USS DESTROYER World War II

The full index of our ship stamp archive
Post Reply
aukepalmhof
Posts: 7771
Joined: Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:28 am

USS DESTROYER World War II

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:38 pm

St Kitts issued in 1995 four stamps for the 50th Anniversary of the end of World War II, one of this stamps shows us an “escort destroyer” of the USA Navy.

By comparing photos of the USS escort destroyers World War II and the stamp the only class which is almost identical with the vessel depict on the stamp is the Evarts or Buckley class. Both classes are almost identical, only the Buckley class was significantly longer. The stamp shows us a vessel from the starboard bow, and from the stamp I can’t clearly make out which type is depict.
Which vessel of this classes is depict is unknown, many were built during World War II in sections in factories around the USA and then assembled on a yard.
The U.K. in a lend lease act used during the war many of this destroyers.

Sources: Internet.
St Kitts 1995 $8 sg 438, scott 392
Attachments
evarts class escort destroyer.jpg
buckley_02.jpg
Image (6).jpg

Post Reply