CURTIS WILBUR DDG 54
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 March 12 1991 - Launched May 16 1992 |
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- Covers Page 1 (1993-2007)
Postmarks
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Locy Type |
1993-12-10
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First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1993-12-10
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First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1994-03-19
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Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1994-03-19
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Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1994-03-19
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Commissioning. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler
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1994-03-19
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Commissioning. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler
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2000-02-04
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Cachet by Wolfgang Hechler
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2007-09-20 |
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Notes: Contributed by Douglas Ebert.
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Locy Type F |
1994-03-03
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Panama Canal Transit, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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2008-09-03 |
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Notes:
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USPS Pictorial |
1994-03-19
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Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
Other Information
NAMESAKE - The Honorable Curtis Dwight Wilbur (May 10 1867 – September 8 1954).
Wilbur was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1884. Shortly after graduation, Curtis Wilbur resigned his commission, a common practice at the time, and moved to Riverside, California. He was admitted to the California bar in 1890 and served as Los Angeles Deputy Assistant District Attorney. Curtis Wilbur moved to the Superior Court in 1903, and finally, in 1918, to the California Supreme Court where he served as the 19th Chief Justice.
On March 19 1924, Curtis Wilbur was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge as Secretary of the Navy and served until March 4 1929.
In 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed Curtis Wilbur to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. He served with distinction as the presiding judge until his retirement in 1945.
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