PHILIPPINE SEA CG 58

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.

Ticonderoga Class Guided Missile Cruiser Keel Laid 8 April 1986 - Launched 12 July 1987 USS PHILIPPINE SEA CG-58 Commissioned 18 March 1989 -

Naval Covers

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1. USS Philippine Sea CG-58 Covers Page 1    (1991-2019)

 

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+) (USS)

1989-03-18

Commissioning. Note the inaccurate "GG-58" designation in the postmark.

 

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

2003-04-01

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

Locy Type 2-1pn (USS)

1995-03-23

From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

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

1991-07-04

Cachet by Gary R. Rogak.

 

Locy Type 9-1nu (USS)

2001-09-24

Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

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

2005-07-06

Port Visit to Scotland, cachet by Dan Goodwin

 

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

2016-08-11

Cachet by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 11-2y (USS, FPO AA 34092) (UNIT 100258)

2019-03-18

Ships cachet with boxed cachet by Elgin E. Sink. 30th Anniversary of Commissioning.
"The "frame" around this postmark is actually the edge of the postmark device and is not considered to be part of the postmark." Greg Ciesielski

 

Locy Type 11-2ny (USS, FPO AE 09592) (UNIT 100258)

2023-12-06

Collector request, ships cachet. From the Robert Jank collection.

 

Locy Type 12-1n+ (USN,USS)

2006-08-09

Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

Locy Type P [2-1(n+),"G" cut to a "C"]

1991-06-06

Dragon cachet by Michael Brock, from the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

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Ships Directory Service Marking

 

Directory Service Marking

2021-02-17

Received by Elgin E. Sink. Marking has been 'digitally cleaned' for better viewing by Greg Ciesielski.

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Fleet Week New York Sta." Staten Island, NY

2003-05-24

Fleet Week New York, Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

USS PHILIPPINE SEA has earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (5 awards), the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3 awards), the Southwest Asia Service Medal (w/ 2 Campaign stars), the Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (7 awards), the NATO Medal, the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudia Arabia) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career as of 2016.

NAMESAKE - Named for the Battle of the Philippine Sea during World War II.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name PHILIPPNE SEA - USS Philippine Sea CV-47 and USS Philippine Sea CG-58.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. Renee W. C. Lyons, wife of Adm. James A. Lyons Jr., Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet.

 

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