NEVADA BB 36

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.

Nevada Class Battleship Keel Laid 4 November 1912 - Launched 11 July 1914 USS NEVADA Battleship No. 36 Commissioned 11 March 1916 USS NEVADA BB-36 Designated (BB) 17 July 1920 Heavily damaged during Pearl Harbor attack 7 December 1941 Repaired and returned to service July 1943 Decommissioned 29 August 1946 Used as target during Atomic Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands July 1946 Struck from Naval Register 12 August 1948 Sunk as target 31 July 1948 off Oahu On 11 May 2020, US Navy and RV Ocean Infinity announced her finding in 15,400 feet beneath the surface about 65 nautical miles southwest of Pearl Harbor.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Nevada BB-36 Covers Page 1    (1916-1946, 1988-2016)

 

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 11 March 1916 - Disestablished 26 August 1946

 

Locy Type 1z

1918-05-18

Censored WWI use

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-12-07

Pearl Harbor Day 1945

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-03-13

Cachet by John N. Lawrence

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-02-05

Note:

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-03-14

Manuscript ship's name in return address

 

Locy Type 3a

c1916

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1917-03-29

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-TTB) "WASHINGTON / BIRTHDAY"

1936-02-22

Washington's Birthday 1936

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-TTB) "PEARL / HARBOR"

1938-04-08

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TBB)

1941-11-28

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TBB)

1941-04-13

Notes:

 

Locy Type 3r "PORT ANGELES"

1926-07-11

Note:

 

Locy Type 3rs

1923-03-23

Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 3rs

1923-04-11

Note:

 

Locy Type 3s (AC) (1921-1925)

1924-11-09

Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 3s (AC) "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA" (1930-1932)

1931-01-17

Official Business

 

Locy Type 3s (AC) "ENROUTE TO / BREMERTON" (1930-1932)

1931-04-06

Note: 3.5" x 5" Mourning cover. Reverse is clean.

 

Locy Type 3s (AC) "MEMORIAL / DAY" (1930-1932)

1932-05-30

Memorial Day 1932

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1943-03-12

Manuscript ship's name in return address

 

Locy Type 5hks "COLUMBUS / DAY"

1932-10-12

Columbus Day

 

Locy Type 5hks "FLEET / RETURNS"

1934-11-09

San Pedro, CA
Cachet by Sarah Litton and Robert L. Manley
USPO Type 6 postmark on reverse from Seaford, NY

 

Locy Type 5bhks "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"

1933-01-23

Note:

 

Locy Type 6fy (Br.)

1927-06-14

Note:

 

Locy Type 7t

1924-04-23

Note:

 

Locy Type 7t(#u) (C+) (Br. #15730)

1945-09-09

Note:

 

Locy Type 8

1930-05-03

Note:

 

Locy Type 8

1931-07-02

Add-on cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

Locy Type 9v (C)

1928-01-04

Return address to USS ANTARES AG-10

 

Locy Type 9v (C)

1927-04-11

Notes:

 

Locy Type 9v (C+)

1932-05-30

Note:

 

Locy Type 9w (AC)

1927-10-31

Note:

 

Locy Type 9w (B)

1932-05-30

Note:

 

Locy Type 9x

1932-05-30

Note:

 

Locy Type 9# (Br. #15730)

1945-07-20

Note: Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3

1941-07-11

Note:

 

Locy Type SLKb (USS ) (49x4)

1916-06-20

Note:

 

Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

1946-06-30

Last Day of Postal Service, Add-on cachet by Mh Cachets

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Registered

c 1920's to c 1930's

No Image

Registered, Official mail from the USS Nevada while at Navy Yard, Norfolk VA

 

Other Information

USS NEVADA earned the World War I Victory Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (with 7 battle stars total) and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

USS NEVADA was at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941

NAMESAKE - Named for the State of Nevada.

The ships sponsor was Miss Eleanor Anne Siebert (age 10), niece of Governor Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada and descendant of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name NEVADA - USS Nevada BM-8, USS Nevada BB-36 and USS Nevada SSBN-733.

 

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