STEWART DD 224

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 September 9 1919 - Launched March 4 1920


1. USS STEWART DD-224
   Commissioned September 15 1920
   LOST (Scuttled) March 2 1942 at Suribaya, Java
   
   Stricken March 25 1942
   
   
2. PATROL BOAT No. 102 (Imperial Japanese Naval Service)
   Raised by the Japanese September 20 1943 repaired commissioned and renamed
   Surrendered by the Japanese at Kure and returned to American service
   
   
3. USS DD-224
   Although officially called DD-224, was nicknamed by her crew RAMP-224 standing for "Recovered Allied Military Personnel"
   Recommissioned October 29 1945 - Decommissioned May 23 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register April 17 1946
   Sunk May 24 1946 as target off San Francisco

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1923-45)

 

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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1st Commissioning September 15 1920 to March 2 1942

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "MANILA / P.I."

1941-03-29

Namesake cachet by Mae Weigand

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) (Killer Blacked Out)

1941-05-17

Asiatic Fleet Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by Deane C. (DC) Bartley and John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

 

Locy Type 3s (AC) (Killer Unreadable)

(1922)-08-28

Picture postcard from Chefoo China. Year slug in postmark missing but 1922 is the first year of reported use.

 

Locy Type 3s (B) "KOBE / JAPAN"

1935-05-04

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Locy Type 3s (B) "CHEFOO / CHINA"

1935-06-15

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Locy Type 3s (B) "OVER THE / EQUATOR"

1936-11-23

United States Asiatic Fleet / Neptune Rex cachet

 

Locy Type 3s (B) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"

1937-04-14

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Locy Type 3s (B) "MANILA / P.I."

1938-01-23

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Locy Type 3s (B) "MANILA / P.I."

1939-01-14

US Asiatic Fleet 1939 cachet by G. E. Judkins

 

Locy Type 5hks "SHANGHAI / CHINA"

1932-03-30

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Locy Type 5s "CAVITE / P.I."

1929-04-15

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Locy Type 5s "CAVITE / P.I."

1929-12-17

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Locy Type 9

1941-11-21

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Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-63

1938-12-18

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2nd Commissioning October 29 1945 to May 23 1946

 

Locy Type FAKE "USS STEWART / HIRO WAN"

1945-10-29

USCS Postmark Catalog states...
"A 3z in 1945 with "USS STEWART" and other wording in the killers is a fake"

 

Other Information

STEWART earned 2 Battle Stars for WWII service

NAMESAKE - Charles Stewart (July 28 1778 - November 6 1869)
Stewart was an officer in the United States Navy

 

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