COLE AG 116

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 25 June 1918 - Launched 11 January 1919 USS COLE Destroyer No. 155 Commissioned 19 June 1919 USS COLE DD-155 Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 10 July 1922 Recommissioned 1 May 1930 - Decommissioned 27 January 1937 Recommissioned 16 October 1939 and assigned to Neutrality Patrol USS COLE AG-116 Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) 30 June 1945 Decommissioned 1 November 1945 Struck from Naval Register 16 November 1945 Sold 6 October 1947 and broken up for scrap

Major Edward B. Cole, USMC

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Cole DD-155 Covers Page 1    (1930-1944)

 

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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2nd Commissioning 1 May 1930 to 7 January 1937

DD-155

 

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

1936-10-12

Columbus Day, cachet by HUX Cachets - Frederick Horton

 

Locy Type 3s (AC)

1930-12-09

Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type LDC 3s (AC) "LAST DAY / COMMISSION"

1937-01-07

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky

 

Locy Type LDC 3s (AC) "LAST DAY / SERVICE"

1937-01-07

Last Day in Commission

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3rd Commissioning 16 October 1939 to 1 November 1945

DD-151

 

Locy Type FDC RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R2

1939-10-16

First Day Recommission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r (AC-BBT) "PHILA, PA"

(1939)-11-07

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1939-11-07

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "CHARLESTON / S.C."

1940-03-04

Cachet by George V. Sadworth.

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1944-05-03

Censored sailor mail.

 

Locy Type 9v

1941-03-24

Note"

 

Other Information

USS COLE earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal w/ 3 Battle Stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Major Edward Ball Cole, USMC (23 September 1879 - 18 June 1918).
Major Edward B. Cole was born 23 September 1879 in Boston, Mass. One of the country's leading experts on machineguns, he received a direct commission in the Marine Corps in World War I. Major Cole received the Navy Cross and Army Distinguished Service Cross for heroism during the Battle of Belleau Wood (10 June 1918) in which he was mortally wounded. He died 18 June 1918 and is buried at Mouroux Cemetery, France. His decorations included the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross; as well as the French Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. E. B. Cole.

 

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