DEFIANCE PG 95

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.

Tacoma Class Motor Gunboat Keel Laid 3 October 1967 - Launched 24 August 1968 USS DEFIANCE PG-95 Commissioned 24 September 1969 Decommissioned 11 June 1973 at Izmir, Turkey TCG YILDIRIM P 338 (Turkish Naval Service) Transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed 11 June 1973 Destroyed by an explosion and fire 11 April 1985 in the north east Aegean Sea Struck from the Turkish Navy Register 6 July 1987.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Defiance PG-95 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2 17054 Branch Naples, Italy

1971-04-25

The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Locy Type 2

1972

From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named in honor of the city of Defiance, OH.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name DEFIANCE - USS Defiance ID-3327, USS Defiance AMc-73 and USS Defiance PG-95.

 

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