WHIPPLE DD 15

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.

Truxtun Class Torpedo Boat Destroyer Keel Laid 13 November 1899 - Launched 15 August 1901 USS WHIPPLE Torpedo Boat Destroyer #15 Commissioned 21 October 1902 - Decommissioned 17 July 1919 Stricken 15 September 1919 Sold 3 January 1920 into merchant service as Banana Carrier Operated through 1956 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. USS Whipple DD-15 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 1

1910-07-19

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Locy Type 1

1910-07-19

"Good Luck" postcard

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Great White Fleet Station" Santa Cruz CA

2008-05-02

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Cachet commemorates the USS Whipple's participation in the Great White Fleet Cruise 1907-1909. Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Commodore Abraham Whipple, Continental Navy (26 September 1733 – 27 May 1819)
Whipple, a veteran of the French and Indian War (1754–1763) and the American Revolutionary War hailed from Rhode Island and were among the founders of the town of Marietta, Ohio in his later life.

Three ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Whipple DD-15, USS Whipple DD-217 and USS Whipple FF-1062.

 

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