ZEILIN DD 313

Ship Name and Designation History

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USS ZEILIN DD-313
Commissioned December 10 1920 - Decommissioned January 22 1930

Struck from Naval Register July 8 1930
Sold 1930 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1924-28)

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

Post office established May 9 1922 - Disestablished January 22 1930

Locy Type
3rs (AC)

"SAN DIEGO /
CAL"

1924-12-01

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Locy Type
9r (C)

1928-06-05

Note:

Locy Type
LDC 9r (C)

1930-01-22

Last Day in Commission
Rubber stamp cachet

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Brigadier General Jacob Zeilin, USMC (July 16 1806 - November 18 1880)
Zeilin entered the Marine Corps as a 2d Lieutenant on October 1 1831 after several years of study at the Military Academy at West Point. By 1836, he reached the rank of 1st Lieutenant. Between 1845 and 1848, Lt. Zeilin cruised in USS COLUMBUS and USS CONGRESS. During the Mexican War, he commanded the Marine detachment embarked in USS CONGRESS, which ship was attached to Commodore Robert F. Stockton's force. He took part in the conquest of California and was brevetted to the rank of Major for gallantry during the action at the San Gabriel River crossing on January 9 1847. Later, he took part in the capture of Los Angeles and in the Battle of La Mesa. In 1847, Zeilin served as Military Commandant at San Diego and, in September, served with the forces that captured Guaymas and those that met the enemy at San Jose on the 30th. For the remainder of the war, Mazatlan was his center of activity, and he fought in several skirmishes with the Mexicans in that area.
After the Mexican War, Zeilin served with the Marine detachment on USS MISSISSIPPI in which ship he cruised to Japan with Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition. Following that duty, various assignments ashore occupied his time until the outbreak of the Civil War. On July 21 1861, Zeilin commanded a company of Marines during the First Battle of Manassas and received a slight wound. Later, he went to sea again, serving with the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Rear Admiral Dahlgren. In 1864, Zeilin assumed command of the Marine Barracks at Portsmouth, N.H. That June, he was appointed Commandant of the Marine Corps in the rank of Colonel. In 1874, Zeilin became the Marine Corps' first general officer when he was prompted to Brigadier General. Brigadier General Zeilin retired from the Marine Corps on November 1 1876. After the Civil War, BGen Zeilin officially approved of the design of the "Eagle, Globe, and Anchor," as the emblem for the Marine Corps. He died November 18 1880 at Washington, D.C.

Two ships in the US Navy have been named ZEILIN - USS Zeilin DD-313 and USS Zeilin AP-9/APA-3.

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