GREYTCOVERS NAVAL COVER USS KLAKRING FFG-42 DECOMMISSIONING NAVSTA MAYPORT

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You are bidding on a computer designed/printed Greytcovers by W.J. Wladyka (USCS #9915) naval cover (design #354)(#9 of 13 ) commemorating the Decommissioning of the USS Klakring FFG-42.
USS
Klakring
FFG-42, an
Oliver Hazard Perry
-class
frigate
, was a ship of the
United States Navy
named for Rear Admiral
Thomas B. Klakring
(1904–1975), who was awarded three
Navy Crosses
as commander of the
submarine
USS
Guardfish
(SS-217) during
World War II
.
Klakring
was laid down on 19 February 1982 by the
Bath Iron Works
Corp.
Bath, Maine
;
launched
on 18 September 1982; sponsored by Beverly Bohen, a niece of R.Adm. Klakring; and
commissioned
on 20 August 1983 at Bath, Commander Leonard O. Wahlig in command.
As of 2006
[update]
,
Klakring
was homeported at
NAVSTA Mayport
,
Florida
, and was part of
Destroyer Squadron 14
. In March 2008 and 2009, the ship was the subject of protests in Sevastapol, Ukraine when it visited the port for five-day "friendly" visits.
Klakring
participated in
Operation Earnest Will
in the Persian Gulf in 1987 as the first air-capable, air-embarked ship.
Klakring
participated in
Operation Prime Chance
in the Persian Gulf during the "
Tanker War
".
Klakring
is one of the surface combatants in Larry Bond's 1993 technothriller
Cauldron.
Klakring
was decommissioned on 22 March 2013.
The cover is cancelled with a well-struck pictorial postmark on 22 March 2013 at Jacksonville, FL 32228 and is franked with a Forever 'Purple Heart' stamp.
Overall cover condition is very good. The cover is a standard No. 6-3/4, 3-5/8 x 6-1/2". The blue around the edge is part of the background.
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