HALSEY DDG 97

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 February 2003 - Launched 9 January 2004 Christened 17 January 2004 USS HALSEY DDG-97 Commissioned 30 July 2005

Naval Covers

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1. USS Halsey DDG-97 Covers Page 1    (2003-08)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDC 2-2(n) (USS, FPO AP 96667-1308)

2005-07-30

Commissioning, cachet by Wolfgang Hechler. Missing one hull designation parenthesis.

 

Locy Type 2-2(n) (USS, FPO AP 96667-1308)

2005-10-31

Cachet by Douglas Ebert. Missing one hull designation parenthesis.

 

Locy Type 2-2n (USS, FPO AP 96667-1308)

2016-08-19

Cachet (on piece) by Thad Kaczkowski.

 

Locy Type 9-2(n) (USS, FPO AP 96667-1308)

2005-10-31

Cachet by Douglas Ebert. Missing one hull designation parenthesis.

 

Locy Type 11-2(n) (USS, FPO AP 96667)

2020-05-08

From the Foster E. Miller, III collection.

 

Locy Type 12-2c(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96667-1308)

2011-10-03

Courtesy of the USCS Postmark Survey 2011-2012

 

Locy Type 12-2c(n) (USS, FPO AP 96667)

2020-05-08

From the Foster E. Miller, III collection.

 

Locy Type 13-2n+ (USS, FPO AP 96667-1308)

2011-10-03

Courtesy of the USCS Postmark Survey 2011-2012

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-10-15

Port Visit to Sydney Australia

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Day Station" Coronado, CA

2005-07-30

Commissioning, cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr., GBE, USN, (October 30 1882 - August 16 1959)
Halsey graduated in 1904 from the United States Naval Academy and retired as Fleet Admiral (5 stars) in March 1947.
Halsey received the following awards during his Naval career - Navy Cross - Navy Distinguished Service Medal with three gold stars - Army Distinguished Service Medal - Presidential Unit Citation (US) - World War I Victory Medal with Destroyer Clasp - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Mexican Service Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal - Knight of the British Empire.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named HALSEY - USS Halsey CG-23 and USS Halsey DDG-97.

The ships sponsors are Heidi Cooke Halsey, Alice Spruance Talbot and Anne Halsey-Smith.

 

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