WEEDEN DE 797

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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.

    Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid August 18 1943 - Launched October 27 1943

  1. USS WEEDEN DE-797
    Commissioned February 19 1944 - Decommissioned May 9 1946
    Assigned to Reserve Training Duty 11th Naval District November 20 1946
    Recommissioned (Reserve) May 26 1950 - Decommissioned February 26 1958

    Stricken June 30 1968
    Sold October 27 1969 to Zidell Explorations Inc. of Portland, OR for scrap


Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1    (1944-46)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image

1st Commissioning February 19 1944 to May 9 1946


 

Locy Type
2z

1944-08-31

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
2#

(Br. #16023)

1946-02-09

Note:


 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

NAMESAKE - Ensign Carl Alfred Weeden USN (April 14 1916 – December 7 1941)
Weeden graduated from the Naval Academy and reported for duty in USS ARIZONA BB-39 June 9 1940, and spent his entire but brief naval career in ARIZONA. He was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7 1941, and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart

 


 

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