BANCROFT DD 256: Difference between revisions

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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.

USS BANCROFT Destroyer No. 256
Commissioned June 30 1919
USS BANCROFT DD-256
Designated (DD) July 17 1920
Decommissioned July 24 1922
Recommissioned December 18 1939 - Decommissioned September 24 1940
HMS ST. FRANCIS I-93 (British Naval Service)
Transferred to Great Britain (Canada) (Famous Fifty) September 24 1940 and renamed

Struck from Naval Register January 8 1941
Collided with WINDING GULF July 14 1945 and sank off Sagonnet Point, Rhode Island

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

Covers Page 1 (1940)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.

>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

2nd Commissioning December 18 1939 to September 24 1940

Locy Type
FDPS 3

"FIRST DAY /
SERVICE"

1940-02-13

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by George Neumann and Frederick Horton

Locy Type
FDPS 3

"FIRST DAY /
SERVICE"

1940-02-13

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Al Cohen

Locy Type
3 (A-BBT)

"KEY WEST /
FLORIDA"

1940-02-26

Note:

Other Information

NAMESAKE - George Bancroft (October 3 1800 - January 17 1891)
Bancroft was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845

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 <li>'''HMS ST. FRANCIS I-93''' (British Naval Service)<br/>
 Transferred to Great Britain (Canada) ([[Famous Fifty|Famous Fifty]]) September 24 1940 and renamed<br/><br/>
-Stricken January 8 1941<br/>
+Struck from Naval Register January 8 1941<br/>
 Collided with WINDING GULF July 14 1945 and sank off Sagonnet Point, Rhode Island
 </ol>
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 range for covers on that page.
 <ol>
-<li><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
+<li>[[USS BANCROFT DD-256_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1940)</li>
 </ol>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
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 </th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
-<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
 <th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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 Locy Type<br/>FDPS 3<br/><br/>"FIRST DAY /<br/>SERVICE"
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 -02-13
-<br/>to<br/>
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
--02-13
-</td><td align="center" width="320">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Bancroft_DD256_19400213_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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 Locy Type<br/>FDPS 3 <br/><br/>"FIRST DAY /<br/>SERVICE"
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 -02-13
-<br/>to<br/>
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
--02-13
-</td><td align="center" width="320">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Bancroft_DD256_19400213_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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 First Day of Postal Service, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Al_Cohen_ | Al Cohen]]
 <!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
-<hr>
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 <tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
-USPO Machine<br/><br/>Boston, Mass.
+Locy Type<br/>3 (A-BBT)<br/><br/>"KEY WEST /<br/>FLORIDA"
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
--09-15
+-02-26
-</td><td align="center" width="320">
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
-[[Image:JonBurdett_bancroft_dd256_19400915.jpeg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett_bancroft_dd256_19400226 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
-[[Image:JonBurdett_bancroft_dd256_19400915 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett_bancroft_dd256_19400226.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
-Official Business
+Note:
 <!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->