MOFFETT DD 362

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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.

    Porter Class Destroyer
    Keel Laid 2 January 1934 - Launched 11 December 1935

  1. USS MOFFETT DD-362
    Commissioned 28 August 1936 - Decommissioned 2 November 1945

    Struck from Naval Register 28 January 1947
    Sold 16 May 1947 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. USS MOFFETT Covers Page 1    (1935-36)
  2. USS MOFFETT Covers with Type F (M-37) Postmark    (1936-37)
  3. USS MOFFETT Covers Page 2    (1937)
  4. USS MOFFETT Covers Page 3    (1937-43)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-BBT)

"WELCOME /
USS MOFFETT"

USS PHELPS
DD 360

1936-08-28

USS PHELPS celebrates the First Day in Commission for MOFFETT.




 

Locy Type
FDC F

"FIRST DAY FOR /
FIRST MOFFETT"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-37

1936-08-28

First Day in Commission. Cacheted


 

Locy Type
FDC F

"FIRST DAY FOR /
THIS CANCEL"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-37

1936-08-28

First Day in Commission. First day of use for this Type F cancel.


 

Locy Type
FDPS 3 (AC-TBT)

"FIRST DAY PO- /
STAL SERVICE"

1936-09-04

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill and sponsored by Moffett Chapter No. 6, USCS


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TBT)

"EXPERIMENTAL /
COVER"

1936-09-04

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TBT)

"BOSTON FOR /
NORFOLK VA"

1936-10-03

Notice the inverted numeral 3 in dial. Shakedown Cruise, cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill, cachet sponsored by Moffett Chapter No. 6, USCS


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TBT)

"NEW ORLEANS /
LUOISIANA"

(AM)

1936-10-12

Shakedown Cruise, Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Leslie E. Paulson ANCS 145


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TBT)

"NEW ORLEANS /
LOUISIANA"

(PM)

1936-10-12

Shakedown Cruise, Cachet by Onzay


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TBT)

"NEW ORLEANS /
LOUISIANA"

(No AM or PM)

1936-10-12

Shakedown Cruise, R/S Cachet


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BTT)

"GUANTANAMO /
BAY CUBA"

1939-03-18

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (A-TBT)

"PHILADELPHIA /
PENN"

1940-12-15

Official Business


 

Locy Type
3 (A-TBT)

1941-04-11

Note:


 

Locy Type
3r (AC-BBT)

"BOSTON MASS /
NAVY YARD"

1937-03-27

Notes:


 

Locy Type
3r (AC-BBT)

"WELCOME /
GRIDLEY"

1937-06-24

Commissioning of USS Gridley DD-380, cachet by C. Wright Richell


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

1941-09-28
to
1941-10-10

Note:


 

Locy Type
9v

1937-02-04

Registry Bill. The numeral "4" is inverted in the postmark and the receiving postmarks have been removed.


 

Locy Type
9v

1937-08-28

Note:


 

Locy Type
9x

1937-08-28

Note:


 

Locy Type F

"DAVY JONES /
LOCKER"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-37

1937-03-27

Notes:


 

Locy Type Fz

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-Z3

1945-08-23

Official Business


 

Locy Type Fxz

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-Z6

1941-05-30

Note:


 

Locy Type P
(9v with name removed)

1943-09-10
to
1943-09-15

Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type P

"BOSTON /
MASS"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-37b

1937-01-18

Cover also has a Type F (M-37) postmark.


 

Locy Type P

(Killer Bars /
Covered)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-37b

1937-02-11

Cover also has a Type P (M-37c) postmark. Embossed and signed by NMC Leslie A. Miller


 

Locy Type P

"BOSTON, /
MASS"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-37c

1937-02-11

Cover also has two strikes of the Type P (M-37b) postmark. Embossed and signed by NMC Leslie A. Miller


 

Locy Type
SLPb(n) (70x6)

1937-06-01

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby


 

Locy Type SL

1937-08-28

Note:


 

Locy Type
RCVD

1937-08-28

Note:

 

Other Information

USS MOFFETT earned 2 Battle Stars for her WWII service

NAMESAKE - Admiral William Adger Moffett, USN (October 31 1869 – April 4 1933).
   William Adger Moffet, born Charleston, S.C., 31 October 1869, entered the Naval Academy 6 September 1886. During the Spanish-American War he served in CHARLESTON and was captain of the Port of Manila. Increasingly important duty ashore and afloat led to assignment to command CHESTER on the coast of Mexico in 1913 and 1914. He received the Medal of Honor for brilliant seamanship and valor during the occupation of Vera Cruz in April 1914. During World War I, as a captain, Moffet commanded the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, directing its growth to the largest recruit training depot. His most significant service began 7 March 1921 when he became Director of Naval Aviation. On 25 July 1921 Rear Admiral Moffet became first Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, and until his death in the crash of airship Akron 4 April 1933, headed the Bureau’s work of creating the mighty naval air establishment of today. His vision and expertise were an invaluable gift to his nation and was widely recognized as “the father of naval aviation. {DANFS}

 


 

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