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Portsmouth VA Navy Yard Sta.<br/>Duplex
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1935-09-25
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Keel Laying
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Locy Type<br/>3 (AC-TTB)<br/><br/>[[DRAYTON DD 366|USS DRAYTON<br/>DD-366]]
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1937-05-27
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Twin Launching with [[HELM DD 388|USS HELM DD-388]]
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Locy Type 2<br/><br/>"U.S. Marine<br/>Barracks Br."<br/><br/>Portsmouth VA
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1937-05-27
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Launching, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]
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Shakedown Cruise. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell_ | C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
Shakedown Cruise. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell_ | C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]
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Locy Type<br/>3r (AC-TTB)<br/><br/>"SAN DIEGO /<br/>CALIF -"
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1938-09-06
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Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Bruce_D_Liddell_ | Bruce D. Liddell]]
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Latest revision as of 04:16, 2 November 2018

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.

    Bagley Class Destroyer
    Keel Laid 25 September 1935 - Launched 27 May 1937

  1. USS BLUE DD-387
    Commissioned 14 August 1937
    Torpedoed by Japanese Destroyer KAWAKAZE off Guadalcanal 22 August 1942
    Scuttled 23 August 1942 in Iron Bottom Sound

    9 of her crew were killed and Remain on Duty

Naval Covers

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Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. USS Blue DD-387 Covers Page 1    (1937-41)

 

Postmarks

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A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
FDC 3r (AC-TTB)

"1-ST-DAY /
COMM."

1937-08-14

First Day in Commission


 

Locy Type
FDC 3ty

"HAVANA /
CUBA"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. B-38b

1937-08-14

First Day in Commission. Unlisted as FDC in USCS Postmark Catalog


 

Locy Type
FDC 9x

1937-08-14

First Day in Commission. Unlisted as FDC in USCS Postmark Catalog


 

Locy Type
3r (AC-TTB)

"GUANTANAMO /
BAY CUBA"

1937-11-24

Shakedown Cruise. Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 


 

Locy Type
3r (A-BTT)

"PEARL /
HARBOR T.H."

1940-08-14

Ship Birthday, cachet by Ted Harrington

 


 

Locy Type
6ep(2)

1940-03-26

Note:

 

Other Information

USS BLUE earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 5 Battle Stars for her WWII service

USS Blue was at Pearl Harbor December 7 1941

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Victor Blue, USN (6 December 1865 - 22 January 1928)
Blue was born in Richmond County, N.C., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1887. Lieutenant Blue was advanced five numbers for intelligence missions in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. He serve as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation (1913-16 and 1919) and commanded USS Texas BB-35 during her service with the 6th Battle Squadron. Rear Admiral Blue retired in 1919.

The ships sponsor was Miss Kate Lilly Blue, sister of Admiral Victor Blue, USN.

 


 

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