KALK DD 170

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.

Wickes (Little) Class Destroyer
Keel Laid August 17 1918 as RODGERS
Launched December 21 1918
Renamed December 23 1918


1. USS KALK Destroyer No. 170
   Commissioned March 29 1919
   
   
2. USS KALK DD-170
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned July 10 1922
   Recommissioned June 17 1940 - Decommissioned September 23 1940
   
   Stricken January 8 1941
   
   
3. HMS HAMILTON I-24 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred to Great Britain September 23 1940 (Famous Fifty)
   
   
4. HMCS HAMILTON (Canadian Naval Service)
   Transferred to Canada June 1941 - Decommissioned June 8 1945
   
   Sold 1945 to Boston Iron & Metal, Baltimore and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. 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

 

Locy Type FDC SLPb (22x6)

1940-06-17 to 1940-06-17

NOT listed in USCS Postmark catalog as "First Day of Commissioning" (FDC) postmark.
Cachet artist Loring W. Stannard, Sponsor Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type LDC SLPb (22x6)

1940-09-23 to 1940-09-23

Note: Serviced by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE: Lt. (j.g.) Stanton Frederick Kalk, USN (14 October 1894–16 December 1917). Posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his actions after his ship was torpedoed by a German submarine.

 

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