BEALE DD 40
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 8 May 1911 - Launched 30 April 1912 Recommissioned 5 January 1916 - Decommissioned 25 October 1919 Commissioned 26 October 1924 - Decommissioned 1 June 1930 Returned to the USN 18 October 1930 Stricken 28 June 1934 Sold 1934 and broken up for scrap |
 General Edward Fitzgerald Beale |
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Postmarks
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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2nd Commissioning January 5 1916 to October 25 1919
USS BEALE Destroyer #40
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US Naval Forces |
1918-11-21 |
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N/A |
WWI Sailor's Mail. From the Jim Myerson collection.
3rd Commissioning 26 October 1924 to 1 June 1930
USCGD BEALE DD-9
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USPO |
1929-08-12 |
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N/A |
Coastie's Mail. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Edward Fitzgerald "Ned" Beale (4 February 1822 – 22 April 1893)
Beale was a national figure in 19th century America. He was naval officer, military general, explorer, frontiersman, Indian affairs superintendent, California rancher, diplomat, and friend of Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill Cody and Ulysses S. Grant. He fought in the Mexican-American War, emerging as a hero of the Battle of San Pasqual in 1846. He achieved national fame in 1848 in carrying to the east the first gold samples from California, contributing to the gold rush. He surveyed and built a wagon road that many settlers used to move to the West, and which became part of Route 66 and the route for the Transcontinental railroad. As California's first Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Beale helped charter a humanitarian policy towards Native Americans in the 1850s. He also founded the Tejon Ranch in California, the largest private landholding in the United States, and became a millionaire several times over. He received appointments from five U.S. Presidents: Andrew Jackson appointed him to Naval School, Millard Fillmore appointed him Superintendent of Indian Affairs for California and Nevada, James Buchanan appointed him to survey a wagon road from New Mexico to California, Abraham Lincoln appointed him Surveyor General of California and Nevada, and Ulysses S. Grant appointed him Ambassador to Austria–Hungary.
The ships sponsor was Mrs. John R. McLean, daughter of Lieutenant Beale.
Two ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Beale DD-40 and USS Beale DD-471
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