BLAKELY FF 1072

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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 June 3 1968 - Launched August 23 1969

  1. USS BLAKELY DE-1072
    Commissioned July 18 1970

  2. USS BLAKELY FF-1072
    Reclassified Frigate (FF) June 30 1975
    Decommissioned November 15 1991

    Struck from Naval Register January 11 1995
    Scrapped 1999

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. Blakely Covers Page 1     (1970-83)

 

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
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
FDC 2(n+)

1970-07-18

As DE-1072
First Day in Commission


 

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

1973-05-22

As DE-1072


 

Locy Type
2-1(n+) (D2,USS)

1980-12-30

As FF-1072


 

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

1983-03-29

As FF-1072

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
CG Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (4) - Navy Expeditionary Medal - National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 star - Vietnam Service Medal w/ 1 star - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - CG Special Operations Service Ribbon w/3 stars

NAMESAKE - Charles Adams Blakely (October 1 1879 - 1942) the great-grandnephew of Capt. Johnston Blakeley War of 1812 Hero

 


 

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