CLAXTON DD 571: 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 CLAXTON DD-571
Commissioned December 8 1942 - Decommissioned April 18 1946
Z-4 D-178 (West German Naval Service)
Transferred to West Germany December 16 1959 and renamed

Struck from Naval Register October 1 1974

Sold to Greece February 1981
Cannibalized for spare parts

Z-4

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 name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 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 (1943-45)

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.

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

Locy Type
2(n) Oct 27, 1945

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. C-52

1945-10-27

Note:

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

1943-06-23

Note:

Locy Type
2(n)

USS CONYNGHAM DDG-17

1966-04-02

No Image

Marking from ZERSTORER 4...Former CLAXTON
Nicholson Cachet

Other Information

CLAXTON earned the Presidential Unit Citation and 8 Battle Stars for WWII service

NAMESAKE - Thomas Claxton USN (? - October 17 1813)
Claxton entered the Navy as a Midshipman December 17 1810. He was mortally wounded after gallant service in the Battle of Lake Erie September 10 1813, dying at Erie, Pa., October 17 1813

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-<li>[[USS CLAXTON DD-571_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1943)</li>
+<li>[[USS CLAXTON DD-571_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1943-45)</li>
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+<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
 <th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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+<!-- ============== -->
+<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
+<!-- ============== -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
+Locy Type<br/>2(n) Oct 27, 1945<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. C-52
+</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
+-10-27
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
+[[Image:JonBurdett claxton dd571 19451027 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td align="center" width="120">
+[[Image:JonBurdett claxton dd571 19451027.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td></tr></table>
+Note:
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