YARBOROUGH DD 314

Ship Name and Designation History

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Clemson Class Destroyer Keel Laid 27 February 1919 - Launched 20 June 1919 USS YARBOROUGH DD-314 Commissioned 20 December 1920 - Decommissioned 29 May 1930 Struck from Naval Register 3 November 1930 Sold 1931 and broken up for scrap

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1. USS Yarborough DD-314 Covers Page 1     (1927-1929)

 

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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 14 February 1922 - Disestablished 28 May 1930

 

Locy Type 9 (C )

1929-02-24

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - First Lieutenant George Hampton Yarborough, Jr., USMCR (14 October 1895 - 26 June 1918)
        Yarborough enrolled in class no. 4, Marine Corps Reserve, on 7 April 1917, the day after the United States entered World War I, and was given the provisional rank of Second Lieutenant. After instruction at the Marine Barracks, Parris Island, SC, he reported to the Marine Barracks at Philadelphia on 4 June 1917 for duty with the 16th Company, 5th Regiment of Marines. Yarborough reached St. Nazaire on 27 June 1917. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on 11 August 1917, served two tours of detached duty while assigned to the 5th Regiment, first at Cosne, France, between 8 December 1917 and 4 January 1918, and then at Gondrecourt, France, between 22 February and 29 April 1918. On 23 June 1918, the height of the battle for Belleau Wood, Lt. Yarborough arrived on the front lines. The next day, intense enemy fire from skillfully placed machine guns pinned down Yarborough's unit a platoon in a support position in the American lines. The young Lieutenant dashed from one shell hole to another, in the open, steadying his men, until a burst of machine gun fire hit him. Severely wounded, he refused aid until other wounded men in his unit received medical attention. Finally moved to shelter, he succumbed to his severe gunshot wounds on 26 June 1918. Cited for his bravery, First Lieutenant Yarborough received the Distinguished Service Cross and Navy Cross, posthumously.

The ships sponsor was Miss Kate Burch, the fiancee of the late Lt. Yarborough.

 

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