BURNS DM 11

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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.

    Wickes Class Destroyer
    Keel Laid April 15 1918 - Launched July 4 1918

  1. USS BURNS Destroyer No. 171
    Commissioned August 7 1919

  2. USS BURNS DD-171
    Redesignated (DD) July 17 1920

  3. USS BURNS DM-11
    Redesignated Stribling Class Light Minelayer (DM) March 15 1921
    Decommissioned June 2 1930
    Towed to Mare Island Navy Yard June 11 1930
    Used as a barracks ship

    Struck from Naval Register November 18 1930
    Sold April 22 1932 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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.

  1. 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


 

Locy Type
3 (n)

"SAN DIEGO /
CALIFORNIA"

USCS Catalog
Illustration
B-96

1920-01-06
to
1920-01-06

As DD-171
Sailor's Mail


 

Locy Type
3 (n)

"SAN DIEGO /
CALIFORNIA"

USCS Catalog
Illustration
B-96

1920-01-12
to
1920-01-12

As DD-171
Sailor's Mail


 

Locy Type
3r

1929-08-29
to
1929-08-29

As DM-11

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Otway Burns was born at Queen's Creek, near Swansboro, NC in 1775. During the War of 1812 he acquired letters of marque for the Privateer SNAP DRAGON and commanded the fast little schooner on three cruises, having several encounters with British men-of-war, also taking numerous prizes. After the war he engaged in shipbuilding at Beaufort, NC and spent 13 years in the General Assembly of North Carolina. In 1835 President Jackson appointed him keeper of the Brant Island Shoal Light, a position he held until his death August 25 1850.

 


 

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