CURTIS WILBUR DDG 54

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 I) Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 12 March 1991 - Launched 16 May 1992 USS CURTIS WILBUR DDG-54 Commissioned (Special) 11 February 1994 Commissioned (Full) 19 March 1994

Naval Covers

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1. USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 Covers Page 1    (1993-2021)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDPS F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-114

1993-12-10

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type FDPS 9-2tn+ (USS,FPO AP 96683-1272)

1993-12-10

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-114

1994-03-19

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

 

Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-114a

1994-03-19

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

 

Locy Type FDC 9-2tn+ (USS,FPO AP 96683-1272)

1994-03-19

Commissioning. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 9-2tn+ (USS,FPO AP 96683-1272)

2000-02-04

Cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 11-2n+ (USS,FPO AP 96683-1272)

2002-12-04

Cachet by Thad W. Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 12-2n+ (USS,FPO AP 96683-1272)

2002-12-04

Cachet by Thad W. Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type F "Panama Canal Transit" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-114b

1994-03-03

Panama Canal Transit, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-09-03

Note:

 

Locy Type F

2014-03-10

Received by Richard Hoffner

 

Locy Type F

2014-03-19

Cover has 2 other Type F postmarks.

 

Locy Type F (Type 11 with Unit #100160)

2016-08-23

On Piece. Cachet by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type F (Type 12-2c (FPO AP 96683) with Unit #100160)

2019-02-27

Cachet by Michael Brock

 

Locy Type PB5 Meter #PB8600334

2013-08-11

Back of the cover which has 2 other Type F postmarks.

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "1st Day in Commission Station" Long Beach, CA

1994-03-19

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

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Non-Postal Ships Marking

 

"MISSENT / TO / CDW"

2019-02-27

Cachet by Michael Brock

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - The Honorable Curtis Dwight Wilbur (10 May 1867 – 8 September 1954)
Wilbur was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1884. Shortly after graduation, Curtis Wilbur resigned his commission, a common practice at the time, and moved to Riverside, California. He was admitted to the California bar in 1890 and served as Los Angeles Deputy Assistant District Attorney. Curtis Wilbur moved to the Superior Court in 1903, and finally, in 1918, to the California Supreme Court where he served as the 19th Chief Justice.
On March 19 1924, Curtis Wilbur was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge as Secretary of the Navy and served until March 4 1929.
In 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed Curtis Wilbur to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. He served with distinction as the presiding judge until his retirement in 1945.

 

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