COONTZ DDG 40

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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.

    Farragut Class Destroyer Leader
    Ordered as DL-9
    Reclassified Guided Missile Frigate (DLG) 14 November 1956
    Keel Laid 1 March 1957 - Launched 6 December 1958

  1. USS COONTZ DLG-9
  2. Commissioned 15 July 1960 - Decommissioned 23 February 1971
    Recommissioned 18 March 1972

  3. USS COONTZ DDG-40
  4. Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) 30 June 1975
    Decommissioned 4 October 1989
    Struck from Naval Register 26 January 1990

    Sold for scrapping, completed 4 April 2003


Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1    (1961-2005)

 

Postmarks

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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.
 
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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
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Postmark Image
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Cover Image



1st Commissioning 15 July 1960 to 23 February 1971


 

Locy Type
FDC 2tnu (USS)

1960-07-15

DLG-9. Commissioning, cachet by William F. Luckett.


 

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

1969-03-10

DLG-9


 

Locy Type
2tnu (USS)

1961-12-05

DLG-9


 

Locy Type
9fu (USS)

1966-04-22

DLG-9



2nd Commissioning 18 March 1972 to 4 October 1989


 

Locy Type
FDR 2(n+) (USS)

1972-03-18

DLG-9. First Day Recommissioning


 

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

1972-09-11

DLG-9


 

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

1975-10-13

DDG-40. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler


 

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

1986-08-25

DDG-40


 

Locy Type
9f (n+u) (DDG, USS)

1981-04-27

DDG-40. Official Mail, from the George Marcincin collection.



USPS Pictorial Postmark


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"Crew Member
Reunion 2005 Station"

Norfolk VA

2005-07-22

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Admiral Robert Edward Coontz, USN (11 June 1864 - 26 January 1935).
Coontz served in the US Navy from 1885 to 1928, 43 years of service.
Coontz sailed with the Great White Fleet as XO of USS Nebraska and was the second Chief of Naval Operations (1 November 1919 - 21 July 1923).

Two ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Admiral R. E. Coontz AP-122 and USS Coontz DLG-9/DDG-40.

 


 

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