JACK WILLIAMS FFG 24

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 Guided Missile Frigate Keel Laid February 25 1980 - Launched August 30 1980 USS JACK WILLIAMS FFG-24 Commissioned September 19 1981 - Decommissioned September 13 1996 Struck from naval Register September 13 1996 SABHA F-90 (Bahrain Naval Service) Transferred as Grant Aid to Bahrain September 13 1996 and renamed

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1981-92)

 

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 FDC 2-1(n+)

1981-09-19

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type FDC 9-1(n+u)

1981-09-19

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS,USN)

1988-05-23

Official ship's cachet.

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS,USN)

1992-08-06

Official ship's cachet.

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS,USN)

1992-10-27

Navy Day, cachet by Gary Rogak

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS,USN)

1992-11-05

Official ship's cachet.

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,USN)

1981-12-02

Note:

 

Other Information

JACK WILLIAMS earned the following awards during her Naval career - Combat Action Ribbon - Joint Meritorious Unit Award w/oak leaf cluster - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 3 stars - Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 star - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait).

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Jack Williams USNR (October 18 1924 - March 3 1945).
With the Third Battalion, Twenty-eighth Marines, Fifth Marine Division, he participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima. On March 3 1945, when a Marine was wounded forward of the front lines, Williams courageously went to assist him and was hit by enemy fire. With determination, he completed his mission of mercy, dressed his own wounds, and rendered aid to another fallen Marine. On his way back to the rear, Williams was hit by an enemy sniper and died later that day. For his actions that day he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

 

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