DEWEY DDG 45

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.

Farragut Class Guided Missile Destroyer Planned as Destroyer Leader DL-14 Redesignated Guided Missile Frigate (DLG) 14 November 1956 Keel Laid 10 August 1957 - Launched 30 November 1958 USS DEWEY DLG-14 Commissioned December 7 1959 - Decommissioned 21 November 1969 Recommissioned 13 March 1971 USS DEWEY DDG-45 Redesignated Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) 1 July 1975 Decommissioned 31 August 1990 Struck from Naval Register 20 November 1992 Sold 15 April 1994 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Dewey DLG-14 Covers Page 1    (1963-90)

 

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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1st Commissioning December 7 1959 to November 21 1969

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1963-01-01

DLG-14

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1964-12-09

DLG-14. AURORA 7 Recovery Force

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1965-03-07

DLG-14

 

Locy Type 9fu

1963-03-13

DLG-14

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2nd Commissioning March 13 1971 to August 31 1990

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1974-05-18

DLG-14. Armed Forces Day Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

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

1979-03-22

DDG-45

 

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

1983-09-10

DDG-45. Port Visit to Kiel, Germany, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1981-02-24

DDG-45. Ships cachet, serviced by Thad W. Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-34

1976-07-04

DDG-45. Port Visit to Port Everglades, FL, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

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

1990-08-31

DDG-45. Last Day in Commission. Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of Admiral George Dewey (December 26 1837 – January 16 1917) best known for his victory (without the loss of a single life of his own forces due to combat) at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. He was also the only person in the history of the United States to have attained the rank of Admiral of the Navy, the most senior rank in the United States Navy.

 

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