ELLIOT AG 104

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 23 February 1918 - Launched 4 July 1918


1. USS ELLIOT Destroyer No. 146
Commissioned 25 January 1919


2. USS ELLIOT DD-146
Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 22 May 1922
Recommissioned 8 February 1930


3. USS ELLIOT DMS-4
Reclassified Fast Minesweeper (DMS) 19 November 1940


4. USS ELLIOT AG-104
Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) 5 June 1945
Decommissioned 12 October 1945
Struck from Naval Register 25 October 1945

Sold 29 January 1946 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Elliot DD-146 Covers Page 1     (1932-1934)
2. USS Elliot DMS-4 Covers Page 1     (1941)
3. USS Elliot AG-104 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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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1st Commissioning 25 January 1919 to 22 May 1922

 

Locy Type 3s (C) (ELLIOTT) "CAVITE / P I"

1920-05-13

Ships name mispelled in dial.

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2nd Commissioning 8 February 1930 to 12 October 1945

 

Locy Type 3s (C) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

1936-03-11

Note:

 

Locy Type 9v

1940-03-07

DD-146. Courtesy of Bob Govern.

 

Locy Type F "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-15

1940-03-07

AS DD-146. Official Business card

 

Locy Type F "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-15

1940-03-07

Official Business card

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-15a

1943-07-13

DMS-4

 

Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3

1941-07-04

Cachet & cancel by Sibley's Department Store (Hobby Shop).

 

Other Information

USS ELLIOT received 1 battle star for her World War II service.

NAMESAKE - Richard McCall Elliot USN (12 April 1888 - 19 March 1918)
Elliot graduated from the Naval Academy 10 July 1909. Lieutenant Commander Elliot was killed aboard USS MANLEY DD-74 on 19 March 1918 when her depth charges exploded in a collision with a British ship in the convoy USS MANLEY was escorting. .

 

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