PUEBLO CA 7

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.

Pennsylvania Class Armored Cruiser
Keel Laid 25 April 1901 - Launched 25 April 1903


1. USS COLORADO Armored Cruiser No. 7
   Commissioned 19 January 1905
   Placed in Reduced Commission 17 May 1913 - 8 February 1915
   Recommissioned (Full) 9 February 1915 - Decommissioned 26 September 1915
   
   
2. USS PUEBLO Armored Cruiser No. 7
   Renamed 9 November 1916
   Recommissioned 16 April 1917
   Placed in Reduced Commission 8 August 1919 - Decommissioned 22 September 1919
   Redesignated Light Cruiser (CL) 17 July 1920, While in reserve
   
   
3. USS PUEBLO CA-7
   Recommissioned as Receiving Ship (3rd Naval District) 2 April 1921
   Decommissioned 28 September 1927
   
   Scrapped 2 October 1930

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Colorado ACR-7 Covers Page 1     (1909-1915)
2. USS Pueblo CA-7 Covers Page 1     (1918-1919)

 

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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Post Office Established 21 July 1908 - Disestablished 15 October 1917

 

Locy Type 1

1910-02-02

Picture postcard of a church in Honolulu, T.H.

 

Locy Type 1

1910-11-18

Picture postcard titled "The Cove, Coronado Island Mexico, near San Diego, Cal."

 

Locy Type 2 (C)

1911-07-07

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Locy Type 3 "MEXICAN / WATERS"

1915-07-04

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Post Office Established 16 October 1917 - Disestablished 3 July 1920

 

Locy Type 1ru (C)

1917-06-14

Passed by Censor. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 1z

1918-03-11

Censored WWI use

 

Locy Type 2rz

1919-03-25

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-52

1917-12-09

Passed by Censor

 

Locy Type SLK1s (46x6)

1917-09-02

Passed by Censor. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

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Receiving Ship

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Brooklyn NY

1924-12-08

N/A

Receiving Ship

 

Other Information

COLORADO

Major Duties - Atlantic Fleet 1905-1906, Asiatic Fleet 1906-1907, Pacific Fleet 1907-1908, Asiatic Fleet 1908-1909, Asiatic Fleet 1911-1912, Nicaragua and Mexican waters 1912-1913, Flagship-Pacific Reserve Fleet 1915 (Mexican Revolution)

NAMESAKE - Named for the state of Colorado

PUEBLO

Major Duties - Flagship-Scouting Force South Atlantic 1917-1918 (WWI), Convoy escort 1918 (WWI), Troop transport 1919 (WWI), Receiving Ship-3rd Naval District 1921-1927

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Pueblo, Colorado

 

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