Original USS Roe (DD-24) WWI Era US Navy Donald Duck Flat Hat & Tally

Description

This is an original US Navy flat hat for the WW1 destroyer
USS
Roe
(DD-24)
. A period piece and not a reproduction.  Hat is in fair shape.   It has a gilt wire embroidered lettered tally showing age and turning dark in places. Dark blue/black color has faded to a dark gray/brown. Early style hat with silk liner and tie strings. No ID and no moth holes that I see.   Please view all photos as part of the description and ask any questions before bidding.
Sold As Is.
From Wikipedia,
USS
Roe
(DD-24)
was a
Paulding
-class
destroyer
in the
United States Navy
during
World War I
, and later in the
United States Coast Guard
designated
CG-18
. She was the first ship named for
Francis Asbury Roe
.
Roe
was laid down on 18 January 1909 by the
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
,
Newport News, Virginia
, launched on 24 July 1909, sponsored by Mrs. Reynold T. Hall, and commissioned on 17 September 1910, Lieutenant
C. H. Woodward
in command.  I
n March 1917,
Roe
was placed in full commission status. With the new month, April, she was assigned to Squadron 2, Division 5,
Patrol Force
and ordered to assist
Treasury
and
Labor Department
officials at
Wilmington, North Carolina
, in preventing the destruction or escape of German merchant vessels. On the 6th, as the United States entered World War I, she sent an armed guard aboard
Hohenfelde
(see
Long Beach
). During her service in World War I, she was commanded by Captain
William A. Hodgman
, who received the
Navy Cross
for his efforts.
[6]
Designated
DD-24
on 17 July 1920,
Roe
was activated in 1924 and transferred to the Treasury Department. From 7 June 1924 – 18 October 1930, she was operated by the
United States Coast Guard
. Based in
Stapleton, New York
, she served as part of the
Rum Patrol
.
.
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