CLAXTON DD 140
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
- USS CLAXTON Destroyer No. 140
Commissioned 13 September 1919
- USS CLAXTON DD-140
Designated (DD) 17 July 1920
Decommissioned 18 June 1922
Recommissioned 22 January 1930 - Decommissioned 26 November 1940
Struck from Naval Register 8 January 1941
- HMS SALISBURY I-52 (British Naval Service)
Transferred to Great Britain 26 November 1940 (Famous Fifty)
Broken up for scrap 1945
Keel Laid 25 April 1918 - Launched 14 January 1919
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- USS Claxton DD-140 Covers Page 1 (1931-1940)
Postmarks
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2nd Commissioning January 22 1930 to November 26 1940
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Locy Type |
1930-01-22 |
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First Day in Commission, 2nd Commissioning. R/S cachet.
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1934-05-09 |
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Mother's Day (05/13/1934) cachet by F.R. Rice
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Locy Type |
1937-09-13 |
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18th Birthday, Cachet by Frederick Horton
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Locy Type |
1938-11-01 |
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Note:
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Locy Type 3s |
1931-01-09 |
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Locy Type |
1933-08-18 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1931-10-14 |
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Locy Type |
1932-07-05 |
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Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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Locy Type 9v |
1938-11-06 |
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Postmarked also from USS TATTNALL DD-125
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Locy Type 9x |
1939-07-03 |
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1938-11-06 |
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Postmarked also from USS Tattnall DD-125
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1938-11-06 |
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Postmarked also from USS Tattnall DD-125
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1940-10-15 |
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Last Day of Postal Service cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Thomas Claxton (about 1790 - October 17 1813)
Claxton was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Claxton entered the Navy as a Midshipman on December 17 1810. He was mortally wounded in the War of 1812 after gallant service during the Battle of Lake Erie which took place September 10 1813. He died of his wounds at Erie, Pennsylvania on October 17 1813.
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