SAMPLE FF 1048

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.

Garcia Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid July 19 1963 - Launched April 28 1964 USS SAMPLE DE-1048 Commissioned March 23 1968 USS SAMPLE FF-1048 Reclassified Frigate (FF) June 30 1975 Decommissioned September 23 1988 PARANA D-29 (Brazilian Naval Service) Leased to Brazil April 15 1989 Sold to Brazil January 24 2001 Sold November 2004 to Arusha Shipping, Ltd. of Monrovia Liberia for scrap

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. Sample Covers Page 1    (1968-88)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.
 

POSTMARK TYPE	DATE FROM to DATE TO	THUMBNAIL LINK TO CLOSE-UP IMAGE	THUMBNAIL LINK TO FULL COVER IMAGE

 

USPO Machine Seattle, Wash.

1964-04-28

Beck Launching Cachet

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Locy Type FDC 2(n+)

1968-03-23

As DE-1048
First Day in Commission
 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1973-12-21

As DE-1048
 

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

1984-03-12

As FF-1048
 

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

1986-07-31

As FF-1048
 

Locy Type 9-1n+u (USS)

1984-03-12

As FF-1048
 

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

1986-07-31

As FF-1048

 

Other Information

SAMPLE earned 5 Battle Stars (Vietnam)

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral William Dodge Sample USN (1898-1946)
Sample was a Naval Officer in WWI and WWII. He was in charge of several ships and commands during WWII. He was listed as missing on October 2 1945 after his plane failed to return from a familiarization flight near Wakayama, Japan. Rear Admiral Sample was officially declared dead on October 3 1946.

 

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