O HARE DD 889

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 O'HARE DD-889
Commissioned November 29 1945 - Decommissioned January 3 1953
Redesignated Radar Picket Destroyer (DDR) April 4 1953
USS O'HARE DDR-889
Recommissioned September 1 1953
USS O'HARE DD-889
Reverted to Destroyer (DD) March 23 1963
Decommissioned October 31 1973

Struck from Naval Register June 2 1975
SPS MENDEZ NUNEZ D-63
Loaned to Spain October 31 1973 and renamed
Sold to Spain June 2 1975

Stricken by Spain and scrapped 1992

Naval Covers

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O'Hare Covers Page 1 (1946-57)

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 29 1945 to January 3 1953

Locy Type
FDC 9ef(nu)

1945-11-29

Commissioning.

Locy Type
2

1950-03-11

As DD-889

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-03-10

As DD-889
Cachet by DCC

Locy Type
2(n)

1947-03-11

As DD-889

2nd Commissioning September 1 1953 to October 31 1973

Locy Type
2r

1954-01-13

As DDR-889
Additional postmark, Locy Type 7q# (Branch 13607 Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba)

Locy Type
2r

1957-03-30

As DDR-889

Locy Type
9efu

1957-03-30

As DDR-889

Locy Type P
[2(n+),"R" removed]

1965-01-19

As DD-889
Project Gemini - U.S. Navy Recovery Force

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Lt. Commander Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare (1914–43)
O'Hare was a naval aviator of the United States Navy and on February 20, 1942 became the U.S. Navy's first flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. His final action took place on the night of November 26 1943, while he was leading the U.S. Navy's first-ever nighttime fighter attack launched from an aircraft carrier. During this encounter with a group of Japanese torpedo bombers O'Hare was shot down; his aircraft was never found.

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