CONE DD 866
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.
Keel Laid November 30 1944 - Launched May 10 1945 |
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- Covers Page 1 (1946-76)
Postmarks
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1947-04-08 |
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This cover also bears a SLK strike
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1947-07-17 |
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First Postwar Cruise, cachet by George A. Pavan
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1950-10-13 |
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1974-08-17 |
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1956-04-27 |
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1976-01-27 |
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1946-07-27 |
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1947-04-08 |
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This postmark is on the back of the April 8 1947 cover
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1956-04-27 |
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Other Information
NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Hutch I. Cone (1871 - February 1941)
He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from Florida in 1890, graduating in 1894. He served as Assistant Engineer on the Armored Cruiser USS BALTIMORE C-3 in the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1 1898. When the U.S. Fleet was sent around the world by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 16 1907, Lieutenant Commander Cone commanded a flotilla of Torpedo Boats, which went around South America from the East Coast to California. In 1909 he was made Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering and was promoted to the temporary rank of Rear Admiral. He was in charge of engineering modernization of the Navy at the time, particularly conversion to turbines. In 1915 he was the Superintendent of the Panama Canal. During 1917-1918 he was in command of Naval Aviation in Europe under Admiral Sims. In October 1918 he was crossing the Irish Sea on a mail steamer which was torpedoed by a German u-boat. He was picked up unconscious after several hours in the water and ultimately recovered. After World War I, Admiral Cone attended the Naval War College. He was then assigned as Chief of Staff, Asiatic Fleet and Commander Flagship. He was retired as Rear Admiral in 1922 by reason of his war injuries. After retirement he served on the U.S. Shipping Board (now the Maritime Commission), under Presidents Coolidge, Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt. President Roosevelt appointed him as chairman. He was also Vice President of the Guggenheim Fund for the promotion of aeronautics. At the time of his death in February 1941, he was Chairman-of-the-Board of Moore-McCormick Steamship Company
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