EDWARDS DD 265

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 20 April 1918 - Launched 10 October 1918 USS EDWARDS Destroyer No. 265 Commissioned 24 April 1919 USS EDWARDS DD-265 Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 Decommissioned 8 June 1922 Recommissioned 18 December 1939 - Decommissioned 9 October 1940 Stricken from Navy Register 8 January 1942 HMS BUXTON H-96 (British Naval Service) Transferred to Great Britain 9 October 1940 ( Famous Fifty) and renamed HMCS BUXTON H-96 (Canadian Naval Service) Transferred to Canada 1943 Broken up for Scrap 1947

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Edwards DD-265 Covers Page 1    (1939-1940)

 

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 18 December 1939 to 9 October 1940

 

Locy Type FDC RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R1 no outer box

1939-12-18

First Day in Commission, cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

1940-02-14

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1940-02-14

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "BALTIMORE / MD"

1940-08-17

Note:

 

Locy Type LDPS 3 "NORFOLK / VA LDPO"

1940-09-15

Last Day of Postal Service, cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type LDPS 9v

1940-09-15

Last Day of Postal Service, cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type LDPS 9x

1940-09-15

Last Day of Postal Service, cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - William W. Edwards, born in Petersburg, Va., was appointed a midshipman 1 September 1811. In 1813 he was assigned to USS ARGUS and was killed in the action with HMS PELICAN 14 August 1813.

The ships sponsor was Miss Julia Edwards Noyes, whose great-grandfather was the uncle of Midshipman Edwards.

 

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