COATES DE 685

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 COATES DE-685
Commissioned January 24 1944 - Decommissioned April 16 1946
Planned conversion to High Speed Transport APD-138 canceled
Recommissioned February 7 1951
Assigned to Naval reserve Training (NRT) November 21 1957
Decommissioned June 30 1962

Struck from Naval Register January 30 1970
Sunk September 19 1971 as target

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1945-62)

Postmarks

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

Post Office Established January 24 1944 - Disestablished May 18 1946

Locy Type
2(n)

1945-12-04

Note:

Locy Type
2r

1951-03-08

Used before POE

Post Office Reestablished March 9 1951 - Disestablished June 30 1962

Locy Type
FDPS 2(n) Mar 16 ,1951

1951-03-16

First Day Postal Service

Locy Type
LDPS 2(n) Jun 30, 1962

1962-06-30

Last Day Postal Service

Locy Type
LDPS 2(n) Jun 30, 1962

1962-06-30

Last Day of Postal Service, cachet by Morris W. Beck

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Navy Expeditionary Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star

NAMESAKE - Carpenter's Mate 1st Class Charles Coates USN (1912-42)
Coates lost his life when his ship USS JUNEAU CL-52 was torpedoed November 13 1942 off Guadalcanal

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