HART DM 8

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/Stribling Class Minelayer
Keel Laid January 1 1918 - Launched July 4 1918


1. USS HART Destroyer No. 110
   Commissioned May 26 1919
   
   
2. USS HART DM-8
   Redesignated Light Minelayer (DM) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned June 1 1931
   
   Struck from the Naval Register November 11 1931
   Sold February 25 1932 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 3r (AC)

c1920-02-26

Weak strike, typed by position of second S in "U. S. S."

 

Locy Type 3r (bars shortened)

1928-11-26

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Locy Type 3r (bars shortened)

1929-04-25

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Locy Type 3r (bars shortened)

1931-01-05

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Other Information

NAMESAKES - Named in honor of -
Midshipman Ezekiel Hart, USN (about 1795 - August 26 1814)
Ezekiel Hart was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
Hart entered the Navy as a Midshipman April 30 1814. He was killed in the action of Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron on Lake Ontario August 26 1814.
and
Lieutenant Commander John E. Hart, USN (about 1820 - June 11 1863)
John Hart was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
Hart was appointed a Midshipman February 23 1841. He served on various ships of the fleet, and was appointed Lieutenant Commander July 1862. Commanding USS Albatross, Hart served in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War and engaged two Confederate steamers in the Red River near Fort DeRussey May 4 1863. He died of fever contracted on duty in the Mississippi River June 11 1863.

 

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