SIDES FFG 14

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 7 August 1978 - Launched 19 May 1979 USS SIDES FFG-14 Commissioned 30 May 1981 - Decommissioned 28 February 2003 Struck 24 May 2004

Naval Covers

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1. USS Sides FFG-14 Covers Page 1    (1979-2003)

 

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+)

1981-05-30

Commissioning, cachet by Ronald Reeves

 

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

1982-01-18

Official ship's cachet

 

Locy Type 2-2(n+) (USS FPO AP 96678-2359)

1996-06-17

ERROR Postmark - The last four should be 1472. Collector's request, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 9-2(n+) (USS FPO AP 96678-2359)

1996-06-17

ERROR Postmark - The last four should be 1472. Collector's request, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 11-2n (USS FPO AP 96678-1472)

1999-05-20

CORRECTED Postmark - The last four corrected to 1472. Collector's request, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 12-2cn (USS FPO AP 96678-1472)

1999-05-20

CORRECTED Postmark - The last four corrected to 1472. Collector's request, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Other Information

USS SIDES earned the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4 awards), the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Service Medal and the Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 3 stars during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Admiral John Harold Sides, USN (April 22 1904 - April 3 1978)
    Sides, a native of Roslyn, Washington, received his commission from the U.S. Naval Academy with the class of 1925. His early sea tours were served principally aboard battleships. While ashore he pursued development of his specialty - ordnance - First, in 1942, as Chief of Ammunition and explosive section of the Bureau of Ordnance; then in 1948 as Deputy to the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Guided Missiles; in 1951 in the Office of the Director of Guided Missiles, Office of the Secretary of Defense; and, most notably, in 1952, as Director of the Guided Missile Division, Office of the CNO, from which he director the Navy's Guided Missile Efforts for almost four years. Admiral Sides at sea commands include: Commander Mine Division Eight (1944), Commander Destroyer Squadron Forty-Seven (1945), USS Albany (1950), and Commander Cruiser Division Six (1956).
     On 31 August 1960, he was appointed Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and served in that capacity until 1963 at which time he retired from active duty. He passed away 3 April 1978.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Joanne Sides Watson.

 

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