GEORGE PHILIP FFG 12

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 Class Frigate Keel Laid 14 December 1977 - Launched 16 December 1978 USS GEORGE PHILIP FFG-12 Commissioned 10 October 1980 - Decommissioning Ceremony 15 March 2003 Decommissioned 28 March 2003 Struck from Naval Register 24 May 2004 Contract for vessel demilitarization, dismantling, and recycling 15 December 2014 Arrived under tow at Southern Recycling 24 June 2015

Naval Covers

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1. USS George Philip FFG-12 Covers Page 1    (1981)

 

Postmarks

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

 

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

1980-11-15

Commissioning, cachet by U.S.S. California Chapter No. 51, USCS

 

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

1981-10-02

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-2mt(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96675-1470)

2003-03-26

The overhaul of the USS Sea Shadow IX-529 is completed at Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton, WA
Tom Armstrong

 

Locy Type 9-2(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96675-1470)

1999-08-21

Ship's cachet. Collectors request, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type LDC 2-2mt(n+) (USS, FPO AP 96675-1470)

2003-03-28

Decommissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

USS GEORGE PHILIP earned the Navy "E" Ribbon (4 awards), the National Defense Service Medal and the Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/2 stars during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Commander George Philip USN (April 14 1912 - June 16 1945)
Philip attended South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City before his appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy. After completion of the course of instruction at the Naval Academy, he was commissioned an Ensign on June 6 1935. Ensign Philip continued to progress in grade until his promotion to Commander on September 4 1944. During this period he served under a variety of commands and Operational Training Command, Pacific Fleet, San Diego. Commander Philip established a skilled fighting reputation while simultaneously serving as the Executive Officer, Navigator and Combat Intelligence Officer of the famed USS O'BANNON DD-450. For his conspicuous gallantry during the crucial stages of the Solomon Island Campaign, Philip was awarded the Silver Star Medal and O'BANNON received the Presidential Unit Citation. He then served as Commanding Officer of USS TWIGGS DD-591. Commander Philip was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while commanding TWIGGS during an 84-day period of combat near Okinawa. He died following a dusk attack by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft on June 16 1945.

 

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