ALDEN DD 211

Ship Name and Designation History

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Clemson Class Destroyer Keel Laid 24 October 1918 - Launched 7 June 1919 USS ALDEN Destroyer No. 211 Commissioned 24 November 1919 USS ALDEN DD-211 Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 Decommissioned 24 January 1923 Recommissioned 8 May 1930 - Decommissioned 5 April 1934 Recommissioned 5 October 1934 - Decommissioned 15 July 1945 Struck from Naval Register 13 August 1945 Sold 30 November 1945 and broken up for scrap

Commodore James Alden, USN

Naval Covers

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1. USS Alden DD-211 Covers Page 1     (1931-1939)
2. USS Alden DD-211 Christmas 1944 Page 1     (Christmas Menu with Ships Crew Listing)

 

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 20 January 1920 - Disestablished 31 December 1922

 

Locy Type 3r (AC) "VENICE / ITALY"

1920-09-30

Officers mail from the USS Sapelo AO-11. From the Darrell Kinzler collection.

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Post Office Reestablished 8 May 1930 - Disestablished 2 April 1934

 

Locy Type 3s "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"

1930-09-26

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3bs (OXO) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

1933-05-30

Memorial Day. Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

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Post Office Reestablished 19 October 1934 - Disestablished 21 July 1945

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "CROSSING / 180MERIDIAN"

1936-08-05

Crossing the Intl. Date Line. Asiatic Station cachet.

 

Locy Type F "ASIATIC FLEET / VLADIVOSTOK" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-16

1937-08-01

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Locy Type F "ASIATIC FLEET / CAVITE P. I." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-16

1938-01-01

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Locy Type F "ASIATIC FLEET / MANILA P.I." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-16

1938-01-10

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Locy Type F "ASIATIC FLEET / OLONGAPO PI" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-16

1938-02-22

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Locy Type F "ASIATIC FLEET / PHILIPPINES" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-16

1938-06-14

Flag Day

 

Other Information

USS ALDEN earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 Battle Stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Commodore James Alden, USN (31 March 1810 - 6 February 1877)
He served as Commandant of Mare Island Navy Yard from 1 August 1868 - 16 March 1869. Alden Park in front of the old headquarters building of the shipyard is named for him.

The ships sponsor was Miss Sarah Alden Dorsey, a niece of the late Rear Admiral Alden.

 

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