MAINE Second Class Battleship

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.

Maine Class Battleship Authorized 3 August 1886 as an Armored Cruiser (ACR) Redesignated Second-Class Battleship (BB 2/c) before commissioning Keel Laid 17 October 1888 - Launched 18 November 1889 USS MAINE Second-Class Battleship Commissioned 17 September 1895 SUNK by Explosion 15 February 1898 Havana Harbor, Cuba Hulk raised 13 February 1912. MAINE was towed to sea and sunk with full military honors in 600 fathoms of water in the Florida Strait, 16 March 1912.

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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No postmarks exist for this ship. This section includes pictorial postmarks and stamps related to the ship.

 

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

 

USPS CDS Key West FL

1998-02-15

First Day of Issue, Sc. 3192. Cachet by Joe Ryan. Sponsored by the North Carolina Chapter Number 71 of the American First Day Cover Society.

 

USPS CDS Key West FL

1998-02-15

Stuffer Card from the Joe Ryan FDC.

 

USPS Hand Cancel "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" Key West, FL

1998-02-15

First Day of Issue, Sc. 3192. Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

USPS Machine Postmark "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" Key West, FL

1998-02-15

First Day of Issue, Sc. 3192. Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

USPS Machine Postmark "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" Key West, FL

1998-02-15

N/A

First Day of Issue, Sc. 3192. Cachet by Ben Kraft

 

USPS Machine Postmark "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" Key West, FL

1998-02-15

N/A

First Day of Issue, Sc. 3192. Cachet by Phil Edwards

 

USPS Machine Postmark "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE" Key West, FL

1998-02-15

First Day of Issue, Sc. 3192. Cachet by William Everett. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark Bangor, ME

1998-02-15

First Day of Issue, Sc. 3192. Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark Bangor, ME

1998-02-15

N/A

First Day of Issue, Sc. 3192. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "REMEMBER / THE MAINE" Clinton, CT

1998-02-22

Cachet by Tom Morrissey.

 

1898

N/A

N/A

Block of 4 Documentary stamps, Sc #R165. Perhaps USS MAINE was the basis of this design?

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Maine, the 23d State, was admitted to the Union in 1820.

The ships sponsor was Miss Alice Tracy Wilmerding, granddaughter of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Tracy.

 

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