SAN FRANCISCO CM 2

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.

San Francisco Class Protected Cruiser
Keel Laid August 14 1888 - Launched October 26 1889


1. USS SAN FRANCISCO Protected Cruiser No. 5 (C-5)
   Commissioned November 15 1890 - Decommissioned October 25 1898
   Recommissioned January 2 1902 - Decommissioned December 31 1904
   Converted to Mine Layer June 1908
   
   
2. USS SAN FRANCISCO Mine Layer No. 2
   Recommissioned November 29 1911 - Decommissioned June 6 1916
   Recommissioned October 18 1916
   
   
3. USS SAN FRANCISCO CM-2
   Designated (CM) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned December 24 1921
   Renamed TAHOE, While in reserve
   Renamed YOSEMITE January 1 1931, While in reserve
   
   Struck from Naval Register June 8 1937
   Sold April 20 1939 to Union Shipbuilding Co., Baltimore MD for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. San Francisco Covers Page 1    (1895-1915,2003)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.

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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 November 15 1890 to October 25 1898

 

Ohio CDS Montevideo, Uruguay CDS Washington D.C. duplex

1892-12-31 to 1893-03-19

Incoming mail to USS SAN FRANCISCO at Montevideo, Uruguay...Forwarded to Norfolk
Back stamped Montevideo February 8 1893...Rio De Janeiro, Brazil February 13...
New York January 3...Washington D.C. March 7...New York March 17...Norfolk March 19

 

Portsmouth N.H. duplex Charing Cross Station U.S. Consul London

1895-06-06 to 1895-06-18

Incoming mail to Paymaster Joseph Foster at London, forward to Kiel, Germany
Back stamped New York June 7...London June 17...Kiel June 18

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3rd Commissioning November 29 1911 to June 6 1916

 

Locy Type 2

1912-10-20

As Mine Layer No. 2

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1915-03-21

As Mine Layer No. 2

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4th Commissioning October 18 1916 to December 24 1921

 

Locy Type 3s (AC)

1921-11-18

As CM-2

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of San Francisco, California

 

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