PRINCETON CG 59

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.

Ticonderoga Class (Flight II) Guided Missile Cruiser Keel Laid 15 October 1986 - Launched 25 September 1987 Christened 17 October 1987 USS PRINCETON CG-59 Commissioned 11 February 1989

Naval Covers

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1. USS Princeton CG-59 Covers Page 1    (1990-2019)

 

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 F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-80

1989-02-11

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

 

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

1991-12-25

Christmas Day 1991, cachet by Gary R. Rogak

 

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

1990-09-12

Port Visit to Vladivostok Russia. Ship's cachet.

 

Locy Type 9-2(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96675-1179)

1995-08-00

Official Business, Registered on piece. Note: No day slug in postmark

 

Locy Type 11-2n (USS, FPO AP 96675)

2016-11-30

Ship's cachet, cover requested by Donald Lawson

 

Locy Type 11-2(n+)(USS, FPO AP 96675-1179)

c 2014

Cachet by Thad Kaczkowski. Date determined by the date on the stamp.

 

Locy Type 12ny (USS)(USPS)

2008-06-17

Ship's cachet, cover serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 13-1(n+) (USS)

2004-02-17

Notes:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-80a

1990-09-12

Port Visit to Vladivostok Russia. Ship's cachet.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-06-17

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet. Ship's cachet, cover serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2009-03-03

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet. Cachet by Dan Goodwin

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Day Station" Princeton, NJ

1989-02-11

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

 

Other Information

USS Princeton has earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon w/ 1 bronze star, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon w/ 1 bronze star, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (9 awards), the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 bronze star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 bronze stars, the Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 2 bronze stars, the Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 1 silver star and 1 bronze star, the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudia Arabia) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) as of 2016.

NAMESAKE - Named for the town of Princeton, New Jersey, site of an American victory in the Revolutionary War.

Six US Navy ships have borne the name PRINCETON - USS Princeton (Screw Sloop 1843), USS Princeton (Transport/Training ship 1852), USS Princeton (Gunboat 1898),
USS Princeton CVL-23, USS Princeton CV-37/LPH-5 and USS Princeton CG-59.

 

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