WHITE PLAINS AFS 4

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.

Mars Class Combat Stores Ship Keel Laid October 2 1965 - Launched July 27 1966 USS WHITE PLAINS AFS-4 Commissioned November 23 1968 - Decommissioned April 4 1993 Assigned to MSC April 4 1993 USNS WHITE PLAINS AFS-4 Placed In Service April 4 1993 - Out of Service April 17 1995 Struck from Naval Register August 24 1995 Sunk as target July 8 2002 during "RIMPAC 2002"

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1968-93)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n+)

1968-11-23

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2(n+)

1973-12-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1977-10-11

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

1979-08-28

Listed as Type 2-1(n) in USCS Catalog - Clearly this is a Type 2-1(n+)

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

1985-01-14

Cachet by Raymond W. Milling

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

1990-06-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) lettering fills dial

1990-06-27

Note:

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In Service period April 4 1993 to April 17 1995

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

1993-05-19

As USNS WHITE PLAINS

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USPS 4-bar Naval Station Guam

1995-04-17

No Image

Place Out Of Service. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

WHITE PLAINS earned the following awards during her Naval career - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (6) -Navy Expeditionary Medal (5) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 5 Campaign stars) - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Humanitarian Services Medal (6) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.

NAMESAKE - "A city in, and the seat of government for, Westchester County, N.Y. After the Battle of Long Island on 27 August 1776, during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was forced to evacuate Long Island and, later, the entire state of New York. During the retreat through New York and New Jersey, contingents of American soldiers fought a series of sharp rearguard actions which held up the British forces and allowed the Continental Army to escape intact to Pennsylvania. On 28 October 1776, the second of those engagements was fought near White Plains, N.Y. Though the American troops were ultimately driven from the field, they held the British back long enough to allow General Washington's main force to make good its retreat." {DANFS}

There has been 2 ships of the US Navy named WHITE PLAINS - USS White Plains CVE-66 and USS White Plains AFS-4.

 

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