HUMPHREYS DD 236

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.

Clemson Class Destroyer
Keel Laid 31 July 1918 - Launched 28 July 1919


1. USS HUMPHREYS DD-236
   Commissioned 21 July 1920 - Decommissioned 10 January 1930
   Recommissioned 13 June 1932 - Decommissioned 14 September 1938
   Recommissioned 26 September 1939
   
   
2. USS HUMPHREYS APD-12
   Reclassified High-speed Transport (APD) 1 December 1942
   
   
3. USS HUMPHREYS DD-236
   Reverted to Destroyer (DD) 20 July 1945
   Decommissioned 26 October 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register 13 November 1945
   Sold 26 August 1946 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Humphreys DD-236 Covers Page 1    (1928-1941)
2. USS Humphreys APD-12 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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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Post Office Established 1 August 1920 - Disestablished 3 December 1930

 

Locy Type 3s(B)(D2)

1928-11-17

DD-236. Collectors request, not listed in the USCS Postmark Catalog (5th Ed. 1997).
Cover found by Bob Govern at the National Postmark Museum (Postmark Collectors Club Museum), Bellevue, OH

 

Locy Type 9v

1929-05-01

DD-236. Postmark digitally "cleaned" for viewing clarity.

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Post Office Reestablished 27 September 1932 - Disestablished 14 September 1938

 

Locy Type FDR 5hks "RECOMM / TO DAY"

1932-06-13

DD-236. First Day of Recommissioning

 

Locy Type 5hks

1932-06-13

DD-236. NOT First Day of Recommissioning, cover is backdated.

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)

1936-07-21

DD-236. 16th Anniversary of 1st Commissioning. Cachet by Ted Harrington (faint r/s marking on back)

 

Locy Type 5hks

1932-10-09

DD-236

 

Locy Type 9v (C)

c1935

DD-236. Cut square glued to cover.

 

Locy Type LDC 3 (B-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."

1938-09-14

DD-236. Last Day of Commissioning.

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Post Office Reestablished 4 November 1939 - Disestablished 16 October 1945

 

Locy Type FDC RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R1

1939-09-26

DD-236. First Day Recommissioned.

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

1939-11-08

DD-236. First Day of Postal Service. Notice dial set-up - Month, Day, P.M., Year

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

1939-11-08

DD-236. First Day of Postal Service. Notice dial set-up - Month, Day, Year, P.M.

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1939-11-08

DD-236. First Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1939-11-08

DD-236. First Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-xx-20

APD-12

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "NEW LONDON / CT"

1940-07-18

Note:

 

Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3

1941-07-28

Hobby Shop fake cancel

 

Locy Type SLPbs (55x3)

1940-10-20

Note:

 

Other Information

USS HUMPHREYS earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 7 Battle Stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Joshua Humphreys (17 June 1751 – 12 January 1838)
Humphreys was an influential and successful ship builder in the United States.

The ships sponsor was Miss Letitia A. Humphreys, great-granddaughter of Joshua Humphreys.

 

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