J FRED TALBOTT AG 81

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 Class Destroyer
Keel Laid July 8 1918 - Launched December 14 1918


1. USS J. FRED TALBOTT Destroyer No. 156
   Commissioned June 30 1919
   
   
2. USS J. FRED TALBOTT DD-156
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned January 18 1923
   Recommissioned May 1 1930
   
   
3. USS J. FRED TALBOTT AG-81
   Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) September 25 1944
   Decommissioned May 21 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register June 19 1946
   Sold December 22 1946 to Boston Metals Corp., Baltimore, Md. for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1933-43)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type / Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning May 1 1930 to May 21 1946

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "RESERVE / CRUISE"

1935-07-23

As DD-156
Cachet by Richard H. Green, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "BROOKLYN / NEW YORK"

1936-12-25

As DD-156
Christmas, cachet by Samuel Stein

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)

1938-04-17

As DD-156
Easter Sunday. Serviced by Tazewell G. Nicholson (R/S on back)
Also postmarked from the USS Badger DD-126 Type 3 (AC-TBB), same date

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"

1941-06-05

As DD-156

 

Locy Type 3s ("TALBOT") "HAVANA / CUBA"

1933-11-25

As DD-156
Cachet by R. L. Razzette
Backstamped with a Jacksonville & Key West RPO postmark dated November 25 1933

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1943-09-16

As DD-156
Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Catalog Illustration J-18a

1939-10-08

As DD-156

 

Locy Type 9x ("TALBOT")

1939-10-08

As DD-156
Navy seal sticker cachet

 

Locy Type F "NAVY YARD / PHILADELPHIA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2

1935-08-19

As DD-156

 

Locy Type SLKbs ("J.F.") (74x4)

circa 1938-39

As DD-156
Sponsored by the Moffett Chapter USCS No. 6 - Henrik Wilson USCS #1264, RCD #174 - Joseph F. Koehl USCS #942, ANCS #870 -
Notice the unique address stamp for Alleen O. Whipple USCS #1171, ANCS #439

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (July 29 1843 - October 5 1918)
Talbott was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second Congressional district of Maryland

 

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