TILLMAN DD 641

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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.

    Gleaves Class Destroyer
    Keel Laid May 1 1941 - Launched December 20 1941

  1. USS TILLMAN DD-641
    Commissioned June 4 1942 - Decommissioned February 6 1947

    Struck from Naval Register June 1 1970
    Sold May 8 1972 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1942-43)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

CHARLESTON S.C.
NAVY YARD
Machine

1941-12-20

Muridge Launching Cachet



 

Locy Type
3z (BTB)

1942-06-22

The postmark was applied more than a week before the ship's post office was officially established on July 1, 1942.


 

Locy Type
3z (BTB)

1943-05-30

Note:

 

Other Information

TILLMAN received three battle stars for World War II service

NAMESAKE - Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11 1847 - July 3 1918) was an American politician of German descent who served as governor of South Carolina, from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator, from 1895 until his death

 


 

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