LUCE DDG 38

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 Guided Missile Frigate Ordered as Destroyer Leader DEWEY DL-7 Renamed and reclassified Guided Missile Frigate (DLG) 14 November 1956 Keel Laid 1 October 1957 - Launched 11 December 1958 USS LUCE DLG-7 Commissioned 20 May 1961 - Decommissioned 22 February 1970 Recommissioned 22 May 1971 USS LUCE DDG-38 Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) 30 June 1975 Decommissioned 1 April 1991 Struck from Naval Register 20 November 1992 Sold for scrap, completed 17 June 2005

Naval Covers

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1. USS Luce DLG-7 / DDG-38 Covers Page 1    (1961-1986)

 

Postmarks

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

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1st Commissioning May 20 1961 to February 22 1970

 

Locy Type FDC 2t(n+u)

1961-05-20

DLG-7. First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1966-05-20

DLG-7

 

Locy Type 2t(nu) (USS)

1967-09-20

DLG-7

 

Locy Type 9fu

1966-05-20

DLG-7

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2nd Commissioning 22 May 1971 to 1 April 1991

 

Locy Type FDR 2(n) (USS,"DLG")

1971-05-22

DLG-7. First Day Recommissioning, cachet by Frederick L. Karcher

 

Locy Type FDR 9ef(n+u) (USS,"DLG")

1971-05-22

DLG-7. First Day Recommissioning, cachet by Frederick L. Karcher

 

Locy Type 2(n) (DLG,USS)

1974-03-08

DLG-7

 

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

1976-07-04

DDG-38. International Naval Review cachet. Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

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

1977-03-08

DDG-38. Port Visit. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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

1977-10-15

DDG-38. Ship's cachet. Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

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

1978-04-21

DDG-38. Official ship's cachet

 

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

1979-01-11

DDG-38. Ship's cachet. Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2tn+u (USS)

1986-04-14

DDG-38. Listed as Type (n+u), however there are clearly no parenthesis. Ship's cachet. Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (DLG,USS)

1974-03-08

DLG-7

 

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

1984-07-28

DDG-38

 

Locy Type F "Tall Ships '82" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-8

1982-06-17

DDG-38

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Admiral Stephen Bleecker Luce, USN (25 March 1827 – 28 July 1917)
    Luce was a U.S. Navy admiral. He was the Commander-in-Chief, North Atlantic Squadron from 26 June 1884–20 September 1884. He was the founder and first president of the Naval War College, between 1884 and 1886 and then went back to the Commander-in-Chief, North Atlantic Squadron 18 June 1886–28 January 1889.

Three ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Luce DM-4, USS Luce DD-522 and USS Luce DDG-38.

 

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