FORT McHENRY LSD 43

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.

Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship Keel Laid 10 June 1983 - Launched 1 February 1986 USS FORT McHENRY LSD-43 Commissioned 8 August 1987 - Decommissioning Ceremony 27 March 2021

Naval Covers

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1. USS Fort McHenry LSD-43 Covers Page 1    (1986-2016)

 

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 2-1(n+)(USN)

1987-08-08

First Day in Commission

 

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

1994-11-11

Veteran's Day, stamped cachet

 

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

2000-07-13

Ships cachet, collectors request by Thad Kaczkowski

 

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

2003-11-25

Rubber stamp cachet, collectors request by Thad Kaczkowski

 

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

1994-11-11

Veteran's Day, stamped cachet

 

Locy Type 11-2ny (USS,FPO AA 34091) (Unit 100252)

2020-09-02

75th Anniversary of the Japanese Surrender. Cachet by Michael Brock.
The "frame" around the postmark is not part of the postmark and is not to be considered when looking at this postmark.

 

Locy Type 12-2(n+) (USS,FPO AE 09569-1731)

2011-09-12

Postmark courtesy of the USCS Postmark Survey 2011-2012

 

Locy Type 12-2ny (USS,FPO AA 34091) (Unit 100252)

2020-09-02

75th Anniversary of the Japanese Surrender. Cachet by Michael Brock.

 

Locy Type 13-2(n+) (USS, FPO AA 34091-1731)

2015-10-20

CO, XO and COB signed this cover.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-11-10

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, cachet by Bill Payden

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "FLEET WEEK / NEW YORK STATION" Staten Island NY

2016-05-25

Fleet Week New York 2016, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

USS FORT McHENRY has earned the following awards - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait).

NAMESAKE - Named for the national monument in Baltimore, Maryland.

The ships sponsor is Helen D. Bentley (November 28, 1923 – August 6, 2016). Bentley was an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland from 1985 to 1995

 

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