WICKES DD 75

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 June 26 1917 - Launched June 25 1918


1. USS WICKES Destroyer No. 75
   Commissioned July 31 1918
   
   
2. USS WICKES DD-75
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned May 15 1922
   Recommissioned April 26 1930 - Decommissioned April 6 1937
   Recommissioned September 30 1939 - Decommissioned October 23 1940
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 8 1941
   
   
3. HMS MONTGOMERY G-95
   Transferred to Great Britain October 23 1940 (Famous Fifty)
   
   Broken up for scrap 1945

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Wickes DD-75 Covers Page 1    (1931-40)

 

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 April 26 1930 to April 6 1937

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

1935-01-01

New Year's Day 1935. Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace.

 

Locy Type 3s (A) "HAMILTON / BERMUDA"

1931-08-22

Conrath Printery cover.

 

Locy Type LDPS 3 (A-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

1937-04-07

Last Day Postal Service, cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

Locy Type F

1932-04-07

Unlisted postmark. This might be a Receiving marking, /s/ Greg Ciesielski.

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3rd Commissioning September 30 1939 to October 23 1940

 

Locy Type FDC RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R1

1939-09-30

First Day in Commission. Cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT)

1939-12-(12)

First Day Postal Service, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1940-07-02

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Captain Lambert Wickes (1735 - October 1 1777) Continental Navy.

Two ships in the US Navy have been named in his honor; USS Wickes DD-75 and USS Wickes DD-578.

 

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