KEARSARGE AB 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.

Kearsarge Class Battleship Keel Laid 30 June 1896 - Launched 24 March 1898 USS KEARSARGE Battleship No. 5 Commissioned 20 February 1900 - Decommissioned 4 September 1909 Recommissioned 17 June 1912 - Decommissioned 18 May 1920 KEARSARGE AB-1 Redesignated Crane Ship (AB) 5 August 1920 CRANE SHIP 1 AB-1 Renamed and redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) 6 November 1941 to free name for new construction Struck from Naval Register 22 June 1955 Sold 9 August 1955 for scrap

Very briefly had hull designation IX-16 (from 17 July 1920 to 5 August 1920).
IX-16 was later assigned to USS Tallahassee

Naval Covers

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1. USS Kearsarge BB-5 Covers Page 1    (1913-1919)

 

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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1st Commissioning 20 February 1900 to 4 September 1909

 

Locy Type 3a (BC)

c1913-08-06

Post office remained operational while in reserve

 

Locy Type 3 (BC) "NAVY YARD / PHILADELPHIA"

1913-05-26

Note:

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2nd Commissioning 23 June 1915 to 10 May 1920

 

Locy Type 3b (BC)

1915-09-01

Picture postcard of the Chamberlin Hotel, Old Point Comfort, VA

 

Locy Type 3b (BC-OOX) "COLON / PANAMA"

1919-07-05

From the Gary B. Weiss collection.

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-18

1917-09-13

Picture postcard of the Secretary of the Navy Daniels and a model of the USS New York BB-34

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS Kearsarge BB-5 Station" Philadelphia PA

2009-01-21

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named by act of Congress to commemorate the famed steam Sloop-of-War.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Herbert Winslow, daughter-in-law of Kearsarge 's commander, Captain John A. Winslow, during her famous battle with CSS Alabama.

Five ships of the US Navy have borne the name KEARSARGE - USS Kearsarge (1861 Sloop of War), USS Kearsarge BB-5, USS Kearsarge CV-12, USS Kearsarge CVS-33 and USS Kearsarge LHD-3.

 

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