SAMUEL GOMPERS AD 37

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.

Samuel Gompers Class Destroyer Tender Keel Laid 9 July 1964 - Launched 14 May 1966 USS SAMUEL GOMPERS AD-37 Commissioned 15 July 1967 - Decommissioned 27 October 1995 Struck from Naval Register 7 April 1999 Transferred 7 April 1999 to MARAD for disposal Sunk as target 21 July 2003

Naval Covers

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1. USS Samuel Gompers AD-37 Covers Page 1     (1971-1992)

 

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 July 1967 - Disestablished 3 October 1995

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1974-12-25

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1976-01-12

Cachet by Michael Hebert

 

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

1993-05-31

Cover prepared by P. M. Leenhouts, from the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

Locy Type 7dit(n+u) (POW/MIA)

1971-10-15

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Locy Type 7t(n+u)

1967-11-26

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Locy Type 9-1n+u (USS)

1992-07-01

Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

Other Information

USS SAMUEL GOMPERS earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon (3 awards), the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (5 awards), the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 1 Campaign star, the Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 Campaign star, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Samuel Gompers (27 January 1850 - 13 December 1924)
Gompers was apprenticed to a cigar maker at an early age. He emigrated to New York in 1863 and the following year, became interested in the labor movement. He helped to organize Cigarmaker's International Union. As president, he made it into a model for other unions. In 1881, he helped establish the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions which, five years later, was reorganized as the American Federation of Labor. Gompers was selected as the organization's first president and held the post for more than forty years. He was a fearless fighter for humanitarian rights. He, more than any other single person, deserves credit for winning labor a place of respect and power in the nation's economic and social life. Gompers became ill in Mexico City while attending the convention of the Pan-American Federation of Labor in Mexico City. He was rushed to the United States by special train, but died some 11 hours after reaching San Antonio, Tex., on December 13 1924.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Joseph Holmes.

 

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