BRECKINRIDGE AG 112

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 March 11 1918 - Launched August 17 1918


1. USS BRECKINRIDGE Destroyer No. 148
   Commissioned February 27 1919
   
   
2. USS BRECKINRIDGE DD-148
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned June 30 1922
   Recommissioned May 1 1930 - Decommissioned December 23 1936
   Recommissioned October 4 1939 and Assigned to Neutrality Patrol
   
   
3. USS BRECKINRIDGE AG-112
   Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) June 30 1945
   Decommissioned November 30 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register December 19 1945
   Sold October 31 1946 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Breckinridge Covers Page 1    (1932-45)

 

Postmarks

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

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2nd Commissioning May 1 1930 to December 23 1936

 

Locy Type 3 (A)

1932-12-25 to 1934-06-04

As DD-148

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PHILA / PA"

1935-01-04 to 1936-09-28

As DD-148
Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3s

1931-02-27

As DD-148

 

Locy Type LDPS 3 "LAST DAY / MAIL"

1936-11-30

As DD-148. Last Day of Postal Service, cachet by William F. Schlechter

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3rd Commissioning October 4 1939 to November 30 1945

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (BRECKENRIDGE)

1939-11-10

As DD-148
First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Al Cohen

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-09-27

As DD-148

 

Locy Type 9v

1940-03-20

As DD-148

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-03-20

As DD-148
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type LDC 2z

1945-11-30

As AG-112
Last Day in Commission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

BRECKINRIDGE earned 1 battle star for WWII service

NAMESAKE - Joseph Cabell Breckinridge USN (March 6 1872 - February 11 1898)
Breckinridge was an officer in the United States Navy in the Spanish-American War. Breckinridge was born in Fort Monroe, Virginia and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1895. He served in the Second Class Battleship USS TEXAS where on several occasions he displayed remarkable coolness and ability in times of peril.

 

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