MEADE DD 274

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.

Clemson Class Destroyer Keel Laid 23 September 1918 - Launched 24 May 1919 USS MEADE Destroyer No. 274 Commissioned 8 September 1919 USS MEADE DD-274 Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 25 May 1922 Recommissioned 18 December 1939 - Decommissioned 26 November 1940 Struck from Naval Register 8 January 1941 HMS RAMSEY G-60 (British Naval Service) Transferred to Great Britain 26 November 1940 (Famous Fifty) Broken up for scrap 1947

Brigadier General Robert L. Meade, USMC

Rear Admiral Richard W. Meade III, USN

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Meade DD-274 Covers Page 1    (1940)

 

Postmarks

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

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2nd Commissioning 18 December 1939 to 26 November 1940

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / POST OFFICE"

1940-02-19

First Day of Postal Service, 2nd Commissioning. Cachet by George Neumann, Sponsor by Frederick Horton

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

1940-08-11

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Locy Type 9v

1940-08-11

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Locy Type 9x

1940-08-11

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Locy Type LDPS 3r (A-BBT) "LAST DAY / POST OFFICE"

1940-10-31

Last Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type SL

1940-11-19

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Brothers -
Rear Admiral Richard Worsam Meade III, USN (9 October 1837 – 4 May 1897)
Brigadier General Robert Leamy Meade, USMC (25 December 1842 – 11 February 1910), veteran of the American Civil War, Spanish-American War, & Boxer Rebellion
Two sons of Captain Richard Worsam Meade II, USN (and nephews to Captain Meade's brother, General George Gordon Meade, the victor of Gettysburg.)

Two ships of the US Navy have been named in their honor; USS Meade DD-274 and USS Meade DD-602.

 

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