SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON FFG 13

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.

Oliver Hazard Perry Class Guided Missile Frigate Keel Laid 4 December 1978 - Launched 14 July 1979 USS SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON FFG-13 Commissioned 11 October 1980 Assigned to Naval Reserve Force at Charleston SC, 30 June 1986 Decommissioned 10 April 2002 GORKOVA F-496 (Turkish Naval Service) Transferred as Grant Aid to Turkey 10 April 2002 Stricken 23 July 2002

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Samuel Eliot Morison FFG-13 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 FDC 2-1(n) (D2,USS)

1980-10-11

Commissioning. Ship's cachet, serviced by Ivan Samuels

 

Locy Type FDC 9-1(nu) (USS)

1980-10-11

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

 

Locy Type 2-1(n) (D2,USS)

1980-10-13

Navy Day 1980, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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

2001-02-26

Ship's cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

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

2001-02-26

Ship's cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark ”Decommissioning Station” Norfolk, VA

2002-04-10

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

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison, USNR (July 9 1887–May 15 1976) an American historian, noted for producing works of maritime history that were both authoritative and highly readable. A sailor as well as a scholar, Morison garnered numerous honors, including two Pulitzer Prizes, two Bancroft Prizes, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His general history textbooks were both widely used and later criticized by some academics for writing considered racially insensitive.

 

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