GRIDLEY CG 21

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.

Leahy Class Guided Missile Frigate Keel Laid 15 July 1960 - Launched 31 July 1961 USS GRIDLEY DLG-21 Commissioned 25 May 1963 - Decommissioned 10 September 1968 Recommissioned 17 January 1970 USS GRIDLEY CG-21 Reclassified Guided Missile Cruiser (CG) 30 June 1975 Decommissioned 21 January 1994 Struck from Naval Register 21 January 1994 Scrapped 2005

Naval Covers

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1. USS Gridley DLG-21 / CG-21 Covers Page 1    (1963-1994)

 

Postmarks

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

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1st Commissioning 25 May 1963 to 10 September 1968

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n) (USS,"DLG21")

1963-05-25

DLG-21. Commissioning. Cover created by the Ship Commissioning Committee.

 

Insert

1963-05-25

Informative Stuffer

 

Locy Type 2(n) (DLG21,USS)

1963-07-11

DLG-21. First Time Underway, cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-58

1966-05-25

DLG-21

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2nd Commissioning 17 January 1970 to 21 January 1994

 

Locy Type FDR 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-58a

1970-01-17

DLG-21. First Day Recommissioning

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-58a

1974-05-13

DLG-21. Official Ship's R/S cachet

 

Locy Type 2(n+)(USS, CG)

1984-11-28

CG-21. Official Ship's R/S cachet. Unlisted in USCS Postmark Catalog, 5th Edition.

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS,USN)

1989-10-27

CG-21. Navy Day, cachet by Gary R. Rogak

 

Locy Type 2-1t(n+u) (USS,"DLG-21")

1975-03-07

DLG-21. Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 2-1t(n+u) (CG-21,USS)

1977-08-04

CG-21.

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (A,USN,USS)

1993-07-04

CG-21. Cachet by Gary R. Rogak

 

Locy Type 9-1t(n+u) (CG,USS)

1977-08-04

CG-21

 

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

1994-01-21

CG-21. Official Ship's R/S cachet, Last Day In Commission.

 

Locy Type LDC 9-1(n+u) (A,USN,USS)

1994-01-21

CG-21. Official Ship's R/S cachet, Last Day In Commission.

 

Ships LDC Marking

1994-01-21

CG-21. Official Ship's R/S cachet on back, Last Day In Commission.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Captain Charles Vernon Gridley, USN (November 24 1844 – May 25 1898)
Gridley was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.

Four US Navy ships have been named GRIDLEY in his honor - USS Gridley DD-92, USS Gridley DD-380, USS Gridley DLG-21/CG-21 and USS Gridley DDG-101.

 

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