RICHARD L PAGE FFG 5
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 4 January 1965 - Launched 4 April 1966 |
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- Richard L. Page DEG-5 / FFG-5 Covers Page 1 (1967-1988)
Postmarks
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Locy Type |
1967-08-05 |
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As DEG-5
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Locy Type |
1968-02-27 |
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As DEG-5
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Locy Type |
1982-02-09 |
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As FFG-5
Other Information
USS RICHARD L. PAGE earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon w/ 1 star, the Navy Battle E Ribbon (2 awards), the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Brigadier General Richard Lucian Page, CSA (20 December 1807 – 9 August 1901)
Page was born in Clarke County, VA and entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in 1824. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1834; and to commander in 1855. Sea duty, included assignments as executive officer and commanding officer of USS Independence during the Mexican War, commanding officer of the brig USS Perry on the African Station 1852-54, and commanding officer of the sloop-of-war USS Germantown on the East Indies Station 1857-60. He also served three tours of duty ashore as an ordnance officer and one tour as executive officer at the Norfolk Navy Yard. With the secession of Virginia, Page, then assigned to the Norfolk Navy Yard, resigned from the U.S. Navy and, after joining the staff of Governor Letcher of Virginia, began organizing a State navy and constructing fortifications along rivers of the Tidewater area. Commissioned Commander in the Confederate Navy in 1861, he served as ordnance officer at the Norfolk Navy Yard and at Charlotte, N.C. In 1864 he was commissioned Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army and placed in charge of the outer defenses of Mobile Bay. There, he defended Fort Morgan until that fort fell to Union forces under Farragut and Granger on 23 August 1864. Page, a prisoner for the remainder of the Civil War, returned to Norfolk after his release and, from 1875 to 1883, served as superintendent of public schools. Brigadier General Page died at Blueridge Summit, Pa., on 09 August 1901.
The ships sponsors were Miss Edmonia Lee Whittle and Mrs. Nannie Page Trinker, granddaughters of Brigadier General Page.
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