Cachet by William Linto. Cover also bears postmarks from [[RELIEF_AH_1_ | USS Relief AH-1]], [[GOFF_DD_247_ | USS Goff DD-247]], [[REUBEN_JAMES_DD_245_ | USS Reuben James DD-245]] and [[HOVEY_DMS_11_ | USS Hovey DD-208]] on the front and back.
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 18 August 1918 - Launched 31 March 1919
USS SOUTHARD Destroyer No. 207
Commissioned 24 September 1919
USS SOUTHARD DD-207
Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 7 February 1922
Recommissioned 6 January 1930
USS SOUTHARD DMS-10
Reclassified High-speed Minesweeper (DMS) 19 November 1940
Grounded in a typhoon 17 September 1945 and again on 9 October 1945 at Tsuken Shima, Okinawa
Decommissioned 15 December 1945
Stricken 8 January 1946
Wreck destroyed 14 January 1946
Samuel Lewis Southard
Naval Covers
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text
Postmark Date
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image
Post Office Established 8 December 1919 - Post Office Disestablished 14 March 1921
Locy Type 3 (AC)
"CHEFOO / CHINA"
1921-07-03
Note:
Post Office Established 8 January 1930 - Post Office Disestablished 2 February 1935
USS SOUTHARD earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 10 battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Samuel Lewis Southard (9 June 1787 – 26 June 1842)
Samuel Lewis Southard was born in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and graduated from Princeton in 1804. After teaching school in New Jersey, he worked as a tutor in Virginia and studied at law there. Upon being admitted to the bar, he returned to New Jersey, where he was appointed law reporter by the legislature in 1814. Southard became an associate justice of the state supreme court in 1815 and, in 1820, served as a presidential elector. In 1821, he was chosen to fill the seat in the United States Senate, vacated by the resignation of James J. Wilson, and served until March of 1823. In September of that year, he was appointed Secretary of the Navy, a post he held until 1829. During these years, he also served briefly as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War. In 1829, Southard became attorney-general of New Jersey and, in 1832, was elected governor. He returned to the Senate in 1833 and, on 4 March 1841, became President pro tempore of the Senate. Southard died in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
The ships sponsor was Miss Francesca Lewis Steward.
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