HERBERT APD 22

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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 9 April 1918 - Launched 8 May 1919

  1. USS HERBERT Destroyer No. 160
  2. Commissioned 21 November 1919

  3. USS HERBERT DD-160
  4. Designated (DD) 17 July 1920
    Decommissioned 27 June 1922
    Recommissioned 1 May 1930

  5. USS HERBERT APD-22
  6. Converted to High-speed Transport (APD) 1 December 1943
    Decommissioned 25 September 1945

    Struck from Naval Register 24 October 1945
    Sold 23 May 1946 and broken up for scrap

SecNav Hilary A. Herbert

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Herbert DD-160 Covers Page 1    (1933-1941)

 

Postmarks

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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
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2nd Commissioning 1 May 1930 to 25 September 1945


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-BBT)

"PORTSMOUTH /
VIRGINIA"

1939-04-23

DD-160


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BBT)

"BROOKLYN /
NEW YORK"

1940-11-12

DD-160. Cachet by Norwood B. Scatchard


 

Locy Type
3s

"ERIN GO /
BRAGH"

1935-03-17

DD-160. St. Patrick's Day, cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

"POSTAGE /
FREE"

1942-06-10

DD-160


 

Locy Type
9v (C+)

1935-12-23

DD-160


 

Locy Type
9x

1941-06-20

DD-160


 

Locy Type F

"NAVY YARD /
NEW YORK N.Y."

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-2

1935-08-16

DD-160


 

Locy Type F

"GREETINGS TO /
A N C S-1ST DAY /
HALL CANCEL"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-34

1935-05-21

DD-160. First day of use for Type F Postmark, Type H-34. Donated by Marshall Hall, President and Founder of the ANCS.


 

Locy Type F

"APPOINTED /
1893"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-34b

1935-03-05

DD-160


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-34b
(used as cachet)

1935-04-21

DD-160. Easter. Looking at the postmark (close to the 9 o'clock position) are the initials "CWR", Cachetmaker C. Wright Richell


 

Locy Type
SLts(n) (50x3)

1942-06-10

DD-160. Straight-Line Marking on the 10 June 1942 cover


 

Locy Type
SLO (3s)

"U.S.S. HERBERT 160 /
JUNE 30-1933 /
SEATTLE WASH"

1933-06-20

DD-160. Cachet by Deane C. (DC) Bartley, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS. Signed by the NMC on reverse

 

Other Information

USS HERBERT received 6 Battle stars for her WWII service.

NAMESAKE - Hilary A. Herbert (1834- 6 March 1919)
Hilary Abner Herbert, born in Laurensville, S.C., in 1834, was educated at the University of Alabama and the University of Virginia. He' was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1856 and practiced law in Greenville until the Civil War. The future Secretary of the Navy entered the Confederate Army as a second lieutenant and served his cause with gallantry for 4 years. After the war, Herbert returned to his law practice and was elected to Congress in 1877. During his tenure as Congressman, Herbert was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs and was largely responsible for the increased appropriations which led to the revival of the American Navy. In 1893 President Grover Cleveland appointed Herbert as Secretary of the Navy. Secretary Herbert was able to muster support for an enlarged navy, despite the Depression of 1893, and brought the fleet to some level of preparedness for the Spanish-American War. From 1897 to his death 6 March 1919 Herbert practiced law in Washington, D.C.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Benjamin Micou, daughter of Hilary A. Herbert.

 


 

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