UPSHUR AG 103

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 19 February 1918 - Launched 4 July 1918 USS UPSHUR Destroyer No. 144 Commissioned 23 December 1918 USS UPSHUR DD-144 Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 15 May 1922 Recommissioned 2 June 1930 - Decommissioned 22 December 1936 Recommissioned 4 October 1939 USS UPSHUR AG-103 Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) 30 June 1945 Decommissioned 2 November 1945 Struck from Naval Register 16 November 1945 Sold 26 September 1947 for scrap

Admiral John Henry Upshur, USN

Naval Covers

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1. USS Upshur DD-144 / AG-103 Covers Page 1    (1932-1943)

 

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 Reestablished 3 June 1930 - Disestablished 21 December 1936

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "GUANTANAMO / CUBA"

1936-08-02

As DD-144

 

Locy Type 3as "SAN FRANCISCO / CALIF"

1933-02-17

As DD-144

 

Locy Type 9v

1932-10-02

As DD-144

 

Locy Type LDPS 3 (B-BTT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA,PA."

1936-12-21

As DD-144. Last Day of Postal Service, cachet by Norwood B. Scatchard

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Post Office Reestablished 4 November 1939 - Disestablished 31 October 1945

 

Locy Type FDC REC'D USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R2

1939-10-04

As DD-144. First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) "CHARLESTON / S.C."

1939-11-11

As DD-144. First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Al Cohen

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1939-11-11

As DD-144. First Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)

1941-03-01

As DD-144

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-07-21

As DD-144

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z2

1943-11-09

As DD-144

 

Other Information

USS UPSHUR earned the World War I Victory Medal, the Yangtze Service Medal, the American Defense Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European, African, Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Admiral John Henry Upshur, USN (5 December 1823 - 30 May 1917)
Admiral Upshur was a veteran of the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Alexander Gustavus Brown, the granddaughter of Rear Admiral Upshur.

 

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