ENGLAND CG 22

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 Destroyer Leader Keel Laid 4 October 1960 - Launched 6 March 1962 USS ENGLAND DLG-22 Commissioned 7 December 1963 - Decommissioned 10 April 1970 Recommissioned 26 June 26 1971 USS ENGLAND CG-22 Reclassified Guided Missile Cruiser (CG) 30 June 1975 Decommissioned 21 January 1994 Struck from Naval Register 21 January 1994 Sold to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, TX for scrap Scrapping completed 20 October 2004

Naval Covers

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1. USS England DLG-22 / CG-22 Covers Page 1    (1963-1981)

 

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 7 December 1963 to 10 April 1970

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (USS)

1963-12-07

DLG-22. First Day in Commission. Cachet by Morris W. Beck
 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1966-04-12

DLG-22. Ship's stationary.

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2nd Commissioning 26 June 1971 to 21 January 1994

 

Locy Type 2(n+)

1971-11-30

DLG-22.
 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,"CG")

1978-08-10

CG-22.
 

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

1981-06-11

CG-22

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS,"DLG")

1973-05-07

DLG-22. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 9eft(n+u) (USS,"CG")

1977-04-29

CG-22. Rubber stamp cachet.
 

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

1981-06-11

CG-22

 

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

1989-07-24

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Other Information

USS ENGLAND earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (2 awards), the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 6 Campaign stars, the Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 Campaign star, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (4 awards), the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation Ribbon, the Republic of Vietnam Civil Action 1st Class Unit Award Ribbon, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Ensign John Charles England, USNR (11 December 1920 - 7 December 1941)
England completed his training on 5 June 1941 and was commissioned Ensign, USNR, 6 June 1941. On 3 September 1941, he reported for duty in USS Oklahoma BB-37 and was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Ensign England survived the initial attack and escaped topside as the ship was capsizing. He remembered the men still in the radio room. He returned three times to the radio room, each time guiding a man to safety. He left to go back below decks for the fourth time and was never seen again. Ensign England's gallant efforts saved three, but cost him his life. He was one of twenty officers and 395 enlisted men were killed on board USS Oklahoma that morning. Ensign John Charles England was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart Medal.

Two ships of the US Navy were named in his honor - USS England DE-635 and USS England CG-22.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Claire [Lucretia C.] Engel, wife of Senator Donald Engel of California.

 

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