STETHEM DDG 63

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 I) Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 10 May 1993 - Launched 17 June 1994 Christened 16 July 1994 USS STETHAM DDG-63 Commissioned (Special) 31 July 1995 - Commissioned (Full) 21 October 1995

Naval Covers

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1. USS Stethem DDG-63 Covers Page 1    (1994-2011)

 

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 2-2tn+ (USS,FPO AP 96678-1281)

1995-10-21

Commissioning. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type FDC 9-2n+ (USS,FPO AP 96678-1281)

1995-10-21

Commissioning. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 11-2 (USS,FPO AP 96678-1281)

1999-08-24

Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 11-2 (USS,FPO AP 96678-1281) (Longer Killer Bars)

2008-09-30

Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 12-2cn+ (USS,FPO AP 96678-1281)

1999-08-24

Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 12-2n (USS,FPO AP 96678-1281)

2011-09-14

Courtesy of the USCS Postmark Survey 2011-12.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-09-30

Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type F (UNIT 100174)

2016-01-11

Ship's cachet, serviced by Robert Jank. No ship's name in postmark.

 

Locy Type F (UNIT 100174)

2020-05-07

Similar to a Locy Type 12-2c. From the Foster E. Miller, III collection.

 

Locy Type Meter (PB8702050)

2011-09-14

Courtesy of the USCS Postmark Survey 2011-12.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Steelworker Second Class Robert Dean Stethem (DV), USN (November 17 1961 – June 15 1985).
SW2 Stethem was a United States Navy Seabee diver who was murdered by terrorists during the hijacking of the commercial airliner he was aboard, TWA Flight 847.
SW2 Stethem was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. Patricia L. Stethem, the mother of the ship's namesake, Steelworker Second Class (SW2) Robert Stethem.

 

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