BULL APD 78

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.

Buckley Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid December 15 1942 - Launched March 25 1943 USS BULL DE-693 Commissioned August 12 1943 USS BULL APD-78 Converted to Amesbury Class High Speed Transport (APD) July 31 1944 Decommissioned June 5 1947 Laid up in Reserve Fleet Struck from Naval Register June 16 1966 LU SHAN PF-36 (Taiwanese Naval service) Transferred to Taiwan July 12 1966 and renamed Struck by Taiwanese Navy May 1995 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. DE-693 Covers Page 1     (1943)
2. APD-78 Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-01-30

As APD-78

 

Locy Type 2z

1943-10-24

As DE-693

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-06-21 to 1945-07-06

As APD-78

 

Other Information

BULL earned 3 Battle Stars (WWII)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima, Feb. 24 to Mar. 5 1945) - American Campaign Medal - Europe, Africa, Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - Richard Bull USNR (July 14 1914 - February 5 1942)
Bull enlisted in the Naval Reserve in 1938 and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1939. Lieutenant (junior grade) Bull was lost February 5 1942 during action in the Netherlands East Indies. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross

 

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