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.

Wickes Class Destroyer
Keel Laid 1 December 1917 - Launched 5 September 1918


1. USS TATTNALL Destroyer No. 125
   Commissioned 26 June 1919
   
   
2. USS TATTNALL DD-125
   Designated (DD) 17 July 1920
   Decommissioned 15 June 1922
   Recommissioned 1 May 1930
   Placed in Rotating Reserves 1932 - 1934
   
   
3. 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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1. 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

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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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