ENDICOTT DD 495

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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.

    Gleaves Class Destroyer
    Keel Laid 1 May 1941 - Launched 2 April 1942

  1. USS ENDICOTT DD-495
    Commissioned 25 February 1943

  2. USS ENDICOTT DMS-35
    Redsignated High-speed Minesweeper (DMS) 30 May 1945
    Decommissioned August 17 1954

  3. USS ENDICOTT DD-495
    Reverted to Destroyer (DD) 15 July 1955 while in reserve

    Struck from Naval Register 1 November 1969
    Sold 6 October 1970 for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Endicott DD-495 / DMS-35 Covers Page 1     (1944-47)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
2az

1944-07-12

DD-495.


 

Locy Type
2(n) (DMS)

1947-01-04

DMS-35.


 

Locy Type 2z

c 1944

DD-495.


 

Locy Type
3z (TBT)

1944-05-28

DD-495.


 

Locy Type
3z (TBT)

"KIIRUN /
FORMOSA"

1945-12-05

DMS-35. From 1924 to 1945 this port was known as Kirun or sometimes Kirun City, now named Keelung. Navy Mail Clerk added an extra "I" into the name of the port in the killer bar name.


 

Locy Type
9ef(nu)

1946-07

DMS-35.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Samuel Endicott
Endicott served as a Quarter Gunner on board ENTERPRISE in the Barbary Wars. He volunteered to participate in the expedition under Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, Jr., commanding INTREPID, who entered the harbor at Tripoli on February 16 1804 and destroyed the former U.S. Frigate PHILADELPHIA.

The ships sponsor was Miss Bettie L. Rankin.

 


 

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