CROWNINSHIELD DD 134

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.

USS CROWNINSHIELD Destroyer No. 134
Commissioned 6 August 1919
USS CROWNINSHIELD DD-134
Designated (DD) 17 July 1920
Decommissioned 7 July 1922
Recommissioned 12 May 1930 - Decommissioned 8 April 1937
Recommissioned 30 September 1939 - Decommissioned 9 September 1940
HMS CHELSEA I-35 (British Naval Service)
Transferred to Great Britain 9 September 1940 (Famous Fifty)
DERSKYI (Soviet Union Naval Service)
Transferred to The Soviet Union July 1944 and renamed

Returned to Great Britain 1949 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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USS Crowninshield DD-134 Covers Page 1 (1934-1940)

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

Post office reestablished 1 May 1930 - Disestablished 13 February 1937

Locy Type
3 (AC-TBB)

"SAN DIEGO /
CALIF"

1936-11-02

Note:

Locy Type 3s

"CHRISTMAS /
DAY"

1932-12-25

Christmas Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

Locy Type 3s

"SAN DIEGO /
CALIF"

1933-05-05

Note:

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. C-86

1934-04-04

1st Anniversary of the loss of U.S.S. AKRON ZRS-4

Locy Type
LDC 3 (AC-TBB)

"SAN DIEGO /
CALIF."

1937-04-08

Last Day in Commission

Post office reestablished 17 November 1939 - Disestablished 7 September 1940

Locy Type
FDPS 3 (A-BTT)

"FIRST DAY /
MAIL SERVICE"

1939-11-28

First Day of Postal Service

Locy Type
FDPS 9x

and

Parcel Post SLK

1939-11-28

First Day of Postal Service

Locy Type
3 (A-BTT)

"KEY WEST /
FLORIDA"

1940-05-28

Postmark on back from Mare Island Station, Vallejo, CA dated November 29 1939.

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (December 27 1772 – February 3 1851) served as the first United States Secretary of The Navy between 1815 and 1818, during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe.

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