NICHOLSON DD 982

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.

Spruance Class Destroyer Keel Laid 20 February 1976 - Launched 29 November 1977 USS NICHOLSON DD-982 Commissioned 12 May 1979 - Decommissioning Ceremony 18 December 2002 Decommissioned 20 December 2002 Struck from Naval Register 6 April 2004 Sunk as target 30 July 2004

Naval Covers

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1. USS Nicholson DD-982 Covers Page 1    (1980-2002)

 

Postmarks

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

 

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

1986-05-12

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Locy Type 9-1n+ (USN, USS)

1998-03-12

Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 11-1n+ (USN, USS)

2002-02-20

Cacheted, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-6

1980-02-04

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-6a

1983-03-17

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Locy Type F "Decommissioning Ceremony"

2002-12-18

Decommissioning Ceremony, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Decommissioning Station" Norfolk VA

2002-12-20

Decommissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named in honor of the Nicholson family; James (the senior Continental Navy Captain); Samuel (the first captain of USS Constitution); John (Continental Navy Captain); William (Son of John Nicholson, was a US Navy Commodore, veteran of the War of 1812 and the Civil War); and James W. (Grandson of Samuel Nicholson, Rear Admiral US Navy, veteran of the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War).

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name NICHOLSON in their honor - USS Nicholson TB-29, USS Nicholson DD-52, USS Nicholson DD-442 and USS Nicholson DD-982.

 

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