TRENTON LPD 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.

Trenton Class Amphibious Transport Dock Keel Laid 8 August 1966 - Launched 3 August 1968 USS TRENTON LPD-14 Commissioned 6 March 1971 - Decommissioned 17 January 2007 INS JALASHWA L41 (Indian Naval Service) Sold to the Indian Navy 17 January 2007 Commissioned 22 June 2007

Naval Covers

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1. USS Trenton LPD-14 Covers Page 1    (1980-2007)

 

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(n)

1971-03-06

Commissioning

 

Locy Type 2(n)(USS)

1980-12-13

Welcome to Norfolk - RFA Lyness A-339, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 2-1(n)(USS)

1996-07-18

Note:

 

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

2004-05-06

Collector request by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 9f(nu)(USS)

1973-06-23

Ships cachet, Fleet Week 1973 Kiel Germany

 

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

2004-05-06

Collector request by Thad Kaczkowski

 

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

2006-12-25

Christmas, cachet by the Taze Nicholson Chapter No. 104, USCS

 

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

2006-12-25

Christmas, cachet by the Taze Nicholson Chapter No. 104, USCS

 

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

2007-01-17

Contributed by Douglas Ebert.

 

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

2007-01-17

Reused Frederick L. Karcher commissioning cover.

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Farewell Station" Trenton, NJ

2007-01-17

Farewell from Trenton NJ, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
Hull Designation Incorrect in this Postmark, LPH should be LPD.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Decommissioning Station" Norfolk, VA

2007-01-17

Decommissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
Hull Designation Incorrect in this Postmark, LPH should be LPD.

 

Other Information

USS TRENTON earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (5 awards), the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 4 bronze stars, the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal w/ 1 bronze star, the Humanitarian Service Medal and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her US Navy career.

NAMESAKE - Named after the city of Trenton, New Jersey, site of the Battle of Trenton in the American Revolutionary War.

Three ships of the US Navy have been named TRENTON - USS Trenton (Wooden Screw Steamer 1877), USS Trenton CL-11 and USS Trenton LPD-14.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Richard J. Hughes.

NAMESAKE - JALASHWA - Sanskrit/Hindi for Hippopotamus.

 

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