DU PONT AG 80

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 May 2 1918 - Launched October 22 1918


1. USS DU PONT Destroyer No. 152
   Commissioned April 30 1919
   
   
2. USS DU PONT DD 152
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Placed in Reduced Commission July 21 1920
   Decommissioned April 19 1922
   Reactivated May 1 1930 to Rotating Reserve squadron
   Recommissioned August 15 1934 - Decommissioned January 14 1937
   Recommissioned October 16 1939
   
   
3. USS DU PONT AG 80
   Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) September 25 1944
   Decommissioned May 2 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register June 5 1946
   Sold March 12 1947 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Du Pont Covers Page 1    (1933-46)

 

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 1 1930 to January 14 1937

 

Locy Type 3s "ARMISTICE / DAY"

1931-11-11

As DD-152
Armistice Day
Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3s

1932-10-27

As DD-152
Navy Day

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"

1933-10-21

Sailor's mail.

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "FARRAGUT / LAUNCHED"

1934-03-15

Ship Launching...USS FARRAGUT, cachet by Admiral Farragut Chapter No.3, USCS

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "IN MEMORIAM / U.S.S. AKRON"

1934-04-04

As DD-152
1st Anniversary of the loss of U.S.S. AKRON ZRS-4

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "MEMORIAL / DAY"

1934-05-30

As DD-152
Memorial Day
A.B.
Henry Grimsland

 

Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "PHILA / PA"

1934-07-04

As DD-152
Independence Day

 

Locy Type 9v

1936-10-04

As DD-152

 

Locy Type LDC 3s

1937-01-14

As DD-152
Last Day in Commission, Cachet by Loring W. Stannard

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3rd Commissioning October 16 1939 to May 2 1946

 

Locy Type FDC RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R2

1939-10-16

As DD-152
First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r "FIRST DAY / POST-SERV"

1939-11-22

As DD-152. First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Al Cohen

 

Locy Type FDPS 3r "FIRST DAY / POST-SERV"

1939-11-22

As DD-152. First Day of Postal Service, R/S cachet

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "NAVY YARD / PORTS. VA"

1940-05-28

As DD-152
 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1943-05-07

As DD-152
 

Locy Type 9v

1941-03-17

As DD-152
 

Locy Type 9x

1941-03-17

As DD-152
 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z2

1941-08-09

As DD-152
 

Locy Type LDC 2z

1946-05-02

As AG-80
Last Day In Commission

 

Other Information

DU PONT received three battle stars for World War II service

Received The Presidential Unit Citation awarded to TG 21.13

NAMESAKE - Samuel Francis Du Pont (September 27 1803 - June 23 1865)
Du Pont was an American naval officer who achieved the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent Du Pont family; he was the only member of his generation to use a capital D. He served prominently during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, was superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, and made significant contributions to the modernization of the U.S. Navy

 

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