WAGNER DER 539
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.
Keel Laid November 8 1943 Launched December 27 1944 as Destroyer Escort DE-539 Construction suspended February 17 1947 due to postwar cutbacks Construction resumed October 19 1953 as Radar Picket Ship (DER) |
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- Covers Page 1 (1955-57)
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.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1955-11-22 |
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Commissioning
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Locy Type |
1955-12-20 |
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Other Information
NAMESAKE - William Daniel Wagner USNR (May 16 1924 - October 19 1942)
Wagner enlisted in the Naval Reserve on February 7 1942 and attended the Navy Armed Guard School at Little Creek, Va. Attached to SS STEEL NAVIGATOR's armed guard crew, Seaman 2d Class Wagner was killed in action when his ship was torpedoed on October 19 1942 by German U-610
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