TALBOT DD 114

Ship Name and Designation History

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Wickes Class Destroyer Keel Laid 12 July 1917 - Launched 20 February 1918 USS TALBOT Destroyer No. 114 Commissioned 20 July 1918 USS TALBOT DD-114 Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 Decommissioned 31 March 1923 - Recommissioned 31 May 1930 USS TALBOT APD-7 Reclassified High-speed Transport (APD) 15 March 1943 USS TALBOT DD-114 Reverted to Destroyer (DD) 16 July 1945 - Decommissioned 9 October 1945 Struck from Naval Register 24 October 1945 Sold 30 January 1946 and broken up for scrap

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1. USS Talbot DD-114 / APD-7 Covers Page 1    (1930-1944)

 

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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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2nd Commissioning 31 May 1930 to 9 October 1945

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB)

1941-02-06

As DD-114. Morrissey Hand-painted add-on cachet. USS Nevada Chapter No. 103, USCS R/S on back

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1941-06-27

As DD-114

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-5

1930-11-26

As DD-114

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-5a

1934-07-04

As DD-114. Independence Day, cachet by Neptune Chapter No. 10, USCS

 

Locy Type F "Mare Island / California" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1a

1933-05-12

As DD-114

 

Locy Type FAKE "D.D. / 114" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3

1941-10-31

Cover and Postmark by Hobby Shop Cachets

 

Other Information

USS TALBOT earned the World War I Victory Medal, the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Medal w/ 8 Battle Stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Silas Talbot (11 January 1751 - 30 June 1813)
Talbot was commissioned a Captain in the Continental Army on 1 July 1775. After participating in the siege of Boston and aiding in the transportation of troops to New York, he obtained command of a Fireship and attempted to use it to set fire to the British warship ASIA. The attempt failed, but the daring it displayed won him a promotion to Major on 10 October 1777. After suffering a severe wound while fighting to defend Philadelphia, Talbot returned to active service in the summer of 1778 and fought in Rhode Island. As commander of PIGOT and later of ARGO, both under the Army, he cruised against Loyalist vessels that were harassing American trade between Long Island and Nantucket and made prisoners of many of them. Because of his success fighting afloat for the Army, Congress made him a Captain in the Continental Navy on 17 September 1779. However, since Congress had no suitable warship to entrust to him, Talbot put to sea in command of the Privateer GENERAL WASHINGTON. In it he took one prize, but soon thereafter ran into the British fleet off New York. After a chase, he struck his colors to CULLODEN, a 74-gun Ship-of-the-Line and remained a prisoner until exchanged for a British officer in December 1781. After the war, Talbot settled in Fulton County, NY. He was a member of the New York Assembly in 1792 and 1793 and served in the federal House of Representatives from 1793 to 1795. On 5 June 1794, President Washington chose him third in a list of six Captains of the newly established United States Navy. Before the end of his term in Congress, he was ordered to superintend the construction of the Frigate PRESIDENT at New York. He commanded the Santo Domingo Station in 1799 and 1800 and was commended by the Secretary of the Navy for protecting American commerce and for laying the foundation of a permanent trade with that country. Captain Talbot resigned from the Navy on 23 September 1801 and died at New York City on 30 June 1813.

The ships sponsor was Miss Elizabeth Major.

 

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