SCOTT DDG 995

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.

Kidd Class Destroyer Keel Laid 12 February 1979 for the Iranian Navy as NADER DD-995 Taken over by U.S. Navy By Executive order after the fall of the Shah in July 1979 Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) 8 August 1979 Launched 1 March 1980 USS SCOTT DDG-995 Commissioned 24 October 1981 - Decommissioned 10 December 1998 ROCS KEE LUNG DDG-1801 (Taiwanese Naval Service) Sold to Taiwan 30 May 2003 Commissioned 17 December 2005

 

Naval Covers

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.

1. USS Scott DDG-995 Covers Page 1    (1981-1998)

 

Postmarks

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+) (D1,USN,USS)

1981-10-24

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS,USN)

1987-09-17

First Day of Issue for the stamp.

 

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

1993-10-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,USN) (1978)

1983-04-29

Note:

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,USN) (1987)

1990-08-15

Ships cachet. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

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

1998-12-10

Ships Post Card. From the Rich Hoffner collection.

 

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

1998-12-10

Ships Post Card. From the Rich Hoffner collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Norman Scott (10 August 1889 - 13 November 1942)
RAdm. Scott was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous intrepidity" during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 13 November 1942. RAdm. Scott was killed aboard his flagship USS Atlanta CL-51 during the action.

 

---

 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2026 Naval Cover Museum