FOREMAN DE 633

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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.

    Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid March 9 1943 - Launched August 1 1943

  1. USS FOREMAN DE-633
    Commissioned October 22 1943 - Decommissioned June 28 1946

    Struck from Naval Register May 1 1965
    Sold 1966 for scrap

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Locy Type
2z

1945-08-28

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Other Information

FOREMAN received 5 battle stars for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 5 stars - WWII Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

NAMESAKE - Andrew Lee Foreman USNR (September 25 1920 - November 30 1942)
Foreman was commissioned Ensign in the Naval Reserve May 13 1942 following his graduation from the University of California at Berkeley. Serving as assistant to the Damage Control Officer in USS NEW ORLEANS CA-32 when his ship was torpedoed during the Battle of Tassafaronga November 30 1942, Ensign Foreman remained at his station to help in saving his ship until asphyxiated by gas generated by the explosion. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic self-sacrifice

 


 

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