LOWE DER 325

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 LOWE DE-325
Commissioned November 22 1943 - Decommissioned May 1 1946
USCGC LOWE WDE-425
Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard July 20 1951
Commissioned July 20 1951 - Decommissioned June 1 1954
Returned to U.S. Navy June 1 1954
Reclassified Radar Picket Escort (DER) October 28 1954
USS LOWE DER-325
Recommissioned January 15 1956 - Decommissioned September 20 1968

Stricken September 23 1968
Sold September 3 1969 for scrap

Naval Covers

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Lowe Covers Page 1 (1946-67)

Postmarks

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

1st Commissioning November 22 1943 to May 1 1946

Locy Type P

1945-10-27

A special 1945 Navy Day provisional cancel.

Locy Type
LDPS 2(n)

1946-02-28
to
1946-02-28

As DE-325
Last Day Postal Service

2nd Commissioning January 15 1956 to September 20 1968

Locy Type
2r

1967-04-26
to
1967-04-26

As DER-325

Locy Type
9efu

1967-04-26
to
1967-04-26

As DER-325

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Harry James Lowe, Jr. USN (January 6 1922 - November 12 1942)
Lowe entered naval service as a Seaman Apprentice August 28 1940. He served in USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38 from December 6 1940 to November 12 1942. He was aboard SAN FRANCISCO during the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7 1941. Lowe was killed in action off the Solomon Islands when he refused to abandon his gun in the face of an onrushing Japanese torpedo plane. For his extraordinary heroism, Gunner’s Mate Third Class Lowe was posthumously awarded The Navy Cross

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