WINSTON S CHURCHILL DDG 81
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.
Keel Laid 7 May 1998 - Launched & Christened 17 April 1999 Commissioned 10 March 2001 |
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- USS Winston S. Churchill DDG-81 Covers Page 1 (1998-2020)
Postmarks
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image |
Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image |
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Ship Postmarks
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Locy Type FDC F |
2001-03-10 |
Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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Locy Type 2-2n+ |
2001-03-13 |
Ship's OSC on cover, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler
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Locy Type 9n+ (USS) |
2015-06-01 |
Ship's OSC on cover, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler
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Locy Type |
2010-08-13 |
Cachet by Thad Kaczkowski
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Locy Type |
2017-10-23 |
Cachet by Thad Kaczkowski
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Locy Type |
2022-03-29 |
Collectors request by Foster E. Miller, III.
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Locy Type |
2006-03-10 |
Serviced by Todd Ronnei
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Locy Type |
2016-02-29 |
Serviced by Ray Younkins. Cover cancelled with Type 2n+ FPO AE 09591-1267 (W.S. Churchill) postmark.
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Locy Type |
2020-05-05 |
Collectors request by Foster E. Miller, III.
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Locy Type F |
2008-08-25 |
Contributed by Bill Payden
USPS Pictorial Postmarks
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USPS Pictorial |
2001-03-10 |
Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS Pictorial |
2007-05-11 |
Port Visit, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS Pictorial |
2007-05-25 |
Fleet Week NY 2007, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can), (November 30 1874 – January 24 1965).
Churchill was a British politician and statesman, soldier in the British Army, orator, and strategist. A prolific author, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his writings on British and world history.
The ships co-sponsors are Lady Soames (Mary Spencer-Churchill), the daughter of Winston Churchill, and Mrs. Janet Cohen, wife of the Secretary of Defense, William S. Cohen.
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