JOSEPH STRAUSS DDG 16

Ship Name and Designation History

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Charles F. Adams Class Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 27 December 1960 - Launched 9 December 1961 USS JOSEPH STRAUSS DDG-16 Commissioned 20 April 1963 - Decommissioned 1 February 1990 Struck from Naval Register 11 January 1995 HNS FORMION D-220 Transferred to Greece 1 October 1992 Decommissioned by Greek Navy 29 July 2002 Sold 19 February 2004 for scrap

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1. USS Joseph Strauss DDG-16 Covers Page 1    (1963-2007)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDPS 2(n+) (USS)

1963-04-20

First Day Postal Service

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1969-11-24

Apollo 12 Support, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2t(nu)

1977-12-19

Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

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

1978-09-11

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-1n+ (D1,USS,USN,DD6-16)

1986-10-14

Ship's cachet, Port Visit & Navy Birthday. Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-1n+ (USS)

1988-04-20

Ship's cachet, 25th Anniversary of Commissioning. Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-1n+ (USS)

1989-02-22

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS,"N.Y.")

1965-11-27

Serviced by Thad W. Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 9-1n+u (USS)

1989-02-22

Note:

 

Locy Type LDC 2-1n+ (USS)

1990-02-01

Autographed by the CO, CDR John Howard Strauss - Dec 1988 - Feb 1 1990. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

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

1990-02-01

Autographed by the CO, CDR John Howard Strauss - Dec 1988 - Feb 1 1990. From the Bob Govern collection.

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Joseph Strauss Station" Mount Morris, NY

2007-11-16

Celebrating Admiral Joseph Strauss' Birthday, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter no. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

USS JOSEPH STRAUSS earned the Vietnam Service Medal and the National Defense Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Admiral Joseph Strauss, USN (November 16 1861 - December 30 1948).
Joseph Strauss was born 16 November 1861 in Mount Morris, N.Y. He was commissioned Ensign 1 July 1887 and began a distinguished career as specialist in ordnance in June 1893 when he reported to the Bureau of Ordnance in Washington, D.C. During the Spanish-American War he served in USS Lancaster blockading the Cuban coast, then returned to the Bureau of Ordnance. He established the Naval Proving Ground, Indian Head, Md., 1900 to 1902; served on a Special Board of Naval Ordnance in 1906; and was a member of the Joint Army-Navy Board on Smokeless Powders the following year. He conducted experimental work with torpedoes while commanding cruiser USS Montgomery 1909 to 1911; commanded USS Ohio BB-12 in 1912; then became Chief of Bureau of Ordnance 21 October 1913. Strauss assumed command of USS Nevada BB-36 30 December 1916 and remained in command as the United States entered World War I. Detached from the battleship in February 1918, he was designated Commander, Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal both for directing the laying of the North Sea Mine Barrage and for the hazardous task of clearing it after peace came. In October 1919 he returned to the Navy Department to serve as a member of the General Board until March 1921 when he became Commander in Chief of the Asiatic Fleet with the rank of Admiral. He resumed duty with the General Board in October 1922. The following year he also worked with Congress on the budget and appropriations. He transferred to the Retired List 16 November 1925 but returned briefly to active duty 8 October 1937 to 8 February 1938 to serve the Advisory Board on Battleship Plans. Admiral Strauss was a founder of the Naval Historical Society and a long time financial adviser of the Navy Relief Society. Among his inventions were the superimposed system of mounting guns; the first spring recoil gun mount, the first disappearing mount for deck guns of submarines, and the 12-inch gun, the fore-runner of the mighty guns for capital ships' main batteries. He received a special letter of appreciation from Secretary of the Navy Charles F. Adams in 1929 for his work on safety devices of submarines and the salvaging of sunken submarines. He died 30 December 1948 and was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Lawrence Haines Coburn, granddaughter of Admiral Joseph Strauss.

 

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