OtherUS Shenandoah ZR 1

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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.

  1. USS SHENANDOAH ZR-1
    Ring Laid 24 June 1922 - Launched 20 August 1923 - Maiden voyage 4 September 1923
    Christened by Mrs. Edwin Denby, wife of the Secretary of the Navy & Commissioned 10 October 1923
    Crashed during a thunderstorm Ava, OH, 3 September 1925 - Struck 5 September 1925
    USS Shenandoah was originally designated FA-1, for "Fleet Airship Number One" but this was changed to ZR-1.

Naval Covers

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.


 

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N/A

1925-07-03
USPO Machine Cancel
Lakehurst NJ

Non-Postal Marking from the Airship -
"AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

1925-07-04 - Locy Type 3rs (AC) - "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" - USS Patoka AO-9


 

N/A

N/A

1925-07-03
USPO Machine Cancel
Lakehurst NJ

Non-Postal Marking from the Airship -
"AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

1925-07-04 - Locy Type 3rs (AC) - "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" - USS Patoka AO-9


 

N/A

N/A

1925-07-03
USPO Machine Cancel
Lakehurst NJ

Non-Postal Marking from the Airship -
"AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

1925-07-04 - Locy Type 3rs (AC) - "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" - USS Patoka AO-9


 

N/A

N/A

1925-07-03
USPO Machine Cancel
Lakehurst NJ

Non-Postal Marking from the Airship -
"AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

1925-07-04 - Locy Type 3rs (AC) - "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" - USS Patoka AO-9


 

N/A

N/A

1925-07-04
Locy Type 3rs (AC)
"GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE"
USS Patoka AO-9

Non-Postal Marking from the Airship -
"AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1925-07-04
Locy Type 3rs (AC)
"GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE"
USS Patoka AO-9

Non-Postal Marking from the Airship -
"AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1925-07-04
Locy Type 3rs (AC)
"GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE"
USS Patoka AO-9

Non-Postal Marking from the Airship -
"AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1925-07-04
Locy Type 3rs (AC)
"GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE"
USS Patoka AO-9

Non-Postal Marking from the Airship -
"AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

Note:


 

1925-07-04
Locy Type 3rs (AC)
"GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE"
USS Patoka AO-9

Governor's Conference

Non-Postal Marking from the Airship - "AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"


 

N/A

N/A

1933-09-02
Locy Type 5hks
"SHENANDOAH / WRECKED 1925"
USS Brooks DD-232

Cacheted

Purple ink postmark.


 

N/A

N/A

1933-09-02
Locy Type 5hks
"SHENANDOAH / WRECKED 1925"
USS Brooks DD-232

Cacheted

Teal ink postmark.


 

N/A

1934-10-12
Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
"COLUMBUS / DAY"
USS Cuttlefish SS-171

Cachet Maker Unknown

10th Anniversary of Trans-Continental Cruise


 

1935-05-30
Locy Type 3 (B-BBT)
"REST IN / PEACE"
USS Arizona BB-39

National Aiglon Society
Clyde Welch

Cachet also commemorates USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4 and USS Shenandoah ZR-1.


 

1935-05-30
Locy Type 3
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15
"DECORATIONS / IN MEMORY"
USS Pennsylvania BB-38

Cachet by Ted DeNyse,
sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

Cachet memorializes USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4, USS Shenandoah ZR-1, and Memorial Day. Cachet is thermographed.


 

N/A

1935-05-30
Locy Type F
"MAY THEY / REST IN PEACE"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-26
USS Grebe AM-43

Cachet by Ted DeNyse,
sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

Cachet memorializes USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4, USS Shenandoah ZR-1, and Memorial Day. Cachet is thermographed.


 

N/A

1935-05-30
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
"MEMORIAL / DAY"
USS Relief AH-1

Cachet by Ted DeNyse,
sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

Cachet memorializes USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4, USS Shenandoah ZR-1, and Memorial Day. Cachet is thermographed.


 

N/A

N/A

1935-09-03
USPO Machine Cancel
Lakehurst NJ

Cachet by W. J. Korbonitz

Cachet memorializes USS Shenandoah ZR-1 and illustrates the memorial tablet located at NAS Lakehurst NJ.


 

N/A

N/A

1935-09-03
USPO 4-bar Cancel
Ava, OH

10th Anniversary of Loss

Cachet memorializes USS Shenandoah ZR-1.


 

N/A

1935-09-03
USPO 4-bar Cancel
Ava, OH

10th Anniversary of Loss

Cachet memorializes USS Shenandoah ZR-1.


 

N/A

N/A

1935-09-03
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"IN MEMORIAM / 10TH ANNIV."
USS Monaghan DD-354

10th Anniversary of Loss

Cachet by MAC.


 

N/A

N/A

1939-09-03
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
USS ARD 1

Cachet Maker Unknown

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1948-10-02
USPO Duplex Cancel
Lambert Field MO

Cacheted

25th Anniversary of the USS Shenandoah visiting the International St. Louis Air Race


 

N/A

N/A

1973-09-04
USPS Machine Cancel
Lakehurst NJ

Cacheted

50th Anniversary of the USS Shenandoah's first flight.

 

 

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