RINGGOLD DD 89

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 RINGGOLD Destroyer No. 89
Commissioned November 14 1918
USS RINGGOLD DD-89
Designated (DD) July 17 1920
Decommissioned August 3 1922
Recommissioned August 23 1940 - Decommissioned November 26 1940

Stricken January 8 1941
HMS NEWARK G-08 (British Naval Service)
Transferred to Great Britain November 26 1940 (Famous Fifty)
Damaged in collision with HMS NEWMARKET December 9 1940
Damaged in air raid on Belfast May 4 1941
Torpedoed August 25 1941 and repaired

Broken up for scrap 1947

Naval Covers

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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

2nd Commissioning August 23 1940 to November 26 1940

USPO Slogan
Machine Cancel

Philadelphia PA

1940-09-13

No Image

First Day of Commission cachet by Al Cohen. Used late.

Locy Type
FDC SL5ts(n) (40x3)

1940-08-23

First Day of Commission. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

Locy Type
FDC SL5ts(n) (40x3)

1940-08-23

First Day of Commission.

N/A

N/A

Photograph. WWII paint scheme.

Other Information

NAMESAKE - "Rear Adm. Cadwallader Ringgold was born in Washington County, Md., 20 August 1802, and entered the U.S. Navy in 1819. He commanded the schooner Weazel in action against West Indies pirates during the late 1820s and later served on board Vandalia in the Pacific and Adams in the Mediterranean. During 1838-42, he participated in the Wilkes Expedition in the Pacific, commanding Porpoise from 1840. Inactive in the later 1850s, he returned to the fleet during the Civil War. While in command of the frigate Sabine he effected the rescue of a battalion of Marines whose transport steamer had gone inshore and also of the ship of the line Vermont which had lost her rudder in a storm. Promoted to commodore in 1862, he was placed on the rear admiral (retired) list in 1866. Rear Admiral Ringgold died at New York 29 April 1867." {DANFS}

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