CROWNINSHIELD DD 134

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 November 5 1918 - Launched July 24 1919


1. USS CROWNINSHIELD Destroyer No. 134
   Commissioned August 6 1919
   
   
2. USS CROWNINSHIELD DD-134
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned July 7 1922
   Recommissioned May 12 1930 - Decommissioned April 8 1937
   Recommissioned September 30 1939 - Decommissioned September 9 1940
   
   
3. HMS CHELSEA I-35 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred to Great Britain September 9 1940 (Famous Fifty)
   
   
DERSKYI (Soviet Naval Service)
Transferred to The Soviet Union July 1944 and renamed

Returned to Great Britain 1949 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Crowninshield Covers Page 1     (1934-40)

 

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 May 12 1930 to April 8 1937

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

1934-04-04 to 1934-04-04

1st Anniversary of the loss of U.S.S. AKRON ZRS-4

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

1936-11-02 to 1936-11-02

Note:

 

Locy Type 3s "CHRISTMAS / DAY"

1932-12-25 to 1932-12-25

Christmas
Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3s "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

1933-05-05 to 1933-05-05

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration C-86

1934-04-04 to 1934-04-04

1st Anniversary of the loss of U.S.S. AKRON ZRS-4

 

Locy Type LDC 3 "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."

1937-04-08 to 1937-04-08

Last Day in Commission

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3rd Commissioning September 30 1939 to September 9 1940

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 "FIRST DAY / MAIL SERVICE"

1939-11-28 to 1939-11-28

First Day of Postal Service, 3rd Commissioning

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x and Parcel Post SLK

1939-11-28 to 1939-11-28

First Day of Postal Service, 3rd Commissioning

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "KEY WEST / FLORIDA"

1940-05-28 to 1940-05-28

Postmark on back from Mare Island Station, Vallejo, CA dated November 29 1939.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (December 27 1772 – February 3 1851) served as the first United States Secretary of The Navy between 1815 and 1818, during the administrations of Presidents James Madison and James Monroe.

 

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