HOLDER DD 819

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 April 23 1945 - Launched August 25 1945 USS HOLDER DD-819 Commissioned May 18 1946 USS HOLDER DDE-819 Redisignated Escort Destroyer (DDE) March 4 1950 USS HOLDER DD-819 Reverted to Destroyer (DD) June 30 1962 Decommissioned October 1 1976 Struck from Naval Register October 1 1976 PRESIDENTE ELROY ALFARO (Ecuadoran Naval Service) Transferred to Ecuador February 23 1977 and renamed Stricken by Ecuador 1991 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Holder Covers Page 1     (1946-71)

 

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.

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

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n)

1946-05-18

As DD-819
First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1949-02-14

As DD-819

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1955-09-02

As DDE-819 using Type DD

 

Locy Type 2(n) (DDE)

1957-06-12

As DDE-819

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (DD,USS)

1968-04-13

As DD-819

 

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

1971-04-26

As DD-819

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) USCS Catalog Illustration H-43

1947-11-25

As DD-819

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) USCS Catalog Illustration H-43a

1955-09-02

As DDE-819 using Type DD

 

Locy Type P [2(n) "E" removed]

1964-10-17

As DD-819
Welcome to Norfolk - USNS Sgt. Morris E. Crain T-AK-244, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type P [9ef(nu) "E" removed]

1964-04-04

As DD-819

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Randolph Mitchell Holder (September 20 1918 - June 5 1942)
Holder was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy on April 10 1940, following flight training. Reporting to Torpedo Squadron Six aboard the USS ENTERPRISE CV-6, he took part in the early carrier operations in the critical months following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He then fought in the pivotal Battle of Midway, first of the great American successes in the War in the Pacific. In the gallant attack of the torpedo planes early on June 4 1942, Holder and his comrades attacked the Japanese Fleet without fighter cover. Though Holder and many others were shot down while pressing this attack, they forced radical maneuvers and diverted Japanese air cover, so as to make the later raids lethal to the enemy fleet. Lieutenant (j.g.) Holder was presumed dead the next day, June 5 1942, and was awarded The Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism

 

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