STEIN FF 1065

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.

Knox Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid 1 June 1970 - Launched 19 December 1970 USS STEIN DE-1065 Commissioned 8 January 1972 USS STEIN FF-1065 Reclassified Frigate (FF) 30 June 1975 Decommissioned 19 March 1992 Stricken 11 January 1995 IGNACIO ALLENDE E-50 (Mexican Naval Service) Sold to Mexico 29 January 1997 and renamed

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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)

1972-01-08

Commissioning

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1974-10-13

Navy Day, cachet by Morris W. Beck. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+ (FF "L065")

1979-06-09

FF-1065. Portland Rose Festival

 

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

1989-08-03

FF-1065. Cover serviced by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS for the Seattle SEAFAIR

 

Other Information

USS STEIN earned the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 1 star, the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 star, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Corporal Tony Stein, USMCR (30 September 1921 - 1 March 1945)
Stein enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on 22 September 1942. For conspicuous gallantry in repeated singlehanded assaults against the enemy and outstanding valor in aiding wounded Marines during the initial assault on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, Cpl. Stein earned the Medal of Honor. Cpl. Stein was the first Marine (out of twenty-two Marines) to receive the Medal of Honor for action in the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Less than two weeks after the action in which he earned the Nation's highest award for valor, on 1 March 1945, he died in combat during a mission in which he and a group of fellow Marines had volunteered to locate some enemy machine gun emplacements which were holding up the advance of his entire company. Cpl. Stein was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division when he was killed.
Corporal Stein's Medal of Honor and citation were presented to his widow on 19 February 1946 during a ceremony in the office of Governor Frank Lausche of Ohio.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Rose S. Parks.

 

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