DORAN DD 185

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 (Lamberton) Class Destroyer
Keel Laid May 11 1918 - Launched October 19 1918


1. USS BAGLEY Destroyer No. 185
   Commissioned August 27 1919
   
   
2. USS BAGLEY DD-185
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned July 12 1922
   
   
3. USCGC BAGLEY
   Loaned to U.S. Coast Guard April 25 1932
   Returned April 20 1934
   Name lost to new construction (DD-386) May 31 1935
   
   
4. USS DORAN DD-185
   Renamed December 22 1939
   Commissioned June 17 1940 - Decommissioned September 23 1940
   
   
5. HMS ST. MARYS I-12 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred to Great Britain September 23 1940 (Famous Fifty)
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 8 1941
   Broken up for scrap December 1945

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1940)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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

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Post office established August 5 1940 - Disestablished September 13 1940

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 Aug 5, 1940 "FIRST DAY / MAIL SERVICE"

1940-08-05

As DORAN DD-185
First Day of Postal Service
Cachet by Al Cohen

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1940-08-28

As DORAN DD-185

 

Locy Type LDPS 3 Sep 12, 1940 "MAIL SERVICE / LAST DAY"

1940-09-12

As DORAN DD-185
Last Day of Postal Service
Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Other Information

BAGLEY

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of Ensign Worth Bagley (April 6 1874 – May 11 1898) a United States Navy officer during the Spanish-American War, distinguished as the only U.S. naval officer killed in action during that war.

DORAN

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of John James Doran (August 6 1862 - February 16 1904) a sailor in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War, awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary bravery and coolness under heavy fire from the enemy while cutting the cables leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, May 11 1898

 

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