WILLIAM SEIVERLING DE 441

Ship Name and Designation History

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USS WILLIAM SEIVERLING DE-441
Commissioned June 1 1944 - Decommissioned March 21 1947
Recommissioned December 27 1950 - Decommissioned September 27 1957

Struck from Naval Register December 1 1972
Sold September 20 1973 for scrap

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1945-51)

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 June 1 1944 to March 21 1947

Locy Type Pz

"TOKYO BAY"

USCS Catalog
Illustration
W-32

1945-09-08

Tokyo Bay

2nd Commissioning December 27 1950 to September 27 1957

Locy Type
FDPS 2

1951-05-08

First Day Postal Service

Locy Type
2

1951-06-15

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Locy Type
9efu

1951-09-04

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Other Information

WILLIAM SEIVERLING earned 4 battle stars for WWII, and 3 battle stars for Korea service

WILLIAM SEIVERLING DE-441 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender

NAMESAKE - Private William Frank Seiverling, Jr., USMC (September 22 1920 - November 1 1942)
Pvt. Seiverling was killed in action during the enemy attack across the Matanikau River on the island of Guadalcanal. For unselfishly giving his life for his comrades and his country, Pvt. Seiverling was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross

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