EVERSOLE DD 789

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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.

    Gearing Class Destroyer
    Keel Laid February 28 1945 - Launched January 8 1946

  1. USS EVERSOLE DD-789
    Commissioned May 10 1946 - Decommissioned July 11 1973

    Struck from Naval Register September 21 1973

  2. GAYRET D-352 (Turkish Naval Service)
    Transferred to Turkey July 11 1973 and renamed
    Stricken 1995

    Now a museum at Izmit Turkey

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1    (1947-72)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.
 

POSTMARK TYPE DATE FROM
to
DATE TO
THUMBNAIL LINK TO
CLOSE-UP IMAGE
THUMBNAIL LINK TO
FULL COVER IMAGE


 

Locy Type
2

1952-04-15

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Locy Type
2(n)

1951-10-26

Listed in USCS Postmark Catalog as Type 2(n+) (USS) for 1946...Periods in U.S.S. and no hyphen
 

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

1967-12-28

Listed in USCS Postmark Catalog as Type 2(n) for 1967...Hyphen is clearly visible
 

Locy Type
2t(n+u)

1960-08-12

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Locy Type
2t(n+u) (USS)

1972-08-06

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Locy Type
9ef(n+u) (USS)

1967-12-28

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Locy Type
9efu

1951-10-07

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Locy Type
9eft(n+u) (USS)

1972-08-06

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Other Information

EVERSOLE earned 7 Battle Stars (Korea)

NAMESAKE - John Thomas Eversole USN (April 17 1915 - June 4 1942)
Eversole graduated from the Naval Academy in 1938, and after duty at sea received aviation training. On May 7 1941, Eversole joined Torpedo Squadron 6 in USS ENTERPRISE CV-6, and with many others of his squadron, gave his life for his country in the opening phases of the Battle of Midway June 4 1942, in an attack on Japanese carriers made through heavy opposition. Lieutenant (junior grade) Eversole's determination in this action was posthumously recognized with the award of The Navy Cross. He was also the recipient of The Purple Heart

 


 

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