O BANNON DD 450

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.

Fletcher Class Destroyer
Keel Laid March 3 1941 - Launched March 14 1942


1. USS O'BANNON DD-450
   Commissioned June 26 1942 - Decommissioned May 21 1946
   Reclassified Escort Destroyer (DDE) March 26 1949
   
   
2. USS O'BANNON DDE-450
   Recommissioned February 19 1951
   
   
3. USS O'BANNON DD-450
   Reverted to Destroyer (DD) June 30 1962
   Decommissioned January 30 1970
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 30 1970
   Sold June 6 1970 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. O'Bannon Covers Page 1    (1945-61)

 

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

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1st Commissioning June 26 1942 to May 21 1946

 

Locy Type 9efsu

1945-12-14

As DD-450
Cachet by Harry Klotzbach

 

Locy Type 3z "O'BANNON / "

1945-10-16

As DD-450

 

Locy Type SL

1945-10-16

As DD-450

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Locy Type 2z*

1943-08-31

As DD-450
Posted from another ship or station...Ship did not carry this device

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2nd Commissioning Februry 19 1951 to January 30 1970

 

Locy Type FDPS 2

1951-03-17

As DDE-450

 

Locy Type FDPS 9efu

1951-03-17

As DDE-450

 

Locy Type 2

1953-04-14

As DDE-450
Cachet by Louis S. Pentel

 

Locy Type 2

1953-07-31

As DDE-450

 

Locy Type 2

1954-08-12

As DDE-450

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1966-08-25

As DD-450
Apollo Space Program. R/S cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1967-04-01

As DD-450

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Catalog Illustration O-4

1959-03-28

As DDE-450

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Catalog Illustration O-4a

1961-04-26

As DDE-450

 

Locy Type 9efu

1954-08-12

As DDE-450

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+) (USS)

1967-04-01

As DD-450

 

Other Information

O'BANNON earned 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation for her service during World War II and 3 battle stars for her Korean War service.

NAMESAKE - First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon, USMC (1784–1850)
O'Bannon was the Marine Corps' "Hero of Derna".

Three ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor, USS O'Bannon DD-177, USS O'Bannon DD-450 and USS O'Bannon DD-987.

 

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