MOUNT WHITNEY LCC 20

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.

Blue Ridge Class Command Ship /         Joint Command Ship / Amphibious Force Command Ship Originally authorized as AGC-20 Reclassified LCC-20 1 January 1969 Keel Laid 6 January 1969 - Launched 8 January 1970 USS MOUNT WHITNEY LCC-20 Commissioned 16 January 1971

Naval Covers

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1. USS Mount Whitney LCC-20 Covers Page 1      (1971-2006)

 

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(n) (USS)

1971-01-16

Commissioning

 

Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

1971-04-28

Official Ship's cachet

 

Locy Type 2t(nu)(USS,"LCC")

1976-07-08

Welcome to Norfolk S.A.S. President Kruger F 150, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

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

1979-07-04

Independence Day, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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

1986-07-04

Rededication of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 1986.
International Naval Review - Nordic Cachets

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) (1978)

1984-11-17

Commissioning of USS Olympia SSN-717. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS) (2003)

2003-02-10

Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 9-2n(USS, FPO AE 09517-3310)

2014-06-26

Collectors mail

 

Locy Type 11-1(n+) (USS) ("MT") (2003)

2003-02-11

Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 11-1(n)y (USS "MT") (Unit 100234 Box 1)

2018-11-11

Cachet by Michael Brock.

 

Locy Type 11-2n(USS, FPO AE 09517-3310) (2006)

2006-10-27

Contributed by Douglas Ebert.

 

Locy Type 11-2n(USS, FPO AE 09517-3310) (2012)

2012-01-12

USCS Postmark Survey

 

Locy Type 11-3(n+)(USN, USS, FPO AE / 09517-3310)

2014-06-26

Collectors mail

 

Locy Type 12-2cn(USS, FPO AE 09517-3310)

2012-01-12

USCS Postmark Survey

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-07-04

Ships cachet, collector request by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Other Information

USS MOUNT WHITNEY has earned the following awards - Navy Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (11) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal- Kosovo Service Medal (2) - Global War on Terrorism Service Medal - United Nations Medal.

USS Mount Whitney serves as the flagship for Commander Sixth Fleet and is homeported at Gaeta, Italy
USS Mount Whitney is jointly manned by US Navy and Military Sealift Command (MSC) personnel Navigation, deck, engineering, laundry and galley services provided by MSC civil service mariners. Commanded by a Naval officer with a Navy mission crew.

NAMESAKE - A peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, on the Inyo‑Tulare County line at the eastern edge of Sequoia National Park.

 

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