ABEL P UPSHUR DD 193

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 August 20 1918 - Launched February 14 1920


1. USS ABEL P. UPSHUR DD-193
   Commissioned November 23 1920 - Decommissioned August 7 1922
   
   
2. USCGD ABEL P. UPSHUR CG-15
   Loaned to Coast Guard November 5 1930
   Returned to U.S. Navy custody May 21 1934
   
   
3. USS ABEL P. UPSHUR DD-193
   Recommissioned December 4 1939 - Decommissioned September 9 1940
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 8 1941
   
   
4. HMS CLARE I-14 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred to Great Britain September 9 1940 and renamed
   
   Broken up for scrap 1945

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1930-40)

 

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

 

Locy Type SLPbs(n) (56x3)

1930-10-27

USCS Postmark Catalog lists as Type (n+)...No hyphen is present

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U.S. Coast Guard Service November 5 1930 to May 21 1934

 

Locy Type SLPb (53x4) "U.S.S. ABEL P. UPSHUR, C.G."

1933-11-06

As USCG ABEL P. UPSHUR CG-15
Note the reuse of a 1898 Series Documentary 2c stamp with a 1899 manuscript (pen) cancel.

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Post Office Established January 5 1940 - Disestablished September 9 1940

 

Locy Type FDC 3 Dec 4, 1939 "NAVY YARD / PHILA. PA"

1939-12-04

Recommissioning, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA. Cachet by George Neumann and Frederick Horton

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "COCO SOLO / CANAL ZONE"

1940-07-28

Port Visit to Coco Solo, Canal Zone. Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of Abel Parker Upshur 13th Secretary of the Navy

 

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