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

Naval Covers

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1. WASHINGTON Covers Page 1    (1908-15)
2. SEATTLE Covers Page 1    (1917-41)

 

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 August 7 1906 to July 9 1912

 

Locy Type 1 1908 year date

1908-12-21

As WASHINGTON ACR-11

 

Locy Type 1 1909 and later

1910-10-12

As WASHINGTON ACR-11

 

Locy Type 2

1912-06-10

As WASHINGTON ACR-11

 

Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration W-9a

1912-05-18

As WASHINGTON ACR-11

 

Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration W-9a

1912-07-09

As WASHINGTON ACR-11
Picture postcard from Ft. Monroe, VA

 

Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration W-9a

1912-07-09

As WASHINGTON ACR-11
Picture postcard from Ft. Monroe, VA

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Unused

N/A

Ship Postcard
"U.S.S. Armoured Cruiser Washington"

 

USPO CDS Terre Haute, Indiana

c1909

Ship Postcard
"CRUISER WASHINGTON / Length, 502 feet / Speed, 22 knots"

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2nd Commissioning April 23 1914 to March 31 1916

 

Locy Type 3 (AC) 1914

1915-05-20

As WASHINGTON ACR-11

 

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

1915-09-10

As WASHINGTON ACR-11

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Locy Type P (Type 2 dial removed) Locy Type SLKb (47x6) USS MACHIAS PG-5

1914-06-06

Message erased by censor
Real-photo postcard of the USS Washington ACR-11 at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. On this date, USS MACHIAS PG-5 relieved WASHINGTON on station at Puerto Plata, protecting the rebel-held town and its infrastructure from bombardment by government forces.
Bruce D. Liddell collection

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3rd Commissioning November 9 1916 to February 14 1921

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1917-03-15

As SEATTLE ACR-11
Picture postcard from Santiago de Cuba

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1917-03-15

Picture postcard from Santiago de Cuba

 

Locy Type 9v

1917-01-09 to 1917-01-12

As SEATTLE Armored Cruiser No. 11
Mark from back of cover

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4th Commissioning March 1 1923 to September 15 1927

 

Locy Type 3 (A) "PORTLAND / MAINE"

1927-08-12

As SEATTLE CA-11

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U.S. Receiving Ship Service August 29 1927 to June 28 1946

 

Locy Type 3 "NAVY DAY / USS SEATTLE" Brooklyn, NY / US Receiving Ship

1933-10-27

Navy Day
Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS

 

Locy Type 3 "LINCOLN'S / BIRTHDAY" Brooklyn, NY / US Receiving Ship

1934-02-12

Lincoln's Birthday

 

Locy Type 3 "LINCOLN'S / BIRTHDAY" Brooklyn, NY / US Receiving Ship

1934-02-12

Lincoln's Birthday

 

Locy Type 3 "MERRY / CHRISTMAS" Brooklyn, NY / US Receiving Ship

1934-12-25

Christmas

 

Locy Type 3 "NAVY / DAY" Brooklyn, NY / US Receiving Ship

1935-10-28

Navy Day
Leo A. Schupp

 

Locy Type 3 "MERRY / XMAS" Brooklyn, NY / US Receiving Ship

1936-12-25

Christmas Day

 

Locy Type 3 "MERRY / XMAS" Brooklyn, NY / US Receiving Ship

1936-12-25

Christmas Day. Cachet by David R Annis

 

Locy Type 3 "EX USS / WASHINGTON" Brooklyn, NY / US Receiving Ship

1938-02-22

Washington's Birthday

 

Locy Type 3 "USS / SEATTLE" Brooklyn, NY / US Receiving Ship

1938-03-08

Cachet by Ted Rauterberg

 

Locy Type 9

1945-10-27

Note:

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Locy Type SLPb

1937-02-25

Note:

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Non-Postal marking "Memorial Day / May Fifth 1935 / Lest We Forget"

1935-05-05

Memorial Day 1935
USCS Postmark Catalog states that as Receiving Station the mail clerk used a variety of marks reading "USS SEATTLE"

 

Non-Postal marking USS Seattle

1936-12-25

Christmas Day
USCS Postmark Catalog states that as Receiving Station the mail clerk used a variety of marks reading "USS SEATTLE"

 

Non-Postal marking USS Seattle

1936-12-25

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

 

Non-Postal marking

1937-02-16

USCS Postmark Catalog states that as Receiving Station the mail clerk used a variety of marks reading "USS SEATTLE"

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Seattle, Washington.

 

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