ALEXANDER DALLAS DD 199

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 November 25 1918 - Launched May 31 1919 USS DALLAS DD 199 Commissioned October 29 1920 - Decommissioned June 26 1922 Recommissioned April 14 1925 - Decommissioned March 23 1939 Recommissioned September 25 1939 USS ALEXANDER DALLAS DD 199 Renamed March 31 1945 Decommissioned July 28 1945 Stricken August 13 1945 Sold November 30 1945 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1928-40)

 

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 April 14 1925 to March 23 1939

 

Locy Type 3r

1928-01-23

Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 5s (C) "CHARLESTON / SOUTH CAR."

1930-12-04

Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 5hks

1932-04-26

Contributed by Tom Kean

 

Locy Type 5hks "SAN / DIEGO"

1935-05-30

Silver thermographed cachet by ADM Joseph M. Reeves Chapter No. 14, USCS

 

Locy Type 5hks

1936-03-06

Alamo Centennial. Cachet by Sidney N. Bremer and Edward E. Bryan

 

Locy Type SLPbn (46x5)

1928-12-25

Christmas

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3rd Commissioning September 25 1939 to July 28 1945

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r

1939-11-08

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Al Cohen

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "NEWPORT / R.I."

1940-06-05

Note:

 

Locy Type 9v

1940-06-05

Note:

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-06-05

Note:

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z2

1942-04-15

Censored, cachet by M. Fay Muridge

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS TILLMAN DD 135

1939-03-23 to 1939-03-23

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS TILLMAN DD 135

1939-03-23 to 1939-03-23

Last Day in Commission, cachet by Al Cohen

 

Other Information

USS DALLAS earned 4 Battle Stars for her WWII service and the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon.

NAMESAKE - Alexander J. Dallas (May 15 1791 - June 3 1844)
Dallas entered the Navy as a midshipman November 22 1805. He served with distinction in the War of 1812, the operations against Algiers in 1815, and in the suppression of piracy in the West Indies. He established and commanded the Pensacola Navy Yard from 1832 to 1843. On 16 July 1835 he was ordered to additional duty in command of the West India Squadron and supported General Scott during the war with the Seminole Indians in Florida, rendering such efficient service that the Government gratefully named a fort for him on the eastern coast of Florida. Commanding the Pacific Squadron, Captain Dallas died at Callao, Peru, 3 June 1844 in the sloop VANDALIA.

 

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