GETTYSBURG CG 64

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.

Ticonderoga Class (Flight II) Guided Missile Cruiser Keel Laid 17 August 1988 - Launched 22 July 1989 USS GETTYSBURG CG 64 Commissioned 22 June 1991

Naval Covers

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1. USS Gettysburg CG-64 Covers Page 1    (1989-2021)

 

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 F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-46

1991-06-22

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

 

Locy Type FDC 9-2 (USS, FPO 34091)

1991-06-22

Commissioning

 

Locy Type 2-2t (USS, FPO 34091)

1991-10-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 9-2 (USS,FPO 34091)

1994-02-01

Operation Support Democracy, cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

Locy Type 11-2 (USS, FPO AA 34091)

2006-12-31

Cachet celebrates the Royal Canadian Navy Centennial in 2010, cachet by Bill Payden.
NMC seems to have forgotten to change the date in his postmark as this cover was sent to the ship in July 2010.

 

Locy Type 11-2a (USS,FPO AA 34091)

2010-07-20

Cachet celebrates the Royal Canadian Navy Centennial in 2010, cachet by Bill Payden

 

Locy Type 11-2 (USS, FPO AA 34091)

2014-05-27

The "box" around the postmark is from the postmark device and is not part of the postmark. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 11-2 (USS, FPO AE 09592)

2019-04-17

Honoring The Battle of Gettysburg. July 1-3, 1863. The ship added their own official ships cachet to the cover. Cachet by Dennis W. Gill

 

Locy Type 12-2 (USS, FPO AA 34091)

2006-09-21

USCS Postmark Survey

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-46

1994-02-01

This postmark was for the First Day of Commissioning but it was used well after the date of June 22 1991 commissioning. In this case it is used as a backstamp to the February 1 1994 cover.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-06-26

Ship's cachet. Postmark commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, cover serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Fleet Week New York" Staten Island NY

2014-05-21

Fleet Week 2014, USS Gettysburg CG-64 PARTICIPATION CANCELLED. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - The pivotal battle of the American Civil War fought July 1-3, 1863.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. Julie N. Eisenhower, wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower II, grandson of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and son-in-law of former President Richard M. Nixon.

 

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