SEMMES DDG 18

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.

Charles F. Adams Class Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid August 18 1960 - Launched May 20 1961   USS SEMMES DDG-18 Commissioned December 10 1962 Decommissioned September 12 1991 Stricken January 11 1995 KIMON D-213 (Greek Naval Service) Transferred to Greece September 13 1991 Decommissioned by Greece June 17 2004 In reserve at Souda Bay, Crete

Naval Covers

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1. USS Semmes DDG-18 Covers Page 1    (1962-91)

 

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 F "First Day In / Commission" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-32

1962-12-10

First Day in Commission, cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type FDC F "First Day In / Commission" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-32

1962-12-10

First Day in Commission device used as cachet

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1963-04-25

First Day in Commission device used as cachet

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1968-06-23

Cachet for "Kieler Woche" ("Kiel Week", a event similar to Fleet Week in NY), serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (D2,USS)

1977-12-10

Ship's Cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-32b

1985-08-13

Ship's Cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-32b

1986-05-13

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-32b

1987-12-10

Ship's Cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-32c

1987-12-07

Pearl Harbor Cachet by Herbert C. Gordon

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1968-06-23

Cachet for "Kieler Woche" ("Kiel Week", a event similar to Fleet Week in NY), serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type F "Tall Ships '82" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-8

1982-06-17

Port Visit, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-32c

1991-09-12

Last Day in Commission. Ship's Cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type LDC 9-1(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-32f

1991-09-12

Last Day in Commission. Ship's Cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

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German postmark

1977-06-18

Ship's Cachet for "Kieler Woche" ("Kiel Week", a event similar to Fleet Week in NY), serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes USN (1809-1877)
Semmes was an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860 and the Confederate States Navy from 1860 to 1865. During the American Civil War he was Captain of the famous commerce raider CSS ALABAMA, taking a record fifty-five prizes. Late in the war he was promoted to Admiral and also served briefly as a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army.

 

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