TRUXTUN DDG 103

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.

Arleigh-Burke Class (Flight IIa) Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 10 May 2005 - Launched 17 April 2007 Christened 2 June 2007 USS TRUXTUN DDG-103 Commissioned 25 April 2009

Naval Covers

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1. USS Truxtun DDG-103 Covers Page 1    (2005-2019)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDC 2-2n (USS, FPO AE 09588-1309)

2009-04-25

Commissioning, cachet by Elgin E. Sink

 

Locy Type 2-2n (USS, FPO AE 09588-1309)

2012-02-21

Official Ship's cachet, contributed by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 9-2n (USS, FPO AE 09588-1309)

2010-02-23

Official Ship's cachet, contributed by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 11-2n (USS, FPO AE 09588-1309)

2014-04-26

Naval exercises with the Bulgarian & Romanian navies, cachet by Douglas Ebert.
NOTE - Error postmark, Ships name spelled incorrectly in the postmark TRUXTON.

 

Locy Type 11-2 (USS, FPO AE 09588)

2017-04-10

Collectors request by Elgin E. Sink. Postmark "cleaned" up by Greg Ciesielski for presentation purposes.

 

Locy Type 12-2n (USS, FPO AE 09588-1309)

2017-04-10

Insert piece from the collectors request by Elgin E. Sink.

 

Locy Type 12-2 (USS, FPO AE 09588)

2017-06-03

Insert piece from the collectors request by Alex Hamling.

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Day Station" Goose Creek SC

2009-04-25

Commissioning, cachet by Greytcovers

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Commodore Thomas Truxtun, USN (February 17 1755 - May 5 1822).
Named for an American Naval hero, and founding father of the U.S. Navy

Six ships of the US Navy have borne the name TRUXTUN - USS Truxtun (1842 Brig), USS Truxtun DD-14, USS Truxtun DD-229, USS Truxtun APD-98, USS Truxtun CGN-35
and USS Truxtun DDG-103.

The ships sponsors are Susan Scott Martin and Carol Leigh Roelker, descendants of Thomas Truxtun.

 

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