RALEIGH CL 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.

Omaha Class Light Cruiser
Keel Laid August 16 1920 - Launched October 25 1922


1. USS RALEIGH CL-7
   Commissioned February 6 1924 - Decommissioned November 2 1944
   
   Struck from Naval Register November 28 1945
   Sold February 27 1947 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1925-37)
2. Covers Page 2    (1938-44)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1927-01-00

Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"

1935-07-04

Independence Day
Louis R. Diesing
Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT) "TUNIS, / TUNISIA"

1938-02-15

Cachet by W. C. Stamper

 

Locy Type 3a

1938-08-16

Note:

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT)

1941-08-12

Note:

 

Locy Type 3s (A) "GTMO,BAY / CUBA"

1930-03-14

Official Business

 

Locy Type 3s (A) "GUANTANAMO / BAY, CUBA"

1930-04-18

Official Business

 

Locy Type 3s (A) cuts in bars "FORTRESS / MONROE VA"

1931-10-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1942-04-29

Note:

 

Locy Type 5hks "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

1932-03-22

Note:

 

Locy Type 5s "NAPLES / ITALY"

1928-12-05

Note:

 

Locy Type 6egipru-1

1935-07-18

Notes: This postmark is on the back of a cover for Destroyer Squadron One Scouting Force.

 

Locy Type 6ep(3)

1941-10-02

Note:

 

Locy Type 6i

1932-11-14

Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell
"Mare Island Station", Vallejo, CA machine postmark dated 11/15/1932 on reverse

 

Locy Type 9

1936-08-30

Note:

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-1

1925-03-19

Note:

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-1c

1939-11-14

Note:

 

Locy Type 9vz

1943-09-04 to 1943-09-09

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9w

1930-03-05

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efw

1938-07-04

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

Locy Type 9sx USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-1d

1938-08-16

Note:

 

Locy Type 9x

1939-02-05

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-1f

1934-05-31

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-1g

1938-03-28

Postmark is thermographed

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-1g

1938-03-31

Note:

 

Locy Type F "HONOLULU / HAWAII" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-1h

1941-05-03

Fancy cancel

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-1h

1941-04-24

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-1i

1936-09-03

Fancy postmark combo cancel

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-1i

1938-08-16

Note:

 

Locy Type SLKsl (74x7)

1936-08-30

Note:

 

Locy Type SLKt

1938-06-18

Unlisted Straightline

 

Locy Type SLKt (39x3)

1938-08-16

Note:

 

Other Information

RALEIGH earned 3 Battle Stars for WWII service

RALEIGH was at Pearl Harbor December 7 1941

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Raleigh, North Carolina

 

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