BUNKER HILL CG 52

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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.


    Ticonderoga Class Flight II Guided Missile Cruiser
    Keel Laid 11 January 1984 - Launched 11 March 1985
    Christened 13 April 1985

  1. USS BUNKER HILL CG-52
  2. Commissioned (Special) 8 September 1986
    Commissioned (Full) 20 September 1986 - Decommissioned 22 September 2023

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Bunker Hill CG-52 Covers Page 1    (1975-2019)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Close-Up Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Full Cover Image


 

Locy Type
FDC F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. B-108

1986-09-20

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
FDC F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. B-108a

1986-09-20

Posted on previously used cover from 1975. Cachet by Kenick Covers


 

Locy Type
FDC 2-2t(n+)
(USS,FPO 96661)

1986-09-20

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
FDC 9-2(n+)
(USS,FPO 96661)

1986-09-20

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
2-1(n+) (D1,USS)

1989-09-20

Cachet by Gary Rogak


 

Locy Type
2-2t(n+)
(USS,FPO 96661)

1986-11-13

Ships Cachet, Missile testing text cachet


 

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

1999-08-06

Ships Cachet, additional cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.


 

Locy Type
9-2(n+)
(USS,FPO 96661)

1986-11-13

Ships Cachet, Missile testing text cachet


 

Locy Type
9-2(n+) (USS,
FPO AP 95661-1172)

1999-08-06

Ships Cachet, additional cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.


 

Locy Type
11-2n(USS,
FPO AP 96661)

2016-09-30

Collectors request by Elgin Sink


 

Locy Type
11-3(n+)
(USN, USS,
FPO-AP / 96661-1172)

2007-03-28

Cachet by Douglas Ebert.


 

Locy Type
11-3(n+)(USN, USS,
FPO-AP / 96661-1172)

2011-09-25

Courtesy of the USCS Postmark Survey 2011-2012


 

Locy Type
12-2cn+(USS,
FPO AP 96661)

2016-09-30

Collectors request by Elgin Sink. This postmark is on the back of the cover.


 

Locy Type
12-3c(n+)y (USN, USS,
FPO AP 96661-1172)(USPS)

2006-06-19

Ships cachet. Collectors request by Thad Kaczkowski.


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-08-11

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, serviced by Robert Jank


 

Locy Type F

2010-06-05

Portland Rose Festival-Port Visit, cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)


 

Locy Type
DIRECTORY SERVICE

2016-09-30

Collectors request by Elgin Sink. This postmark is on the back of the cover.



USPS Pictorial Postmarks


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"USS Bunker
Hill Station"

Charlestown, MA

1986-09-20

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

USS BUNKER HILL earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon (3 awards), the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon (7 awards), the Battle "E" Ribbon (15 awards), the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal (2 awards) and the Coast Guard Unit Commendation Ribbon during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Bunker Hill is a height in Charlestown, Mass. The battle, which bears this name, was fought June 17 1775 on adjacent Breed's Hill.

There have been three ships in the US Navy named BUNKER HILL - USS Bunker Hill Id. No. 1256 (renamed USS Aroostook CM-3/AK-44), USS Bunker Hill CV/CVA/CVS-17/AVT-9 and USS Bunker Hill CG-52.

 


 

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