SANTA BARBARA T-AE 28

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.

USS SANTA BARBARA AE-28
Commissioned 11 July 1970 - Decommissioned 25 September 1998
USNS SANTA BARBARA T-AE-28
Placed in Service 1 October 1998
Placed out of Service 3 August 2005

Struck from the Naval Register 3 August 2005
Scrapping contract awarded 9 November 2006

Naval Covers

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USS Santa Barbara AE-28 Covers Page 1 (1972)

Postmarks

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

1st Commissioning 11 July 1970 to 25 September 1998

Locy Type
FDC 2(n+) (USS)

1970-07-11

Commissioning, cachet by Morris W. Beck

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

1970-07-11

Commissioning, cachet by Frederick L. Karcher

Locy Type
2(n+) (USS)

1972-02-09

Note:

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

1979-05-02

Sailor's Mail

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

1972-06-21

Cachet by Joseph E. Hogan. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

Other Information

SANTA BARBARA earned two (2) Navy Unit Commendation Ribbons, the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, four (4) Navy Battle "E" Ribbons, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal (w/ 1 Campaign star), two (2) Southwest Asia Service Medals, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A seaside resort and residential city in southwestern California.

Three ships of the us Navy have been named SANTA BARBARA - USS Santa Barbara SP-4522, USS Santa Barbara Launch No. 164 and USS Santa Barbara AE-28.

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