USS DALE DD 353 Covers Page 1

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

No Image			1935-06-17 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBB) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Front pencil notation "$10"
Back is clean

No Image			1935-06-17 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBB) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Back is clean

			1935-06-17 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Note:

			1935-07-03 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "NAVY YARD / BKLYN NY"
			160th Anniversary American War of Independence

Notes:

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "NAVY YARD / BKLYN N Y"
			Independence Day

Cachet by John Coulthard, sponsored by John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS. Cachet director is Deane C. Bartley

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "NAVY YARD / BKLYN N.Y."
			Independence Day

Cachet by the Battleship Connecticut Chapter No. 29, USCS

N/A			1935-08-15 Locy Type F "NAVY YARD / NEW YORK" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2
			Category

Back is clean

			1935-08-31 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "SOUTHAMPTON / ENGLAND"
			Port Visit

Cachet by Fred P. Anders

N/A			1935-09-14 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "NAPLES / ITALY"
			Port Visit

Note:

N/A			1935-09-17 Locy Type 9v Locy Type PPO USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-3a 1935-09-26 New York Regy. Div. 1935-09-28 USPO Los Angeles (Arcade Annex) Registered 1935-09-30 USPO Los Angeles (Hollywood Sta) Registered
			Category

Note:

N/A		N/A	1935-09-24 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "LEGHORN / ITALY"
			Port Visit

Cachet by Fred P. Anders

N/A			1935-09-24 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "LEGHORN / ITALY"
			Port Visit

Note:

N/A			1935-09-30 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "VILLE - / FRANCHE"
			Port Visit

Cachet by Fred P. Anders

N/A			1935-09-30 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "VILLE - / FRANCHE"
			Port Visit

Notes:

			1935-10-07 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "VALENCIA / SPAIN"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Leslie S. Merrell

N/A			1935-10-07 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "VALENCIA / SPAIN"
			Port Visit

Note:

			1935-10-28 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "NAVY DAY / WASH'N"
			Navy Day 1935

Note:

			1935-11-11 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "ARMISTICE / DAY"
			Armistice Day 1935

Cachet by Unknown. Back is clean

		N/A	1935-11-11 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "ARMISTICE / DAY"
			Armistice Day

Note:

			1936-01-01 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "HAPPY / NEW YEAR"
			New Years Day 1936

Note:

			1936-01-29 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "USS ERIE / LAUNCHED"
			Launching - USS Erie PG-50

Cachet by John A. Hamm

N/A			1936-01-30 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "NAVY-YARD / BROOKLYN NY" USPO Duplex New York, N.Y. G.P.O. 1936-01-31 USPO REC'D Lansing, MI.
			Category

Note:

			1937-07-21 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "NAVY-YARD / MARE-IS-CAL"
			Category

Cachet by Unknown. Back purple rubberstamp ANCS 552...MARE ISLAND STATION Machine cancel...Pencil notations "DD 353"..."your last cover with me"

			1938-06-28 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB)
			Category

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS, Cachet Director is Deane C. Bartley.

			1938-11-30 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "HONOLULU / T.H."
			Port Visit

Cachet by Unknown. Back is clean

N/A			1939-06-17 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Category

Back VALLEJO CALIF. MARE ISLAND STATION machine 1939-06-19...PLAINFIELD NJ duplex 1939-06-22

			1940-11-01 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "PEARL HARBOR / T H"
			Category

Cachet by Royal C. Hendricks

N/A			1941-03-05 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "PEARL HARBOR / TH"
			Category

Back typed notation "17"...Pencil notation "M 38"

N/A			1941-03-05 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "PEARL HARBOR / T H"
			Category

Note:

			1942-01-23 Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3a
			Ship's Data

Cachet and cancel by Sibley's Dept. Store (Hobby Shop).

			1942-09 Locy Type 3z (TTT)
			Sailors mail

Censored, WWII use

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