SAVANNAH AOR 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.
Keel Laid January 22 1969 - Launched April 23 1970 |
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This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
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- Covers Page 1 (1994)
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.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
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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Locy Type |
1970-12-05 |
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Commissioning, cachet by General Dynamics - Quincy Shipbuilding Division
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Locy Type |
1977-01-20 |
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Inauguration Day
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USPS Pictorial |
1995-07-28 |
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Decommissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
Other Information
USS SAVANNAH earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Service Medal, the
National Defense Service Medal, two (2) Armed Forces Expeditionary Medals, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - A large city on the east coast of Georgia.
There have been five ships of the US Navy named SAVANNAH - USS Savannah (Galley 1799), USS Savannah (Frigate 1842), USS Savannah AS-8, USS Savannah CL-42 and USS Savannah AOR-4.
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