HARRY E YARNELL CG 17

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.

Leahy Class Guided-Missile Frigate Keel Laid 31 May 1960 - Launched 9 December 1961 USS HARRY E. YARNELL DLG-17 Commissioned 2 February 1963 - Decommissioned 9 February 1968 Recommissioned 12 July 1969 USS HARRY E. YARNELL CG-17 Reclassified Guided-Missile Cruiser (CG) 30 June 1975 Decommissioned 29 October 1993 Struck from Naval Register 29 October 1993 Sold 16 February 1995 for scrap Taken back 5 February 2001 and sold again

Naval Covers

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1. USS Harry E. Yarnell DLG-17 / CG-17 Covers Page 1    (1963-1993)

 

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 2 February 1963 to 9 February 1968

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (USS)

1963-02-02

DLG-17. Commissioning, cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1967-01-14

DLG-17. Ships cachet.

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) ("USS" omitted)

1964-01-04

DLG-17. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

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2nd Commissioning 12 July 1969 to 29 October 1993

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1973-05-14

DLG-17. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS) (1983)

1983-03-04

CG-17. Decommissioning of USS Du Pont DD-941, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS) (1988)

1988-11-14

CG-17. Welcome to Norfolk - SNS PRINCIPE de ASTURIAS R11, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1970-06-03

As DLG-17

 

Locy Type LDC 2-1p(n+) (USS, "HARRY E." omitted)

1993-10-29

CG-17. Last Day in Commission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type LDC 9-1(n+u) ("H.E.")

1993-10-29

CG-17. Last Day in Commission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

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Locy Type SPECIAL

1963-02-02

DLG-17, Commissioning. Courtesy of Bob Govern.
This marking looks like a postmark, but it was never used to postmark the stamp.

 

Other Information

USS HARRY E. YARNELL earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (9 awards) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Admiral Harry Ervin Yarnell, USN (18 October 1875 - 7 July 1959).
Harry Ervin Yarnell, -born near Independence, Iowa, 18 October 1875, began his naval career which spanned 51 year and 3 wars, when he entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1893. After serving in USS Oregon during the Battle of Santiago, 3 July 1898, Yarnell was commissioned ensign 1 July 1899 and reported to the Asiatic Station. He served in the Philippines during the Aguinaldo Insurrection and on the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion. From Asia Yarnell reported to USS Connecticut at her commissioning and sailed around the world with the Great White Fleet. Next, duty at the Newport Torpedo Station, on CINOLANT's staff, and at the Naval War College occupied him until World War I, when he served at Gibraltar and London. Yarnell then rotated 'between sea and Shore duty until ordered to USS Saratoga September 1927, as prospective commanding officer. He served as captain of the carrier from her commissioning until 17 August 1928, when he was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Engineering as Rear Admiral.
From January to April 1930 Admiral Yarnell was Naval Adviser to the American delegation at the London Naval Conference, and in October 1936 he became commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet, with the rank of Admiral. His tour there was notable for the sagacious and firm manner with which he handled a most explosive international situation. After 3 years' service, Admiral Yarnell was transferred to the Retired List; but, 1 November 1941, as war loomed in the East he was recalled to the office of the Secretary of the Navy as Special Adviser to the Chinese Military Mission. Admiral Yarnell was relieved of active duty 15 January 1943 but returned in June as Head of a Special Section in the Office of Chief of Naval Operations until December 1944, when he again was relieved of active duty.
Admiral Yarnell died 7 July 1959 at Newport, R.I., his home since his retirement. Among the awards and medals earned in his long and distinguished career were the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Diploma and Decoration of the Companion of the Order of the British Empire, and the Cloud Standard, Second Class, of the Government of China.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Philip Yarnell, wife of the late Admiral Yarnell's son.

 

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