RAMSEY FFG 2

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.

Brooke Class Guided Missile Destroyer Escort Keel Laid February 4 1963 - Launched & Christened October 15 1963 USS RAMSEY DEG 2 Commissioned June 3 1967 USS RAMSEY FFG 2 Reclassified Guided Missile Frigate (FFG) June 30 1975 Decommissioned September 1 1988 Struck from Naval Register January 25 1992 Sunk as target June 15 2000 during RIMPAC 2000 exercise

Naval Covers

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1. Ramsey Covers Page 1    (1967-88)

 

Postmarks

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

 

USPO Machine Cancel Seattle, Wash.

1963-10-15

N/A

Launching, cachet by Morris W. Beck

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Locy Type FDPS 2(n+)

1967-06-12

As DEG-2
First Day of Postal Service.

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1974-10-07

As DEG-2

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (FFG)

1978-08-24

As FFG-2

 

Locy Type 2-1(n) (D1,FFG)

1975-12-25

As FFG-2

 

Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u)

1988-08-01

As FFG-2
Last Day of Postal Service.

 

Other Information

USS RAMSEY earned the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 5 Campaign stars, the Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her career.

NAMESAKE - Admiral DeWitt Clinton Ramsey (October 2 1988 - September 7 1961)
During World War I, he was Inspection Officer for United States Naval Air Stations in France, and a member of the Inter-Allied Armistice Commission. During the interwar period he served as a naval aviator on various naval staffs and ships. In 1941 he became Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics. During World War II, he commanded the carrier USS SARATOGA CV-3 in The Battle of Coral Sea, The Battle of Midway, and during the landings against Guadalcanal, Solomons, in August 1942. For his skillful use of airpower against Japanese naval forces in The Solomons, he received The Navy Cross. Ramsey received The Distinguished Service Medal as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics from August 1943 - June 1945, and a Gold Star as Vice Chief of Naval Operations from January 1946 - January 1948. After commanding the Pacific Fleet, he served as Commissioner of U.S. Trust Territory in the Pacific, until retiring May 1 1949.

 

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