JOHN S McCAIN DDG 56

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 3 September 1991 - Launched 26 September 1992 USS JOHN S. McCAIN DDG 56 Commissioned 2 July 1994 Damage in collision with oil tanker 21 August 2017

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1. USS John McCain DDG-56 Covers Page 1    (1994-2019)

 

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 2-2mt(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96672- )

1994-07-02

Commissioning. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler
The last four digits of the ZIP+4 Code have been cut from the 1994 cancels.

 

Locy Type 2-2mt(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96672-1274)

1998-03-09

Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-2t(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96672-1274)

2003-04-10

Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-2at(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96672-1274)

2003-04-10

Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-2t(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96672-1274)

2015-02-23

20th Anniversary cachet, not postmark date. Cachet by Robert Jank

 

Locy Type 9-2(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96672-1274)

1999-05-06

Official ships cachet

 

Locy Type 11-2(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96672-1274)

2008-08-29

Cachet by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 12-2(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96672-1274)

2011-09-14

USCS Postmark Survey

 

Locy Type F (Unit #100161) (FPO AP 96672)

2017-12-25

Cachet by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type F (Unit #100161) (FPO AP 96672)

2017-08-21

From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKES -
Admiral John Sidney McCain, Sr., USN (August 9 1884 - September 6 1945).
Admiral John Sidney McCain, Jr., USN (January 17 1911 - March 22 1981).
Captain John Sidney McCain III, USN (29 August 1936 - 25 August 2018)
John S. McCain Sr. commanded the aircraft carrier USS Ranger CV-4, and acted as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force through 1944.
John S. McCain Jr. commanded the submarines USS Gunnel SS-253 and USS Dentuda SS-335. Subsequently he held a number of posts, rising to Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command before retiring in 1972.
John S. McCain III graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1958. While on a bombing mission over North Vietnam, 26 October 1967, he was shot down and held as a Prisoner of War until released 14 March 1973. He entered politics in 1982 and served as a Senator from the state of Arizona. He tried twice to run for President but failed.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name JOHN S. McCAIN in their honor - USS John S. McCain DL-3 after Admiral McCain Sr.
USS John S. McCain DDG-56 is named after both Admirals
On 12 July 2018, at a rededication ceremony, Senator John McCain was added as a namesake, along with his father and grandfather.

The ships sponsor is Cindy McCain, the wife of Senator John McCain III.

 

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