DOUGLAS A MUNRO DE 422

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.

John C. Butler Class Destroyer Escort
Keel Laid January 31 1944 - Launched & Christened March 8 1944

USS DOUGLAS A. MUNRO DE-422
Commissioned July 11 1944 - Decommissioned January 15 1947
Recommissioned February 28 1951 - Decommissioned June 24 1960

Struck from Naval Register December 1 1965
Sunk as target January 1966

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1945-57)

Postmarks

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

1st Commissioning 11 July 1944 to 15 January 1947

Post Office Est. 8 July 1944 - Post Office Closed 27 June 1946

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-06-24

Note:

Locy Type
2z

1945-08-17

Registered, Official Business. As per P.O. regulations, this postmark is on the backside of the cover.

Locy Type
2#

(Br. #16125)

1946-05-18

Note:

Locy Type
Straight Line Marking

c 1945

Cacheted, undated.

2nd Commissioning 28 February 1951 to 24 June 1960

Post Office Est. 18 May 1951 - Post Office Closed 17 March 1960

Locy Type
2

1951-06-29

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

Locy Type
9efu

1951-10-12

Columbus Day, cachet by Donald R. Graf. This postmark is on the backside of this cover.

Other Information

USS DOUGLAS A. MUNRO DE-422 earned the following awards during her Naval career - Combat Action Ribbon, China Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 stars, World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal w/ 3 stars, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon w/ 1 star, United Nations Korea Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

NAMESAKE - Douglas Albert Munro, born October 11 1919 in Vancouver, Canada, enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard September 18 1939. Signalman First Class Munro was posthumously awarded The Medal of Honor for his gallantry during the daring evacuation of the beleaguered Marines from Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, leading the boats to the beach and then placing his craft as a shield between the beachhead and Japanese fire which took his life September 27 1942, just before the evacuation was completed.

See USCGC Munro WHEC-724 and USCGC Munro WMSL-755.

The ships sponsor is Lt.(jg) Edith F. Munro, USCGR, mother of Signalman Munro.

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