AINSWORTH FFT 1090 - Revision history

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	Knox Class Destroyer Escort<br/>		Knox Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
	Keel Laid June 11 1971 - Launched April 15 1972<br/><br/>		Keel Laid June 11 1971 - Launched April 15 1972<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS AINSWORTH DE-1090'''<br/>		<li>'''USS AINSWORTH DE-1090'''</li>
	Commissioned March 31 1973<br/><br/>		Commissioned March 31 1973<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FF-1090'''<br/>		<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FF-1090'''</li>
	Reclassified Frigate (FF) June 30 1975<br/><br/>		Reclassified Frigate (FF) June 30 1975<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FFT-1090'''<br/>		<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FFT-1090'''</li>
	Reclassified Frigate Training Ship (FFT) February 1 1992<br/>		Reclassified Frigate Training Ship (FFT) February 1 1992<br/>
	Decommissioned May 27 1994~~<br/>~~<br/>		Decommissioned May 27 1994<br/>
	Struck from Naval Register January 11 1995<br/><br/>		Struck from Naval Register January 11 1995<br/><br/>
	<li>'''TCG EGE F-256''' (Turkish Naval Service)<br/>		<li>'''TCG EGE F-256''' (Turkish Naval Service)</li>
	Loaned to Turkey May 27 1994 and renamed<br/>		Loaned to Turkey May 27 1994 and renamed<br/>
	Sold to Turkey May 15 1999<br/>		Sold to Turkey May 15 1999<br/>
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	<h3>Naval Covers</h3>		<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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	USS AINSWORTH earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 bronze stars, the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 bronze star, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon during her Naval career.<br/><br/>		USS AINSWORTH earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 bronze stars, the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 bronze star, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
	'''NAMESAKE''' - Vice Admiral Walden Lee Ainsworth, USN (November 10 1886 - August 7 1960)<br/>		'''NAMESAKE''' - Vice Admiral Walden Lee Ainsworth, USN (November 10 1886 - August 7 1960)<br/>
	Ainsworth entered The Naval Academy on June 21 1906 and graduated on June 3 1910. Following successive two-year tours at sea in [[IOWA IX 6\|USS IOWA BB-4]] and in transport [[PRAIRIE AD 5\|USS PRAIRIE]] he shifted to [[FLORIDA BB 30\|USS FLORIDA BB-30]] during the spring of 1914, just in time to act as the adjutant of one of the battalions that landed at Veracruz, Mexico, on April 21. Upon the successful completion of that operation, he returned to USS FLORIDA and served in her until sent to [[~~DE KALB SP 3010~~\|USS ~~DE KALB~~ SP-3010]] in May 1917. During the participation of The United States in World War I, he served in transports ~~DE KALB~~ and in [[AMERICA_ID_3006\|USS AMERICA ID-3006]]. During the last months of the conflict, he found himself in [[FREDERICK CA 8\|USS FREDERICK CA-8]]. In February 1919, the young officer went to Charles Town, W. Va., for two years as inspector of ordnance at the Navy's Armor and Projectile Plant before returning to sea as Executive Officer of the transport [[HANCOCK IX 12\|USS HANCOCK AP-3]]. Then, after a brief stint holding the same post in the light cruiser [[BIRMINGHAM CL 2\|USS BIRMINGHAM CL-2]], he commanded the destroyer [[MARCUS DD 321\|USS MARCUS DD-321]] for a year before becoming inspector of ordnance at Pittsburgh. In August 1924, orders sent him to the New York Navy Yard. By the end of 1925, Ainsworth's growing stature in the field of ordnance won him the position of gunnery officer on the staff of the Commander, Destroyer Squadrons, Asiatic Fleet. In July 1927, he took command of [[PAUL JONES AG 120\|PAUL JONES DD-230]], but left that destroyer late in the summer of 1928 to begin three years at the Naval Academy as an instructor in the Department of Navigation. At the end of the 1930-31 academic year, Ainsworth returned to sea in [[IDAHO BB 42\|USS IDAHO BB-42]] to serve as that battleship's navigator. Next came a tour in heavy cruiser [[PENSACOLA CA 24\|USS PENSACOLA CA-24]] and one as communication officer for the 14th Naval District before he reported to the Naval War College at Newport, R.I., for the senior course. In June 1936, Ainsworth became the Executive Officer of [[MISSISSIPPI EAG 128\|USS MISSISSIPPI BB-41]] and, two years later, he became Professor of Naval Science and Tactics at Tulane University in New Orleans. World War II in Europe was almost a year old when he took command of Destroyer Squadron 2 on July 22 1940, and The United States had just entered that conflict when he returned to USS MISSISSIPPI as her Commanding Officer on December 19 1941. Ainsworth promptly took that veteran battleship to the Pacific to strengthen the Navy's surface force in that ocean which had been seriously weakened by the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. On July 4 1942, Ainsworth took administrative command of all Pacific Fleet destroyers. On December 10 of that year, Admiral Halsey gave him the additional duty of commanding Task Force (TF) 67 which had been badly mauled in the recent Battle of Tassafaronga; and, under his leadership that cruiser destroyer force was soon winning renown as the "Ainsworth Express" for its fierce fighting in support of the final American drive to push Japanese troops off Guadalcanal. Its bombardment of the new Japanese air base at Munda on the island of New Georgia would be, in the words of naval historian, Samuel Eliot Morison, "... long regarded as a model . . . ." Transferred to command of TF 18 and Cruiser Division 9, Ainsworth continued his success during a prolonged series of runs up the long, narrow body of water between the central Solomon Islands which American bluejackets had nicknamed "the Slot." These operations parried the thrusts by Japanese warships challenging Allied control of the area. At the end of June, the tempo of American fighting in the southwestern Pacific picked up since the Navy had finally managed to assemble enough amphibious shipping in that theatre to resume the offensive. On the night of July 4 and 5, TF 18 moved up "the Slot" and bombarded Japanese positions at Vila on Kolombangara and at Baiko on New Georgia. The next afternoon, while Ainsworth's force was retiring from this action, word reached him that a large Japanese force was heading toward "the Slot." In an effort to meet and check this new threat, his warships again reversed course and headed toward the enemy. Ainsworth's ". . . outstanding leadership, brilliant tactics and courageous conduct . . ."in the ensuing battle of Kula Gulf earned him a '''Navy Cross'''. He also received the Distinguished Service Medal for his overall performance in the southwestern Pacific. About a year later, Ainsworth received the Legion of Merit Medal by his ". . . exceptionally meritorious conduct ..." while commanding the fire support group during operations which recaptured Guam. Finally, he received a gold star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit for his display of ". . . exceptional ability and aggressiveness in handling the organization and administration of the cruisers, destroyers, destroyer escorts, and patrol frigates of the Pacific Fleet." After returning to the United States in the summer of 1945, Vice Admiral Ainsworth commanded the Fifth Naval District until retiring on December 1 1948. He died in Washington, D.C., on August 7 1960.<br/><br/>		Ainsworth entered The Naval Academy on June 21 1906 and graduated on June 3 1910. Following successive two-year tours at sea in [[IOWA IX 6\|USS IOWA BB-4]] and in transport [[PRAIRIE AD 5\|USS PRAIRIE]] he shifted to [[FLORIDA BB 30\|USS FLORIDA BB-30]] during the spring of 1914, just in time to act as the adjutant of one of the battalions that landed at Veracruz, Mexico, on April 21. Upon the successful completion of that operation, he returned to USS FLORIDA and served in her until sent to [[DeKALB_SP_3010\|USS DeKALB SP-3010]] in May 1917. During the participation of The United States in World War I, he served in transports DeKALB and in [[AMERICA_ID_3006\|USS AMERICA ID-3006]]. During the last months of the conflict, he found himself in [[FREDERICK CA 8\|USS FREDERICK CA-8]]. In February 1919, the young officer went to Charles Town, W. Va., for two years as inspector of ordnance at the Navy's Armor and Projectile Plant before returning to sea as Executive Officer of the transport [[HANCOCK IX 12\|USS HANCOCK AP-3]]. Then, after a brief stint holding the same post in the light cruiser [[BIRMINGHAM CL 2\|USS BIRMINGHAM CL-2]], he commanded the destroyer [[MARCUS DD 321\|USS MARCUS DD-321]] for a year before becoming inspector of ordnance at Pittsburgh. In August 1924, orders sent him to the New York Navy Yard. By the end of 1925, Ainsworth's growing stature in the field of ordnance won him the position of gunnery officer on the staff of the Commander, Destroyer Squadrons, Asiatic Fleet. In July 1927, he took command of [[PAUL JONES AG 120\|PAUL JONES DD-230]], but left that destroyer late in the summer of 1928 to begin three years at the Naval Academy as an instructor in the Department of Navigation. At the end of the 1930-31 academic year, Ainsworth returned to sea in [[IDAHO BB 42\|USS IDAHO BB-42]] to serve as that battleship's navigator. Next came a tour in heavy cruiser [[PENSACOLA CA 24\|USS PENSACOLA CA-24]] and one as communication officer for the 14th Naval District before he reported to the Naval War College at Newport, R.I., for the senior course. In June 1936, Ainsworth became the Executive Officer of [[MISSISSIPPI EAG 128\|USS MISSISSIPPI BB-41]] and, two years later, he became Professor of Naval Science and Tactics at Tulane University in New Orleans. World War II in Europe was almost a year old when he took command of Destroyer Squadron 2 on July 22 1940, and The United States had just entered that conflict when he returned to USS MISSISSIPPI as her Commanding Officer on December 19 1941. Ainsworth promptly took that veteran battleship to the Pacific to strengthen the Navy's surface force in that ocean which had been seriously weakened by the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. On July 4 1942, Ainsworth took administrative command of all Pacific Fleet destroyers. On December 10 of that year, Admiral Halsey gave him the additional duty of commanding Task Force (TF) 67 which had been badly mauled in the recent Battle of Tassafaronga; and, under his leadership that cruiser destroyer force was soon winning renown as the "Ainsworth Express" for its fierce fighting in support of the final American drive to push Japanese troops off Guadalcanal. Its bombardment of the new Japanese air base at Munda on the island of New Georgia would be, in the words of naval historian, Samuel Eliot Morison, "... long regarded as a model . . . ." Transferred to command of TF 18 and Cruiser Division 9, Ainsworth continued his success during a prolonged series of runs up the long, narrow body of water between the central Solomon Islands which American bluejackets had nicknamed "the Slot." These operations parried the thrusts by Japanese warships challenging Allied control of the area. At the end of June, the tempo of American fighting in the southwestern Pacific picked up since the Navy had finally managed to assemble enough amphibious shipping in that theatre to resume the offensive. On the night of July 4 and 5, TF 18 moved up "the Slot" and bombarded Japanese positions at Vila on Kolombangara and at Baiko on New Georgia. The next afternoon, while Ainsworth's force was retiring from this action, word reached him that a large Japanese force was heading toward "the Slot." In an effort to meet and check this new threat, his warships again reversed course and headed toward the enemy. Ainsworth's ". . . outstanding leadership, brilliant tactics and courageous conduct . . ."in the ensuing battle of Kula Gulf earned him a '''Navy Cross'''. He also received the Distinguished Service Medal for his overall performance in the southwestern Pacific. About a year later, Ainsworth received the Legion of Merit Medal by his ". . . exceptionally meritorious conduct ..." while commanding the fire support group during operations which recaptured Guam. Finally, he received a gold star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit for his display of ". . . exceptional ability and aggressiveness in handling the organization and administration of the cruisers, destroyers, destroyer escorts, and patrol frigates of the Pacific Fleet." After returning to the United States in the summer of 1945, Vice Admiral Ainsworth commanded the Fifth Naval District until retiring on December 1 1948. He died in Washington, D.C., on August 7 1960.<br/><br/>
	The ships sponsor was Mrs. Katherine Gardner Ainsworth, the widow of Vice Admiral Ainsworth.		The ships sponsor was Mrs. Katherine Gardner Ainsworth, the widow of Vice Admiral Ainsworth.
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	USS AINSWORTH earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 bronze stars, the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 bronze star, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon during her Naval career.<br/><br/>		USS AINSWORTH earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 bronze stars, the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 bronze star, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
	'''NAMESAKE''' - Vice Admiral Walden Lee Ainsworth, USN (November 10 1886 - August 7 1960)<br/>		'''NAMESAKE''' - Vice Admiral Walden Lee Ainsworth, USN (November 10 1886 - August 7 1960)<br/>
	Ainsworth entered The Naval Academy on June 21 1906 and graduated on June 3 1910. Following successive two-year tours at sea in [[IOWA IX 6\|USS IOWA BB-4]] and in transport [[PRAIRIE AD 5\|USS PRAIRIE]] he shifted to [[FLORIDA BB 30\|USS FLORIDA BB-30]] during the spring of 1914, just in time to act as the adjutant of one of the battalions that landed at Veracruz, Mexico, on April 21. Upon the successful completion of that operation, he returned to USS FLORIDA and served in her until sent to [[DE KALB SP 3010\|USS DE KALB SP-3010]] in May 1917. During the participation of The United States in World War I, he served in transports DE KALB and in [[~~AMERICA TT 3006~~\|USS AMERICA TT-3006]]. During the last months of the conflict, he found himself in [[FREDERICK CA 8\|USS FREDERICK CA-8]]. In February 1919, the young officer went to Charles Town, W. Va., for two years as inspector of ordnance at the Navy's Armor and Projectile Plant before returning to sea as Executive Officer of the transport [[HANCOCK IX 12\|USS HANCOCK AP-3]]. Then, after a brief stint holding the same post in the light cruiser [[BIRMINGHAM CL 2\|USS BIRMINGHAM CL-2]], he commanded the destroyer [[MARCUS DD 321\|USS MARCUS DD-321]] for a year before becoming inspector of ordnance at Pittsburgh. In August 1924, orders sent him to the New York Navy Yard. By the end of 1925, Ainsworth's growing stature in the field of ordnance won him the position of gunnery officer on the staff of the Commander, Destroyer Squadrons, Asiatic Fleet. In July 1927, he took command of [[PAUL JONES AG 120\|PAUL JONES DD-230]], but left that destroyer late in the summer of 1928 to begin three years at the Naval Academy as an instructor in the Department of Navigation. At the end of the 1930-31 academic year, Ainsworth returned to sea in [[IDAHO BB 42\|USS IDAHO BB-42]] to serve as that battleship's navigator. Next came a tour in heavy cruiser [[PENSACOLA CA 24\|USS PENSACOLA CA-24]] and one as communication officer for the 14th Naval District before he reported to the Naval War College at Newport, R.I., for the senior course. In June 1936, Ainsworth became the Executive Officer of [[MISSISSIPPI EAG 128\|USS MISSISSIPPI BB-41]] and, two years later, he became Professor of Naval Science and Tactics at Tulane University in New Orleans. World War II in Europe was almost a year old when he took command of Destroyer Squadron 2 on July 22 1940, and The United States had just entered that conflict when he returned to USS MISSISSIPPI as her Commanding Officer on December 19 1941. Ainsworth promptly took that veteran battleship to the Pacific to strengthen the Navy's surface force in that ocean which had been seriously weakened by the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. On July 4 1942, Ainsworth took administrative command of all Pacific Fleet destroyers. On December 10 of that year, Admiral Halsey gave him the additional duty of commanding Task Force (TF) 67 which had been badly mauled in the recent Battle of Tassafaronga; and, under his leadership that cruiser destroyer force was soon winning renown as the "Ainsworth Express" for its fierce fighting in support of the final American drive to push Japanese troops off Guadalcanal. Its bombardment of the new Japanese air base at Munda on the island of New Georgia would be, in the words of naval historian, Samuel Eliot Morison, "... long regarded as a model . . . ." Transferred to command of TF 18 and Cruiser Division 9, Ainsworth continued his success during a prolonged series of runs up the long, narrow body of water between the central Solomon Islands which American bluejackets had nicknamed "the Slot." These operations parried the thrusts by Japanese warships challenging Allied control of the area. At the end of June, the tempo of American fighting in the southwestern Pacific picked up since the Navy had finally managed to assemble enough amphibious shipping in that theatre to resume the offensive. On the night of July 4 and 5, TF 18 moved up "the Slot" and bombarded Japanese positions at Vila on Kolombangara and at Baiko on New Georgia. The next afternoon, while Ainsworth's force was retiring from this action, word reached him that a large Japanese force was heading toward "the Slot." In an effort to meet and check this new threat, his warships again reversed course and headed toward the enemy. Ainsworth's ". . . outstanding leadership, brilliant tactics and courageous conduct . . ."in the ensuing battle of Kula Gulf earned him a '''Navy Cross'''. He also received the Distinguished Service Medal for his overall performance in the southwestern Pacific. About a year later, Ainsworth received the Legion of Merit Medal by his ". . . exceptionally meritorious conduct ..." while commanding the fire support group during operations which recaptured Guam. Finally, he received a gold star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit for his display of ". . . exceptional ability and aggressiveness in handling the organization and administration of the cruisers, destroyers, destroyer escorts, and patrol frigates of the Pacific Fleet." After returning to the United States in the summer of 1945, Vice Admiral Ainsworth commanded the Fifth Naval District until retiring on December 1 1948. He died in Washington, D.C., on August 7 1960.<br/><br/>		Ainsworth entered The Naval Academy on June 21 1906 and graduated on June 3 1910. Following successive two-year tours at sea in [[IOWA IX 6\|USS IOWA BB-4]] and in transport [[PRAIRIE AD 5\|USS PRAIRIE]] he shifted to [[FLORIDA BB 30\|USS FLORIDA BB-30]] during the spring of 1914, just in time to act as the adjutant of one of the battalions that landed at Veracruz, Mexico, on April 21. Upon the successful completion of that operation, he returned to USS FLORIDA and served in her until sent to [[DE KALB SP 3010\|USS DE KALB SP-3010]] in May 1917. During the participation of The United States in World War I, he served in transports DE KALB and in [[AMERICA_ID_3006\|USS AMERICA ID-3006]]. During the last months of the conflict, he found himself in [[FREDERICK CA 8\|USS FREDERICK CA-8]]. In February 1919, the young officer went to Charles Town, W. Va., for two years as inspector of ordnance at the Navy's Armor and Projectile Plant before returning to sea as Executive Officer of the transport [[HANCOCK IX 12\|USS HANCOCK AP-3]]. Then, after a brief stint holding the same post in the light cruiser [[BIRMINGHAM CL 2\|USS BIRMINGHAM CL-2]], he commanded the destroyer [[MARCUS DD 321\|USS MARCUS DD-321]] for a year before becoming inspector of ordnance at Pittsburgh. In August 1924, orders sent him to the New York Navy Yard. By the end of 1925, Ainsworth's growing stature in the field of ordnance won him the position of gunnery officer on the staff of the Commander, Destroyer Squadrons, Asiatic Fleet. In July 1927, he took command of [[PAUL JONES AG 120\|PAUL JONES DD-230]], but left that destroyer late in the summer of 1928 to begin three years at the Naval Academy as an instructor in the Department of Navigation. At the end of the 1930-31 academic year, Ainsworth returned to sea in [[IDAHO BB 42\|USS IDAHO BB-42]] to serve as that battleship's navigator. Next came a tour in heavy cruiser [[PENSACOLA CA 24\|USS PENSACOLA CA-24]] and one as communication officer for the 14th Naval District before he reported to the Naval War College at Newport, R.I., for the senior course. In June 1936, Ainsworth became the Executive Officer of [[MISSISSIPPI EAG 128\|USS MISSISSIPPI BB-41]] and, two years later, he became Professor of Naval Science and Tactics at Tulane University in New Orleans. World War II in Europe was almost a year old when he took command of Destroyer Squadron 2 on July 22 1940, and The United States had just entered that conflict when he returned to USS MISSISSIPPI as her Commanding Officer on December 19 1941. Ainsworth promptly took that veteran battleship to the Pacific to strengthen the Navy's surface force in that ocean which had been seriously weakened by the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. On July 4 1942, Ainsworth took administrative command of all Pacific Fleet destroyers. On December 10 of that year, Admiral Halsey gave him the additional duty of commanding Task Force (TF) 67 which had been badly mauled in the recent Battle of Tassafaronga; and, under his leadership that cruiser destroyer force was soon winning renown as the "Ainsworth Express" for its fierce fighting in support of the final American drive to push Japanese troops off Guadalcanal. Its bombardment of the new Japanese air base at Munda on the island of New Georgia would be, in the words of naval historian, Samuel Eliot Morison, "... long regarded as a model . . . ." Transferred to command of TF 18 and Cruiser Division 9, Ainsworth continued his success during a prolonged series of runs up the long, narrow body of water between the central Solomon Islands which American bluejackets had nicknamed "the Slot." These operations parried the thrusts by Japanese warships challenging Allied control of the area. At the end of June, the tempo of American fighting in the southwestern Pacific picked up since the Navy had finally managed to assemble enough amphibious shipping in that theatre to resume the offensive. On the night of July 4 and 5, TF 18 moved up "the Slot" and bombarded Japanese positions at Vila on Kolombangara and at Baiko on New Georgia. The next afternoon, while Ainsworth's force was retiring from this action, word reached him that a large Japanese force was heading toward "the Slot." In an effort to meet and check this new threat, his warships again reversed course and headed toward the enemy. Ainsworth's ". . . outstanding leadership, brilliant tactics and courageous conduct . . ."in the ensuing battle of Kula Gulf earned him a '''Navy Cross'''. He also received the Distinguished Service Medal for his overall performance in the southwestern Pacific. About a year later, Ainsworth received the Legion of Merit Medal by his ". . . exceptionally meritorious conduct ..." while commanding the fire support group during operations which recaptured Guam. Finally, he received a gold star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit for his display of ". . . exceptional ability and aggressiveness in handling the organization and administration of the cruisers, destroyers, destroyer escorts, and patrol frigates of the Pacific Fleet." After returning to the United States in the summer of 1945, Vice Admiral Ainsworth commanded the Fifth Naval District until retiring on December 1 1948. He died in Washington, D.C., on August 7 1960.<br/><br/>
	The ships sponsor was Mrs. Katherine Gardner Ainsworth, the widow of Vice Admiral Ainsworth.		The ships sponsor was Mrs. Katherine Gardner Ainsworth, the widow of Vice Admiral Ainsworth.
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	~~1977~~-11-22		1978-04-17
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			1978-04-18
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	[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth de1090 ~~19771122~~ pm9.jpg\|thumb\|center\|200px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth de1090 19780417 pm9.jpg\|thumb\|center\|200px]]
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	[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth de1090 ~~19771122~~.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth de1090 19780417.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
	</td></tr></table>		</td></tr></table>
	As FF-1090 still using DE strike		As FF-1090 still using DE strike

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	<ol><br/>		<ol><br/>
	Knox Class Destroyer Escort<br/>		Knox Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
	Keel Laid 11 ~~June~~ 1971 - Launched 15 ~~April~~ 1972<br/><br/>		Keel Laid June 11 1971 - Launched April 15 1972<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS AINSWORTH DE-1090'''<br/>		<li>'''USS AINSWORTH DE-1090'''<br/>
	Commissioned 31 ~~March~~ 1973<br/><br/>		Commissioned March 31 1973<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FF-1090'''<br/>		<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FF-1090'''<br/>
	Reclassified Frigate (FF) 30 ~~June~~ 1975<br/><br/>		Reclassified Frigate (FF) June 30 1975<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FFT-1090'''<br/>		<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FFT-1090'''<br/>
	Reclassified Frigate Training Ship (FFT) 1 ~~February~~ 1992<br/>		Reclassified Frigate Training Ship (FFT) February 1 1992<br/>
	Decommissioned 27 ~~May~~ 1994<br/><br/>		Decommissioned May 27 1994<br/><br/>
	Struck from Naval Register 11 ~~January~~ 1995<br/><br/>		Struck from Naval Register January 11 1995<br/><br/>
	<li>'''TCG EGE F-256''' (Turkish Naval Service)<br/>		<li>'''TCG EGE F-256''' (Turkish Naval Service)<br/>
	Loaned to Turkey 27 ~~May~~ 1994 and renamed<br/>		Loaned to Turkey May 27 1994 and renamed<br/>
	Sold to Turkey 15 ~~May~~ 1999<br/>		Sold to Turkey May 15 1999<br/>
	Decommissioned by Turkey 21 ~~March~~ 2005<br/><br/>		Decommissioned by Turkey March 21 2005<br/><br/>
	Fate unknown		Fate unknown
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			<h4>Post Office Established March 31 1973 - Disestablished May 27 1994</h4>

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			Locy Type<br/>FDC 2(n+) Mar 31, 1973
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			1973-03-31
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			[[Image:Hoffman_Ainsworth_FFT_1090_19730331_1_front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
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			Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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	~~Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)~~
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	~~1973-03-31~~
	~~</td><td align="center" width="350">~~
	~~[[Image:Hoffman_Ainsworth_FFT_1090_19730331_1_pm1.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]~~
	~~</td><td align="center" width="120">~~
	~~[[Image:Hoffman_Ainsworth_FFT_1090_19730331_1_front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]~~
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	~~Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.~~
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	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	Locy Type<br/>LDC 2-1(n)(FFT)		Locy Type<br/>LDC 2-1(n)(FFT) May 27, 1994
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	Last Day of Commissioning. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Al_Banasky_ \| Al Banasky]]		Last Day of Commissioning. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Al_Banasky_ \| Al Banasky]]
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	~~<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">~~
	~~USPS Type 9<br/>Norfolk VA~~
	~~</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">~~
	~~1994-05-27~~
	~~</td><td align="center" width="350">~~
	~~[[Image:GregCiesielski_Ainsworth_FFT1090_19940527_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]~~
	~~</td><td align="center" width="120">~~
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	~~</td></tr></table>~~
	~~As FFT-1090<br/>~~
	~~Last Day of Commissioning. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ \| StephenDecatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]~~
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	<p> </p>		<p> </p>

	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	USS AINSWORTH earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 bronze stars, the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 bronze star, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon during her Naval career.<br/><br/>		USS AINSWORTH earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 bronze stars, the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 bronze star, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon during her Naval career.<br/><br/>

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	<ol><br/>		<ol><br/>
	Knox Class Destroyer Escort<br/>		Knox Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
	Keel Laid June 11 1971 - Launched April 15 1972<br/><br/>		Keel Laid 11 June 1971 - Launched 15 April 1972<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS AINSWORTH DE-1090'''<br/>		<li>'''USS AINSWORTH DE-1090'''<br/>
	Commissioned March 31 1973<br/><br/>		Commissioned 31 March 1973<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FF-1090'''<br/>		<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FF-1090'''<br/>
	Reclassified Frigate (FF) June 30 1975<br/><br/>		Reclassified Frigate (FF) 30 June 1975<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FFT-1090'''<br/>		<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FFT-1090'''<br/>
	Reclassified Frigate Training Ship (FFT) February 1 1992<br/>		Reclassified Frigate Training Ship (FFT) 1 February 1992<br/>
	Decommissioned May 27 1994<br/><br/>		Decommissioned 27 May 1994<br/><br/>
	Struck from Naval Register January 11 1995<br/><br/>		Struck from Naval Register 11 January 1995<br/><br/>
	<li>'''TCG EGE F-256''' (Turkish Naval Service)<br/>		<li>'''TCG EGE F-256''' (Turkish Naval Service)<br/>
	Loaned to Turkey May 27 1994 and renamed<br/>		Loaned to Turkey 27 May 1994 and renamed<br/>
	Sold to Turkey May 15 1999<br/>		Sold to Turkey 15 May 1999<br/>
	Decommissioned by Turkey March 21 2005<br/><br/>		Decommissioned by Turkey 21 March 2005<br/><br/>
	Fate unknown		Fate unknown
	</ol></td>		</ol></td>
	<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">		<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
	[[Image:AINSWORTH DE PATCH.jpg\|thumb\|center\|~~125px~~]]		[[Image:AINSWORTH DE PATCH.jpg\|thumb\|center\|150px]]
	[[Image:AINSWORTH FF PATCH.jpg\|thumb\|center\|~~125px~~]]		[[Image:AINSWORTH FF PATCH.jpg\|thumb\|center\|150px]]
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	range for covers on that page.		range for covers on that page.
	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>[[USS AINSWORTH FFT-1090_Covers_Page_1 \| Ainsworth Covers Page 1]]    (1973-94)</li>		<li>[[USS AINSWORTH FFT-1090_Covers_Page_1 \| USS Ainsworth DE/FF/FFT-1090 Covers Page 1]]    (1973-94)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
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	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	~~1973-03-31<br/>to<br/>~~1973-03-31		1973-03-31
	</td><td align="center" width="350">		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	[[Image:Hoffman_Ainsworth_FFT_1090_19730331_1_pm1.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:Hoffman_Ainsworth_FFT_1090_19730331_1_pm1.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
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	</td></tr></table>		</td></tr></table>
	As FF-1090		FF-1090. Independence Day, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Gary_R_Rogak_ \| Gary R. Rogak]]
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	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	~~Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>~~		USS AINSWORTH earned the Joint Meritorious Unit Award Ribbon, the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy Battle "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 bronze stars, the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 bronze star, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
	Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 stars - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon ~~- CG~~ Special Operations Service Ribbon<br/><br/>
	'''NAMESAKE''' - Vice Admiral Walden Lee Ainsworth, USN (November 10 1886 - August 7 1960)<br/>		'''NAMESAKE''' - Vice Admiral Walden Lee Ainsworth, USN (November 10 1886 - August 7 1960)<br/>
	Ainsworth entered The Naval Academy on June 21 1906 and graduated on June 3 1910. Following successive two-year tours at sea in [[IOWA IX 6\|USS IOWA BB-4]] and in transport [[PRAIRIE AD 5\|USS PRAIRIE]] he shifted to [[FLORIDA BB 30\|USS FLORIDA BB-30]] during the spring of 1914, just in time to act as the adjutant of one of the battalions that landed at Veracruz, Mexico, on April 21. Upon the successful completion of that operation, he returned to USS FLORIDA and served in her until sent to [[DE KALB SP 3010\|USS DE KALB SP-3010]] in May 1917. During the participation of The United States in World War I, he served in transports DE KALB and in [[AMERICA TT 3006\|USS AMERICA TT-3006]]. During the last months of the conflict, he found himself in [[FREDERICK CA 8\|USS FREDERICK CA-8]]. In February 1919, the young officer went to Charles Town, W. Va., for two years as inspector of ordnance at the Navy's Armor and Projectile Plant before returning to sea as Executive Officer of the transport [[HANCOCK IX 12\|USS HANCOCK AP-3]]. Then, after a brief stint holding the same post in the light cruiser [[BIRMINGHAM CL 2\|USS BIRMINGHAM CL-2]], he commanded the destroyer [[MARCUS DD 321\|USS MARCUS DD-321]] for a year before becoming inspector of ordnance at Pittsburgh. In August 1924, orders sent him to the New York Navy Yard. By the end of 1925, Ainsworth's growing stature in the field of ordnance won him the position of gunnery officer on the staff of the Commander, Destroyer Squadrons, Asiatic Fleet. In July 1927, he took command of [[PAUL JONES AG 120\|PAUL JONES DD-230]], but left that destroyer late in the summer of 1928 to begin three years at the Naval Academy as an instructor in the Department of Navigation. At the end of the 1930-31 academic year, Ainsworth returned to sea in [[IDAHO BB 42\|USS IDAHO BB-42]] to serve as that battleship's navigator. Next came a tour in heavy cruiser [[PENSACOLA CA 24\|USS PENSACOLA CA-24]] and one as communication officer for the 14th Naval District before he reported to the Naval War College at Newport, R.I., for the senior course. In June 1936, Ainsworth became the Executive Officer of [[MISSISSIPPI EAG 128\|USS MISSISSIPPI BB-41]] and, two years later, he became Professor of Naval Science and Tactics at Tulane University in New Orleans. World War II in Europe was almost a year old when he took command of Destroyer Squadron 2 on July 22 1940, and The United States had just entered that conflict when he returned to USS MISSISSIPPI as her Commanding Officer on December 19 1941. Ainsworth promptly took that veteran battleship to the Pacific to strengthen the Navy's surface force in that ocean which had been seriously weakened by the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. On July 4 1942, Ainsworth took administrative command of all Pacific Fleet destroyers. On December 10 of that year, Admiral Halsey gave him the additional duty of commanding Task Force (TF) 67 which had been badly mauled in the recent Battle of Tassafaronga; and, under his leadership that cruiser destroyer force was soon winning renown as the "Ainsworth Express" for its fierce fighting in support of the final American drive to push Japanese troops off Guadalcanal. Its bombardment of the new Japanese air base at Munda on the island of New Georgia would be, in the words of naval historian, Samuel Eliot Morison, "... long regarded as a model . . . ." Transferred to command of TF 18 and Cruiser Division 9, Ainsworth continued his success during a prolonged series of runs up the long, narrow body of water between the central Solomon Islands which American bluejackets had nicknamed "the Slot." These operations parried the thrusts by Japanese warships challenging Allied control of the area. At the end of June, the tempo of American fighting in the southwestern Pacific picked up since the Navy had finally managed to assemble enough amphibious shipping in that theatre to resume the offensive. On the night of July 4 and 5, TF 18 moved up "the Slot" and bombarded Japanese positions at Vila on Kolombangara and at Baiko on New Georgia. The next afternoon, while Ainsworth's force was retiring from this action, word reached him that a large Japanese force was heading toward "the Slot." In an effort to meet and check this new threat, his warships again reversed course and headed toward the enemy. Ainsworth's ". . . outstanding leadership, brilliant tactics and courageous conduct . . ."in the ensuing battle of Kula Gulf ~~won~~ him a Navy Cross. He also received the ~~distinguished~~ Service Medal for his overall performance in the southwestern Pacific. About a year later, Ainsworth ~~won~~ the Legion of Merit Medal by his ". . . exceptionally meritorious conduct ..." while commanding the fire support group during operations which recaptured Guam. Finally, he received a gold star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit for his display of ". . . exceptional ability and aggressiveness in handling the organization and administration of the cruisers, destroyers, destroyer escorts, and patrol frigates of the Pacific Fleet." After returning to the United States in the summer of 1945, Vice Admiral Ainsworth commanded the Fifth Naval District until retiring on December 1 1948. He died in Washington, D.C., on August 7 1960.		Ainsworth entered The Naval Academy on June 21 1906 and graduated on June 3 1910. Following successive two-year tours at sea in [[IOWA IX 6\|USS IOWA BB-4]] and in transport [[PRAIRIE AD 5\|USS PRAIRIE]] he shifted to [[FLORIDA BB 30\|USS FLORIDA BB-30]] during the spring of 1914, just in time to act as the adjutant of one of the battalions that landed at Veracruz, Mexico, on April 21. Upon the successful completion of that operation, he returned to USS FLORIDA and served in her until sent to [[DE KALB SP 3010\|USS DE KALB SP-3010]] in May 1917. During the participation of The United States in World War I, he served in transports DE KALB and in [[AMERICA TT 3006\|USS AMERICA TT-3006]]. During the last months of the conflict, he found himself in [[FREDERICK CA 8\|USS FREDERICK CA-8]]. In February 1919, the young officer went to Charles Town, W. Va., for two years as inspector of ordnance at the Navy's Armor and Projectile Plant before returning to sea as Executive Officer of the transport [[HANCOCK IX 12\|USS HANCOCK AP-3]]. Then, after a brief stint holding the same post in the light cruiser [[BIRMINGHAM CL 2\|USS BIRMINGHAM CL-2]], he commanded the destroyer [[MARCUS DD 321\|USS MARCUS DD-321]] for a year before becoming inspector of ordnance at Pittsburgh. In August 1924, orders sent him to the New York Navy Yard. By the end of 1925, Ainsworth's growing stature in the field of ordnance won him the position of gunnery officer on the staff of the Commander, Destroyer Squadrons, Asiatic Fleet. In July 1927, he took command of [[PAUL JONES AG 120\|PAUL JONES DD-230]], but left that destroyer late in the summer of 1928 to begin three years at the Naval Academy as an instructor in the Department of Navigation. At the end of the 1930-31 academic year, Ainsworth returned to sea in [[IDAHO BB 42\|USS IDAHO BB-42]] to serve as that battleship's navigator. Next came a tour in heavy cruiser [[PENSACOLA CA 24\|USS PENSACOLA CA-24]] and one as communication officer for the 14th Naval District before he reported to the Naval War College at Newport, R.I., for the senior course. In June 1936, Ainsworth became the Executive Officer of [[MISSISSIPPI EAG 128\|USS MISSISSIPPI BB-41]] and, two years later, he became Professor of Naval Science and Tactics at Tulane University in New Orleans. World War II in Europe was almost a year old when he took command of Destroyer Squadron 2 on July 22 1940, and The United States had just entered that conflict when he returned to USS MISSISSIPPI as her Commanding Officer on December 19 1941. Ainsworth promptly took that veteran battleship to the Pacific to strengthen the Navy's surface force in that ocean which had been seriously weakened by the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. On July 4 1942, Ainsworth took administrative command of all Pacific Fleet destroyers. On December 10 of that year, Admiral Halsey gave him the additional duty of commanding Task Force (TF) 67 which had been badly mauled in the recent Battle of Tassafaronga; and, under his leadership that cruiser destroyer force was soon winning renown as the "Ainsworth Express" for its fierce fighting in support of the final American drive to push Japanese troops off Guadalcanal. Its bombardment of the new Japanese air base at Munda on the island of New Georgia would be, in the words of naval historian, Samuel Eliot Morison, "... long regarded as a model . . . ." Transferred to command of TF 18 and Cruiser Division 9, Ainsworth continued his success during a prolonged series of runs up the long, narrow body of water between the central Solomon Islands which American bluejackets had nicknamed "the Slot." These operations parried the thrusts by Japanese warships challenging Allied control of the area. At the end of June, the tempo of American fighting in the southwestern Pacific picked up since the Navy had finally managed to assemble enough amphibious shipping in that theatre to resume the offensive. On the night of July 4 and 5, TF 18 moved up "the Slot" and bombarded Japanese positions at Vila on Kolombangara and at Baiko on New Georgia. The next afternoon, while Ainsworth's force was retiring from this action, word reached him that a large Japanese force was heading toward "the Slot." In an effort to meet and check this new threat, his warships again reversed course and headed toward the enemy. Ainsworth's ". . . outstanding leadership, brilliant tactics and courageous conduct . . ."in the ensuing battle of Kula Gulf earned him a '''Navy Cross'''. He also received the Distinguished Service Medal for his overall performance in the southwestern Pacific. About a year later, Ainsworth received the Legion of Merit Medal by his ". . . exceptionally meritorious conduct ..." while commanding the fire support group during operations which recaptured Guam. Finally, he received a gold star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit for his display of ". . . exceptional ability and aggressiveness in handling the organization and administration of the cruisers, destroyers, destroyer escorts, and patrol frigates of the Pacific Fleet." After returning to the United States in the summer of 1945, Vice Admiral Ainsworth commanded the Fifth Naval District until retiring on December 1 1948. He died in Washington, D.C., on August 7 1960.<br/><br/>
			The ships sponsor was Mrs. Katherine Gardner Ainsworth, the widow of Vice Admiral Ainsworth.
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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.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol><br/>
Knox Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid June 11 1971 - Launched April 15 1972<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS AINSWORTH DE-1090'''<br/>
Commissioned March 31 1973<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FF-1090'''<br/>
Reclassified Frigate (FF) June 30 1975<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS AINSWORTH FFT-1090'''<br/>
Reclassified Frigate Training Ship (FFT) February 1 1992<br/>
Decommissioned May 27 1994<br/><br/>
Stricken from Naval Register January 11 1995<br/><br/>
<li>'''TCG EGE F-256''' (Turkish Naval Service)<br/>
Loaned to Turkey May 27 1994 and renamed<br/>
Sold to Turkey May 15 1999<br/>
Decommissioned by Turkey March 21 2005<br/><br/>
Fate unknown
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:AINSWORTH DE PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
[[Image:AINSWORTH FF PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>

<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 incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
<ol>
<li>[[USS AINSWORTH FFT-1090_Covers_Page_1 | Ainsworth Covers Page 1]]    (1973-94)</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>

<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</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>
</tr></table>



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1973-05-29
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth de1090 19730529 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth de1090 19730529.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
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<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1973-03-31<br/>to<br/>1973-03-31
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:Hoffman_Ainsworth_FFT_1090_19730331_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:Hoffman_Ainsworth_FFT_1090_19730331_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1975-06-30
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Ainsworth_DE1090_19750630_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Ainsworth_DE1090_19750630_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DE-1090<br/>Last Day Hull Designation. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Richard_F_Hoffner_ | Richard F. Hoffner]], sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1976-06-01
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Ainsworth_FF1090_19760601_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Ainsworth_FF1090_19760601_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As FF-1090, (Still using DE marking)<br/>
Welcome to the US, [[Country_Netherlands_ | Netherlands Naval]] visit, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1978-04-18
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Ainsworth_FF1090_19780418_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Ainsworth_FF1090_19780418_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As FF-1090, (Still using DE marking)<br/>
Welcome to the US, [[Country_Canadian_Ships_ | HMCS PORTE DAUPHINE]] visit, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]]




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2-1(n+) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1979-06-11
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth ff1090 19790611 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth ff1090 19790611.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
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<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2-1n (D1,USN,USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1989-09-22
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth ff1090 19890922 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth ff1090 19890922.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As FF-1090




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2-1(n) (FFT,USS,USN)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1993-11-28
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth fft1090 19931128 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth fft1090 19931128.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As FFT-1090




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/> 9ef(n+u) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1989-09-22
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth ff1090 19890922 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett ainsworth ff1090 19890922.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As FF-1090




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/> 9-1(n+u) (USS)
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1985-01-21
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Locy Type<br/>LDC 2-1(n)(FFT)
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1994-05-27
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As FFT-1090<br/>
Last Day of Commissioning. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Al_Banasky_ | Al Banasky]]




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Locy Type<br/>LDC 2-2at(n)
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1994-05-27
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As FFT-1090<br/>
Last Day of Commissioning. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Al_Banasky_ | Al Banasky]]

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USPS Type 9<br/>Norfolk VA
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1994-05-27
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As FFT-1090<br/>
Last Day of Commissioning. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | StephenDecatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]

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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - Navy Expeditionary Medal w/ 2 stars - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - CG Special Operations Service Ribbon<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Vice Admiral Walden Lee Ainsworth, USN (November 10 1886 - August 7 1960)<br/>
Ainsworth entered The Naval Academy on June 21 1906 and graduated on June 3 1910. Following successive two-year tours at sea in [[IOWA IX 6|USS IOWA BB-4]] and in transport [[PRAIRIE AD 5|USS PRAIRIE]] he shifted to [[FLORIDA BB 30|USS FLORIDA BB-30]] during the spring of 1914, just in time to act as the adjutant of one of the battalions that landed at Veracruz, Mexico, on April 21. Upon the successful completion of that operation, he returned to USS FLORIDA and served in her until sent to [[DE KALB SP 3010|USS DE KALB SP-3010]] in May 1917. During the participation of The United States in World War I, he served in transports DE KALB and in [[AMERICA TT 3006|USS AMERICA TT-3006]]. During the last months of the conflict, he found himself in [[FREDERICK CA 8|USS FREDERICK CA-8]]. In February 1919, the young officer went to Charles Town, W. Va., for two years as inspector of ordnance at the Navy's Armor and Projectile Plant before returning to sea as Executive Officer of the transport [[HANCOCK IX 12|USS HANCOCK AP-3]]. Then, after a brief stint holding the same post in the light cruiser [[BIRMINGHAM CL 2|USS BIRMINGHAM CL-2]], he commanded the destroyer [[MARCUS DD 321|USS MARCUS DD-321]] for a year before becoming inspector of ordnance at Pittsburgh. In August 1924, orders sent him to the New York Navy Yard. By the end of 1925, Ainsworth's growing stature in the field of ordnance won him the position of gunnery officer on the staff of the Commander, Destroyer Squadrons, Asiatic Fleet. In July 1927, he took command of [[PAUL JONES AG 120|PAUL JONES DD-230]], but left that destroyer late in the summer of 1928 to begin three years at the Naval Academy as an instructor in the Department of Navigation. At the end of the 1930-31 academic year, Ainsworth returned to sea in [[IDAHO BB 42|USS IDAHO BB-42]] to serve as that battleship's navigator. Next came a tour in heavy cruiser [[PENSACOLA CA 24|USS PENSACOLA CA-24]] and one as communication officer for the 14th Naval District before he reported to the Naval War College at Newport, R.I., for the senior course. In June 1936, Ainsworth became the Executive Officer of [[MISSISSIPPI EAG 128|USS MISSISSIPPI BB-41]] and, two years later, he became Professor of Naval Science and Tactics at Tulane University in New Orleans. World War II in Europe was almost a year old when he took command of Destroyer Squadron 2 on July 22 1940, and The United States had just entered that conflict when he returned to USS MISSISSIPPI as her Commanding Officer on December 19 1941. Ainsworth promptly took that veteran battleship to the Pacific to strengthen the Navy's surface force in that ocean which had been seriously weakened by the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. On July 4 1942, Ainsworth took administrative command of all Pacific Fleet destroyers. On December 10 of that year, Admiral Halsey gave him the additional duty of commanding Task Force (TF) 67 which had been badly mauled in the recent Battle of Tassafaronga; and, under his leadership that cruiser destroyer force was soon winning renown as the "Ainsworth Express" for its fierce fighting in support of the final American drive to push Japanese troops off Guadalcanal. Its bombardment of the new Japanese air base at Munda on the island of New Georgia would be, in the words of naval historian, Samuel Eliot Morison, "... long regarded as a model . . . ." Transferred to command of TF 18 and Cruiser Division 9, Ainsworth continued his success during a prolonged series of runs up the long, narrow body of water between the central Solomon Islands which American bluejackets had nicknamed "the Slot." These operations parried the thrusts by Japanese warships challenging Allied control of the area. At the end of June, the tempo of American fighting in the southwestern Pacific picked up since the Navy had finally managed to assemble enough amphibious shipping in that theatre to resume the offensive. On the night of July 4 and 5, TF 18 moved up "the Slot" and bombarded Japanese positions at Vila on Kolombangara and at Baiko on New Georgia. The next afternoon, while Ainsworth's force was retiring from this action, word reached him that a large Japanese force was heading toward "the Slot." In an effort to meet and check this new threat, his warships again reversed course and headed toward the enemy. Ainsworth's ". . . outstanding leadership, brilliant tactics and courageous conduct . . ."in the ensuing battle of Kula Gulf won him a Navy Cross. He also received the distinguished Service Medal for his overall performance in the southwestern Pacific. About a year later, Ainsworth won the Legion of Merit Medal by his ". . . exceptionally meritorious conduct ..." while commanding the fire support group during operations which recaptured Guam. Finally, he received a gold star in lieu of a second Legion of Merit for his display of ". . . exceptional ability and aggressiveness in handling the organization and administration of the cruisers, destroyers, destroyer escorts, and patrol frigates of the Pacific Fleet." After returning to the United States in the summer of 1945, Vice Admiral Ainsworth commanded the Fifth Naval District until retiring on December 1 1948. He died in Washington, D.C., on August 7 1960.



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