TATTNALL APD 19

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 TATTNALL Destroyer No. 125
Commissioned 26 June 1919
USS TATTNALL DD-125
Designated (DD) 17 July 1920
Decommissioned 15 June 1922
Recommissioned 1 May 1930
Placed in Rotating Reserves 1932 - 1934
USS TATTNALL APD-19
Reclassified High-speed Transport (APD) 24 June 1943
Decommissioned 17 December 1945

Struck from Naval Register 8 January 1946
Sold 13 November 1946 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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USS Tattnall DD-125 / APD-19 Covers Page 1 (1932-1946)

Postmarks

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

2nd Commissioning 1 May 1930 to 17 December 1945

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTB)

"NAVY YARD /
PHILA.PENN"

1936-09-12

DD-125. Naval Reserve Cruise 1936, cachet by Walt Munson, sponsored by Meyer Tuchinsky

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTB)

"NAVY YARD /
NORFOLK VA"

1936-10-12

DD-125. Columbus Day, cachet by HUX Cachets, sponsored by Frederick Horton

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTB)

"NAVY YARD /
NEW YORK"

1936-12-25

DD-125, Christmas Day, cachet sponsored by Frederick Horton

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTB)

"ST THOMAS /
VIRGIN ISL."

1937-08-21

DD-125. Naval Reserve Cruise 1937. Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTB)

1945-11-16

APD-19

Locy Type
3s (A)

"CHARLESTON /
MA"

1932-04-26

DD-125. 3-line R/S cachet for "Dewey Day"

Locy Type
3s (A)

"CALIF /
SAN DIEGO"

1932-07-24

DD-125

Locy Type
3s (A)

1934-06-06

DD-125. American Legion Convention cachet.

Locy Type
3s (A)

"SEE THE /
NAVY"

1934-10-27

DD-125. Navy Day 1934, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

Locy Type
3s (A)

"ROTC CRUISE /
NEW HAVEN"

1935-07-04

DD-125. Independence Day, cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by Ted Harrington.

Locy Type
3z (TTT)

1941-11-07

DD-125. Manuscript ship's name on front

Locy Type
9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-10a

1940-01-28

DD-125

Locy Type
9x

1938-11-06

DD-125. Also postmarked from USS Claxton DD 140

Locy Type F

"BARRY TERM.SERV. /
NAVY OF REV.1785"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-2

1935-07-09

DD-125. Explanation of killer text - (Captain) Barry Terminates his Service with the Navy of the Revolution 1785. (Continental Navy). Captain Barry was the first Captain in the newly created US Navy.
See USS Nitro AE-2 for a cover that commemorates this event.

Locy Type
FAKE

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-3

1941-09-05

DD-125. Cachet and postmark created by Sibley's Department Store (Hobby Shop)

Locy Type
SLKb (52x6)

1936-10-27

DD-125. Navy Day, cachet by C. Wright Richell

Other Information

USS TATTNALL received three battle stars for her World War II service.

NAMESAKE - Commodore Josiah Tattnall, Jr. (9 November 1795 – 14 June 1871) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812, the Second Barbary War, and the Mexican-American War. He later served in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.

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