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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.

Tennessee Class Armored Cruiser Keel Laid 23 September 1903 - Launched 18 March 1905 USS WASHINGTON Armored Cruiser No. 11 Commissioned 7 August 1906 - Decommissioned 9 July 1912 Placed In Service as Receiving Ship 20 July 1913 Recommissioned 23 April 1914 - Decommissioned 31 March 1916 USS SEATTLE Armored Cruiser No. 11 Recommissioned and Renamed 9 November 1916 Decommissioned 14 February 1921 USS SEATTLE CA-11 Designated (CA) 17 July 1920 while in Reserve Recommissioned 1 March 1923 Placed In Service 29 August 1927 as Receiving Ship, Brooklyn Navy Yard Decommissioned 15 September 1927 USS SEATTLE (Unclassified) Designation dropped 1 July 1931 USS SEATTLE IX-39 Designated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) 19 February 1941 Placed Out of Service 28 June 1946 Struck from Naval Register 19 July 1946 Sold 3 December 1946 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Washington Armored Cruiser No. 11 Covers Page 1    (1908-1915)
2. USS Seattle IX-39 Covers Page 1    (1917-1941)
3. USS Seattle IX-39 Covers Page 2    (1937 Postmark RS-B-1h)

 

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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USS WASHINGTON ACR-11

Post Office Established 15 August 1908 - Disestablished 22 February 1914

 

Locy Type 1 (1908 year date)

1908-12-21

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Locy Type 1 (1909 year date)

1910-10-12

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Locy Type 2

1912-06-10

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Locy Type 3 (AC) "VERA CRUZ / MEXICO" (1914)

1914-06-23

Facing slip. Courtesy of Stewart Milstein.

 

Locy Type 3 (AC) "PORTAPRINCE / HAITI" (1915)

1915-09-10

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-9

1911-01-28

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-9a

1912-07-09

Picture postcard from Ft. Monroe, VA

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USS SEATTLE CA-11

Post Office Established 1 December 1916 - Disestablished 14 February 1921

 

Locy Type 1z

1918-04-09

Censored WWI use

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1917-03-15

Picture postcard from Santiago de Cuba

 

Locy Type 9v

1917-01-09

Mark from back of cover

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USS SEATTLE CA-11

Post Office Reestablished 2 April 1923 - Disestablished 1 September 1927

 

Locy Type 3 (A) "PORTLAND / MAINE"

1927-08-12

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U.S. RECEIVING SHIP In Service 29 August 1927 to 28 June 1946

 

Locy Type 3 "NAVY DAY / USS SEATTLE" Brooklyn, N.Y. / U.S. Receiving Ship (Small Letters)

1933-10-27

Navy Day, cachet by the Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS

 

Locy Type 3 "USS / SEATTLE" Brooklyn, N.Y. / U.S. Receiving Ship (Large Letters)

1938-03-08

Cachet by Ted Rauterberg

 

Locy Type 9 Brooklyn, N.Y. / U.S. Receiving Ship

1935-07-04

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Locy Type 9 w/ Slogan Box New York, N.Y. / Receiving Sta. Br. "NAVY DAY / U.S.S. SEATTLE" USCS Receiving Ships Catalog Postmark Illus. RS-N-1a

1945-10-27

Navy Day

 

Brooklyn Receiving Ship Fancy Cancel "Daniel Boone / Anniversary of Birth" US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY USCS Receiving Ships Catalog Postmark Illus. RS-B-1a

1935-02-11

Daniel Boone Bicentennial.

 

Brooklyn Receiving Ship Fancy Cancel "WASHINGTON / MONUMENT / DEDICATED" US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY USCS Receiving Ships Catalog Postmark Illus. RS-B-1b

1935-02-21

Washington Monument Dedicated. Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.

 

Brooklyn Receiving Ship Fancy Cancel "Memorial Day" US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY USCS Receiving Ships Catalog Postmark Illus. RS-B-1c

1935-05-30

Memorial Day 1935

 

Brooklyn Receiving Ship Fancy Cancel "Memorial Day / May 30th 1935 / Lest We Forget" US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY USCS Receiving Ships Catalog Postmark Illus. RS-B-1d

1935-05-30

Memorial Day 1935

 

Brooklyn Receiving Ship Fancy Cancel US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY USCS Receiving Ships Catalog Postmark Illus. RS-B-1e

1936-12-25

Christmas Day from the back of the David R Annis cacheted cover.

 

Brooklyn Receiving Ship Fancy Cancel "Patriot's / Day" US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY USCS Receiving Ships Catalog Postmark Illus. RS-B-1g

1937-04-19

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Brooklyn Receiving Ship Fancy Cancel "A Daring / Act" US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY USCS Receiving Ships Catalog Postmark Illus. RS-B-1h

1937-02-16

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Locy Type P US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY U.S.S. corrected to U.S.

1941-07-23

Thermographed cachet by George V. Sadworth.

 

Locy Type SLPb

1937-02-25

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Locy Type Receiving mark "Captain's Office / Receiving Ship / At New York"

1937-04-23

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Locy Type Receiving Mark

1935-02-22

Washington Monument Dedicated. Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.

 

Other Information

USS WASHINGTON / SEATTLE earned the Mexican Service Medal, the Haitian Campaign Medal, the World War I Victory Medal w/ Escort Clasp, the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - (WASHINGTON) Named for the state of Washington.

NAMESAKE - (SEATTLE) Named for the city of Seattle, Washington.

The ship's sponsor was Miss Helen Stewart Wilson, daughter of United States Senator John L. Wilson of Washington state.

Ten ships of the US Navy have borne the name WASHINGTON - USS Washington (1775 Schooner), USS Washington (1776 Row Galley), USS Washington (1776 Frigate), USS Washington (1776 Lateen-Rigged Galley),
USS Washington (1814 Ship of the Line), USRC Washington (1833 Revenue Cutter), USS Washington ACR-11, USS Washington BB-47, USS Washington BB-56 and USS Washington SSN-787
The first six ships were named after George Washington, the last 4 were named after Washington state.

 

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