BRANCH DD 197

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 October 25 1918 - Launched April 19 1919


1. USS BRANCH DD-197
   Commissioned July 26 1920 - Decommissioned August 11 1922
   Recommissioned December 4 1939 - Decommissioned October 8 1940
   
   
2. HMS BEVERLY H-64 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred to Great Britain October 9 1940 and renamed (Famous Fifty)
   
   Stricken from Naval Register January 8 1941
   
   SUNK (Torpedo) April 11 1943 by German U-188

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1939-40)

 

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

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2nd Commissioning December 4 1939 to October 8 1940

 

Locy Type FDC RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R2

1939-12-04

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r "NOB NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

1940-01-19

First Day of Postal Service
Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r

1940-01-19

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1940-01-19

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1940-01-19

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"

1940-01-19

Notes:

 

Locy Type LDPS 3r bars blank

1940-09-25

Last Day of Postal Service
Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - John Branch (March 4 1782 - January 4 1863)
Branch was elected governor of North Carolina in 1817 and United States Senator in 1823. In 1829 he resigned from the Senate to become Secretary of the Navy, which office he held until 1831. From 1844 t o 1845 he was governor of the Territory of Florida. He died at Enfield, N. C., January 4 1863

 

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