FOX CG 33

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.

Belknap Class Guided Missile Frigate Keel Laid January 15 1963 - Launched November 21 1964 USS FOX DLG-33 Commissioned May 28 1966 USS FOX CG-33 Reclassified Guided Missile Cruiser (CG) June 30 1975 Decommissioned April 15 1994 Struck from Naval Register April 15 1994 Sold for scrap, completed October 28 2007

Naval Covers

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1. USS Fox DLG / CG-33 Covers Page 1     (1970-93)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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.

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

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "PRAY / FOR / PEACE" San Pedro CA

1964-11-21

Launching, cachet by Morris W. Beck

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Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)

1966-05-28

Commissioning

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1970-02-04

DLG-33, add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

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

1978-10-13

CG-33, Navy Day, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2-1n (USS)

1981-06-14

CG-33

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)

1993-10-27

CG-33, cachet by Gary R. Rogak

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Gustavus Vasa Fox (June 13 1821 – October 29 1883)
Fox was an officer of the United States Navy, who served during the Mexican-American War, and as Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War.

Three ships of the US Navy have been named USS Fox in his memory - USS Fox Torpedo Boat No. 13/TB-13, USS Fox DD-234/AG-85 and USS Fox DLG/CG-33.

 

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