BULKELEY DDG 84

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 10 May 1999 - Launched 21 June 2000 USS BULKELEY DDG-84 Commissioned 8 December 2001

Naval Covers

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1. USS Bulkeley DDG-84 Covers Page 1     (1999-2001)

 

Postmarks

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

 

USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS

1999-05-10 to 1999-05-10

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

 

USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS

2000-06-24 to 2000-06-24

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

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)

2001-12-08

Commissioning, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type FDC 9(n+)(USS)

2001-12-08

Commissioning, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial New York, NY

2001-12-08

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

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Vice Admiral John Duncan Bulkeley, USN (August 19 1911 – April 6 1996).
Bulkeley received the Medal of Honor for actions in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was also the PT boat skipper who evacuated General MacArthur from Corregidor in the Philippines.
Bulkeley retired from the Navy in 1988, after 55 years of service and his awards received include the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, the Army Distinguished Service Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster, a Navy Distinguished Service Medal, two Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit with Combat V, two Purple Hearts, the Philippine Distinguished Conduct Star, the French Croix de Guerre.

 

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