WORDEN DD 352

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.

Farragut Class Destroyer
Keel Laid December 29 1932 - Launched October 27 1934


1. USS WORDEN DD-352
   Commissioned January 15 1935
   LOST (Grounded) January 12 1943 and sank off Amchitka Aleutians
   14 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty
   
   Struck from Naval Register December 22 1944

 

Naval Covers

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1. Cover Page 1    (1935-42)

 

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

 

Locy Type FDC F "COMMISSIONED / BREMERTON, WASH." USCS Postage Catalog Illus. W-42

1935-01-15

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type FDC F "COMMISSIONED / BREMERTON, WASH." USCS Postage Catalog Illus. W-42

1935-01-15

First Day in Commission, cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

Locy Type FDC F "COMMISSIONED / BREMERTON, WASH." USCS Postage Catalog Illus. W-42

1935-01-15

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON"

1935-02-22

Washington's Birthday, cachet by C. Wright Richell and Raymond R. Freshwater

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "PROBLEM XIX / HONOLULU TH"

1938-04-09

Cachet by Edward Hacker

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)

1935-02-22

Notes:

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)

1941-05-23

Type AC without period showing. Cachet by Jacques Minkus

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)

1941-05-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 3z

1942-06-17

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9v

1939-02-03

Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

WORDEN earned 4 Battle Stars (WWII)
* Pearl Harbor December 7 1941

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of Admiral John Lorimer Worden (March 12 1818 – October 19 1897)
Worden was an Officer in the United States Navy who served in the American Civil War

 

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