BERNADOU DD 153

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 Class Destroyer
Keel Laid down June 4 1918 - Launched November 7 1918


1. USS BERNADOU Destroyer No. 153
   Commissioned May 19 1919
   
   
2. USS BERNADOU DD-153
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920 - Decommissioned July 21 1922
   Recommissioned May 1 1930 - Decommissioned January 8 1937
   Recommissioned October 10 1939 - Decommissioned July 17 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     (1931-45)

 

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 May 1 1930 to January 8 1937

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)

1935-03-12

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "SEATTLE / WASHINGTON"

1935-08-02

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

1935-09-13

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3s "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA"

1931-10-12

Note:

 

Locy Type 5hks

1932-11-24

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 5hks

1933-02-10

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 5hks (violet)

1933-11-03

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 5hks "EAGLE-52 / DECMMSED" (blue)

1936-10-23

Decommissioning of USS EAGLE PE-52, Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type 5hks "USS BARNEY / LAST DAY" (blue)

1936-11-09

Decommissioning of USS BARNEY DD-143, cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

Locy Type LDC 3 "PHILADELPHIA / PA"

1937-01-08

Last Day of Commissioning.

 

Locy Type LDC 5hks "USS-153 / DECMMSED"

1937-01-08

Last Day in Commission

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3rd Commissioning October 16 1939 to July 17 1945

 

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

1939-10-16

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / CANCEL"

1939-11-10

Recommissioning/First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1939-11-10

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

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1939-11-10

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

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "NEW LONDON / CONN"

1940-01-27

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Locy Type 3b (A-BBX)

1941-07-30

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Locy Type 9v

1940-01-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-01-27

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Locy Type P (9v, name removed)

1945-04-12 to 1945-04-14

Name re-added in pen
Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

BERNADOU earned the Presidential Unit Citation and 5 Battle Stars for WWII service

NAMESAKE - John Baptiste Bernadou (November 14 1858 - October 2 1908)
Bernadou was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War. Bernadou graduated from the Naval Academy in 1880. He was promoted ten numbers for gallantry in action while commanding WINSLOW at the Battle of Cárdenas, Cuba, on May 11 1898. John Baptiste Bernadou died at the Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, on October 2 1908 and is buried with his wife Florence Whiting in Arlington National Cemetery

 

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