BARKER DD 213

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 April 30 1919 - Launched September 11 1919


1. USS BARKER Destroyer No. 213
   Commissioned December 27 1919
   
   
2. USS BARKER DD-213
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned July 18 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register August 13 1945
   Sold November 30 1945 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1923-44)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type / Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

 

Locy Type 3

1923-04-18

Double picture postcard from Japan.

 

Locy Type 3

1923-04-18

Double picture postcard from Japan.

 

Locy Type 3 (short bars) "CANNES / FRANCE"

1927-12-13

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) (period doesn't show) "HONG KONG / B.C.C."

1937-10-04

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "KU LANG SU / AMOY CHINA"

1938-02-24

Cachet by John Coulthard

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "MANILA / P.I."

1937-12-27

18th Anniversary of Commission, Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "TWENTIETH / ANNIVERSARY"

1939-12-27

20th Anniversary of Commission. Cachet by Glen Osborn and Deane C. (DC) Bartley

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "TSINGTAO / CHINA"

1940-06-16

Asiatic Fleet

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "MANILA / P.I."

1940-12-25

Christmas Day, cachet by Jacques Minkus

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)

1941-11-18

Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 3z (TBT)

1944-12-04

Note:

 

Locy Type 5hks "MANILA / P.I."

1932-12-27

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 9 (U.S. BARKER)

1931-04-18

Note:

 

Locy Type 9

1937-10-04

USCS Catalog of United States Naval Postmarks states:
"Used a large five-pointed star as a registry killer in the 1930's"

 

Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3

1941-09-11

Hobby Shop Fake cancel

 

Other Information

BARKER earned 2 Battle Stars (WWII)

NAMESAKE - Admiral Albert Smith Barker, USN (March 31 1845 – January 30 1916).
Admiral Barker served in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. He was Commander-in-Chief of the North Atlantic Fleet 1903-05.

 

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