ABBOT DD 184

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 (Lamberton) Class Destroyer Keel Laid 5 April 1918 - Launched 4 July 1918 USS ABBOT DD-184 Commissioned 19 July 1919 - Decommissioned 5 July 1922 Recommissioned 17 June 1940 - Decommissioned 23 September 1940 HMS CHARLESTOWN I-21 (British Naval Service) Transferred 23 September 1940 to Great Britain (Famous Fifty) and renamed Paid off (Decommissioned) 15 January 1945 Struck from US Naval Register 8 January 1941 Sold up for scrap 4 March 1947

Commodore Joel Abbot, USN

Naval Covers

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1. USS Abbot DD-184 Covers Page 1     (1940)

 

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 5 August 1940 - Disestablished 10 September 1940

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT) "FIRST DAY / CANCEL"

1940-08-30

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Al Cohen

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT) "NEWPORT / R. I."

1940-08-03

First Day Postal Service. "NEWPORT R. I." killer unlisted in USCS Postmark Catalog.

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v (ABBOTT)

1940-08-03

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x (ABBOTT)

1940-08-03

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "BOSTON / MASS."

1940-08-23

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Commodore Joel Abbot, USN (18 January 1793 - 14 December 1855)
Abbot was appointed a midshipman on June 18 1812 and served with distinction during the War of 1812. In 1852, he was chosen by Commodore Matthew C. Perry to command the frigate USS MACEDONIAN, one of the ships in Perry's expedition to Japan. During this journey, Abbot visited the Japanese, Bonin, and Philippine Islands, as well as Formosa. Upon Perry's return to the United States, Abbot assumed command of the squadron. Commodore Abbot died of malaria on 14 December 1855 at Hong Kong.

The ships sponsor was Miss Louise Abbot Cooke, great-granddaughter of Commodore Abbot.

 

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