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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3><br />
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. <br />
The list is in chronological order.<br />
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Gridley Class Destroyer<br/><br />
Keel Laid June 3 1935 - Launched December 1 1936<br/><br/><br />
<li>'''USS GRIDLEY DD-380'''<br/><br />
Commissioned June 24 1937 - Decommissioned April 18 1946<br/><br/><br />
Struck from Naval Register February 25 1947<br/><br />
Sold August 20 1947 and broken up for scrap<br />
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<li>[[USS GRIDLEY DD-380_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1937-45)</li><br />
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has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest <br />
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text<br />
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th><br />
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th><br />
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Locy Type<br/>3r (AC-BBT)<br/><br/>"WELCOME /<br/>GRIDLEY"<br/><br/>[[MOFFETT_DD_362_ | USS Moffett<br/>DD-362]]<br />
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1937-06-24<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Moffett_DD362_19370624_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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Commissioning of USS Gridley DD-380, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell_ | C. Wright Richell]] <br />
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Locy Type<br/>FDPS 3<br/><br/>"BOSTON /<br/>MASS"<br />
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1937-07-28<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett gridley dd380 19370728 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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First Day Postal Service<br />
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1944-07-21<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett gridley dd380 19440721 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett gridley dd380 19440721.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Censored wartime (WWII) use<br />
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Locy Type<br/>2#<br/><br/>(Br. #15995)<br />
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1945-12-13<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett gridley dd380 19451213 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett gridley dd380 19451213.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Note:<br />
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Locy Type<br/>3 (AC-BTT)<br/><br/>"BOSTON /<br/>MASS"<br />
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1937-08-03<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19370803_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19370803_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Ben_Kraft_ | Ben Kraft]]<br />
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Locy Type<br/>3 (AC-BTT)<br/><br/>"LA GUAIRA /<br/>VENEZUELA"<br />
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100"><br />
1937-09-27<br />
</td><td align="center" width="320"><br />
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19370927_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19370927_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Locy Type<br/>3 (AC-BTT)<br/><br/>"SAN DIEGO /<br/>CALIF"<br />
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100"><br />
1940-10-28<br />
</td><td align="center" width="320"><br />
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19401028_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19401028_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Louis_C_&_Mae_Weigand_ | Mae Weigand]]<br />
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Locy Type<br/>3z (BBT)<br />
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100"><br />
1941-12-08<br />
</td><td align="center" width="320"><br />
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19411208_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
</td><td align="center" width="120"><br />
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19411208_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Locy Type<br/>3z (BBT)<br />
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1941-12-08<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19411208_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19411208_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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"In 1941, I served on board USS GRIDLEY (DD-380). On November 28, 1941, we left Pearl Harbor in a task force with USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) [and] returned to Pearl and entered port December 8th. . . . We took on fuel and depth charges and went back out again on anti-sub patrol. While in port, all hands had to fill in and send the [attached] card to their families." -- Frank Lamb 1991 (USCS 1107)<br />
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1941-12-08<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19411208_1_Censor.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]<br />
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Close-up view of the censor marking from GRIDLEY cover dated Dec 8 1941 and article about this card from Frank Lamb 1917-2000, MMCS USN (Ret.), USCS #1107 that appeared in the "USCS LOG", December 1996 page 18<br />
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Locy Type<br/>9v<br />
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1943-12-25<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19431225_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19431225_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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No. 10 Registered, Official Business, Airmail cover. <br />
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Locy Type<br/>9v<br />
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1943-12-25<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19431225_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Gridley_DD380_19431225_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Backside of the 1943 cover. Postmarks from GRIDLEY, US Navy 128 (Pearl Harbor HI) and Philadelphia PA (Navy Yard Station) are applied. <br />
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Locy Type<br/>Fake<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>CD-3a<br />
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1941-12-01<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett gridley dd380 19411201 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:JonBurdett gridley dd380 19411201.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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[[Cachet Maker Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop|Hobby Shop]] fake cancel<br />
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Locy Type<br/>7z(2)<br />
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1944-07-01<br />
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Censored, sailor's mail. The ship did not have a machine canceller, postmark originated from either another ship or shore station.<br />
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<h3>Other Information</h3><br />
GRIDLEY was awarded 10 battle stars for her service in World War II.<br/><br/><br />
'''NAMESAKE''' - Captain Charles Vernon Gridley, USN (November 24 1844 – May 25 1898) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.<br/><br/>Four ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor; USS Gridley DD-92, USS Gridley DD-380, USS Gridley DLG-21 and USS Gridley DDG-101. <br />
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