KENTUCKY BB 6

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.

Kearsarge Class Battleship
Keel Laid June 30 1896 - Launched March 24 1898


1. USS KENTUCKY Battleship No. 6
   Commissioned May 15 1900 - Decommissioned August 28 1909
   Recommissioned June 4 1912 - Decommissioned March 29 1920
   
   Struck from Naval Register May 27 1922
   Sold March 24 1923 and broken up for scrap
   

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1901-18,2008)

 

Postmarks

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

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1st Commissioning May 15 1900 - August 28 1909

 

Locy Type 1

1909-03-28

Picture postcard of the Chamberlin Hotel, Old Point Comfort, VA

 

Postcard

1909-03-28

Picture postcard of the Chamberlin Hotel, Old Point Comfort, VA

 

Locy Type 1

1909-05-29

Note:

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2nd Commissioning June 4 1912 - March 29 1920

 

Locy Type 2rz

1918-11-14

Censored wartime (WWI) use

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1917-09-17

Censored wartime (WWI) use

 

Locy Type 3

1917-01-17

Note:

 

Locy Type 3a

1916-04-10

No Image

Cut-piece

 

Locy Type F "VERA CRUZ / TO / PHILADELPHIA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-6

1916-01-18

No Image

Cut-piece

 

Locy Type F "PHILADELPHIA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-6

1916-07-22

Note:

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USPS Pictorial "USS KENTUCKY (BB-6) Station" Staten Island NY

2008-10-18

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Postcard

1908 to 1909

No Image

Great White Fleet picture postcard

 

Locy Type 1 USS FRANKLIN Sail Frigate

1911-07-08

Photo postcard

 

Unused

N/A

Ship Postcard
"U. S. Battleship Kentucky"

 

Unused

N/A

"Gun deck of U. S. Battleship "Kentucky".
Back "corrects" location

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of Kentucky

Three ships of the US Navy have been named KENTUCKY - USS Kentucky BB-6, USS Kentucky BB-66 (Cancelled 1947) and USS Kentucky SSBN-737.

One ship of the Confederate Navy have been named KENTUCKY - CSS Kentucky (Transport 1862).

 

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