ELLIS AG 115

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.

Wickes Class Destroyer
Keel Laid 8 July 1918 - Launched 30 November 1918


1. USS ELLIS Destroyer No. 154
   Commissioned 7 June 1919
   
   
2. USS ELLIS DD-154
   Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 17 June 1922
   Recommissioned 1 May 1930 - Decommissioned 16 December 1936
   Recommissioned 16 October 1939 and assigned to Neutrality Patrol
   
   
3. USS ELLIS AG-115
   Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) 30 June 1945
   Decommissioned 31 October 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register 16 November 1945
   Sold 17 July 1947 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Ellis DD-154 / AG-115 Covers Page 1    (1931-1944)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post office established 1 May 1930 - Disestablished 15 December 1936

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "WASHINGTON'S / BIRTHDAY"

1935-02-22

As DD-154. Washington's Birthday, cachet by George Sadworth

 

Locy Type 3s (C)

1931-03-01

As DD-154. Official Business

 

Locy Type 5hks (C) "GTMO CUBA / HAPPY NEW YEAR"

1934-01-01

As DD-154. New Year's Day. Cachet by R. L. Razzette

 

Locy Type LDC 5hks "LAST DAY / COMMISSION"

1936-12-16

As DD-154. Last Day in Commission

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Post office reestablished 30 October 1939 - Disestablished 23 October 1945

 

Locy Type FDC RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R2

1939-10-16

As DD-154. First Day Recommissioned, Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r (AC-TBT) "FIRST DAY / MAIL SERVICE"

1939-11-01

As DD-154. First Day of Postal Service, Cachet by Al Cohen

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1939-11-01

As DD-154. First Day of Postal Service, Cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-TBT)

1940-10-27

As DD-154. Cachet by George Neumann

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-TBT)

1942-03-06

As DD-154. Late use of a "named" cancel. Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1944-10-21

As DD-154. Official Business.

 

Other Information

USS ELLIS earned 1 Battle Star (WWII)

NAMESAKE - George Henry Ellis (1875 - July 3 1898)
Ellis enlisted in the Navy in 1892. Chief Yeoman Ellis was killed July 3 1898 while serving in USS BROOKLYN during the Battle of Santiago

 

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