HONOLULU CL 48

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.

Brooklyn Class Light Cruiser Keel Laid 10 September 1935 - Launched 26 August 1937 USS HONOLULU CL-48 Commissioned June 15 1938 - Decommissioned February 3 1947 Struck from Naval Register March 1 1949 Sold October 12 1959 to Bethlehem Steel Baltimore, MD for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1935 - June 1938)
2. Covers Page 2    (July 1938 - Dec 1938)
3. Covers Page 3    (1939)
4. Covers Page 4    (1940-46)

 

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

 

Locy Type FDC 3r "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN"

1938-06-15

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type FDC 3r "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN"

1938-06-15

Commissioning, cachet by P.J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill and Frederick Horton

 

Locy Type FDC 3r "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN"

1938-06-15 to 1938-06-15

Note:

 

Locy Type 2(n) (used after POD)

1946-07-05

Post office discontinued June 1 1946

 

Locy Type 2rtz

1945-09-02

Note:

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-07-01

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-07-05

Censored wartime (WII) use

 

Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "EASTER / SUNDAY"

1941-04-13

Easter 1941

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "HONOLULU / HAWAII"

1939-07-09

Type 3r from back of cover

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "A MERRY / XMAS"

1939-12-25

Merry Christmas from Ralph L. (Shorty) Burkholder

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "PM / AM"

1939-12-(31) to 1940-01-(01)

New Years Eve from Ralph L. (Shorty) Burkholder

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "BREMERTON / WASH."

1940-09-08

FDR's Proclamation for National Prayer Day

 

Locy Type 3ar

1940-02-12

Note:

 

Locy Type 3z (BBB)

1942-12-27

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 6ep(3)

1939-01-10

Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 6ep(3)

1939-01-15

Cachet by B. Saunders Bullard

 

Locy Type 9

1945-09-02 to 1945-09-02

Note:
 

Locy Type 9v

1939-09-07

Cover showing 5 types

 

Locy Type 9v

1939-09-07

Note:

 

Locy Type 9v

1940-01-01

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

Locy Type 9efw

1939-09-07

Cover showing 5 types

 

Locy Type 9efw

1939-09-07

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efw

1940-01-01

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

Locy Type 9x

1939-09-07

Cover showing 5 types

 

Locy Type 9x

1939-09-07

Note:

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-01-01

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

Locy Type F "ARRIVED / 9 JUL 1939" USCS Catalog Illustration H-77

1939-07-09 to 1939-07-15

First Visit to Honolulu Arrival
Cover shows two cancel types

 

Locy Type F "ARRIVED / 9 JUL 1939" USCS Catalog Illustration H-77

1939-07-09

Note:

 

Locy Type F "DEPARTED / JUL 15 1939" USCS Catalog Illustration H-77

1939-07-09 to 1939-07-15

First Visit to Honolulu Departure

 

Locy Type F "DEPARTED / JUL 15 1939" USCS Catalog Illustration H-77

1939-07-15

Note:

 

Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / THIS / CANCEL" USCS Catalog Illustration H-77a

1940-06-16

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

Locy Type F "FLAGSHIP - CRUISERS / Navy Day / Lanakila Maui / BATTLEFORCE - U.S. FLEET" USCS Catalog Illustration H-77b

1940-10-27

Navy Day 1940

 

Locy Type F "FLAGSHIP - CRUISERS / Navy Day / Lanakila Maui / BATTLEFORCE - U.S. FLEET" USCS Catalog Illustration H-77b

1940-10-27

Note:

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Catalog Illustration H-77c

1942-01-03

Note:
 

Locy Type Fake USCS Catalog Illustration CD-3

1941-08-26

Note:

 

Locy Type SLO USCS Catalog Illustration H-77d

1940-10-27

Note:

 

Locy Types SLKb (32x4) SLKts (37x3)

c1940

Both known straightline marks used together

 

Locy Type SLK (38x3)

1939-09-07

Note:

 

Locy Type SLKs (42x3)

1939-09-07

Note:

 

Other Information

HONOLULU earned 8 Battle Stars for WWII service

HONOLULU was at Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 at The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Honolulu, Hawaii

 

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