NITZE DDG 94

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 20 September 2002 - Launched 3 April 2004 Christened April 17 2004 USS NITZE DDG-94 Commissioned (Special) 29 October 2004 Commissioned 5 March 2005

Naval Covers

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1. USS Nitze DDG-94 Covers Page 1    (2004-2020)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2-2n+ (USS, FPO AE 09579-1200)

2011-10-11

Courtesy of the USCS Postmark Survey 2011-2012

 

Locy Type 9-2n+ (USS, FPO AE 09579-1200)

2008-06-25

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, Ship's cachet, serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 11-2n+ (USS,FPO AE 09579)

2016-09-12

FREE Mail, collector request by Elgin Sink

 

Locy Type 11-2 (USS,FPO AE 09579)

2019-03-26

Cachet by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 12-2cn+ (USS, FPO AE 09579-1200) (Black Ink)

2011-10-11

Courtesy of the USCS Postmark Survey 2011-2012

 

Locy Type 12-2cn+ (USS, FPO AE 09579-1200) (Red Ink)

2011-10-11

Courtesy of the USCS Postmark Survey 2011-2012

 

Locy Type 12-2c (USS, FPO AE 09579)

2020-05-30

From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

Locy Type 12-2(USS, FPO AE 09579)

2016-12-21

Courtesy of Tom Kean

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-03-19

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, cachet by Dan Goodwin

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Station" Norfolk, VA

2005-03-01

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
The date on this pictorial postmark is incorrect. The Type 9 postmark, with a date of March 5, 2005, is the correct date of Commissioning.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Station" Norfolk, VA

2005-03-05

Commissioning, cachet by Wolfgang Hechler
The date on this pictorial postmark has been corrected.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Mr. Paul Henry Nitze (January 16 1907 - October 19 2004).
Nitze served the US Government for over 40 years and among many assigments he held, President Kennedy appointed him as Secretary of the Navy in 1963 and he served in that capacity until 1967.
President Truman awarded Nitze the Medal of Merit in 1947 for is duties as Director and then as Vice Chairman of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey . In 1985, President Reagan awarded Nitze the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contributions to the freedom and security of the United States.
At his funeral service in Washington National Cathedral, his coffin was carried by eight crew members of the USS Nitze DDG-94, one of the very few ships in the U.S. Navy ever to be named for a living person.

The ships sponsor is Elisabeth Porter, Mr. Nitze's wife.

 

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