CHEYENNE IX 4

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.

Arkansas Class Monitor Keel Laid April 11 1899 - Launched September 8 1900 USS WYOMING M-10 Commissioned December 8 1902 - Decommissioned August 29 1905 Renamed January 1 1909 USS CHEYENNE M-10 Recommissioned October 8 1909 Reduced to Commissioned Reserve June 8 1909 Decommissioned November 13 1909 Recommissioned in Reserve July 11 1910 - Decommissioned February 1913 Loaned to Washington State Naval Militia February 1913 Returned to U.S. Navy 1913 Fitted out as Submarine Tender Commissioned (Full) August 20 1913 - Decommissioned October 23 1919 Designated Battleship (Monitor) (BM) July 17 1920, While in reserve USS CHEYENNE BM-10 Recommissioned September 22 1920 Used as Station Ship at Baltimore USS CHEYENNE IX-4 Redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) July 1 1921 Decommissioned June 1 1926 Struck from Naval Register January 25 1937 Sold April 20 1939 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Wyoming - USS Cheyenne Covers Page 1     (1903-1917)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 1

1909-04-19

Sailor Mail. Courtesy of Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 3(AC) "SAN PEDRO / CAL"

1914-10-27

Sailor Mail. Courtesy of Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 3b (AC-XOX)

1917-05-08

Censored. Date shown is the "Received" date. Courtesy of Jim Myerson collection.

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USPO Machine Cancel San Francisco, Cal.

1908-05-05

Ship Postcard - U. S. MONITOR "WYOMING"

 

Other Information

WYOMING

NAMESAKE - Named for the state of Wyoming

CHEYENNE

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming

 

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