CRANE DD 109
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.
Keel Laid 7 January 1918 - Launched 4 July 1918 |
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- USS Crane DD-109 Covers Page 1 (1939-1943)
Postmarks
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2nd Commissioning 18 December 1939 to 14 November 1945
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Locy Type |
1940-02-24 |
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First Day of Postal Service, cachet by George Neumann and Frederick Horton
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Locy Type |
1943 |
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Locy Type |
1940-06-21 |
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Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell
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Locy Type |
1940-07-27 |
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Naval Reserve Cruise, cachet by - Myron F. McCamley
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Locy Type |
c1942 |
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Cover by - Ted Harrington
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Locy Type 9v |
c 1940 |
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From the Bob Govern collection.
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Locy Type 9x |
c 1940 |
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From the Bob Govern collection.
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Locy Type Fz |
1941-10-21 |
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Other Information
NAMESAKE - Captain William M. Crane, USN.
Born in 1776 at Elizabethtown, N.J., Crane was appointed Midshipman in 1799 and Captain in 1814. Serving as a Lieutenant in CONGRESS, he won honors for his gallant fighting in the attacks on Tripoli in 1804. Captain Crane was assigned command of the Mediterranean Squadron in 1827 and acted as one of the commissioners in the negotiations with the Ottoman Empire. He was on the Board of Navy Commissioners and the first Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography from 1842 until his death March 18 1846
The ships sponsor was Mrs. M. McGuire.
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