McLANAHAN DD 264

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.

Clemson Class Destroyer
Keel Laid April 20 1918 - Launched September 22 1918


1. USS McLANAHAN Destroyer No. 264
   Commissioned April 5 1919
   
   
2. USS McLANAHAN DD-264
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned June 10 1922
   Recommissioned December 18 1939 - Decommissioned October 8 1940
   
   
3. HMS BRADFORD H-72 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred to Great Britain October 9 1940 (Famous Fifty)
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 8 1942
   Decommissioned by British Navy May 3 1943
   Broken up for scrap June 19 1946

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1940)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning December 18 1939 to October 8 1940

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA"

1940-02-19

First Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1940-02-19

First Day of Postal Service
Cachet artist - Loring W. Stannard, Sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-02-19

Note:

 

Locy Type LDPS 3 "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA"

1940-09-22

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Tenant McLanahan (? - February 11 1848)
McLanahan was appointed Midshipman December 12 1839 and passed Midshipman July 2 1845. He served in PREBLE in the Mediterranean Squadron; in DELAWARE, BRANDYWINE, and MACEDONIA in the Brazil, African, and East Indian Squadrons, 1840-45; and in SHARK, PORTSMOUTH and CYANE in the Pacific Squadron, 1846-48. While attached to the latter he was one of Lieutenant Heywood’s party beseiged by Mexican irregulars at San Jose, Baja California, January 24 to February 14 1848. He conducted himself in a gallant, unflinching, and devoted manner, until he was killed by a rifle shot in the neck February 11 1848

 

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