PAUL HAMILTON DDG 60

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 I) Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid August 24 1992 - Launched July 24 1993 USS PAUL HAMILTON DDG-60 Commissioned (Special) May 11 1995 Commissioned (Full) May 27 1995

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1995-2003)

 

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDPS 9-2(n+) (FPO AP 96667-1278)

1995-03-10 to 1995-03-10

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type FDC 2-2mt(n+) (FPO AP 96667-1278)

1995-05-27 to 1995-05-27

Commissioning. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type FDC 9-2(n+) (FPO AP 96667-1278)

1995-05-27 to 1995-05-27

Commissioning. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type FDC 2-2mt(n+) (FPO AP 96667-1278) Locy Type FDC 9-2(n+) (FPO AP 96667-1278)

1995-05-27 to 1995-05-27

N/A

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

 

Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-59

1995-05-27 to 1995-05-27

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

 

Locy Type 11-2a(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96667-1278)

2003-05-31 to 2003-05-31

Contributed by Douglas Ebert.

 

Locy Type 2-2mt(n+) (FPO AP 96667-1278) (Undated)

2008-06-13 to 2008-06-13

Cover serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type F

2008-06-13 to 2008-06-13

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet. Cover serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Paul Hamilton (October 16 1762 – June 30 1816).
Hamilton was a veteran of the Revolutionary War, following the war, he was a planter and public figure.
Hamilton served South Carolina in many public offices including state Representative (1787), State Senator (1794), Comptroller (1800), and Governor (1804).
In 1809, President James Madison selected Hamilton to become the third Secretary of the Navy. He would serve in this office from May 15 1809 to December 31 1812.

The US Navy has honored him with three destroyers named PAUL HAMILTON - USS Paul Hamilton DD-307, "USS Paul Hamilton DD-590" and "USS Paul Hamilton DDG-60".
The US Navy first honored him with "USS Hamilton" (Schooner 1812) and in 1942 a Liberty ship was named after him, "SS Paul Hamilton" (Hull Number 227).

 

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