BERNADOU DD 153

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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.


    Wickes Class Destroyer
    Keel Laid down June 4 1918 - Launched November 7 1918

  1. USS BERNADOU Destroyer No. 153
    Commissioned May 19 1919

  2. USS BERNADOU DD-153
    Designated (DD) July 17 1920 - Decommissioned July 21 1922
    Recommissioned May 1 1930 - Decommissioned January 8 1937
    Recommissioned October 10 1939 - Decommissioned July 17 1945

    Struck from Naval Register August 13 1945
    Sold November 30 1945 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1931-45)

 

Postmarks

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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.
 
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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Close-Up Image
Thumbnail Link To
Full Cover Image

Post office established November 1 1919 - Disestablished July 1 1922


 

NO BERNADOU POSTMARKS
AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

POSTMARK DATE

Note:


Post office reestablished May 27 1930 - Disestablished January 8 1937


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-BTT)

1935-03-12

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-BTT)

"SEATTLE /
WASHINGTON"

1935-08-02

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-BTT)

"SAN DIEGO /
CALIFORNIA"

1935-09-13

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
3s

"NAVY YARD /
NORFOLK VA"

1931-10-12

Note:


 

Locy Type
5hks

1932-11-24

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
5hks

1933-02-10

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
5hks

(violet)

1933-11-03

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
5hks

"EAGLE-52 /
DECMMSED"

(blue)

1936-10-23

Decommissioning of USS EAGLE PE-52, Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick


 

Locy Type
5hks

"USS BARNEY /
LAST DAY"

(blue)

1936-11-09

Decommissioning of USS BARNEY DD-143, cachet by Walter G. Crosby


 

Locy Type
9v

1936-10-07

Note:


 

Locy Type
9x

1933-12-07

Note:


 

Locy Type
LDC 3 Jan 8, 1937

"PHILADELPHIA /
PA"

1937-01-08

Last Day of Commissioning.


 

Locy Type
LDC 5hks

"USS-153 /
DECMMSED"

1937-01-08

Last Day in Commission


Post office reestablished November 20 1939 - Disestablished July 6 1945


 

Locy Type
FDC RECD Oct 16, 1939

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-R2

1939-10-16

First Day in Commission


 

Locy Type
FDPS 3 Nov 10, 1939

"FIRST DAY /
CANCEL"

1939-11-10

Recommissioning/First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Walter Czubay


 

Locy Type
FDPS 9v

1939-11-10

Recommissioning/First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

Locy Type
FDPS 9x

1939-11-10

Recommissioning/First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BBT)

"NAVY YARD /
NEW YORK"

1940-02-12

Note:


 

Locy Type
3b (A-BBX)

1941-07-30

Note:


 

Locy Type
9v

1940-01-27

Note:


 

Locy Type
9x

1940-01-27

Note:


 

Locy Type P
(9v, name removed)

1945-04-12
to
1945-04-14

Name re-added in pen
Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

BERNADOU earned the Presidential Unit Citation and 5 Battle Stars for WWII service

NAMESAKE - John Baptiste Bernadou (November 14 1858 - October 2 1908)
Bernadou was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War. Bernadou graduated from the Naval Academy in 1880. He was promoted ten numbers for gallantry in action while commanding WINSLOW at the Battle of Cárdenas, Cuba, on May 11 1898. John Baptiste Bernadou died at the Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on October 2 1908 and is buried with his wife Florence Whiting in Arlington National Cemetery

 


 

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