VERMONT BB 20

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.

Connecticut Class Battleship Keel Laid 4 May 1904 - Launched 31 August 1905 USS VERMONT Battleship No. 20 Commissioned 4 March 1907 - Decommissioned 30 June 1920 USS VERMONT BB-20 Designated (BB) 17 July 17 1920, while in reserve Struck from Naval Register 10 November 1923 Sold 30 November 1923 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Vermont BB-20 Covers Page 1    (1909-17)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Non-posted

No Image

Picture postcard

 

USPO Duplex Stonington CT

1910-06-13

Picture postcard

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Post Office Established July 29 1908 - Disestablished April 15 1915

 

Locy Type 1

1909-02-26

Note:

 

Locy Type 1

1910-03-28

Picture postcard from Fortress Monroe VA "Relics of the Civil War". From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Locy Type 3 "VERA CRUZ / MEXICO"

1914-08-26

Picture postcard from Japan

 

Locy Type 9v

1914-12-04

Mark from back of cover

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Post Office Reestablished October 3 1916 - Disestablished June 30 1920

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1917-08

Censored, WWI use

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USPS Pictorial Postmark "Great White Fleet Post Office Station" Washington DC

2008-02-22

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet Cachet for Vermont BB-20, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS VERMONT BB-20 Station" Norfolk VA

2009-01-07

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

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the State of Vermont

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name VERMONT - USS Vermont (Ship of the Line 1848), USS Vermont BB-20 and USS Vermont SSN-792.

 

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