AMMEN DD 35

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.

USS AMMEN DD-35
Commissioned May 23 1911 - Decommissioned December 11 1919
Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard April 28 1924
USCGC CG-8
Commissioned January 22 1925 - Decommissioned May 18 1931
Returned U.S. Navy May 22 1931
Name lost to new construction July 1 1933

Struck from Naval Register July 5 1934
Sold 1934 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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 (DATE RANGE)

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 --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

Post Office Established May 1 1918 - Disestablished September 1 1918

NO AMMEN POSTMARKS
AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

POSTMARK DATE

Note:

N/A

c 1920's

N/A

USCGC AMMEN CG-8 picture postcard with USCGC Wood CG-19 "Dressed".

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Daniel Ammen (May 15 1820 - July 11 1898)
Ammen was appointed a Midshipman on July 7 1836 and later served with distinction during the Civil War. Ammen commanded SENECA at The Battle of Port Royal, S.C., on November 7 1861; PATAPSCO in the attack on Fort McAIister and Fort Sumter in 1863; and MOHICAN in the bombardment of Fort Fisher in late 1864 and early 1865. Following the end of the fighting, he spent most of his remaining years of service in Washington, serving first as Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and then as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. He was promoted to Rear Admiral upon his retirement in 1878. After leaving active duty, he spent much of his time writing on naval subjects and published two books: the Atlantic Coast and The Old Navy and The New. Ammen died near Washington, D.C., on July 11 1898, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.