HAYNSWORTH DD 700
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.
Keel Laid December 16 1943 - Launched April 15 1944 |
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- Covers Page 1 (1945-68)
Postmarks
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Kearny NJ |
1944-04-15 |
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Launching
Misidentified as DD-699
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Kearny NJ |
1944-04-15 |
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Launching
1st Commissioning June 22 1944 to May 19 1950
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Locy Type |
1946-05-01 |
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Locy Type |
1945-09-02 |
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1946-05-01 |
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1950-02-27 |
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Last Day Postal Service
2nd Commissioning September 22 1950 to January 30 1970
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1950-10-07 |
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First Day Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. FDPS R/S cachet on back by John E. Gill
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1950-10-07 |
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First Day Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. FDPS R/S cachet on back by John E. Gill
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1950-10-07 |
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First Day Postal Service
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1951-06-05 |
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1955-10-08 |
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Launching of USS Saratoga CVA-60, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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1957-08-27 |
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1968-08-12 |
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1952-02-15 |
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Locy Type P |
1952-02-15 |
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Other Information
HAYNSWORTH received 3 battle stars for her World War II service.
NAMESAKE - William McCall Haynsworth, Jr., was born in Darlington S.C. January 16 1901 and appointed midshipman from the Sixth Congressional District of South Carolina June 19 1919. After graduation from the Naval Academy, he reported for duty on board the destroyer USS MAHAN DD-102 June 16 1924, and he was detached in April 1928 for postgraduate instruction in mechanical engineering at the Naval Academy,followed by postgraduate work at various colleges and industrial plants. He was assigned to the cruiser USS HOUSTON CA-30 as Assistant Fire Control Officer. In April 1939 he reported to Charleston Navy Yard in connection with fitting out of the USS INGRAHAM DD-444. He assumed command of the USS Ingraham July 19 1941 and with the outbreak of World War II commenced escort duty for convoys sailing from New York and Halifax to the British Isles. USS Ingraham, while investigating the collision of the destroyer Buckwith a merchant vessel, was rammed by fleet oiler USS CHEMUNG AO-30 in dense fog off Nova Scotia, August 22 1942. The force of the collision exploded USS Ingraham, killing Commander Haynsworth and all but ten men and one officer. {DANFS}
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