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

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

Naval Covers

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USS Coates DE-685 Covers Page 1 (1945-1962)

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

Post Office Established 24 January 1944 - Disestablished 18 May 1946

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-12-04

Official Business

Recommissioned 7 February 1951 - Decommissioned 30 June 1962

Locy Type 2r

1951-03-08

Used before Post Office Reestablished

Post Office Reestablished 9 March 1951 - Disestablished 30 June 1962

Locy Type
FDPS 2r

1951-03-16

First Day Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

Locy Type
2t(n+u)

1957-10-05

From the Bob Govern collection.

Locy Type
9efu

1956-03-18

From the Bob Govern collection. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

Locy Type
LDPS 2(n)(USS)

1962-06-30

Last Day Postal Service, cachet by Morris W. Beck

Other Information

USS COATES earned the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Carpenter's Mate 1st Class Charles Coates, USN (2 June 1912 - 13 November 1942)
Born in Oakland, California, Coates enlisted in the Navy 24 September 1930. He served in USS New York BB-34 where he was commended by his commanding officer for his seamanship in damage control following an engineering casualty. He was promoted to carpenter's mate, first class, 16 August 1940, and on 14 February 1942 was assigned to USS Juneau CL-52. He lost his life when his ship was torpedoed 13 November 1942 off Guadalcanal.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. A. M. Bledsoe, wife of Captain Bledsoe.

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