COLE AG 116
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.
Keel Laid 25 June 1918 - Launched 11 January 1919 |
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Naval Covers
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- USS Cole DD-155 Covers Page 1 (1930-1944)
Postmarks
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2nd Commissioning 1 May 1930 to 7 January 1937
DD-155
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Locy Type |
1936-10-12 |
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Columbus Day, cachet by HUX Cachets - Frederick Horton
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Locy Type |
1930-12-09 |
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Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell
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Locy Type |
1937-01-07 |
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Last Day in Commission, cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky
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Locy Type |
1937-01-07 |
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Last Day in Commission
3rd Commissioning 16 October 1939 to 1 November 1945
DD-151
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Locy Type |
1939-10-16 |
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First Day Recommission, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.
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Locy Type |
(1939)-11-07 |
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First Day Postal Service
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Locy Type |
1939-11-07 |
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First Day Postal Service
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Locy Type |
1940-03-04 |
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Cachet by George V. Sadworth.
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Locy Type |
1944-05-03 |
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Censored sailor mail.
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Locy Type 9v |
1941-03-24 |
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Other Information
USS COLE earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal w/ 3 Battle Stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Major Edward Ball Cole, USMC (23 September 1879 - 18 June 1918).
Major Edward B. Cole was born 23 September 1879 in Boston, Mass. One of the country's leading experts on machineguns, he received a direct commission in the Marine Corps in World War I. Major Cole received the Navy Cross and Army Distinguished Service Cross for heroism during the Battle of Belleau Wood (10 June 1918) in which he was mortally wounded. He died 18 June 1918 and is buried at Mouroux Cemetery, France. His decorations included the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross; as well as the French Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. E. B. Cole.
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