PERKINS DD 377

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.

Mahan Class Destroyer
Keel Laid August 15 1934 - Launched December 31 1935


1. USS PERKINS DD-377
   Commissioned September 18 1936
   SUNK (collision) November 29 1943 with Merchant Motor Vessel DUNTROON off Cape Vogel New Guinea
   9 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1935-37)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"

1936-09-18

First Day in Commission
R/S on back from C. E. Pierson

 

Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SER."

1936-09-18

First Day in Commission
R/S on back from C. E. Pierson

 

Locy Type FDC 9v

1936-09-18

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"

1936-12-25

Christmas. Cachet by Karl E. Parshall, sponsored by Harry E. Whitlatch

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "HONOLULU / TERR.HAWAII"

1937-01-27

Shakedown Cruise. Cachet artist - C. Wright Richell, Cover Sponsor - Shenandoah Crew No. 29, ANCS

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "LAHAINA / TERR.HAWAII"

1937-02-11

Shakedown Cruise. Cachet artist - C. Wright Richell, Cover Sponsor - Shenandoah Crew No. 29, ANCS

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "HILO / TERR.HAWAII"

1937-02-25

Shakedown Cruise. Cachet artist - C. Wright Richell, Cover Sponsor - Shenandoah Crew No. 29, ANCS

 

Locy Type 9v

1936-12-05

Note:

 

Locy Type F "TWIN LAUNCHING / P.S.N.Y.,BREMERTON, WASH." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-92

1935-12-31

Cover postmarked from USS ARIZONA BB-39, Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB), dated December 31 1935.
Cover commemorates the LAUNCHING of USS CUSHING DD-376 and USS PERKINS DD-377.

 

PERKINS earned 4 Battle Stars (WWII)

NAMESAKE - Commodore George Hamilton Perkins USN (October 20 1835 - October 28 1899)
Perkins was appointed Midshipman in 1851, he served the Navy to 1899. He fought with Farragut at Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, at the capture of Governor Moore and three ships of the Montgomery Flotilla, and at the surrender of New Orleans in April 1862. He also fought at Port Hudson and Whitehall’s River in July 1862, at the captures of Mary Sorley and Tennessee, the Battle of Mobile Bay, and at Forts Powell, Gaines, and Morgan in August 1864. Following peacetime naval service, he died at Boston, Mass., October 28 1899

 

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