CROMMELIN FFG 37

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.

Oliver Hazard Perry (Long Hull) Class Guided Missile Frigate Keel Laid 30 May 1980 - Launched & Christened 2 July 1981 USS CROMMELIN FFG-37 Commissioned 18 June 1983 - Deactivated 26 October 2012 Decommissioned 31 October 2012 Sunk as a target during RIMPAC 2016, 19 July 2016

Naval Covers

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1. USS Crommelin FFG-37 Covers Page 1     (1983-2012)

 

Postmarks

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

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Ship Postmarks

 

Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+) (USN,USS)

1983-06-18

Commissioning, cachet by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

Locy Type FDC 9-1(n+u) (USN,USS)

1983-06-18

Commissioning, cachet by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,USN) (1983)

1983-09-14

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,USN) (1989)

1994-10-13

Navy Day, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2-2(n) (USS, FPO A 96662-1492) {Missing “P” in AP}

2002-02-11

Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,USN) (1983)

1990-03-09

Ships cachet

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,USN) (1991)

1999-03-17

Decommissioning of the USS Batfish SSN-671. Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 9-2(n) (USS, FPO AP 96662-1492)

2002-02-11

Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 11-2as(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96662-1492)

2011-04-18

New postmark design as of the postmark date.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-10-14

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, cover serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type F

2011-04-18

New postmark design as of the postmark date. Note the missing "P" in AP

 

Locy Type F "DEACTIVATION" FPO AP 96662-1492

2012-10-26

Deactivation Ceremony. Official Ships Cachet

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Decommissioning" Honolulu HI

2012-10-31

Decommissioning. Cachet by Robert Jank

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for five brothers: Vice Admiral Henry CROMMELIN (1904-1971), Rear Admiral John CROMMELIN (died 1997), Captain Quentin CROMMELIN (died 1997), Commander Charles CROMMELIN (died 1945), and Lieutenant Commander Richard CROMMELIN (1917-1945). CROMMELIN is the first ship of that name in the United States Navy. Born of a pioneer Alabama family in Montgomery and Wetumpka, they were the only five brothers ever to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy. Four of them became aviators. Individually and as a fighting family, they gained fame in World War II, attaining outstanding combat records and multiple decorations. Richard and Charles died in combat. John and Quentin continued distinguished naval careers until retirement. Several books have been written about them. A monument to the CROMMELINs in Battleship Park in Mobile, Alabama commemorates their bravery.

The USS CROMMELIN has earned the following awards during her Naval career - Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon w/ 3 stars, Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (7 awards), Navy Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 stars, Global War On Terrorism Service Ribbon, Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 2 stars and the Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon w/ 1 star.

The ships sponsors are Susan C. Costenbader, Mrs. Henry Crommelin and Mrs. Richard Meyers.

 

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