DENT APD 9

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 Class Destroyer
Keel Laid August 30 1917 - Launched March 23 1918


1. USS DENT Destroyer No 116
   Commissioned September 9 1918
   
   
2. USS DENT DD-116
   Designated DD July 17 1920
   Decommissioned June 7 1922
   Recommissioned May 15 1930
   Entered Rotating Reserve at San Diego December 18 1934
   Decommissioned February 25 1935
   Recommissioned June 10 1935
   
   
3. USS DENT APD-9
   Redesignated High-speed Transport (APD) March 7 1943
   Decommissioned December 4 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 3 1946
   Sold June 13 1946 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Dent Covers Page 1    (1932-45)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning May 15 1930 to February 25 1935

 

Locy Type 3s

1932-12-27

As DD-116
Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3s

1934-06-17

As DD-116

 

Locy Type 3s

1934-08-16

As DD-116
Sailor's Mail

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3rd Commissioning June 10 1935 to December 4 1945

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "NYD. MARE / ID.CALIF."

1937-02-12

As DD-116
Lincoln's Birthday, cachet by Louis R. Diesing and Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "PEARL / HARBOR TH"

1937-12-27

As DD-116
Cacheted

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

1940-06-01

As DD-116

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-17a

1945-10-01

As APD-9

 

Locy Type 9vz

1943-07-25 to 1943-08-01

As APD-9
Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

DENT earned 4 Battle Stars (WWII)

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of Captain John H. Dent, USN (1782 - July 31 1823) an Officer in The United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and the First Barbary War

 

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