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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Knox Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid December 4 1970 - Launched September 25 1971<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS KIRK DE-1087'''<br/> 
Commissioned September 9 1972<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS KIRK FF-1087'''<br/>
Reclassified Frigate (FF) June 30 1975<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS KIRK FFT-1087'''<br/>
Reclassified Training Frigate (FFT) September 30 1991<br/>
Decommissioned August 6 1993<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register January 11 1995<br/><br/>
<li>'''FENG YANG FF-934''' (Taiwanese Naval Service)<br/>
Sold to Taiwan September 29 1999
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[[Image:KIRK DE PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]] 
[[Image:KIRK FF PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]] 
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the 
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for 
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same 
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't 
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date 
range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[USS KIRK FFT-1087_Covers_Page_1 | Kirk Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1978)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a 
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, 
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one 
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of 
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an 
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>FDC 2(n+) (USS,"DE")
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1972-09-09<br/>to<br/>1972-09-09
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[[Image:Hoffman_Kirk_FFT_1087_19720909_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Hoffman_Kirk_FFT_1087_19720909_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+) (FF,D2)
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1978-11-15
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[[Image:JonBurdett kirk ff1087 19781115 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett kirk ff1087 19781115.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As FF-1087
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation w/ 2 stars - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star w/star - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal w/ 1 star - Humanitarian Service Medal - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon w/ 1 star - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Alan Goodrich Kirk USN (October 30 1888 - October 15 1963)<br/>
Kirk was an Admiral in the United States Navy and an American diplomat. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1909 and served in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II. During his wartime naval service, Alan Kirk became the U.S. naval attache in London (1939 to 1941). He was Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence from March 1941 but, obstructed and opposed by Rear Admiral Richmond Turner, he was unable to develop the office into an effective center along the lines of the British Royal Naval Operational Intelligence Centre (which he had seen whilst in London). Eventually, he requested a transfer to an Atlantic destroyer squadron. Kirk served as an amphibious commander in the Mediterranean in 1942 and 1943 (the Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy). In addition, he was the senior U.S. naval commander during the Normandy landings of June 6 1944 embarked on the heavy cruiser [[AUGUSTA CA 31|USS AUGUSTA CA-31]], and as Commander U.S. Naval Forces, France during 1944 and 1945. He retired from the Navy as a full Admiral in 1946. Kirk subsequently served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1946-49; Soviet Union, 1949-51; China (Taiwan), 1962-63 and as U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1946-49. Admiral Alan G. Kirk took his post as the second president of Amcomlib, in February 1952. Also in 1952, he served briefly as Director of the Psychological Strategy Board, which planned for and coordinated government psychological operations. As a former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, he oversaw the recruitment of emigres in New York and Munich, a group that would later form the core of Radio Liberty's staff. Less than a year after taking office, Kirk was forced to resign due to poor health.  Kirk served as United States Ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan) from June 1962 to January 1963 during the Kennedy administration

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