HENSHAW DD 278

Ship Name and Designation History

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USS HENSHAW Destroyer No. 278
Commissioned December 10 1919
USS HENSHAW DD 278
Designated (DD) July 17 1920
Decommissioned June 15 1922
Recommissioned September 27 1923 - Decommissioned March 11 1930

Struck from Naval Register July 22 1930
Sold November 14 1930 for scrap

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1929)

Postmarks

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

Post Office Established April 22 1927 to March 10 1930

Locy Type
5s (C)

1929-01-07

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Locy Type
5s (C)

1929-12-24

This example is a double strike, once on Dec 24 1929 and the other on Jan 7 1930.

Locy Type
9 (C) with bars

1929-02-23

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - "David Henshaw was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, on 2 April 1791. Trained as a druggist, he achieved notable success in that field, then expanded his energies into banking, transportation and politics. He was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1826 and served as Collector of the Port of Boston from the late 1820s until 1838. Though he suffered business reverses during the later 1830s, Henshaw regained his political position as a leader of the Massachusetts Democratic Party within a few years. In July 1843, President John Tyler selected David Henshaw to succeed Abel P. Upshur as Secretary of the Navy. During his brief term in office, he addressed shipbuilding problems, selected senior officers for important seagoing commands, revised supply arrangements in the Navy Yards and attempted to establish a school for Midshipmen. His recess appointment as Secretary failed to receive Congressional confirmation, requiring that he leave office when Thomas W. Gilmer was confirmed to succeed him. David Henshaw then returned to Massachusetts politics. He died on 11 November 1852." {DANFS}

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