BUCHANAN DD 131

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 29 June 1918 - Launched 2 January 1919


1. USS BUCHANAN Destroyer No. 131
   Commissioned 20 January 1919
   
   
2. USS BUCHANAN DD-131
   Designated (DD) 17 July 1920
   Decommissioned 7 June 1922
   Recommissioned 10 April 1930 - Decommissioned 1 November 1934
   Recommissioned 31 December 1934 - Decommissioned 9 April 1937
   Recommissioned 30 September 1939 and assigned to Neutrality Patrol
   Decommissioned 9 September 1940
   
   
3. HMS CAMPBELTOWN I-42 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred to Great Britain 9 September 1940 and renamed
   
   Stricken from Naval Register 8 January 1941
   Scuttled 28 March 1942 in raid on St. Nazaire France

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Buchanan DD-131 Covers Page 1     (1931-1940)

 

Postmarks

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

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2nd Commissioning April 10 1930 to November 1 1934

 

Locy Type 3as (A)

1931-10-09

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3as (A)

1933-01-10

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3as (A)

1933-01-10

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3as (A)

1933-06-14

Flag Day. Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3as (A)

1934-05-04

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3s (A)

1934-07-04

Independence Day

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3rd Commissioning December 31 1934 to April 9 1937

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / EXPOSITION"

1935-02-22

Notes:

 

Locy Type LDC 3 (BC-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

1937-04-09

Last Day in Commission. Cachet by Ted Harrington

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4th Commissioning September 30 1939 to September 9 1940

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "SAN JUAN / PORTO RICO"

1939-12-19

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Dr. S.E. Hutnick.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "KEY WEST / FLORIDA"

1940-07-15

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Other Information

Transferred to Great Britain Famous Fifty 1940-09-09

NAMESAKE - Captain Franklin Buchanan (1800-1874)
Buchanan was appointed a Midshipman in 1815, and rose to be a Commander in 1841. He was chief adviser to Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft in planning the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and was its first superintendent (1845–47). In Sept., 1861, he took the rank of Captain in the Confederate navy, commanding the VIRGINIA (formerly the MERRIMACK) against the Union blockading squadron in Hampton Roads (Mar. 8, 1863). Wounded in that engagement, he took no part in the battle of the MONITOR and MERRIMACK the next day. Promoted to Ranking Officer in the Confederate navy, he was forced to surrender to David G. Farragut in the battle of Mobile Bay (Aug. 5, 1864)

 

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