STOCKDALE DDG 106

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 IIa) Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 8 August 2006 - Launched 24 February 2008 Christened 10 May 2008 USS STOCKDALE DDG-106 Commissioned 18 April 2009

Naval Covers

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1. USS Stockdale DDG-106 Covers Page 1    (2008-2009)

 

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 2-2n (USS, FPO AP 96678-1205)

2009-04-18

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

 

Locy Type FDC 9-2n (USS, FPO AP 96678-1205)

2009-04-18

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

 

Locy Type 2-2n (USS, FPO AP 96678-1205)

2009-08-22

65th Anniversary of Commissioning of USS Thomas E. Fraser DM-24. Cachet by Dan Goodwin

 

Locy Type 9-2n (USS, FPO AP 96678-1205)

2009-08-22

65th Anniversary of Commissioning of USS Thomas E. Fraser DM-24. Cachet by Dan Goodwin

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark ”Commissioning Day Station” Port Hueneme, CA

2009-04-18

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

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale, USN (December 23 1923 – July 5 2005).
Stockdale attended the Naval Academy, where he graduated in 1947 and he would serve his country until his retirement on August 22, 1979.
Stockdale was held during the Vietnam War as a Prisoner of War from September 9 1965 to February 12 1973. For his unwavering courage, determination and heroism as a POW, Stockdale received the Medal of Honor in 1976 from President Gerald Ford.
Stockdale was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy and was awarded the Medal of Honor, Navy Distinguished Service Medal (3), Silver Star (4), Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross (2), Bronze Star (2), Air Medal, Purple Heart (2), the Prisoner of War Medal and various other unit decorations. Stockdale had the distinction of being the only three-star Admiral in the US Navy to wear both aviator wings and the Medal of Honor.
Stockdale's post Naval career was as an author, scholar and Vice-Presidential candidate of the Reform Party with H. Ross Perot in 1992.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. Sybil Stockdale, wife of VAdm Stockdale.

 

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