MOINESTER FFT 1097

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.

Knox Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid August 25 1972 - Launched May 12 1973 USS MOINESTER DE-1097 Commissioned November 2 1974 USS MOINESTER FF-1097 Reclassified Frigate (FF-1097) June 30 1975 USS MOINESTER FFT-1097 Reclassified Training Frigate (FFT-1097) December 31 1991 Assigned to Naval Reserve Force, Atlantic, at Norfolk VA December 31 1991 Decommissioned at Mobile AL July 28 1994 RASHID F-962 (Egyptian Naval Service) Leased to Egypt July 28 1994 Sold to Egypt March 25 1998

 

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)

1974-11-02

Commissioning, cachet by the USS America Chapter No. 71, USCS

 

Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)

1990-06-21

As FF-1097

 

Locy Type 9eft(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-97

1990-06-21

As FF-1097

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,FF)

1980-11-28

PNS Tippu Sultan D-168 (ex- USS Damato DD-871) visits Norfolk VA, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

Named in Honor of Lieutenant (jg) Robert William Moinester USNR (July 15 1943 - January 31 1968) When the TET offensive began on January 1 1968 during the Vietnam War, Lt. Moinester was attached to HUE DETACHMENT, NAVSUPACT DANANG, USNAVFORV. On January 31 he had organized his men into house-to-house searching detail in Hue, Danang Province, South Vietnam, where they came under hostile fire by a heavily entrenched enemy force. Lt. Moinester was killed outright. For his actions on that day he was awarded the Silver Star.

 

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