LASSEN DDG 82

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 24 August 1998 - Launched 16 October 1999 USS LASSEN DDG-82 Commissioned 21 April 2001

Naval Covers

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1. USS Lassen DDG-82 Covers Page 1    (1998-2006)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDC 2-2(n) (USS,FPO AP 96671-1289)

2001-04-21

Commissioning, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-2(n) (USS,FPO AP 96671-1289)

2004-03-11

Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-2(n) (USS,FPO AP 96671-1289)

2006-10-11

Postmark is faint. Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler
The Lassen Crew are called "Sea Devils". The Sea Devil moniker is taken from HC-7, CDR Lassen's unit during the Vietnam war.

 

USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS

1998-08-24

Keel Laying, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS

1999-11-06

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

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Commander Clyde Everett Lassen, USN (March 14 1942-April 1, 1994).
Lassen received the Medal of Honor for his courageous rescue on June 19, 1968 of two downed aviators while commander of a search and rescue helicopter in Vietnam.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named LASSEN although USS Lassen DDG-82 is the only ship named for Cmdr Clyde Lassen. The first LASSEN was USS Lassen AE-3.

 

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