OtherUS Shenandoah ZR 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.

USS SHENANDOAH ZR-1 Ring Laid 24 June 1922 - Launched 20 August 1923 - Maiden voyage 4 September 1923 Christened by Mrs. Edwin Denby, wife of the Secretary of the Navy & Commissioned 10 October 1923 Crashed during a thunderstorm Ava, OH, 3 September 1925 - Struck 5 September 1925 USS Shenandoah was originally designated FA-1, for "Fleet Airship Number One" but this was changed to ZR-1.

Naval Covers

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

 

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

 

N/A			1925-07-03 USPO Machine Cancel Lakehurst NJ
			Non-Postal Marking from the Airship - "AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

1925-07-04 - Locy Type 3rs (AC) - "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" - USS Patoka AO-9

 

N/A		N/A	1925-07-03 USPO Machine Cancel Lakehurst NJ
			Non-Postal Marking from the Airship - "AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

1925-07-04 - Locy Type 3rs (AC) - "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" - USS Patoka AO-9

 

N/A		N/A	1925-07-03 USPO Machine Cancel Lakehurst NJ
			Non-Postal Marking from the Airship - "AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

1925-07-04 - Locy Type 3rs (AC) - "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" - USS Patoka AO-9

 

N/A		N/A	1925-07-03 USPO Machine Cancel Lakehurst NJ
			Non-Postal Marking from the Airship - "AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

1925-07-04 - Locy Type 3rs (AC) - "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" - USS Patoka AO-9

 

N/A		N/A	1925-07-04 Locy Type 3rs (AC) "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" USS Patoka AO-9
			Non-Postal Marking from the Airship - "AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1925-07-04 Locy Type 3rs (AC) "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" USS Patoka AO-9
			Non-Postal Marking from the Airship - "AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1925-07-04 Locy Type 3rs (AC) "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" USS Patoka AO-9
			Non-Postal Marking from the Airship - "AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1925-07-04 Locy Type 3rs (AC) "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" USS Patoka AO-9
			Non-Postal Marking from the Airship - "AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

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			1925-07-04 Locy Type 3rs (AC) "GOVERNORS / CONFERENCE" USS Patoka AO-9
			Governor's Conference

Non-Postal Marking from the Airship - "AIR MAIL SERVICE / U.S.S. SHENANDOAH"

 

N/A		N/A	1933-09-02 Locy Type 5hks "SHENANDOAH / WRECKED 1925" USS Brooks DD-232
			Cacheted

Purple ink postmark.

 

N/A		N/A	1933-09-02 Locy Type 5hks "SHENANDOAH / WRECKED 1925" USS Brooks DD-232
			Cacheted

Teal ink postmark.

 

		N/A	1934-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Cuttlefish SS-171
			Cachet Maker Unknown

10th Anniversary of Trans-Continental Cruise

 

			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "REST IN / PEACE" USS Arizona BB-39
			National Aiglon Society Clyde Welch

Cachet also commemorates USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4 and USS Shenandoah ZR-1.

 

			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-15 "DECORATIONS / IN MEMORY" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet by Ted DeNyse, sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

Cachet memorializes USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4, USS Shenandoah ZR-1, and Memorial Day. Cachet is thermographed.

 

N/A			1935-05-30 Locy Type F "MAY THEY / REST IN PEACE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-26 USS Grebe AM-43
			Cachet by Ted DeNyse, sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

Cachet memorializes USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4, USS Shenandoah ZR-1, and Memorial Day. Cachet is thermographed.

 

N/A			1935-05-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "MEMORIAL / DAY" USS Relief AH-1
			Cachet by Ted DeNyse, sponsored by Byrd L. Powell

Cachet memorializes USS Macon ZRS-5, USS Akron ZRS-4, USS Shenandoah ZR-1, and Memorial Day. Cachet is thermographed.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-09-03 USPO Machine Cancel Lakehurst NJ
			Cachet by W. J. Korbonitz

Cachet memorializes USS Shenandoah ZR-1 and illustrates the memorial tablet located at NAS Lakehurst NJ.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-09-03 USPO 4-bar Cancel Ava, OH
			10th Anniversary of Loss

Cachet memorializes USS Shenandoah ZR-1.

 

N/A			1935-09-03 USPO 4-bar Cancel Ava, OH
			10th Anniversary of Loss

Cachet memorializes USS Shenandoah ZR-1.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-09-03 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "IN MEMORIAM / 10TH ANNIV." USS Monaghan DD-354
			10th Anniversary of Loss

Cachet by MAC.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-09-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF." USS ARD 1
			Cachet Maker Unknown

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1948-10-02 USPO Duplex Cancel Lambert Field MO
			Cacheted

25th Anniversary of the USS Shenandoah visiting the International St. Louis Air Race

 

N/A		N/A	1973-09-04 USPS Machine Cancel Lakehurst NJ
			Cacheted

50th Anniversary of the USS Shenandoah's first flight.

 

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