MAHAN DDG 72

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 II) Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 17 August 1995 - Launched & Christened 29 June 1996 USS MAHAN DDG 72 Commissioned 14 February 1998

Naval Covers

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1. USS Mahan DDG-72 Covers Page 1    (1995-2022)

 

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 FDC 2-2(n+) (USS, FPO AE 09578-1292)

1998-02-14

Commissioning, cover serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type FDC F "BUILT TO FIGHT"

1998-02-14

Commissioning, cover serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type FDC F "BUILT TO FIGHT"

1998-02-14

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

 

Locy Type 2-2(n+) (USS, FPO AE 09578-1292)

1999-08-25

Ship's cachet, cover serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 9-2(n+) (USS, FPO AE 09578-1292)

1999-08-25

Ship's cachet, cover serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 11-2(n+) (USS, FPO AE / 09578)

2012-04-25

Ships cachet, collectors request by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 11-2n (USS, FPO AE 09578-1292)

2016-07-09

Cachet by Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 11-2(n) (USS,FPO AE 09578)

2017-01-24

Collectors request, requested by Elgin Sink

 

Locy Type 11-2(n+) (USS, FPO AE / 09578)

2004-12-02

Ship's cachet, cover serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 12-2c (USS, FPO AE 09578)

2022-05-24

Collectors request by Foster E. Miller, III.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-07-15

Ship's cachet, cover requested by Thad Kaczkowski

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Return Address

2018

Ship's Return Address as of 2018, cover serviced by Tom Kean. Large and bold.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN (September 27 1840 – December 1 1914).
Mahan was a United States Navy officer, geostrategist, and educator.

Four ships of the US Navy have been named MAHAN - USS Mahan DD-102/DM-7, USS Mahan DD-364, USS Mahan DLG-11/DDG-42 and USS Mahan DDG-72.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. Jennie Lou Arthur, wife of Admiral Stanley Arthur, the Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1992–95.

 

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