BAINBRIDGE DDG 96

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 7 May 2003 - Christened and Launched 13 November 2004 USS BAINBRIDGE DDG-96 Commissioned 12 November 2005

Naval Covers

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1. USS Bainbridge DDG-96 Covers Page 1     (2003-09)

 

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 2-2n (USS, FPO AE 09565-1303)

2005-11-12

Commissioning, ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-2n (USS, FPO AE 09565-1303)

2006-01-27

Ships crest, serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 9-2n (USS, FPO AE 09565-1303)

2006-01-27

Ships crest, serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 11-2(n)y (USPS)(USS, 09565)

2014-07-09

Ships crest, on piece, serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 11-2 (USS, FPO AE 09565)

2017-06-12

Cachet by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2009-02-17

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, ship's cachet, serviced by Rich Hoffner

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Commodore William Bainbridge, USN (May 7 1774 – July 28 1833).

Five ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor: USS Bainbridge (Brig, 1842), USS Bainbridge DD-1, USS Bainbridge DD-246, USS Bainbridge DLGN-25/CGN-25
and USS Bainbridge DDG-96.

The ships sponsor is Susan Bainbridge Hay, Commodore William Bainbridge's great-great-great-granddaughter.

 

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