WELBORN C WOOD DD 195

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 WELBORN C. WOOD DD-195
Commissioned January 14 1921 - Decommissioned August 8 1922
USCGD WELBORN C. WOOD CG-19
Acquired from the U.S. Navy October 1 1930
Commissioned April 15 1931 - Decommissioned May 21 1934
USS WELBORN C. WOOD DD-195
Returned to the U.S. Navy May 21 1934
Recommissioned September 4 1939 - Decommissioned September 9 1940
Struck from Naval Register January 8 1941
HMS CHESTERFIELD I-28 (British Naval Service)
Transferred to Great Britain September 9 1940
Broken up for scrap in 1947

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1940)

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

USCG Service April 15 1931 to May 21 1934

No Postmarks Reported - No Postal Facilities Aboard

N/A

c 1930's

N/A

USCGC AMMEN CG-8 picture postcard with USCGD Welborn C. Wood CG-19 "Dressed".

3rd Commissioning September 4 1939 to September 9 1940

Locy Type
FDPS 3

"FIRST DAY /
CANCELATION"

("CANCELLATION"
Misspelled)

1940-03-06

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by George Neumann

Locy Type
FDPS 9v

1940-03-06

First Day Postal Service

Locy Type
3 (A-TBT)

"GUANTANAMO /
CUBA"

1940-04-17

Note:

Other Information

NAMESAKE - "Welborn Cicero Wood was born in Georgia on 15 January 1876 and was appointed to the United States Naval Academy on 6 September 1895. He served as a midshipman in the battleship Texas during the war with Spain in 1898, before graduating with the class of 1899, and later joined Oregon (Battleship No. 3) on the Asiatic Station to serve part of the two years required by law before commissioning. Subsequently given command of the gunboat Urdaneta, then operating in the Philippines during the Insurrection. Naval Cadet Wood was killed in action on 17 September 1899, when his ship ran aground in the Orani River, near Manila, and was overwhelmed by insurgent troops who enfiladed the gunboat with a withering fire from the shoreline." {DANFS}

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