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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.

USS MARVIN SHIELDS DE-1066
Commissioned 10 April 1971
USS MARVIN SHIELDS FF-1066
Reclassified Frigate (FF) 30 June 1975
Decommissioned 2 July 1992

Struck from Naval Register 11 January 1995
ARM MARIANO ABASOLO E-51
Sold to Mexico 29 January 1997 and renamed
ARM MARIANO ABASOLO F-212
Redesignated 2001

Naval Covers

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USS Marvin Shields DE-1066 / FF-1066 Covers Page 1 (1971-1992)

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(n+)(USS)

1971-04-10

DE-1066. Commissioning, cachet by Morris W. Beck

Locy Type
FDC 2(n+)(USS)

1971-04-10

DE-1066. Commissioning

Locy Type
FDC 2(n+)(USS)

1971-04-10

DE-1066. Commissioning. Cachet by the Admiral Lockwood Chapter No. 70, USCS

Locy Type
2tnu

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66

1978-04-30

FF-1066. Open House

Locy Type
2tnu

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66

1978-04-30

FF-1066. Open House

Locy Type
2tnu

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66

1978-06-21

FF-1066. Keel Laying of the USS Antrim FFG 20, cachet by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

Locy Type
2tnu

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66

1984-05-19

FF-1066. Port Visit. Official Ship Cachet, serviced by Tom Armstrong

Locy Type
2tnu

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66

1985-07-04

FF-1066. Independence Day. Port Visit, cachet by Tom Armstrong

Locy Type
2tnu

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66

1985-07-04

As FF-1066
Independence Day, Port Visit, cachet by Tom Armstrong

Locy Type
2tnu

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66

1987-10-10

FF-1066. US Navy's Birthday, Port Visit, cachet by Tom Armstrong

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

1991-03-14

FF-1066. Operation Desert Storm. Official Ship Cachet

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

1980-07-30

FF-1066.

Locy Type
9ftn
(FF,USS,
NEW YORK,NY
at bottom)

1978-04-30

FF-1066. Open House

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

1981-04-10

FF-1066. 10th Anniversary. Official Ship Cachet, serviced by Tom Armstrong

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66a

1981-04-10

FF-1066. 10th Anniversary, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66a

1981-04-10

FF-1066. 10th Anniversary. Postmarked on a USS Marvin Shields postcard

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66a

1981-04-10

FF-1066. 10th Anniversary. Postmarked on a USS Marvin Shields postcard

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66a

1981-04-10

FF-1066. 10th Anniversary. Official Ship Cachet, serviced by Tom Armstrong

Locy Type
LDC F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66b

1992-07-02

FF-1066. Official Ship Cachet
Decommissioning

Locy Type
LDC F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. M-66b

1992-07-02

FF-1066. Official Ship Cachet, Decommissioning

Locy Type 2

USS Nimitz
CVN 68

1971-04-10

Booklet for the Commissioning of the USS Marvin Shields. Autographed by Admiral Zumwalt at the dedication of the Marvin Shields Hall on June 14, 1986.

Locy Type 2

USS Nimitz
CVN 68

1996-06-14

Official photo and Booklet for the Decommissioning of the USS Marvin Shields

Locy Type 2

M.C.B. 3
(Mobile
Construction
Battalion)

1973-07-04

Independence Day cover from Camp Shields, Okinawa, Japan by NMC Herbert C. Gordon II. Camp Shields was named in honor of CM3 Marvin Shields, USN and was dedicated on December, 16, 1970.
See Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Three page.

Locy Type 2

USS Nimitz CVN 68

1996-06-14

Cover for the Dedication of the Marvin Shields Enlisted Barracks. This cover was created by Tom Armstrong and bears the signature of the keynote speaker; Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., USN Ret. Tom also had this postmarked from the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 and the Naval Base Station Bremerton, WA and Port Townsend, WA

Locy Type 2

USS Nimitz CVN-68

1996-06-14

Invitation and Booklet for the Dedication of the Marvin G. Shields Hall. Tom also had these postmarked from the Naval Base Station Bremerton, WA and Port Townsend, WA

			CM3 Marvin Shields
			US Navy - Seabee

			CM3 Marvin Shields
			US Navy - Seabee

Other Information

USS MARVIN SHIELDS earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon< the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 1 star, the Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 2 stars, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Construction Mechanic Marvin Glenn Shields, USN (30 December 1939 - 10 June 1965)
Shields was born in Port Townsend, WA, after graduating high school in 1958, Shields worked in the gold mines at Hyder, AK. He joined the Navy as a Seabee on 8 January 1962 and was stationed at Glynco, Ga.; Okinawa; and Port Hueneme, Cal.. In February of 1965 he was sent to Vietnam where he served with Mobile Construction Battalion 11, Seabee Team 1104 attached to the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces at Dong Xoai. During an attack by a North Vietnamese regiment on 10 June 1965, he was mortally wounded and died. For their actions during that battle, he and 2LT Charles Q. Williams, U.S. Army, 5th Special Forces Group, of Vance, SC were awarded the Medal of Honor. At the Medal ceremony Johnson said Shields, by his heroism during the 14-hour battle at Dong Xoai, saved the lives of many of his comrades. Although twice wounded, the citation said, he continued to supply his fellow Americans with needed ammunition and to return the enemy fire for hours. Construction Mechanic Shields was the first Seabee ever to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

The ships sponsors were Mrs. Victoria Cassalery and Mrs. Richard A. Bennett.

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