TILLMAN DD 135

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 29 July 1918 - Launched 7 July 1919 USS TILLMAN DD-135 Commissioned 30 April 1921 - Decommissioned 3 July 1922 Recommissioned 1 May 1930 - Decommissioned 15 June 1939 Recommissioned 24 August 1940 - Decommissioned 26 November 1940 Struck from Naval Register 8 January 1941 HMS WELLS I-95 (British Naval Service) Transferred to Great Britain 26 November 1940 (Famous Fifty) Broken up for scrap 1945

Senator Benjamin R. Tillman

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Tillman DD-135 Covers Page 1    (1931-1940)

 

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 reestablished 1 May 1930 - Disestablished 4 January 1935

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "15 AN'V'SARY / ARMISTICE"

1933-11-11

Cachet by R. L. Razzette, franked with CUBA (Scott #248) as postage.

 

Locy Type 3s

1932-09-02

Add-on Cachet by Stewart Milstein.

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-17

1931-11-14

Note:

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Post office reestablished 25 May 1935 - Disestablished 15 June 1939

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BBT)

1938-12-05

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "PROVIDENCE / R.I."

1935-10-12

Columbus Day Black & Purple R/S cachet, black postmark

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "COLUMBUS / DAY"

1935-10-12

Columbus Day Red R/S cachet, blue postmark

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "USS BALCH / LAUNCHED"

1936-03-24

Launching of USS Balch DD-363

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "COLUMBUS / DAY"

1936-10-12

Columbus Day, Cachet by HUX Cachets and Frederick Horton

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)

1938-04-05

Note:

U.S.C.S. Catalog note..."The mail clerk made numerous distortions of both Type 3 cancels, and 9v and 9x cancels by removing, exchanging, and reinstating bars and periods."

 

Locy Type 3b (B-BBX) "NAVY YARD / PHILA.PA"

1939-03-20

Commissioning of USS Cimarron AO-22, cachet by Al Cohen.

 

Locy Type 3b (B-BBX) "NAVY YARD / PHILA.PA"

1939-03-23

Note:

 

Locy Type 3b (B-BBX) "NAVY YARD / PHILA.PA"

1939-04-01

Cover serviced by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type 3b (B-XBX) "NAVY YARD / PHILA.PA"

1939-04-05

This postmark is on the back of the 1 April 1939 cover.

 

Locy Type 3s

1931-11-19

Note:

 

Locy Type 9

1939-04-09

This postmark is on the front of the 1 April 1939 cover.

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-17b

1939-05-30

This postmark is on the front of the 1 April 1939 cover.

 

Locy Type 9x

1939-06-14

This postmark is on the front of the 1 April 1939 cover.

 

Locy Type SLKb (n) (53x3)

1939-04-01

This postmark is on the front of the 1 April 1939 cover.

 

Locy Type LDPS 3(AC) "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION"

1939-06-15

Last Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type LDPS 9x

1939-06-15

Last Day Postal Service

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Recommissioned 24 August 1940 - Decommissioned 26 November 1940

 

Locy Type FDC SLP(n) (50x4)

1940-08-23

First Day in Commission. USCS Catalog of United States Naval Postmarks notes this cancel is one day early

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Special Event Cover

 

Locy Type 3s

1932-08-02

N/A

11th Annual International Maritime Tennis Tournament between USS Goff DD-247, USS Tillman DD-135, and USS Bainbridge DD-246 against HMS Danae D-44 and HMS Dragon D-46.
Covers for USS Goff and USS Tillman have been recorded but USS Bainbridge remains missing. Please contact the curator if you have this cover.
Courtesy of the Norman Jacobs collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11 1847 - July 3 1918) was an American politician of German descent who served as governor of South Carolina, from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator, from 1895 until his death.

The ships sponsor was Miss Mary Y. Tillman the granddaughter of Senator Tillman.

The US Navy has named two ships in his honor; USS Tillman DD-135 and USS Tillman DD-641.

 

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