FAIRFAX DD 93

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 10 July 1917 - Launched 15 December 1917


1. USS FAIRFAX Destroyer No. 93
   Commissioned 6 April 1918
   Placed into reserve at Philadelphia in 1919
   
   
2. USS FAIRFAX DD-93
   Designated (DD) 17 July 1920
   Decommissioned 19 June 1922
   Recommissioned 1 May 1930 - Decommissioned 26 November 1940
   
   
3. HMS RICHMOND G-88
   Transferred to Great Britain 23 October 1940 (Famous Fifty)
   
   Stricken from Naval Register 8 January 1941
   
   Loaned to Royal Canadian Navy August 1943 - December 1943
   
   
4. RFS JIVODCHYI
   Transferred to The Soviet Union 16 July 1944, and renamed
   
   Broken up for scrap 1949

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Fairfax DD-93 Covers Page 1    (1930-1937)

 

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, 2nd Post Office Period, 1 May 1930 to 26 April 1935

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BBT)

1933-03-03

Note the peculiar date 3/3/33, although no year date is the dial.

 

Locy Type 3s (AC) "CHARLESTON/ S.C."

1930-05-27

Official Business

 

Locy Type P (3s with bars of T-5)

1931-11-18

Note:

 

Locy Type P (3s with bars of T-5) Separate dater used

1932-04-11

Cachet by the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce

 

Locy Type P (9x with Parcel Post removed)

1933-02-18

Note:

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2nd Commissioning 3rd Post Office Period 15 May 1935 to 8 January 1939

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "COCO SOLO / CANAL ZONE"

1936-10-01

Cover signed by NMC. A U.S. Customs "Examined / Passed Free" r/s marking is also on this cover.

 

Locy Type 9v

1936-05-10

Note:

 

Locy Type 9x

1936-05-10

Note:

 

Locy Type F "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK, VA." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2

1935-08-25

Note:

 

Locy Type F "ONCE EVERY / FOUR YEARS" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1a

1936-02-29

Leap Year. Cover signed by NMC and embossed with Ship's Seal. Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

Locy Type F "MOTHER'S / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1b

1936-05-10

Mother's Day. Cover signed by NMC. Cachet by Karl E. Parshall

 

Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / THIS CANCEL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1c

1936-10-01

Cover signed by NMC. A U.S. Customs "Examined / Passed Free" r/s marking is also on this cover.

 

Locy Type F "LAST DAY / THIS CANCEL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1c

1937-03-11

Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the ship's seal.

 

Locy Type F "NAVY / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1d

1936-10-27

Navy Day
Cover signed by NMC, Cachet by Karl E. Parshall, sponsored by Harry E. Whitlatch

 

Locy Type SLKbs(n) (39x2)

1937-03-11

Example of a single-line killer used by USS FAIRFAX. Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the ship's seal.

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4th Post Office Period 1 July 1939 to 1 November 1940

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TBT)

1939-07-01

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Al Cohen. PM on back from Washington DC dated July 13 1939.

 

Locy Type LDPS 3 (A-TBT)

1940-10-15

Last Day of Postal Service, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Donald McNeil Fairfax, USN (10 March 1818 - 10 January 1894)
Fairfax was born at Mt. Eagle, VA., he entered the Navy as a midshipman 12 August 1837. As executive officer aboard USS San Jacinto, on 8 November 1861 he boarded the British SS Trent to remove Confederate commissioners after the ship had been stopped by his captain. His distinguished service in the Civil War included command of USS Cayuga, USS Nantucket, and USS Montauk. Rear Admiral Fairfax retired 30 September 1881, and died at Hagerstown, MD.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. H. George.

 

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