GRAVELY DDG 107

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.

Arleigh Burke Class (Flight IIa) Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 26 November 2007 - Christened 16 May 2009 Launched 30 May 2009 USS GRAVELY DDG-107 Commissioned 20 November 2010

Naval Covers

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1. USS Gravely DDG-107 Covers Page 1     (2009-2010)

 

Postmarks

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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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1st Commissioning November 20 2010 to present

 

Locy Type FDC F

2010-11-20

Commissioning, cachet by the Cape Fear Stamp and Cover Club

 

Locy Type 2-2n (USS, FPO AE 09570-1221)

2013-10-16

Collectors request, Official ship's cachet, serviced by Karl Weyland

 

Locy Type 11-2ny (USS, FPO AE 09570) (Unit 100337)

2022-01-15

Collectors request by John Macco.

 

Locy Type 12-2cny (USS, FPO AE 09570) (Unit 100337)

2022-01-15

Collectors request by John Macco.

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" Wilmington NC

2010-11-20

Commissioning, cachet by William Everett

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Vice Admiral Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr., USN (June 4, 1922 – October 22, 2004).
Gravely was an Black American Navy pioneer — the first Black American in the U.S. Navy to be commissioned an officer, the first to serve aboard a fighting ship as an officer, the first to command a Navy ship, the first fleet commander, and the first to become an admiral.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. Alma B.C. Gravely, Admiral Gravely's widow.

 

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