BILLINGS LCS 15
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.
Naming Ceremony 2 September 2015 Keel Laid 2 November 2015 - Christened & Launched 1 July 2017 Accepted by the US Navy 1 February 2019 |
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- USS Billings LCS-15 Covers Page 1 (2015-2019)
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.
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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.
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Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Cover Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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USPS Type 12 |
2019-08-03 |
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Commissioning, cachet by Robert Jank
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Billings, Montana. This is the first ship named BILLINGS.
The ships sponsor is Sharla D. Tester, wife of Jonathan "Jon" Tester, the senior United States Senator from Montana.
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