TAYLOR DD 94

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 October 15 1917 - Launched December 27 1917


1. USS TAYLOR Destroyer No. 94
   Commissioned June 1 1918
   
   
2. USS TAYLOR DD 94
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned June 21 1922
   Recommissioned May 1 1930 - Decommissioned September 23 1938
   
   Stricken December 6 1938
   
   
3. DAMAGE CONTROL HULK No. 40
   Reclassified July 11 1940
   TAYLOR's bow was used to repair BLAKELEY DD-150 in 1942 when a German torpedo took off 60 feet of her bow.
   
   Sold August 8 1945 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1933-38)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type / Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning May 1 1930 to September 23 1938

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "PUNTA RENAS / COSTA RICA"

1938-02-04

Note:

 

Locy Type 3s (A) "MIAMI / "

1933-03-05

Food & Home Exposition. Cachet by David Rosenthal, sponsored by Miami Philatelic Society

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "MIAMI / FLORIDA"

1933-06-24

Midshipmen Cruise. Cachet by David Rosenthal, sponsored by Miami Philatelic Society

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "ST. PETERS- / BURG. FLA."

1934-10-27

Navy Day 1934.

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "ST. PETERS- / BURG. FLA."

1934-11-24

President Zachary Taylor's birthday, cachet by Roy Hubbard

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"

1935-05-19

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Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT)

1935-09-20

Note:

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "CHRISTMAS / GREETINGS"

1935-12-25

Christmas

 

Locy Type LDC 3 "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION"

1938-09-23

Last Day of Commissioning, Cachet by William F. Schlechter. R/S marking on back from Walter Czubay.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Henry Clay Taylor, USN

 

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