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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. 
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Charles F. Adams Class Guided Missile Destroyer<br/>
Ordered as Destroyer DD-955<br/>
Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) April 23 1957<br/>
Keel Laid May 18 1959 - Launched June 4 1960<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS BIDDLE DDG-5'''<br/>
Commissioned May 5 1962<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5'''<br/>
Renamed July 28 1964<br/>
Decommissioned October 31 1989<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register June 1 1990<br/>
Sold to Metro Machine Philadelphia for scrap<br/>
Completed November 8 2002
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[[Image:Biddle_PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]<br/>
[[Image:CLAUDE V RICKETTS 1_PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the 
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, 
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should 
be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't 
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date 
range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[USS BIDDLE DDG-5_Covers_Page_1 |Biddle Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1962-64)</li>
<li>[[USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5_Covers_Page_1 |Claude V. Ricketts Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1967-89)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a 
separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry 
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks 
should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark 
has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest 
known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an 
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>FDC 2(n+) 
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1962-05-05
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[[Image:JonBurdett biddle ddg5 19620505 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett biddle ddg5 19620505.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As BIDDLE DDG-5<br/>
First Day in Commission. R/S cachet.
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Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1964-03-31
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[[Image:JonBurdett biddle ddg5 19640331 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett biddle ddg5 19640331.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As BIDDLE DDG-5<br/>
R/S cachet.
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Locy Type<br/>LD (as BIDDLE) 2(n+) 
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1964-07-28
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Biddle_DDG5_19640728_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Biddle_DDG5_19640728_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As BIDDLE DDG-5<br/>
R/S cachet.  AM in dial.
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Locy Type<br/>LD 9ef(n+u)
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1964-07-28
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[[Image:JonBurdett biddle ddg5 19640728 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett biddle ddg5 19640728.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As BIDDLE DDG-5<br/>
Last Day as BIDDLE
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Locy Type<br/>LD (as BIDDLE) 2(n+) 
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1964-07-28
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Biddle_DDG5_19640728_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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Last Day As BIDDLE DDG-5<br/>
Close up of R/S cachet.  AM in dial.
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<h4>Renamed CLAUDE V. RICKETTS July 28 1964</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>FD<br/>(as CLAUDE V RICKETTS) 2(n+) 
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1964-07-28
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_ClydeVRicketts_DDG5_19640728_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_ClydeVRicketts_DDG5_19640728_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5<br/>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]].  PM in dial.
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Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1967-07-24
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[[Image:JonBurdett claudevricketts ddg5 19670724 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett claudevricketts ddg5 19670724.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5
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Locy Type<br/>2(n+)<br/>(USS,Lettering fills dial)
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1972-04-20
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[[Image:JonBurdett_claudevricketts_ddg5_19720420_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5
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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+) (USS)
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1988-12-25
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[[Image:JonBurdett claudevricketts ddg5 19881225 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett claudevricketts ddg5 19881225.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5
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Locy Type<br/>9ef(n+u) (USS)
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1967-07-24
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[[Image:JonBurdett claudevricketts ddg5 19670724 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett claudevricketts ddg5 19670724.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5
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Locy Type<br/>LDC 2-1(n+)
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1989-10-31
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[[Image:JonBurdett_claudevricketts_ddg5_19891031_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett_claudevricketts_ddg5_19891031.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
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As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5<br/>
Last Day in Commission
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''BIDDLE'''<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Captain Nicholas Biddle (September 10 1750 – March 17 1778)<br/>
Biddle was one of the first five Captains of the Continental Navy, which was raised by the Americans during the American Revolutionary War<br/><br/>
'''CLAUDE V. RICKETTS'''<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Admiral Claude Vernon Ricketts (1906 – July 6 1964)<br/>
Ricketts served in the United States Navy as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations....As Gunnery Officer he was awarded The Medal of Honor for his actions aboard [[WEST_VIRGINIA_BB_48|USS WEST VIRGINIA BB-48]] when he assumed command of the ship upon [[BENNION DD 662|Captain Bennion's]] death during the [[Pearl Harbor Heroes|Pearl Harbor attack]]


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