ALASKA CB 1

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.

Alaska Class Large Cruiser Keel Laid 17 December 1941 - Launched 15 August 1943 USS ALASKA CB-1 Commissioned 17 June 1944 - Decommissioned 17 February 1947 Struck from Naval Register 1 June 1960 Sold 30 June 1960 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Alaska CB-1 Covers Page 1     (1943-1946)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established 1 May 1944 - Disestablished 1 May 1946

 

Locy Type FDC 2z

1944-06-17

Censored. Cachet by George V. Sadworth. From the Lawrence B. Brennan Collection

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-07-11

Censored and signed.

 

Locy Type 2az

1944-08-12

Official Mail. From the Lawrence B. Brennan Collection

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-07-30

From the Lawrence B. Brennan Collection

 

Locy Type P "U.S.S. / ALASKA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-12

1946-02-14

Rubber stamp cachet. From the Lawrence B. Brennan Collection

 

Locy Type SL (n+)

1944-07-11

Ship's straightline marking

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A territory acquired by the United States from Russia in 1867. Alaska—located in the far northwestern corner of the North American continent and separated from the contiguous 48 states by Canada—was admitted to the Union as the 49th state in 1959.

Four ships of the US Navy have been named ALASKA - USS Alaska (Wooden-Hulled Screw Sloop-of-War 1868), USS Alaska (Steam Trawler 1918), USS Alaska CB-1 and USS Alaska SSBN-732.

 

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