BROOKE FFG 1
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.
Keel Laid December 19 1962 - Launched July 19 1963 |
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- Brooke Covers Page 1 (1966-88)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
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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.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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USPO Slogan |
1962-12-19 |
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Keel Laying, cachet by Morris W. Beck
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Locy Type |
1966-03-12 |
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DEG 1. Commissioning, cachet by Morris W. Beck
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Locy Type |
1974-08-27 |
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DEG 1
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Locy Type |
1977-05-05 |
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FFG 1
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Locy Type |
1979-01-24 |
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FFG 1
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Locy Type |
1988-08-05 |
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FFG 1. Last Day of Postal Service.
Other Information
USS BROOKE earned the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon w/ star, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal w/ 5 Campaign stars, the Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - John Mercer Brooke, USN (December 18 1826 - December 14 1906)
Brooke was the son of an Army officer. He became a U.S. Navy Midshipman in 1841, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1847 and achieved the rank of Lieutenant in 1855. His Navy career was marked by sea duty and scientific assignments. While stationed at the Naval Observatory in Washington DC during the early 1850s, he developed a device for accurately mapping the deep sea floor. He also took part in surveying and exploring expeditions in the Pacific during the middle and later parts of the decade and helped instruct officers of the fledgling Japanese Navy. As the secession crisis deepened, Brooke resigned his commission in April 1861 and "went south", joining the Confederate Navy soon after as a Lieutenant. He was deeply involved in the conversion of the burned steam frigate MERRIMACK into the ironclad CSS VIRGINIA and in the design and production of heavy rifled guns for the Southern war effort. Promoted to Commander in September 1862, he became Chief of the Confederate Navy's Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography in March 1863 and served in that post until the Civil War ended more than two years later. After the war, Brooke became a professor at the Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington VA while continuing his technological pursuits. After a long career of teaching, he retired in 1899 and made his home in Lexington until his death on December 14 1906.
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