CHAFFEE DE 230

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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.

    Rudderow Class Type TEV Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid August 26 1943 - Launched November 27 1943

  1. USS CHAFFEE DE-230
    Commissioned May 9 1944 - Decommissioned April 15 1946

    Stricken August 17 1946
    Sold June 29 1948 to The California Maritime Academy as a training vessel

    Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

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.
 
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Killer Bar Text

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Locy Type
2z

1946-02-09

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Other Information

CHAFFEE earned 3 battle stars for her World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 stars - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

NAMESAKE - Davis Elliott Chaffee USN (May 5 1915 - May 8 1942)
Chaffee enlisted in the Navy January 4 1941. He was appointed Ensign September 6 1941, and Naval Aviator October 1 1941. While serving with Bomber Squadron 5 based on USS YORKTOWN CV-5, he was killed in action during the Battle of the Coral Sea May 8 1942. He was posthumously awarded a Navy Cross for his courage in participating in an attack in which an enemy carrier was sunk

 


 

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