FOOTE DD 169

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 (Little) Class Destroyer
Keel Laid August 7 1918 - Launched December 14 1918


1. USS FOOTE Destroyer No. 169
   Commissioned March 21 1919
   
   
2. USS FOOTE DD-169
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned July 6 1922
   Recommissioned July 2 1940 - Decommissioned September 23 1940
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 8 1941
   
   
3. HMS ROXBOROUGH I-07 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred to Great Britain September 23 1940 (Famous Fifty)
   
   
4. RFS ZHOSTKYI (Soviet Union Naval Service)
   Transferred to Soviet Union August 1944
   Returned to Great Britain February 1949
   
   Broken up for scrap 1952

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1940)

 

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 July 2 1940 to September 23 1940

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 "1-ST POSTAGE / SERVICE"

1940-07-28

First Day of Postal Service, Second Commissioning
Cachet by - M. Faye Muridge and Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "CHARLESTON / S.C."

1940-08-27

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Andrew Hull Foote (September 12 1806 - June 26 1863)
Foote entered the Navy December 4 1822 as a Midshipman. Commanding PORTSMOUTH in the East India Squadron on November 20 and 21 1856, Foote led a landing party which seized the barrier forts at Canton, China, in reprisal for attacks on American ships. From August 30 1861 to May 9 1862, Foote commanded the Naval Forces on Western Rivers with distinction, organizing and leading the gunboat flotilla in the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson and Island No. 10. Wounded in action at Fort Donelson, Foote was commissioned Rear Admiral July 16 1862, and was on his way to take command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron when he died at New York June 26 1863

 

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