CASE DD 370

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 19 September 1934 - Launched 14 September 1935


1. USS CASE DD-370
   Commissioned 15 September 1936 - Decommissioned 13 December 1945
   
   Stricken 28 January 1947
   Sold 31 December 1947 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Case DD-370 Covers Page 1    (1935-45)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-TBT) "FIRST POSTAL / SERVICE"

1936-10-21

First Day Postal Service. Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-TBT) "FIRST POSTAL / SERVICE"

1936-10-21

First Day Postal Service. Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-TBT) "FIRST POSTAL / SERVICE"

1936-10-21

Note:

 

Locy Type 2z*

1945-05-13

Censored, WWII use

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-10-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H."

1940-11-01

Ship & Sponsor historical cachet. Cachet by Royal C. Hendricks

 

Locy Type 3r (A-TBT)

1941-10-28

Cachet By Pilgrim Cachets (John Alden)

 

Locy Type 9v

1940-07-09

Photo cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-07-12

Photo cachet by Walter G. Crosby
 

Locy Type F "CELEBRATING OUR / OWN LAUNCHING" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2

1935-09-14

Fancy cancel for launching with USS CONYNGHAM DD-371. Cachet and Postmark by John E. Gill

 

Locy Type F "CELEBRATING OUR / OWN LAUNCHING" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2

1935-09-14

Fancy cancel for launching with USS CONYNGHAM DD-371. Cachet and Postmark by John E. Gill

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

1945-11-20

Photo cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

Other Information

USS CASE earned 7 Battle Stars during WWII
* Pearl Harbor December 7 1941

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Augustus Ludlow Case, USN (3 February 1812 – 16 February 1893)
Case was appointed midshipman in 1828. He participated in the Wilkes Expedition of 1837–1842 which explored the South Seas and discovered the Antarctic Continent. During the Mexican–American War, he held the town of Palisada with 25 men against the Mexican cavalry for two weeks to block the escape of General Santa Ana. He also participated in the Paraguay expedition of 1859. In the Civil War he was Fleet Captain of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron in its capture of Forts Clark and Hatteras in August 1861, and commanded USS Iroquois in the blockade of New Inlet, North Carolina. From 1869 to 1873 he was Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, attaining the rank of Rear Admiral on May 24, 1872. From 1873 to 1875, he commanded the European Squadron, and the combined European, North and South Atlantic Squadrons assembled at Key West in 1874. Admiral Case retired in 1875.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Case DD-285 and USS Case DD-370.

 

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