SEDERSTROM DE 31
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.
- Evarts Class Type GMT Destroyer Escort
- USS SEDERSTROM DE-31
Commissioned September 11 1943 - Decommissioned November 15 1945
Struck from Naval Register November 28 1945
Sold November 24 1947 to A.G. Schoonmaker Co. Inc. New York City, N.Y. for scrap
Keel Laid December 24 1942 for Great Britain as GILLETTE BDE-31
Retained by U.S. Navy June 4 1943 and reclassified Destroyer Escort (DE)
Launched June 15 1943 as GILLETTE DE-31
Renamed July 30 1943
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- Covers Page 1 (c1943-45)
Postmarks
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Locy Type |
1945-01-26 |
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
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Locy Type |
1944-01-08 |
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This postmark is not identified with the ship, so the cover was posted either on another ship or ashore.
Other Information
SEDERSTROM earned 5 Battle Stars for WWII service
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/5 stars - WWII Victory Medal
NAMESAKE - Verde Delmore Sederstrom USNR (July 3 1916 - December 7 1941)
Sederstrom graduated from the University of Oregon in 1940 and was commissioned Ensign, Supply Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve, on January 17 1941. On August 31 he reported for duty in USS OKLAHOMA BB-37. Missing after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Ensign Sederstrom was officially declared dead
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