JACOB JONES DD 130

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 February 21 1918 - Launched November 20 1918


1. USS JACOB JONES Destroyer No. 130
   Commissioned October 20 1919
   
   
2. USS JACOB JONES DD-130
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned June 24 1922
   Recommissioned on May 1 1930
   SUNK (torpedoed) February 28 1942 by German U-578 off Cape May N.J.
   90 of her crew were lost and remain on duty

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1931-41)

 

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

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2nd Commissioning May 1 1930 to February 28 1942

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT) "RAPELLO / ITALY"

1939-05-27 to 1939-05-27

Note: City name is misspelled in killer. City is correctly spelled Rapallo, Italy

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT) "LAUNCHINGS / NORFOLK N.Y."

1940-08-24 to 1940-08-24

Launching of USS Raven AM-55 and USS Osprey AM-56
Cachet by Loring W. Stannard and Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA.PA."

1936-10-03 to 1936-10-03

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Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT) "NORFOLK / VA"

1939-11-08 to 1939-11-08

Cachet by Harry Ioor from his "Famous American Naval Battles", Series VIII, No. 89

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TBT)

1940-09-02 to 1940-09-02

This postmark is on the back of the September 2 1940 Labor Day cover.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "KEY WEST / FLORIDA"

1941-03-19 to 1941-03-19

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Locy Type 3s (no year)

1931-09-13 to 1931-09-13

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Locy Type 9 (C)

1937-03-30 to 1937-03-30

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Locy Type 9v

1936-10-03 to 1936-10-03

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Locy Type 9x

1936-10-03 to 1936-10-03

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Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration J-3

1940-09-02 to 1940-09-02

Labor Day, Cachet by Henrik Wilson - Joseph F. Koehl and Tazewell G Nicholson

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Catalog Illustration CD-Z3

1941-11-15 to 1941-11-15

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Commodore Jacob Jones, USN (March 1768 - August 3 1850)
Jones served in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the War of 1812 and the Barbary Wars

Three ships; USS Jacob Jones DD-61, USS Jacob Jones DD-130 and USS Jacob Jones DE-130 have been named for him.

 

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