LAKE ERIE CG 70

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.

Ticonderoga Class Guided-Missile Cruiser Keel Laid 6 March 1990 - Launched 13 July 1991 USS LAKE ERIE CG-70 Commissioned 24 July 1993 - Decommissioned (Tentative) FY 2025

Naval Covers

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1. USS Lake Erie CG-70 Covers Page 1     (1993-2016)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 9-2n+ (USS, FPO, AP 96671-1190)

1993-07-24

First Day in Commission, cachet by Charles B. Hall

 

Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-46

1993-07-24

First Day in Commission, cachet by Charles B. Hall

 

Locy Type 2-2tn ("C670", FPO AP 96671-1190)

1993-09-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-2tn (FPO AP 96671-1190)

1994-07-04

Independence Day 1994, cachet by Gary Rogak

 

Locy Type 11-2(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96671-1190)

2008-02-20

Shoot down of a errant satellite with a SM-3 missile, cachet by Rich Hoffner

 

Locy Type 11-2n (USS, FPO AP 96671)

2016-04-27

Collectors request, ships cachet, requested by Donald Lawson

 

Locy Type 12-2c(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96671-1190)

2011-09-26

USCS Postmark Survey

 

Locy Type F FPO AP 96671-1190 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-46a

1993-09-10

180th Anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2009-04-01

Collectors request by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name LAKE ERIE - USS Lake Erie (Cargo ship 1917) and USS Lake Erie CG-70.

 

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