FRYBARGER DE 705

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 FRYBARGER DE-705
Commissioned May 18 1944 - Decommissioned June 30 1947
Recommissioned October 6 1950
USS FRYBARGER DEC-705
Reclassified Destroyer Escort Control (DEC) December 13 1950
Decommissioned December 9 1954
Reverted to Destroyer Escort (DE) December 27 1957, While in reserve

Struck from Naval Register December 1 1972
Sold November 27 1973 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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Frybarger Covers Page 1 (1950-52)

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.

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

USPO Machine
Postmark

Bay City MI

1944-01-25

No Image

Launching, Cachet by Ralph P. Werve
Ship/Family name mispelled in the cachet.

USPO Machine
Postmark

Bay City MI

1944-01-25

No Image

Launching, Cachet by Ralph P. Werve
Ship/Family name corrected with a label of the new cachet over the incorrect cachet.

2nd Commissioning October 6 1950 to December 9 1954

Locy Type
FDPS 2

1950-12-01

As DEC-705
First Day Postal Service

Locy Type
2

1952-04-16

As DEC-705

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Private First Class Raymond Frybarger, Jr., USMC (April 22 1923 – September 14 1942)
Raymond Frybarger, Jr. was born on April 22 1923 in Toledo, Ohio. He enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve on April 22 1940. Private First Class Frybarger was killed in action on Guadalcanal on September 14 1942 during the Battle of Edson's Ridge. For his heroism in exposing himself to enemy fire in an attack on Henderson Field and maintaining effective rifle fire until killed, he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

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