WHIPPLE AG 117

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 June 12 1919 - Launched November 6 1919


1. USS WHIPPLE Destroyer No. 217
   Commissioned April 23 1920
   
   
2. USS WHIPPLE DD-217
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   
   
3. USS WHIPPLE AG-117
   Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) June 30 1945
   Decommissioned November 9 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register December 5 1945
   Sold 1946 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1931-41)

 

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

 

Locy Type 3s (AC )

1931-02-18

Added dateline stamp

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "ASIATIC / STATION"

1941-05-26

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Locy Type 5hks "CHEFOO / CHINA"

1936-07-13

Cachet by - John Coulthard, sponsors Deane C. Bartley and John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS
Postmark on back from USS Black Hawk AD-9 dated July 13 1936.

 

Locy Type 5hks "CHEFOO / CHINA"

1937-07-04

Independence Day
Eagle Crew No. 9, ANCS

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-23

1935-04-23

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-23

1935-06-10

R/S on back from M.B. Owens

 

Other Information

WHIPPLE received two battle stars for her World War II service.

NAMESAKE - Commodore Abraham Whipple, Continental Navy (September 26 1733 – May 27 1819). Whipple, a veteran of the French and Indian War (1754–1763) and the American Revolutionary War hailed from Rhode Island and were among the founders of the town of Marietta, Ohio in his later life.

Three ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Whipple DD-15, USS Whipple DD-217/AG-117 and USS Whipple FF-1062.

 

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