YARNALL DD 143

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 12 February 1918 - Launched 19 June 1918


1. USS YARNALL Destroyer No. 143
Commissioned 29 November 1918


2. USS YARNALL DD-143
Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 29 May 1922
Recommissioned 19 April 1930 - Decommissioned 30 December 1936
Recommissioned 4 October 1939 - Decommissioned 23 October 1940
Stricken from Navy Register 8 January 1941


3. HMS LINCOLN G-42 (British Naval Service)
Transferred 23 October 1940 to Great Britain (Famous Fifty)


4. HMCS LINCOLN (Canadian Naval Service)
Transferred to Canada 1942


5. DRUZHINY (Soviet Union Naval Service)
Transferred to The Soviet Union August 1944
Cannibalized 1945 for spare parts
Hulk returned to Great Britain 23 August 1952

Broken up September 1952 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Yarnall DD-143 Covers Page 1    (1931-1940)

 

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 19 April 1930 to 30 December 1936

 

Locy Type 3s "CHARLESTON / S.C."

1931-12-24

Note:

 

Locy Type 3s "NAVY DAY / PHILA PA"

1936-10-27

Navy Day, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type 5hks "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"

1932-05-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 5ahks

1934-07-25

Cachet by Leonard Rogers

 

Locy Type 5bhks (OOX) "PROVINCETOWN / MASS"

1934-07-25

Cachet by Leonard Rogers

 

Locy Type LDC 3s "NAVY YARD / PHILA"

1936-12-30

Last Day in Commission

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3rd Commissioning 4 October 1939 to 23 October 1940

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r

1939-11-08

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Al Cohen

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1939-11-08

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 9x

1939-11-08

Favor strike on stamp block

 

Locy Type LDPS 3r

1940-09-13

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Lieutenant John Joliffe Yarnall, USN (1786 - 1815).
Veteran of War of 1812, Battle of Lake Erie (1813) and the Second Barbary War (1815)

Two ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor; USS Yarnall DD-143 and USS Yarnall DD-541.

 

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