BENNION DD 662

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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.

    Fletcher Class Destroyer
    Keel Laid March 19 1943 - Launched July 4 1943

  1. USS BENNION DD-662
    Commissioned December 14 1943 - Decommissioned June 20 1946

    Struck from Naval Register April 15 1971
    Sold May 30 1973 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1    (1945-46)

 

Postmarks

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POSTMARK TYPE DATE FROM
to
DATE TO
THUMBNAIL LINK TO
CLOSE-UP IMAGE
THUMBNAIL LINK TO
FULL COVER IMAGE

Post Office Established December 10 1943 - Disestablished January 7 1946


 

Locy Type
2z

1943-12-14

Commissioning
FDC unlisted in USCS Postmark Catalog
 

Locy Type
2z

1945-06-22

Censored wartime (WWII) use
 

Locy Type
9efu

1945-12-25

Note:
 

Locy Type
LDPS 9efu Jan 1, 1946

1946-01-01

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

BENNION earned 8 Battle Stars (WWII)
* Saipan invasion
June - July 1944
* Tinian occupation
July - August 1944
* Palaus occupation
September 1944
* Leyte invasion
October - November 1944
* Mindoro landings
December 1944
* Lingayen Gulf landings
January 1945
* Iwo Jima invasion
February - March 1945
* Okinawa invasion
March - June 1945

Earned Presidential Unit Citation for her action off Okinawa 1945

NAMESAKE - Mervyn Sharp Bennion USN (May 5 1887 – December 7 1941)
Captain Bennion was killed during the Pearl Harbor attack. While mortally wounded, he remained in command of his ship USS WEST VIRGINIA BB-48. For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage, and complete disregard of his own life, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor

 


 

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