LEARY DD 158
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.
- USS LEARY Destroyer No. 158
Commissioned December 5 1919
- USS LEARY DD-158
Designated (DD) July 17 1920
Decommissioned June 29 1922
Recommissioned May 1 1930
SUNK (Torpedoed) December 24 1943 by German U-275 North of the Azores
97 of her crew were lost and remain on duty
Wickes Class Destroyer
Keel Laid March 6 1918 - Launched December 18 1918
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Postmarks
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2nd Commissioning May 1 1930 to December 24 1943
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1936-09-18 |
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Naval Reserve Cruise 1936
Cachet by Walt Munson and Meyer Tuchinsky
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1938-02-15 |
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Cover by Tazewell G. Nicholson for the LDC of NOKOMIS PY-6.
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1938-04-11 |
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Note:
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1939-11-11 |
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Ship cachet by Louise C. Weigand
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1940-05-22 |
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R/S marking on back from Paul J. Gross
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1932-01-06 |
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1933-03-04 |
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Note: FDR's first inaugural this date.
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1933-06-27 |
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Middle killer bar is missing (X). From the Tom Kean collection.
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1936-04-04 |
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1943-09-08 |
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
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1938-04-11 |
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1938-04-11 |
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Locy Type F |
1939-10-27 |
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Navy Day, Ship's seal embossed
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1939-11-11 |
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Ship cachet by Louise C. Weigand
Other Information
LEARY received one battle star for her World War II service.
NAMESAKE - Lieutenant Clarence F. Leary, USNRF (January 11 1894 – July 20 1918).
Born in Fowey, England, Leary came to the United States with his family as a boy. After the United States entered World War I he was commissioned Lieutenant in the Naval Reserve June 12 1918, and appointed executive officer in "Charlton Hall". He died of burns and smoke inhalation when he entered the ship’s burning hold July 20 in an attempt to save both ship and crew. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his self-sacrificing valor
Two US Navy ships were named in his honor; USS Leary DD-158 and USS Leary DD-879.
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