O BRIEN DD 975
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 9 May 1975 - Launched 8 July 1976 Christened 17 July 1976 Sunk as target 9 February 2006 off Hawaii |
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- USS O'Brien DD-975 Covers Page 1 (1976-97)
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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Locy Type |
1977-12-03 |
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Commissioning, cachet by the USS San Diego Chapter No. 27, USCS
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1978-03-09 |
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Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1988-11-09 |
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Note:
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1987-06-04 |
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Note:
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Locy Type |
1997-12-03 |
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20th Anniversary, cachet by Roger A. Wentworth
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2003-03-08 |
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Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.
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Locy Type |
1988-11-09 |
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Note:
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2004-02-18 |
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Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.
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2001-11-16 |
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Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.
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Locy Type |
2004-02-18 |
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Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.
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Locy Type |
2003-03-08 |
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Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.
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Locy Type |
2004-09-24 |
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Decommissioned, cacheted, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.
USPS Pictorial Postmarks
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USPS |
2004-09-24 |
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Decommissioned, Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Captain Jeremiah O'Brien USN and his five brothers: Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph.
The O'Briens were crew members on board the sloop UNITY, which captured HMS MARGARETTA at the entrance to Machias Harbor on June 12 1775 during The American Revolution.
There have been five ships of the US Navy that have borne the name O'BRIEN - USS O’Brien TB-30, USS O’Brien DD-51, USS O’Brien DD-415, USS O’Brien DD-725
and USS O’Brien DD-975.
There was also a World War II Liberty Ship named "SS Jeremiah O’Brien".
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