LUTJENS D185
Ship Name and Designation History
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Keel Laid 1 March 1966 as DDG-28 Launched 11 August 1967 |
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- FGS Lütjens D-185 Covers Page 1 (1971-2002)
Postmarks
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German Hand stamp |
1971-06-29 |
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Rubber stamp cachet
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Admiral Johann Günther Lütjens (25 May 1889 – 27 May 1941)
Lutjens was a German Naval officer and veteran of World War I and World War II. Lütjens entered into the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in 1907 and served in a Torpedo boat Squadron during WWI. After the war, the German Navy was renamed Reichsmarine and Lütjens became a Commanding Officer in 1925. The German navy was remodeled again in 1935 and renamed the Kriegsmarine and by 1937 Lütjens held the rank of Konteradmiral (rear admiral). On 1 January 1940, he was promoted to Vizeadmiral (Vice Admiral). Lütjens was appointed the fleet commander of the German Navy and promoted to Admiral on 1 September 1940. On 27 May 1941, while aboard Bismarck, Admiral Lütjens was probably killed when a 14 in salvo fired by HMS King George V destroyed the bridge, killing many senior officers.
During his 34 years of service, Lütjens earned the Iron Cross (1914), Iron Cross 2nd Class, Iron Cross 1st Class, Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords, Friedrich August Cross, 2nd and 1st Class (Oldenburg), Knight's Cross 2nd Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion, Hanseatic Cross Hamburg, Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918, Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st to 4th Class, Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, German Red Cross Decoration 1st Class, Memel Medal, Sudetenland Medal, Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class , Clasp to the Iron Cross 1st Class, Wound Badge in Black, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 June 1940 as Vizeadmiral and Befehlshaber der Aufklärenden Streitkräfte (Commander-in-Chief of the reconnaissance forces), Destroyer War Badge and High Seas Fleet Badge.
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