STRIBLING DM 1
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 December 14 1917 - Launched May 29 1918 |
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Postmarks
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NAMESAKE - Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling USN (September 22 1796 - January 17 1880)
Stribling was appointed Midshipman on June 18 1812, the day the United States declared war on Great Britain. During the War of 1812, he served in MACEDONIAN from January 1 1813 to April 1814 and in MOHAWK from then until April 1815. While assigned to MOHAWK on Lake Ontario, Midshipman Stribling participated in the blockade of Kingston in the summer and fall of 1814. Soon after the end of the war, he returned to MACEDONIAN and, in 1815, participated in the capture of two Algerine ships, a frigate and a brig, by Commodore Stephen Decatur's squadron. In October of 1815, Stribling was transferred to USS CONSTELLATION and returned home in that frigate at the end of 1817. On April 1 1818, he was promoted to Lieutenant and served successively in HORNET, PEACOCK, JOHN ADAMS, and again in CONSTELLATION, during the campaigns against pirates in the West Indies. In 1823, he was given command of two barges along the coast of Cuba and with them captured Buccaneer Schooner PILOT after a running fight. During the Mexican War, Stribling was attached to Ship-of-the-Line OHIO and took part in operations against the coastal towns of Lower California and western Mexico. From 1851 to 1853, he served as Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. On August 1 1853, he became Captain Stribling. From 1854 to 1855, he commanded SAN JACINTO and, between 1857 and 1859, he was Commandant at the Pensacola Navy Yard. After two years as Commander of the East India Squadron, Capt. Stribling returned home in 1861 to find the Union rent asunder by the Civil War. He forsook the land of his birth, South Carolina, to support the Union cause. Under the provisions of the Act of Congress, effective December 21 1861, his long service required that he be placed upon the retired list. That action and a promotion to the rank of Commodore took place on August 2 1862. However, the exigencies of war soon brought him back to active duty. He commanded the Philadelphia Navy Yard until September 23 1864, when he was ordered to assume command of the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. He held this post for the duration of the war. On August 6 1866, he was appointed to the Lighthouse Board and remained with that organization until September 18 1871, having served as president of the board from March 15 1869. Rear Admiral Stribling died at Martinsburg, W. Va., on January 17 1880
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