PHILADELPHIA LPD 32

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.

San Antonio Class (Flight II) Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Named by SecNav Carlos Del Toro 12 October 2023 Keel Authenticated 3 March 2026 Christened - Launched USS PHILADELPHIA LPD-32 Commissioned TBD

 

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 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.

1. USS Philadelphia LPD-32 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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.
 
>>> 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

 

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Other Information

The ships sponsor is Maureen Paparo, a Philadelphia native, wife of Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

Seven ships of the US Navy have born the name PHILADELPHIA - USS Philadelphia (1776 Gunboat), USS Philadelphia (1799 36-gun Sailing Frigate), USS Philadelphia (1861 Side-wheel Steamer), USS Philadelphia C-4, USS Philadelphia CL-41, USS Philadelphia SSN-690 and USS Philadelphia LPD-32.

 

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