TEXAS BB 35

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.

New York Class Battleship Keel Laid 17 April 1911 - Launched 18 May 1912 USS TEXAS Battleship No. 35 Commissioned 12 March 1914 USS TEXAS BB-35 Designated (BB) 17 July 1920 Decommissioned 21 April 1948 Struck from Naval Register 21 April 1948 Preserved as memorial at La Porte, TX

Naval Covers

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1. USS Texas BB-35 Covers Page 1    (1915-1932)
2. USS Texas BB-35 Covers Page 2    (1933-1946)

 

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 12 March 1914 - Disestablished 4 September 1947

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-05-09

FDC for the Honorable Discharge stamp, cachet by Ken Boll, sponsored by Cachet Craft

 

Locy Type 2z*

1943-08-20

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (BC) "NAVY (YARD) / NEW Y(ORK)"

1915-12-21

Christmas card from the ship

 

Locy Type 3 (AC) "ROSYTH / SCOTLAND"

1918-11-22

Note:

 

Locy Type 3r (A) "HAVANA / CUBA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12

1915-03-14

Note:

 

Locy Type 3s (AC) "Killer Text Unreadable" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12c

1927-05-23

Sailors Mail

 

Locy Type 3z (TTB)

1942-10-19

Censored, WWII use

 

Locy Type 5hks (C) "LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA"

1932-04-11

Fleet Concentration, cachet by Long Beach Chamber of Commerce

 

Locy Type 5ahks (C)

1936-07-02

Note:

 

Locy Type 6

1941-03-18

Cachet by Mae Weigand

 

Locy Type 6 ("AT SEA")

1931-11-16

Collectors request.

 

Locy Type 7t

1919-05-12

Notes:

 

Locy Type 7qt

1934-09-18

Patriotic cachet by C. Stephen Anderson. Annotation on front by NMC E. O. Tauer states this is the First Day of Use for this machine.

 

Locy Type 7qt ("AT SEA")

1937-07-29

Note:

 

Locy Type 7qtz

1942-10-03

Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type 8

1934-02-12

Lincoln's Birthday, cachet by E. J. Birdsall

 

Locy Type 8 ("AT SEA")

1932-07-22

Official Business

 

Locy Type 9v (1928)

1928-04-07

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12f

1929-05-28

Registered, Philatelic mail. Front of cover shown on the Naval Cover page.

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12f

1929-08-15

Registered, Official mail. Front of cover shown on the Naval Cover page. Although this is the same T-12f cancel, damage has occurred to the "E" which makes it look like an "F" now.
Should this be reclassified? (Greg C.) ex-Rawlins now part of the Tom Kean collection.

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12h

1939-04-01

Note:

 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12i

1941-05-03

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9efw USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12j

1939-04-01

Note:

 

Locy Type 9x (C)

1939-04-01

Note:

 

Locy Type PPB USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12l

1930-00-00

Note: Postmark date is unknown. 1930 is a guess.

 

Locy Type PPR USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12m

1930-00-00

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12n

1918-05-28

Censored WWI use

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12p

1937-05-30

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12q

1945-10-27

Navy Day 1945

 

Locy Type P (FLEET FLAGSHIP T-3s with "USS TEXAS" in killers)

1931-09-15

Note:

 

Locy Type SLPb

1936-10-09

Note:

 

Locy Type SLKb

c1936

Note:

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "BATTLESHIP TEXAS STATION" Laporte TX

1990-09-08

Contributed by Tom Kean

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "90th Anniversary Station" South Boston VA

2004-03-12

90th Anniversary of Commissioning.

 

 

Other Information

USS TEXAS earned the Mexican Service Medal, the World War I Victory Medal, the American Defense Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 5 Battle Stars and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of Texas.

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name TEXAS - USS Texas Battleship No. 1, USS Texas BB-35, USS Texas CGN-39 and USS Texas SSN-775.

The ships sponsor was Miss Claudia Lyon, daughter of Colonel Cecil Lyon, a wealthy rancher and Republican National Committeeman from Sherman, TX.

 

The following is a letter contained in the 1919-05-12 cover:

 

The following is a pamphlet contained in the 1919-05-12 cover:

 

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