BALCH DD 363

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.

Porter Class Destroyer
Keel Laid 16 May 1934 - Launched 24 March 1936


1. USS BALCH DD-363
Commissioned 20 October 1936 - Decommissioned 19 October 1945
Struck from Naval Register 1 November 1945

Sold 1946 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1936-45)

 

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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Post Office Established 20 October 1936 - Disestablished 18 October 1945

 

Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"

1936-10-20

First Day In Commission, Cachet by Leo A. Schupp

 

Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"

1936-10-20

First Day In Commission, Cacheted

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "NAVY-YARD / BOSTON MASS"

1937-03-04

Notes:

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "GTMO BAY / CUBA"

1939-04-03

Notes:

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1944-02-16

Censored wartime (WWII) postcard use

 

Locy Type 9vz

1944-03-10 to 1944-03-16

Mark from back of cover
Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral George Beale Balch, USN (1821-1908)
Balch was Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland 1879-1881

 

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