HALE DD 133

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 HALE Destroyer No. 133
Commissioned June 12 1919
USS HALE DD-133
Designated (DD) July 17 1920
Decommissioned June 22 1922
Recommissioned May 1 1930 - Decommissioned April 9 1937
Recommissioned September 30 1939 - Decommissioned September 9 1940

Struck from Naval Register January 8 1941
HMS CALDWELL I-20 (British Naval Service)
Transferred to Great Britain September 9 1940 (Famous Fifty)

Broken up for scrap 1944

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1931-39)

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

2nd Commissioning May 1 1930 to April 9 1937

Locy Type
3s (C)

"AT /
SEA"

1933-03-28

Signed by the NMC

Locy Type F

"COLUMBUS /
D*A*Y"

USCS Catalog
Illustration
CD-1

1932-10-12

Columbus Day, cachet by Harry Ioor

Locy Type F

"Thanksgiving /
D A Y"

USCS Catalog
Illustration
CD-1

1932-11-24

Thanksgiving Day

Locy Type
SLPl(n) (33x3)

1935-10-27

Note:

Locy Type
LDC 3s

"SAN DIEGO /
CALIF"

1937-04-09

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Walter G. Crosby

3rd Commissioning September 30 1939 to September 9 1940

Locy Type
FDPS 3r

"RECOMM. /
SEP 1 '39"

(wrong date
in killers)

1939-11-17

First Day of Postal Service. Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

Locy Type
FDPS 3r

"RECOMM. /
SEP 30 1939"

1939-11-20

First Day of Postal Service.

Locy Type
3r (A-TBT)

1940-02-14

Note:

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Eugene Pryor Hale (June 6 1836 – October 27 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Hale, DD-133 and DD-642, in his honor.

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