ROSS DDG 71

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.

Arleigh Burke Class (Flight I) Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 10 April 1995 - Launched 20 April 1996 USS ROSS DDG 71 Commissioned (Special) 16 June 1997 - Commissioned (Full) 28 June 1997

Naval Covers

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1. USS Ross DDG-71 Covers Page 1    (1995-99)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type FDC 2-2t(n+) (USS,FPO AE 09586-1288)

1997-06-28

Commissioning, cachet by C.B. Hall, sponsored by USS Los Angeles Chapter No. 97, USCS

 

Locy Type FDC 9-2(n+) (USS,FPO AE 09586-1288)

1997-06-28

Commissioning, cachet by C.B. Hall, sponsored by USS Los Angeles Chapter No. 97, USCS

 

Locy Type FDC F

1997-06-28

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type FDC F

1997-06-28

Shown for the diferent color, posted on the back of the cover. Cachet by Tom Armstrong

 

Locy Type 9-2(n+) (USS,FPO AE 09586-1288)

1999-10-27

Navy Day, cachet by Roger A. Wentworth
Notice the different orientation of the date, year/day/month.

 

Locy Type 9-2(n+) (USS,FPO AE 09586-1288)

2000-06-21

Kiel Week, ship's cachet. Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS

1995-04-10

Keel Laying, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS

1996-04-20 to 1996-04-20

Christening, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of Machinist Donald Kirby Ross USN (December 8 1910 - May 27 1992) for gallantry during the Pearl Harbor attack while serving on USS NEVADA BB-36. When Ross's station in the forward dynamo room became almost untenable due to smoke, steam and heat, he forced his men to leave that station and performed all the duties himself until blinded and unconscious. Upon being rescued and resuscitated, he returned and secured the forward dynamo room and proceeded to the aft dynamo room, where he was later again rendered unconscious by exhaustion. Upon recovering consciousness, he returned to his station, where he remained until directed to abandon it. Ross was awarded The Medal of Honor.

 

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