DORSEY DMS 1
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.
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Wickes Class Destroyer
- USS DORSEY Destroyer No. 117
Commissioned 16 September 1918
- USS DORSEY DD-117
Designated (DD) 17 July 1920
Decommissioned 9 March 1923
Recommissioned 1 March 1930
- USS DORSEY DMS-1
Reclassified Destroyer Minesweeper (DMS) 19 November 1940
Lightly damaged by Kamikaza aircraft on 27 March 1945
3 of her crew were lost and remain on duty
Wrecked in a typhoon off Okinawa 9 October 1945
Decommissioned 8 December 1945
Hulk was destroyed 22 January 1946
Keel Laid 18 September 1917 - Launched 9 April 1918
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- USS Dorsey DD-117 / DMS-1 Covers Page 1 (1930-1942)
Postmarks
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Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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2nd Commissioning 1 March 1930 to 8 December 1945
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Locy Type |
1938-08-08 |
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As DD-117
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Locy Type |
1930-04-30 |
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As DD-117
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Locy Type |
1942-03-05 |
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As DMS-1. Censored wartime (WWII) use
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Locy Type F |
1933-04-21 |
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As DD-117. Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell
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Locy Type F |
1933-07-01 |
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As DD-117. Killer text should be "MARE ISLAND". Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell
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Locy Type F |
1934-02-22 |
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As DD-117. Washington's Birthday. Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell
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Locy Type F |
1934-05-31 |
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As DD-117. Fleet Review. Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell
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Locy Type F |
1934-05-31 |
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As DD-117. Fleet Review, cachet by HUX Cachets
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Locy Type Fb |
1935-06-11 |
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As DD-117. Fleet Week / California Pacific International Exposition, cachet by Norman K. Mary, (ANCS #16) and George P. Stickell, NMC (ANCS #22)
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Locy Type Fb |
1936-10-12 |
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As DD-117. Columbus Day, cachet by C. Wright Richell and Norman K. Mary
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Locy Type F |
1937-04-13 |
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As DD-117. Backstamp from "Mare Island Station", Vallejo, CA dated 04/13/1937.
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Locy Type Fv |
1939-09-02 |
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As DD-117.
Other Information
USS DORSEY earned the World War I Victory Medal w/ Escort clasp, the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ six battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her career.
NAMESAKE - John Dorsey
Appointed Midshipman 28 April 1801, and assigned to Commodore Preble's Mediterranean Squadron on USS SIREN. Dorsey was killed 7 August 1804 while engaging Tripoli shore batteries, when a shell struck his ship's magazine.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. A. Means, distant relative of Midshipman Dorsey.
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