FAIRFAX DD 93
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.
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Wickes Class Destroyer
- USS FAIRFAX Destroyer No. 93
Commissioned April 6 1918
Placed into reserve at Philadelphia in 1919
- USS FAIRFAX DD-93
Designated (DD) July 17 1920
Decommissioned June 19 1922
Recommissioned May 1 1930 - Decommissioned November 26 1940
- HMS RICHMOND G-88 (British Naval Service)
Transferred to Great Britain October 23 1940 (Famous Fifty)
Stricken from Naval Register January 8 1941
Loaned to Royal Canadian Navy August 1943 - December 1943
- RFS JIVODCHYI (Soviet Naval Service)
Transferred to The Soviet Union July 16 1944, and renamed
Broken up for scrap 1949
Keel Laid July 10 1917 - Launched December 15 1917
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- USS Fairfax DD-93 Covers Page 1 (1930-37)
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.
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THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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existing example.
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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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2nd Commissioning 2nd Post Office Period May 1 1930 to April 26 1935
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Locy Type |
1933-03-03 |
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Note the peculiar date 3/3/33, although no year date is the dial.
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Locy Type |
1930-05-27 |
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Official Business
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Locy Type |
1930-05-27 |
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Official Business
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Locy Type |
1930-05-27 |
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Official Business
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Locy Type |
1930-05-27 |
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Official Business
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Locy Type P |
1931-06-03 |
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Official Business
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Locy Type P |
1931-10-19 |
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Note: Green ink and Ship's seal
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Locy Type P |
1931-11-18 |
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Note:
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Locy Type P |
1932-04-11 |
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Note:
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Locy Type P |
1933-02-18 |
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Note:
2nd Commissioning 3rd Post Office Period May 15 1935 to January 8 1939
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Locy Type |
1935-08-14 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1935-10-12 |
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Columbus Day
Tazwell G. Nicholson
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Locy Type |
1936-05-10 |
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Mother's Day
Cover signed by NMC
Cachet by Karl E. Parshall
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Locy Type |
1936-06-24 |
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Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the Ship's seal
Notice the mixed franking (stamps) on this cover.
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Locy Type |
1936-10-01 |
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Cover signed by NMC
U.S. Customs "Examined / Passed Free" r/s marking is also on this cover.
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Locy Type |
1937-02-12 |
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Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the ship's seal.
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Locy Type |
1937-03-11 |
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Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the ship's seal.
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Locy Type |
1937-04-06 |
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19th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet by Ted Harrington
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Locy Type |
1936-05-10 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1936-05-10 |
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Note:
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Locy Type F |
1935-08-25 |
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Note:
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Locy Type F |
1936-02-29 |
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Leap Year
Cover signed by NMC and embossed with Ship's Seal
Bruce D. Liddell collection
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Locy Type F |
1936-02-29 |
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Leap Year
Cover signed by NMC and embossed with Ship's Seal
Different placement of the two parts of the postmark.
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Locy Type F |
1936-05-10 |
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Mother's Day
Cover signed by NMC
Cachet by Karl E. Parshall
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Locy Type F |
1936-10-01 |
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Cover signed by NMC
U.S. Customs "Examined / Passed Free" r/s marking is also on this cover.
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Locy Type F |
1936-10-01 |
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Close-up of the U.S. Customs, Miami Fla, "Examined / Passed Free" r/s marking.
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Locy Type F |
1936-10-27 |
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Navy Day
Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the Ship's seal
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Locy Type F |
1936-10-27 |
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Navy Day
Cover signed by NMC, Cachet by Karl E. Parshall, sponsored by Harry E. Whitlatch
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Locy Type F |
1937-02-12 |
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Lincoln's Birthday
Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the ship's seal.
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Locy Type F |
1937-03-11 |
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Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the ship's seal.
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Locy Type F |
1936-10-27 |
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Navy Day
Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the Ship's seal
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Locy Type F |
1936-10-27 |
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Navy Day
Cover signed by NMC, Cachet by Karl E. Parshall, sponsored by Harry E. Whitlatch
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Locy Type |
1937-03-11 |
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Example of a single-line killer used by FAIRFAX.
Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the ship's seal.
4th Post Office Period July 1 1939 to November 1 1940
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Locy Type |
1939-07-01 |
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First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Al Cohen. PM on back from Washington DC dated July 13 1939.
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Donald McNeil Fairfax, USN (March 10 1818 - January 10 1894) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
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