FARRAGUT DDG 99

Ship Name and Designation History

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Arleigh Burke (Flight IIA) Class Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 7 January 2004 - Christened & Launched 23 July 2005 USS FARRAGUT DDG-99 Commissioned 10 June 2006

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1. USS Farragut DDG-99 Covers Page 1    (2005-2007)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2-2n (USS, FPO AA 34091-1211)

2007-07-04

Port Visit to Philadelphia, PA on Independence Day 2007. Postal card also bears a "Independence National Historical Park" marking and is #2 of 2 made.
Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 9-2n (USS, FPO AA 34091-1211)

2011-10-12

Courtesy of the USCS Postmark Survey 2011-2012

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Day Station" Jacksonville, FL

2006-06-10

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

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Admiral James Glasgow Farragut, USN (July 6 1801 - August 14 1870).

Farragut was commissioned a midshipman in the United States Navy on December 17, 1810, at the age of nine and his career lasted until he died from a heart attack at the age of 69 on August 14 1870.
He has the distinction of being the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy and is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay (in which he was victorious) usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in U.S. Navy tradition.

The US Navy has named two classes of Destroyers after Farragut - the Farragut Class Destroyer of 1934 and the Farragut Class Destroyer of 1958.
The US Navy has named five ships in his honor; USS FARRAGUT TB-11, USS FARRAGUT DD-300, USS FARRAGUT DD-348, USS FARRAGUT DLG-6/DDG-37
and USS FARRAGUT DDG-99.

The ships sponsor is Senator Susan Collins of Maine.

 

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