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 November 29 1918
USS YARNALL DD-143
Designated (DD) July 17 1920
Decommissioned May 29 1922
Recommissioned April 19 1930 - Decommissioned December 30 1936
Recommissioned October 4 1939 - Decommissioned October 23 1940

Stricken from Navy Register January 8 1941
HMS LINCOLN G-42 (British Naval Service)
Transferred October 23 1940 to Great Britain (Famous Fifty)
HMCS LINCOLN (Canadian Naval Service)
Transferred to Canada 1942
DRUZHINY (Soviet Naval Service)
Transferred to The Soviet Union August 1944
Cannibalized 1945 for spare parts
Hulk returned to Great Britain August 23 1952

Broken up September 1952 for scrap

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1931-40)

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

2nd Commissioning April 19 1930 to December 30 1936

Locy Type
3s

"CHARLESTON /
S.C."

1931-12-24

Note:

Locy Type
3s

"NAVY DAY /
PHILA PA"

1936-10-27

Navy Day, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

Locy Type
5hks

"BREMERTON /
WASHINGTON"

1932-05-27

Note:

Locy Type
5ahks

1934-07-25

Leonard Rogers

Locy Type
5bhks (OOX)

"PROVINCETOWN /
MASS"

1934-07-25

Leonard Rogers

Locy Type
LDC 3s

"NAVY YARD /
PHILA"

1936-12-30

Last Day in Commission

3rd Commissioning October 4 1939 to October 23 1940

Locy Type
FDPS 3r

1939-11-08

First Day of Postal Service
Al Cohen

Locy Type
9x

1939-11-08

Favor strike on stamp block

Locy Type
LDPS 3r

1940-09-13

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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