CLAUDE V RICKETTS DDG 5

Ship Name and Designation History

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Charles F. Adams Class Guided Missile Destroyer Ordered as Destroyer DD-955 Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) 23 April 1957 Keel Laid 18 May 1959 - Launched 4 June 1960 USS BIDDLE DDG-5 Commissioned 5 May 1962 USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5 Renamed 28 July 1964 Decommissioned 31 October 1989 Struck from Naval Register 1 June 1990 Sold to Metro Machine Philadelphia for scrap Completed 8 November 2002

Naval Covers

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1. USS Biddle DDG-5 Covers Page 1    (1962-64)
2. USS Claude V. Ricketts DDG-5 Covers Page 1    (1967-89)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established May 5 1962 - Disestablished October 31 1989

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n+)

1962-05-05

As BIDDLE DDG-5. First Day in Commission. R/S cachet.

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1964-03-31

As BIDDLE DDG-5. R/S cachet.

 

Locy Type LD 2(n+)

1964-07-28

As BIDDLE DDG-5. R/S cachet. AM in dial.

 

Locy Type LD 9ef(n+u)

1964-07-28

Last Day as BIDDLE DDG-5.

 

Locy Type LD 2(n+)

1964-07-28

Last Day As BIDDLE DDG-5. Close up of R/S cachet. AM in dial.

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USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS

 

Locy Type FD 2(n+) (USS)

1964-07-28

As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. PM in dial.

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1967-07-24

As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS, Lettering fills dial)

1972-04-20

As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5

 

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

1982-11-18

As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5

 

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

1988-12-25

As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)

1967-07-24

As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS)

1989-08-24

As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5

 

Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+)

1989-10-31

As CLAUDE V. RICKETTS DDG-5. Last Day in Commission

 

Other Information

BIDDLE

NAMESAKE - Captain Nicholas Biddle (September 10 1750 – March 17 1778)
Biddle was one of the first five Captains of the Continental Navy, which was raised by the Americans during the American Revolutionary War

CLAUDE V. RICKETTS

NAMESAKE - Admiral Claude Vernon Ricketts, USN (February 23 1906 – July 6 1964)
Ricketts served in the United States Navy as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations....As Gunnery Officer he was awarded the Commendation Ribbon w/ "V" for his actions aboard USS WEST VIRGINIA BB-48 when he assumed command of the ship upon Captain Bennion's death during the Pearl Harbor attack.
Admiral Ricketts earned the following awards during his Naval career - Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with "V" Device, the Navy Commendation Medal with "V" Device, the American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 1 silver star and 2 bronze stars, the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal and the National Defense Service Medal w/ 1 service star. Admiral Ricketts also earned the Naval Aviator Badge.

 

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