CASE DD 285

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.

Clemson Class Destroyer
Keel Laid 3 June 1919 - Launched 21 September 1919


1. USS CASE Destroyer No. 285
   Commissioned 8 December 1919
   
   
2. USS CASE DD-285
   Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 1 May 1930
   
   Struck from Naval Register 22 October 1930
   Sold 17 January 1931 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Case DD-285 Covers Page 1     (1926-29)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established April 20 1923 - Disestablished April 30 1930

 

Locy Type 3rs (AC)

1926-04-10

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Locy Type 3rs (A) "CHARLESTON / S.C."

1927-10-27

Navy Day. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Locy Type 3rs (A) "GUANTANAMO / CUBA"

1928-01-29

Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 3rs (A)

1929-09-25

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Locy Type 9v

1927-03-21

Cut piece

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Augustus Ludlow Case, USN (3 February 1812 – 16 February 1893)
Case was appointed midshipman in 1828. He participated in the Wilkes Expedition of 1837–1842 which explored the South Seas and discovered the Antarctic Continent. During the Mexican–American War, he held the town of Palisada with 25 men against the Mexican cavalry for two weeks to block the escape of General Santa Ana. He also participated in the Paraguay expedition of 1859. In the Civil War he was Fleet Captain of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in its capture of Forts Clark and Hatteras in August 1861, and commanded USS Iroquois in the blockade of New Inlet, North Carolina. From 1869 to 1873 he was Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, attaining the rank of Rear Admiral on May 24, 1872. From 1873 to 1875, he commanded the European Squadron, and the combined European, North and South Atlantic Squadrons assembled at Key West in 1874. Admiral Case retired in 1875.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Case DD-285 and USS Case DD-370.

 

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