BALCH DD 363

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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 16 May 1934 - Launched 24 March 1936

  1. USS BALCH DD 363
    Commissioned 20 October 1936 - Decommissioned 19 October 1945

    Struck from Naval Register 1 November 1945
    Sold 1946 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. Covers Page 1    (1936-45)

 

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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image

Post Office Established 20 October 1936 - Disestablished 18 October 1945


 

Locy Type
FDC 3

"FIRST DAY /
COMMISSION"

1936-10-20

First Day In Commission, Cachet by Leo A. Schupp


 

Locy Type
FDC 3

"FIRST DAY /
COMMISSION"

1936-10-20

First Day In Commission, Cacheted


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TBB)

"NAVY-YARD /
BOSTON MASS"

1937-03-04

Notes:


 

Locy Type
3r (A-BBT)

"GTMO BAY /
CUBA"

1939-04-03

Notes:


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

1944-02-16

Censored wartime (WWII) postcard use


 

Locy Type
9vz

1944-03-10
to
1944-03-16

Mark from back of cover
Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral George Beale Balch, USN (1821-1908)
Balch was Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 1879-1881

 


 

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