WELLES DD 257

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 13 November 1918 - Launched 8 May 1919


1. USS WELLS Destroyer No. 257
Commissioned 2 September 1919


2. USS WELLS DD-257
Designated (DD) 17 July 1920
Decommissioned 15 June 1922
Recommissioned 6 November 1939 - Decommissioned 9 September 1940


3. HMS CAMERON I-05 (British Naval Service)
Transferred to Great Britain 9 September 1940 (Famous Fifty)
Damaged beyond repair (air raid) 15 December 1940 in Portsmouth Harbor

Stricken from Navy Register 8 January 1941

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Welles DD-257 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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2nd Commissioning 6 November 1939 to 9 September 1940

 

Locy Type FDC SLPb(n) (34x3)

1939-11-06

Commissioning. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT)

1940-01-08

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT)

1940-01-08

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1940-01-08

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1940-01-08

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)

1940-01-13

First Day of Postal Service cachet by George Neumann, sponsored by Frederick Horton. From the Tom Kean collection. This is NOT a FDPS cover.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Gideon Welles (1 July 1802 – 11 February 1878)
Welles was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869.

Two ships in the United States Navy have been named in his honor - USS Welles DD-257 and USS Welles DD-628

 

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