JULIUS A FURER FFG 6

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.

Brooke Class Guided Missile Destroyer Escort Keel Laid July 12 1965 - Launched and christened July 22 1966 USS JULIUS A. FURER DEG-6 Commissioned November 11 1967 USS JULIUS A. FURER FFG-6 Reclassified Frigate (FFG) June 30 1975 Decommissioned January 31 1989 Struck from Naval Register January 2 1994 PNS BADR D-161 (Pakistani Naval Service) Leased to Pakistan January 31 1989 and renamed Returned to U.S. Navy March 29 1994 Sold March 29 1994 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. DEG-6 Covers Page      (1968)
2. FFG-6 Covers Page 1     (1981)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (DEG,USS)

1968-01-14

As DEG-6

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (FFG,USS)

1978-05-30

As FFG-6
First Day Use-New Cachet, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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

1981-01-23

As FFG-6

 

Other Information

Awards, CItations and Campaign Ribbons...
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 1 star - National Defense Service Medal - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - CG Special Operations Service Ribbon.

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Julius Augustus Furer, USN (October 9 1880 - June 6 1963)
Furer was a naval constructor, inventor, administrator, and author. Furer was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1897, he graduated at the head of his class in 1901. He acquired a Master of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1905.
Furer's Naval career started in 1901 and he retired from active service in 1945, but was recalled to duty in the Navy's History Division in 1951. RAdm Furer held the Navy Cross and Legion of Merit.

 

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