COWELL DD 167

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 (Little) Class Destroyer
Keel Laid July 15 1918 - Launched November 23 1918


1. USS COWELL Destroyer No. 167
   Commissioned March 17 1919
   
   
2. USS COWELL DD-167
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned June 27 1922
   Recommissioned June 17 1940 - Decommissioned September 23 1940
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 8 1941
   
   
3. HMS BRIGHTON I-08 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred to Great Britain September 23 1940 (Famous Fifty)
   
   
4. ZHARKYI (Soviet Naval Service)
   Transferred to The Soviet Union July 1944
   Returned to Great Britain February 28 1949
   
   Broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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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 June 17 1940 to September 23 1940

 

NO COWELL POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

POSTMARK DATE

Ship had no post office - However Type SLP was used for FDC and LDC

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Newport RI Machine

1940-09-14

Cohen Cachet

 

Newport RI Machine

1940-09-14

Note: SLP used as cachet

 

Locy Type SLKts(n) (46x3)

1940-09-14

Additional USPO Machine postmark from Newport RI
Ship had no post office

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - John G. Cowell (18 September 1785 - April 18 1814)
Cowell entered the Navy as a Master January 21 1809. As Acting Lieutenant, Cowell was severely wounded, losing a leg, in the action on March 28 1814 between ESSEX and HMS PHOEBE and HMS CHERUB off Valparaiso, Chile. Refusing to be carried below, Cowell cheered his companions on through the remainder of the action. He was carried on shore, and exhibited such gallantry and courage under severe pain until his death on April 18 that the people of Valparaiso honored him with a burial place in their principal church; a most unusual honor for a foreigner

 

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