DEWEY DDG 105

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 12 July 2006 - Launched 18 January 2008 Christened 26 January 2008 - Accepted by US Navy 17 August 2009 USS DEWEY DDG-105 Commissioned 6 March 2010

Naval Covers

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1. USS Dewey DDG-105 Covers Page 1     (2008-2020)

 

Postmarks

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A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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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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Locy Type FDC 11-2an (USS, FPO AP 96663-1303)

2010-03-06

Commissioning, cachet by Douglas Ebert, courtesy of Tom Kean.

 

Locy Type FDC 11-2n (USS, FPO AP 96663-1310) Incorrect zip code extension. Should be 1303.

2010-03-06

Commissioning, cachet by Douglas Ebert, courtesy of Tom Kean.

 

Locy Type 11-2an (USS, FPO AP 96663-1303)

2012-06-08

Cacheted, 2012 Portland Rose Festival

 

Locy Type 11-2n (USS, FPO AP 96663-1303)

2014-09-25

Collectors request, Official Ships Cachet, requested by Karl Weyland

 

Locy Type 11-2n+ (USS, FPO AP 96663)

2020-02-12

Lincoln's birthday. Cachet by Michael Brock

 

Locy Type 12-2cn+ (USS, FPO AP 96663)

2022-05-26

Collectors request. Requested by Foster E. Miller, III.

 

Locy Type SLK4

2020-02-12

COPE's return address used to postmark the cover. Lincoln's birthday. Cachet by Michael Brock

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Day / Naval Weapons Station" Seal Beach CA

2010-03-06

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

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Admiral of the Navy George Dewey, USN (26 December 1837 – 16 January 1917).
Dewey served in the US Navy from 1858 to 1917 and was a veteran of the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War (*Battle of Manila Bay)

Three ships of the US Navy have been named DEWEY - USS Dewey DD-349, USS Dewey DDG-45 and USS Dewey DDG-105.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. Deborah Mullen, wife of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen.

 

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