SAINT LOUIS CL 49

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.

Modified Brooklyn (St. Louis) Class Light Cruiser
Keel Laid December 10 1936 - Launched April 15 1938
 
1. USS SAINT LOUIS CL-49
   Commissioned May 19 1939 - Decommissioned June 20 1946
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 22 1951
   
   
2. TAMANDARE C-12 (Brazilian Naval Service)
   Transfered to Brazil and commissioned January 29 1951
   
   Stricken from the Brazilian Navy 1976
   Lost (Foundered) August 24 1980 while under tow for scrapping off South Africa

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1939-46, 1999)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type SLPo USS DRAYTON DD-366

1936-12-10

Keel Laying

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Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"

1939-05-19

Commissioning, cachet by Edward Hacker

 

Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"

1939-05-19

Commissioning. Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill, sponsored by Frederick Horton

 

Locy Type FDC 9v

1939-05-19

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type FDC 9efw

1939-05-19

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type FDC 9x

1939-05-19

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-04-14

Note:

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-02-17

Censored, Free, Sailor's Mail. Unlisted postmark, from the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ENROUTE / JAMAICA"

1939-08-10

Shakedown Cruise, cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "NEW YORK / N.Y."

1939-10-05

Shakedown Cruise, cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VA."

1939-10-06

Shakedown Cruise, cachet by Edward Hacker

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1942-12-14

Censored Sailor's Mail. Ship's name is in the return address.

 

Locy Type 6ep(3)

1941-02-02

Stamp shows FEC Ry. perfin (Florida East Coast Railway)

 

Locy Type 9v

1940-12-20

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efw

1940-12-20

Note:

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-12-20

Note:

 

Locy Type FAKE 2(n)

1946-07-04

Cachet (ship) by M. Fay Muridge. Cover text and postmark by Glenn W. Dye
"Covers with the 2(n) cancel dated after May 23, 1946 are fakes." (USCS Postmark Catalog, 5th Edition 1997)

 

Other Information

USS SAINT LOUIS earned the Combat Action Ribbon and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal with 11 Battle Stars for her World War II service

ST. LOUIS was at Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 at The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Saint Louis, Missouri

Six ships of the US Navy have borne this name -
USS St. Louis (1828), a sloop-of-war commissioned in 1828. decommissioned in 1865, and stricken in 1907
USS St. Louis (1861), an ironclad gunboat commissioned in 1862, later renamed Baron de Kalb, and sunk in 1863 during the American Civil War
USS St. Louis, a troop transport in commission in 1898, which otherwise served as the civilian passenger liner SS St. Louis (1894) from 1895 to 1918
    and from 1919 to 1920 and was in commission again as the troop transport USS Louisville from 1918 to 1919
USS St. Louis (C 20), a protected cruiser in commission from 1906 to 1922
USS St. Louis (CL 49), a light cruiser in commission from 1939 to 1946
USS St. Louis (LKA 116), an amphibious cargo ship in commission from 1969 to 1991

 

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