Class in Heavy Cruiser USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38, Cates was killed in action November 12 1942 when a Japanese torpedo plane, which he kept under fire while refusing to leave his station, crashed aboard the ship. For this heroism, he received The Navy Cross posthumously

 


 

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