SOUTHARD DMS 10

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 18 August 1918 - Launched 31 March 1919 USS SOUTHARD Destroyer No. 207 Commissioned 24 September 1919 USS SOUTHARD DD-207 Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 7 February 1922 Recommissioned 6 January 1930 USS SOUTHARD DMS-10 Reclassified High-speed Minesweeper (DMS) 19 November 1940 Grounded in a typhoon 17 September 1945 and again on 9 October 1945 at Tsuken Shima, Okinawa Decommissioned 15 December 1945 Stricken 8 January 1946 Wreck destroyed 14 January 1946

Samuel Lewis Southard

Naval Covers

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1. USS Southard DMS-10 Covers Page 1    (1931-1941)

 

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 8 December 1919 - Post Office Disestablished 14 March 1921

 

Locy Type 3 (AC) "CHEFOO / CHINA"

1921-07-03

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Post Office Established 8 January 1930 - Post Office Disestablished 2 February 1935

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

1935-04-10

Keel Laying of USS Dunlap DD-384, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. Postmark used after PO Disestablished.

 

Locy Type 3s (A)

1931-05-25

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Post Office Established 15 August 1935 - Post Office Disestablished 4 November 1945

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "HAPPY NEW / YEAR" (Hull Number In Dial)

1936-01-01

New Year's Day, cachet by Byrd L. Powell.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PORTLAND / FLEET WEEK"

1936-08-08

Fleet Week, cachet by William Linto. Cover also bears postmarks from USS Relief AH-1, USS Goff DD-247, USS Reuben James DD-245 and USS Hovey DD-208 on the front and back.

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SANDIEGO / EXPO CITY"

1935-10-15

Launching of USS Clark DD-361, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick.

 

Locy Type 9 "COM / DIV / 18" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-55

1935-04-10

Keel Laying of USS Fanning DD-385, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. "S-55 appears with various wording within circle instead of date." USCS Postmark Catalog, 5th Edition.

 

Locy Type P (C) "HAPPY NEW / YEAR" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-55c

1936-01-01

New Year's Day, cachet by Byrd L. Powell.

 

Other Information

USS SOUTHARD earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 10 battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Samuel Lewis Southard (9 June 1787 – 26 June 1842)
Samuel Lewis Southard was born in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and graduated from Princeton in 1804. After teaching school in New Jersey, he worked as a tutor in Virginia and studied at law there. Upon being admitted to the bar, he returned to New Jersey, where he was appointed law reporter by the legislature in 1814. Southard became an associate justice of the state supreme court in 1815 and, in 1820, served as a presidential elector. In 1821, he was chosen to fill the seat in the United States Senate, vacated by the resignation of James J. Wilson, and served until March of 1823. In September of that year, he was appointed Secretary of the Navy, a post he held until 1829. During these years, he also served briefly as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War. In 1829, Southard became attorney-general of New Jersey and, in 1832, was elected governor. He returned to the Senate in 1833 and, on 4 March 1841, became President pro tempore of the Senate. Southard died in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

The ships sponsor was Miss Francesca Lewis Steward.

 

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