COLE AG 116

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 June 25 1918 - Launched January 11 1919


1. USS COLE Destroyer No. 155
   Commissioned June 19 1919
   
   
2. USS COLE DD-155
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned July 10 1922
   Recommissioned May 1 1930 - Decommissioned January 27 1937
   Recommissioned October 16 1939 and assigned to Neutrality Patrol
   
   
3. USS COLE AG-116
   Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) June 30 1945
   Decommissioned November 1 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register November 16 1945
   Sold October 6 1947 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Cole Covers Page 1    (1930-44)

 

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 7 1937

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "COLUMBUS / DAY"

1936-10-12

As DD-155
Columbus Day
HUX Cachets - Frederick Horton

 

Locy Type 3s

1930-12-09

As DD-155
Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3s

1930-12-13

As DD-155
Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3s "MIAMI / FLORIDA"

1933-06-23

As DD-155
Midshipmen Cruise. Cachet by David Rosenthal, sponsored by Miami Philatelic Society

 

Locy Type 3s "CUBAN / WATERS"

1933-11-30

As DD-155
Thanksgiving Day - Cachet by Sgt. R. L. Razzette, USMC

 

Locy Type 3s "XMAS DAY / IN CUBA"

1933-12-25

As DD-155
Christmas Day - Cachet by Sgt. R. L. Razzette, USMC

 

Locy Type LDC 3 "LAST DAY / COMMISSION"

1937-01-07

As DD-155
Last Day in Commission, cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky

 

Locy Type LDC 3 "LAST DAY / COMMISSION"

1937-01-07

As DD-155
Last Day in Commission, cachet by

 

Locy Type LDC 3 "LAST DAY / SERVICE"

1937-01-07

As DD-155
Last Day in Commission

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3rd Commissioning October 16 1939 to November 1 1945

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r "PHILA, PA"

(1939)-11-07

As DD-155
First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1939-11-07

As DD-155
First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "CHARLESTON / S.C."

1940-03-04

As DD-155
George Sadworth cachet

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1944-05-03

As DD-155
Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9v

1941-03-24

As DD-155

 

Other Information

COLE earned 3 Battle Stars (WWII)
* North African Invasion, November 1942
* Sicily Invasion, July 1943
* Salerno operations, September 1943

Earned Presidential Unit Citation

NAMESAKE - Major Edward Ball Cole, USMC (September 23 1879 - June 18 1918).
Major Cole received a Distinguished Service Cross for heroism during the Battle of Belleau Wood (June 10 1918) in which he was mortally wounded

 

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