ALEXANDER DALLAS DD 199
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 25 1918 - Launched May 31 1919 Recommissioned April 14 1925 - Decommissioned March 23 1939 Recommissioned September 25 1939 Decommissioned July 28 1945 Struck from Naval Register August 13 1945 Sold November 30 1945 and broken up for scrap |
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- USS Dallas DD-199 Covers Page 1 (1928-40)
Postmarks
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Post Office Established November 21 1925 - Disestablished March 1 1939
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1928-01-23 |
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Sailor's Mail
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1930-12-04 |
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Sailor's Mail
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1932-04-26 |
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Contributed by Tom Kean
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1935-05-30 |
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Silver thermographed cachet by ADM Joseph M. Reeves Chapter No. 14, USCS
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1936-03-06 |
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Alamo Centennial. Cachet by Sidney N. Bremer and Edward E. Bryan
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1928-12-25 |
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Christmas
Post Office Reestablished October 28 1939 - Disestablished July 30 1945
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1939-11-08 |
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First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Al Cohen
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1940-06-05 |
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1940-06-05 |
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1940-06-05 |
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1942-04-15 |
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Censored, cachet by M. Fay Muridge
Other Information
USS DALLAS earned 4 Battle Stars for her WWII service and the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon.
NAMESAKE - Alexander J. Dallas (May 15 1791 - June 3 1844)
Dallas entered the Navy as a midshipman November 22 1805. He served with distinction in the War of 1812, the operations against Algiers in 1815, and in the suppression of piracy in the West Indies. He established and commanded the Pensacola Navy Yard from 1832 to 1843. On 16 July 1835 he was ordered to additional duty in command of the West India Squadron and supported General Scott during the war with the Seminole Indians in Florida, rendering such efficient service that the Government gratefully named a fort for him on the eastern coast of Florida. Commanding the Pacific Squadron, Captain Dallas died at Callao, Peru, 3 June 1844 in the sloop VANDALIA.
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