TWIGGS DD 127
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 TWIGGS Destroyer No. 127 Commissioned July 28 1919
- USS TWIGGS DD-127 Designated (DD) July 17 1920
- HMS LEAMINGTON G-19 (British Naval Service) Transferred to Great Britain October 23 1940 (Famous Fifty)
- HMCS LEAMINGTON (Canadian Naval Service) Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy November 1942 - December 1943
- ZHYACHI (Soviet Union Naval Service) Transferred to The Soviet Union July 16 1944
Wickes Class Destroyer
Keel Laid January 23 1918 - Launched September 28 1918
Decommissioned June 24 1922
Recommissioned February 20 1930 - Decommissioned April 6 1937
Recommissioned September 30 1939 - Decommissioned October 23 1940
Stricken January 8 1941
Broken up for scrap 1951
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- Covers Page 1 (1930-40)
Postmarks
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2nd Commissioning February 20 1930 to April 6 1937
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1934-08-25 |
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Cachet by - R. B. Hare
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1935-04-26 |
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Note:
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1930-05-30 |
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Postmark on back from "Mare Island Station", Vallejo, CA date June 18 1930
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1932-05-09 |
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Notes:
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1937-04-05 |
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Last Day Postal Service
3rd Commissioning September 30 1939 to October 23 1940
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1939-11-15 |
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First Day of Postal Service
Add-on cachet by Roger A. Wentworth
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1939-11-15 |
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First Day of Postal Service
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1940-09-30 |
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Last Day Postal Service
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Major Levi Twiggs, USMC (May 23 1793 - September 13 1847). Major Twiggs was an veteran of the War of 1812, the Seminole Wars (1836-37) and the Mexican-American War. He was killed by enemy gunfire as he led a storming party in the assault on Chapultepec before Mexico City on September 13 1847
There have been two US Navy ships named in his honor; USS Twiggs DD-127 and USS Twiggs DD-591.
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