FORREST ROYAL DD 872

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.

Gearing Class Destroyer Keel Laid 8 June 1945 - Launched 17 January 1946 USS FORREST B. ROYAL DD-872 Commissioned 29 June 1946 - Decommissioned 27 March 1971 Struck from Naval Register 1 February 1973 TCG ADATEPE D353 (Turkish Naval Service) Loaned to Turkey 27 March 1971 and renamed Sold to Turkey 15 February 1973 Stricken by Turkey 1993 and scrapped

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Forrest B. Royal DD-872 Covers Page 1    (1946-1970)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established 1 August 1946 - Disestablished 1 March 1971

 

Locy Type FDPS 2tnu

1946-06-27

First Day of Postal Service.
"Although official Navy records do not use the middle initial in the name, early postal records did, and the ship itself used the middle initial regularly throughout her life." USCS Postmark Catalog

 

Locy Type FDPS 2tnu

1946-06-27

First Day of Postal Service.
"Although official Navy records do not use the middle initial in the name, early postal records did, and the ship itself used the middle initial regularly throughout her life." USCS Postmark Catalog

 

Locy Type 2

1951-03-30

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Locy Type 2(n+)(USS)

1965-01-19

Unlisted in USCS Postmark Catalog. Cachet by Morris W. Beck for the unmanned test flight of Gemini II. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 2tnu (FORREST B. ROYAL)

1946-11-19

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Locy Type 2tnu ("B" removed)

1947-10-12

Columbus Day, cachet by Donald R. Graf

 

Locy Type 2tnu ("B" removed)

1948-03-05

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Locy Type 2tnu ("B" removed)

1948-06-08

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Locy Type 2tnu name relocated USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-20

1948-10-27

Navy Day

 

Locy Type 2t(nu)

1957-08-13

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Locy Type 9ef(nu) (FORREST B. ROYAL)

1946-08-15

This postmark is on the back side of the FDPS cover dated June 27 1946.

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) "B" removed

1947-10-12

Columbus Day cachet by Donald R. Graf

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu)

1951-04-04

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Locy Type 9fu

1970-09-02

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Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-20c

1964-07-24

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N/A

1957 to 1975

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Official US Navy uniform sleeve tab from the USS FORREST B. ROYAL.

 

Other Information

USS FORREST ROYAL received 4 battle stars for her Korean War service.

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Forrest Beton Royal, USN (10 February 1893 – 18 June 1945).
    Royal was a member of the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1915. Service in increasingly important posts afloat and ashore prepared him for his role as commander of Amphibious Group 6 in the assaults on Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, and Borneo during the Pacific War in 1944 and 1945. His planning and execution of these important assignments was recognized with the Distinguished Service Medal, and the posthumous (RAdm Royal had died of a heart attack on board his flagship USS Rocky Mount AGC 3, 18 June 1945) award of a Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal.

The ships sponsor was Miss Katharine K. Royal, daughter of Admiral Royal.

 

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