YARNALL DD 143
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 YARNALL Destroyer No. 143 Commissioned 29 November 1918
- USS YARNALL DD-143 Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 29 May 1922
- HMS LINCOLN G-42 (British Naval Service) Transferred 23 October 1940 to Great Britain (Famous Fifty)
- HMCS LINCOLN (Canadian Naval Service) Transferred to Canada 1942
- DRUZHINY (Soviet Union Naval Service) Transferred to The Soviet Union August 1944
Wickes Class Destroyer
Keel Laid 12 February 1918 - Launched 19 June 1918
Recommissioned 19 April 1930 - Decommissioned 30 December 1936
Recommissioned 4 October 1939 - Decommissioned 23 October 1940
Stricken from Navy Register 8 January 1941
Cannibalized 1945 for spare parts
Hulk returned to Great Britain 23 August 1952
Broken up September 1952 for scrap
Naval Covers
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- USS Yarnall DD-143 Covers Page 1 (1931-1940)
Postmarks
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THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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existing example.
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Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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2nd Commissioning 19 April 1930 to 30 December 1936
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Locy Type 3s |
1931-12-24 |
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Note:
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Locy Type 3s |
1936-10-27 |
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Navy Day, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick
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Locy Type |
1932-05-27 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1934-07-25 |
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Cachet by Leonard Rogers
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Locy Type |
1934-07-25 |
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Cachet by Leonard Rogers
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Locy Type |
1936-12-30 |
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Last Day in Commission
3rd Commissioning 4 October 1939 to 23 October 1940
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Locy Type |
1939-11-08 |
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First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Al Cohen
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Locy Type |
1939-11-08 |
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First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.
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Locy Type 9x |
1939-11-08 |
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Favor strike on stamp block
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Locy Type |
1940-09-13 |
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Last Day Postal Service
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Lieutenant John Joliffe Yarnall, USN (1786 - 1815).
Veteran of War of 1812, Battle of Lake Erie (1813) and the Second Barbary War (1815)
Two ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor; USS Yarnall DD-143 and USS Yarnall DD-541.
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