TALBOT FFG 4

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.

Brooke Class Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid May 4 1964 - Launched January 6 1966 USS TALBOT DEG 4 Commissioned April 22 1967 USS TALBOT FFG 4 Reclassified Guided Missile Frigate (FFG) June 30 1975 Decommissioned September 30 1988 PNS HUNAIN D-164 (Pakistani Naval Service) Leased to Pakistan April 31 1989 and renamed Returned U.S. Navy November 29 1993 Stricken from Naval Register December 11 1993 Sold March 29 1994 to Trusha Investments Pte. Ltd. N.Y.C. for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Talbot Covers Page 1    (1967-68)

 

Postmarks

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

 

USPO Machine Cancel Bath, ME

1966-01-06

Launching, cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)

1967-04-22

DEG 4. First Day in Commission, cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)

1967-04-22

DEG 4. First Day in Commission, cachet by Frederick L. Karcher

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1970-05-26

DEG 4. R/S cachet.

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1975-06-30

DEG 4. Last Day as DEG, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) ("FFG")

1975-07-01

FFG 4. First Day as FFG, R/S cachet.

 

German CDS

1980-06-27

N/A

FFG 4. Welcome to Kiel Germany, Fleet Week 1980.

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)

1984-11-22

FFG 4. R/S cachet.

 

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

1968-12-03

DEG 4

 

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

1970-05-26

DEG 4. R/S cachet.

 

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

1975-07-01

FFG 4. First Day as FFG, R/S cachet.

 

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

1984-11-22

FFG 4. R/S cachet.

 

Locy Type LDPS 2-1(n+) (USS)

1988-08-05

FFG 4. Last Day of Postal Service, R/S cachet.

 

Other Information

USS TALBOT earned the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal and the Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 1 star during her career.

NAMESAKE - Silas Talbot (January 11 1751 - June 30 1813)
Talbot was commissioned a Captain in the Continental Army on July 1 1775. After participating in the siege of Boston and aiding in the transportation of troops to New York, he obtained command of a Fireship and attempted to use it to set fire to the British warship ASIA. The attempt failed, but the daring it displayed won him a promotion to Major on October 10 1777. After suffering a severe wound while fighting to defend Philadelphia, Talbot returned to active service in the summer of 1778 and fought in Rhode Island. As commander of PIGOT and later of ARGO, both under the Army, he cruised against Loyalist vessels that were harassing American trade between Long Island and Nantucket and made prisoners of many of them. Because of his success fighting afloat for the Army, Congress made him a Captain in the Continental Navy on September 17 1779. However, since Congress had no suitable warship to entrust to him, Talbot put to sea in command of the Privateer GENERAL WASHINGTON. In it he took one prize, but soon thereafter ran into the British fleet off New York. After a chase, he struck his colors to CULLODEN, a 74-gun Ship-of-the-Line and remained a prisoner until exchanged for a British officer in December 1781. After the war, Talbot settled in Fulton County, N.Y. He was a member of the New York Assembly in 1792 and 1793 and served in the federal House of Representatives from 1793 to 1795. On June 5 1794, President Washington chose him third in a list of six Captains of the newly established United States Navy. Before the end of his term in Congress, he was ordered to superintend the construction of the Frigate PRESIDENT at New York. He commanded the Santo Domingo Station in 1799 and 1800 and was commended by the Secretary of the Navy for protecting American commerce and for laying the foundation of a permanent trade with that country. Captain Talbot resigned from the Navy on September 23 1801 and died at New York City on June 30 1813

 

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