RODNEY M DAVIS FFG 60

Ship Name and Designation History

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Oliver Hazard Perry Class (Long Hull, LAMPS III modified) Guided Missile Frigate Keel Laid 8 February 1985 - Launched & Christened 11 January 1986 USS RODNEY M. DAVIS FFG-60 Commissioned 9 March 1987 Decommissioned 31 March 2015 Rim of the Pacific SINKEX 12 July 2022

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1. USS Rodney M. Davis FFG-60 Covers Page 1    (1987-2015)

 

Postmarks

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

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Ship Postmarks

 

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

1987-05-09

First Day in Commission

 

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

1996-05-09

Ship's Crest cachet

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u)(USS)

1996-05-09

Backside of the cover.

 

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

2000-08-03

Official Ships Cachet. SEAFAIR Fleet Week cachet. Red postmark.

 

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

2003-02-04

Official Ships Cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection. Black postmark.

 

Locy Type 11-2n (USS APO AP 96663-1514)

2014-08-26

Official Ships Cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 12-1c(n+) (USS)

2003-02-04

Official Ships Cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 13-2(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96663-1514)

2007-03-13

Official Ships Cachet

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-61

1996-06-06

First Day New Cancel. Cover created by ship's CO, Cmdr Peter M. Leenhouts.

 

Locy Type F "TENTH ANNIVERSARY"

1997-05-09

10th Anniversary, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F "CHANGE / OF / COMMAND"

1997-07-03

Change of Command, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-06-12

Ships cachet, collector request by Thad Kaczkowski

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Last Day In / Commission Sta." Everett WA

2015-03-31

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

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Misc. Ship Markings

 

Misc. Ship's Mark

1997-03-08

Cover created by ship's CO, Cmdr. Peter M. Leenhouts.

 

Misc. Ship's Mark

1997-03-08

Cover created by ship's CO, Cmdr. Peter M. Leenhouts.

 

Other Information

USS RODNEY M. DAVIS FFG-60 earned the following awards during her Naval career - Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon w/ 2 stars, Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4 awards), National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 1 star, Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 star, Iraq Campaign Medal w/ 2 stars, Global War On Terror Expeditionary Service Medal, Global War On Terror Service Medal, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon.

NAMESAKE - Sergeant Rodney Maxwell Davis, USMC (April 7 1942 – September 6 1967).
Sgt. Davis was ordered to the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967, where he was assigned duty as a Platoon Guide with Company B, First Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division. On September 6 1967, he was operating with his unit in the Quang Nam Province on a search and clear mission during Operation Swift, when they were attacked by a large North Vietnamese force. Elements of the platoon were pinned down in a trench line by mortars, heavy automatic and small arms fire. He went from man to man encouraging them on and also returning fire at the same time. An enemy hand grenade fell in the trenches his men were fighting from and without hesitation he threw himself upon the grenade. He saved his fellow Marines in this selfless act and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
Sgt Davis' other medals and decorations include: the Purple Heart; the Good Conduct Medal; the National Defense Service Medal; the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; the Vietnam Service Medal; the Vietnam Military Merit Medal; the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm; and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. Judy P. Davis, Sgt. Davis' wife.

 

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