GOFF DD 247

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.

Clemson Class Destroyer Keel Laid 16 June 1919 - Launched 2 June 1920 USS GOFF DD-247 Commissioned 19 January 1921 - Decommissioned 13 January 1931 Recommissioned 2 March 1932 - Decommissioned 21 July 1945 Struck from Naval Register 13 August 1945 Sold 30 November 1945 and broken up for scrap

Nathan Goff Jr.

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Goff DD-247 Covers Page 1    (1922-1941)

 

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 Established 6 May 1921 to 26 November 1923

 

Locy Type 3rs "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"

1922-04-19

"On Piece"

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Post Office Re-Established 2 March 1925 to 9 December 1930

 

Locy Type 3ar

1927-06-27

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2nd Commissioning 2 March 1932 to 21 July 1945

 

Locy Type FDPS 5hks "PHILA, PA / 1ST DAY SERV"

1932-03-09

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Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB)

1936-08-05

Cachet by William Linto. Cover also bears postmarks from USS Southard DD-207, USS Relief AH-1, USS Reuben James DD-245 and USS Hovey DD-208 on the front and back.

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "DECOMMISSION / PORTMOUTH NH"

1939-11-15

USS SQUALUS SS-192 decommissioning

 

Locy Type 3br (AC-XBX) "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA"

1939-06-28

Keel Laying of USS Raven AM-55, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "58 TH / BIRTHDAY"

1940-01-30

FDR's 58th Birthday. Cover illustration courtesy of Gary Denis.

 

Locy Type 3s (AC-BBT) "N.Y. FLEET / REVIEW."

1934-06-18

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Locy Type 3z (BTT)

1941-10-27

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Locy Type 5hks "ST. PETERSBURG / FLA"

1932-03-24

Cacheted

 

Locy Type 5bhks (OXX) "CHARLESTON / SC"

1933-03-04

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Locy Type 6ep (3)

1939-06-23

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Locy Type 9v

1939-06-23

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Locy Type F "FIRST TIME THIS / TYPE CANCEL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-53

1939-11-15

USS SQUALUS SS-192 decommissioning

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-53a

1940-06-16

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Locy Type F "MOTHER'S DAY / U.S.S. GOFF" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-53c

1940-05-12

Mother's Day. Unknown cachetmaker

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Special Event Cover

 

Locy Type 5hks "BAR HARBOR / MAINE"

1932-08-03

N/A

11th Annual International Maritime Tennis Tournament between USS Goff, USS Tillman DD-135, 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

USS GOFF earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, the American Campaign Medal with one battle star, the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one battle star and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Nathan Goff, Jr. (9 February 1843 – 24 April 1920)
Nathan Goff Jr. was a United States representative from West Virginia, a Union Army officer, the 28th United States Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Rutherford B. Hayes, a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Fourth Circuit and a United States senator from West Virginia.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Nathan Goff, widow of the former Secretary of the Navy.

 

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