Description: USS Wainwright (DLG/CG-28), a Belknap-class destroyer leader, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for members of the Wainwright family; specifically, Commander Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, his son, Master Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Jr., and his cousin, Commander Richard Wainwright, as well as Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, the son of Commander Richard Wainwright, and Commander Richard Wainwright, the son of Admiral Wainwright. Her keel was laid down on 2 July 1962 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corporation. She was launched on 25 April 1965 sponsored by Mrs. Richard W. Wainwright; and commissioned on 8 January 1966 at the Boston Naval Shipyard. After service in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf and elsewhere, USS Wainwright is sunk in the Tom Clancy novel Red Storm Rising.
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Location: Plattsburgh, New York
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Denomination: 5c
Year of Issue: 1966
Place of Origin: United States
Quality: Used
Color: Multi-Color
Grade: Ungraded
Topic: USN, Vietnam
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Cancellation Type: Machine Cancel
Certification: Uncertified
