SELFRIDGE DD 357

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.

Porter Class Destroyer Keel Laid 18 December 1933 - Launched 18 April 1936 USS SELFRIDGE DD-357 Commissioned 25 November 1936 - Decommissioned 15 October 1945 Struck from Naval Register 1 November 1945 Sold 20 December 1946 and broken up for scrap

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1. USS Selfridge DD-357 Covers Page 1    (1936-1943)

 

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

 

Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-31

1936-11-25

First Day in Commission. Cachet by Leo A. Schupp

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-BBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"

1936-11-27

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Leonard Rogers and sponsored by the Crew No. 11 USS Selfridge, ANCS

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-08-15

Manuscript ship's name in return address

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

1937-01-22

Shakedown Cruise, cachet by RADM Selfridge Chapter No. 28, USCS

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1942-04-19

Typed ship's name on front

 

Locy Type 6ep

1941-04-28

Note:

 

Locy Type 9v

1938-06-13

Note:

 

Locy Type 9x

1938-06-13

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Non-Postal Marking

1936-11-25

First Day in Commission. Cachet by Leo A. Schupp

 

Other Information

USS SELFRIDGE earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 Battle Stars and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.

USS SELFRIDGE was at Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941

NAMESAKES -
Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge, USN (24 April 1804 - 15 October 1902)
        Selfridge was appointed midshipman on 1 January 1818. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1827, he served in the East India, Mediterranean, and Pacific squadrons. He took command of sloop, USS Dale, in May 1847 and participated in the capture of Mazatlan and Guaymas. Badly wounded in the latter engagement, he was invalided home in June 1848. He was subsequently assigned to the Boston Navy Yard, where he remained until 1861. He commanded USS Mississippi, flagship of the Gulf Squadron, on blockade duty off Mobile and off the passes of the Mississippi. His old wound forced him to relinquish his command in February 1862, and he served ashore until retiring in 1866. Rear Admiral Selfridge died in Waverly, Mass.
Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr. USN (6 February 1836 – 4 February 1924)
         Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., son of RAdm Selfridge, was born in Charlestown, Mass., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1854. At the beginning of the Civil War, he helped with efforts to destroy the untenable Norfolk Navy Yard; and he then escaped from that burning and beleaguered base in USS Cumberland, helping to save the sloop of war for the Union Navy. He participated in the capture of the Hatteras forts and was on board USS Cumberland on 8 March 1862 when she was sunk by Confederate ironclad, CSS Virginia. He then briefly commanded USS Monitor, after Lt. Worden was wounded; and commanded USS Alligator, an experimental submarine, in testing operations based at the Washington Navy Yard.
         In August, he joined the Mississippi Squadron, and subsequently commanded USS Cairo and USS Conestoga when those ships were sunk in action. Late in the war, he returned to the Atlantic where he commanded USS Huron in the attacks on Fort Fisher; and he participated in the ensuing bombardment of Fort Anderson and the capture of Wilmington NC. His postwar service included command of USS Nipsic, USS Enterprise, and USS Omaha, the last two on the Asiatic Station, and duty as Commander in Chief of the European Squadron from 1895 to 1898. He retired on 6 February 1898.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name SELFRIDGE - USS Selfridge DD-320 was named after RAdm Thomas O. Selfridge and USS Selfridge DD-357 was named after both Naval officers, father and son.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Duncan I. Selfridge, wife of Duncan I. Selfridge, grandson of RAdm. Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr.

 

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