TAYLOR FFG 50

Ship Name and Designation History

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Oliver Hazard Perry Class (Long Hull, LAMPS III modified) Guided Missile Frigate Keel Laid 5 May 1983 - Launched and Christened 5 November 1983 USS TAYLOR FFG-50 Commissioned 1 December 1984 - Decommissioned 8 May 2015

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1. USS Taylor FFG-50 Covers Page 1    (1983-2015)

 

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

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Ship Postmarks

 

Locy Type 2-1(n) ("U.S." TAYLOR) (1984)

1986-06-10

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Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) (1986)

1989-10-26

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Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) (1998)

2001-03-02

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Locy Type 9-1(nu) ("U.S." TAYLOR) (1984)

1994-01-10

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Locy Type 9-1(nu) ("U.S." TAYLOR) (1998)

1999-03-22

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Locy Type 12-2n+ (USS,FPO AA 34093-1504)

2008-08-12

Collectors request by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 13-2n+ (USS,FPO AA 34093-1504)

2010-07-08

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-08-12

Collectors request by Thad Kaczkowski

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Decommissioning Sta. Jacksonville FL

2015-05-08

Decommissioning, cachet by KSC Cachets (Kevin Colton)

 

Other Information

USS TAYLOR FFG-50 earned the following awards during her Naval career - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon w 1 star, Navy Battle “E“ Ribbon (3 awards), National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w 1 star, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Global War On Terror Expeditionary Medal, Global War On Terror Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 6 stars, Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon, Arctic Service Medal, United Nations Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwaiti).

NAMESAKE - Commander Jesse Junior Taylor, USN (16 January 1925 - 17 November 1965)
    Taylor was born in Wichita, Kansas, graduated high school, and enlisted in the Navy on 26 October 1942. He joined Bombing Squadron 11 (VB-11) as an aviation radioman and was deployed with the squadron to the carrier Hornet in September 1944. He served with VB-11 until discharged from the Navy on 5 February 1946. Following his return to civilian life, he attended college and worked for several private concerns in the Los Angeles area. He returned to college in 1950 and also enlisted in the Naval Reserve shortly after hostilities broke out in Korea.
     Reporting for duty in January 1951, Taylor underwent flight training and was soon commissioned and designated a naval aviator. He went on to join Composite Squadron Four in January 1953, then served as NROTC instructor on the Los Angeles campus of the University of California. 1956 saw Taylor as a flight instructor at Whiting Field, Milton, Fla.. and then joined the staff of Chief of Naval Air Training at NAS Pensacola. After Pensacola, Taylor journeyed to England to attend the Empire Test Pilot's School at Farmborough. He then rejoining the fleet with Fighter Squadron 174. Promoted to lieutenant commander while serving with the squadron, he attended the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island for a year and next represented the Bureau of Naval Weapons at St. Louis, Mo.
     In July 1965, Lcdr Taylor was assigned to Air Wing 16 aboard USS Oriskany CVA 34, and sailed to the western Pacific. On 17 November 1965, Cdr Taylor was flying his Skyraider attacking a key bridge near Haiphong. Hearing about another pilot’s plight after being shot down, he took command of the rescue effort, proceeded to the scene and found the downed pilot. He attacked the anti-aircraft gun sites, but because of fire in his own aircraft, he was forced to break off the attack. Rather than abandoning his plane in enemy territory, he tried to make the Gulf of Tonkin, but his plane crashed before he could eject. Commander Taylor was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. Barbara A. Taylor, the widow of LCdr. Taylor.

 

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