ROCHESTER CA 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.

New York Class Armored Cruiser Keel Laid 19 September 1890 - Launched 2 December 1891 USS NEW YORK Armored Cruiser No. 2 Commissioned 1 August 1893 - Decommissioned 31 March 1905 Recommissioned 15 May 1909 - Decommissioned 31 December 1909 Recommissioned 1 April 1910 USS SARATOGA Armored Cruiser No. 2 Renamed 16 February 1911 - Reduced commission 6 February 1916 Recommissioned (Full) 23 April 1917 USS ROCHESTER Armored Cruiser No. 2 Renamed 1 December 1917 USS ROCHESTER CA-2 Designated (CA) 17 July 1920 Decommissioned 29 April 1933 Struck from Naval Register 28 October 1938 Scuttled December 1941 to prevent her capture by the Japanese

Naval Covers

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1. USS New York ACR-2 Covers Page 1    (1908-1910)
2. USS Saratoga CA-2 Covers Page 1    (1911-1912)
3. USS Rochester CA-2 Covers Page 1    (1920-1933)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post Office Established 17 June 1909

 

Locy Type 1

1909-11-08

USS NEW YORK. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 9v (BC)

1909-11-15

USS NEW YORK. From the Jim Myerson collection.

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Name changed to SARATOGA 16 February 1911 - Post Office Disestablished 12 October 1914

 

Locy Type 1

1911-05-05

USS SARATOGA. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 2 (AC)

1911-10-30

USS SARATOGA. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 9sv (C) (1911)

1911-10-30

USS SARATOGA. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 9v (C) (1915)

1915-11-20

USS SARATOGA. From the Jim Myerson collection.

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Post Office Reestablished 15 December 1916 - Post Office Disestablished 1 December 1917

 

Locy Type 2 (C)

1917-01-12

USS SARATOGA. (In Reduced Commission with the Pacific Reserve Fleet.)

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Post Office Established - Post Office Disestablished 25 April 1933

 

Locy Type 3 (AC) "MANZANILLA / CUBA"

1920-04-06

USS ROCHESTER CA-2. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 3 (B)

1927-02-07

USS ROCHESTER CA-2. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 3b (A-OOX)

1927-06-13

USS ROCHESTER CA-2. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 3s (AC) "MANZANILLA / CUBA"

1923-01-17

USS ROCHESTER CA-2. Picture postcard from Santiago Cuba

 

Locy Type 5hks "HONOLULU TH / CHINA BOUND"

1932-03-26

USS ROCHESTER CA-2

 

Locy Type 5hsu "SHANGHAI CHN / CHRISTMAS"

1932-12-25

USS ROCHESTER CA-2. Christmas.

 

Locy Type 6

1927-11-31

USS ROCHESTER CA-2. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 9v (A) (1927)

1927-07-11

USS ROCHESTER CA-2. Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9v (A) (1928)

1928-03-24

USS ROCHESTER CA-2. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 9w (A)

1925-11-07

USS ROCHESTER CA-2. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type LDC 5hsu "CAVITE P.I. / LAST DAY"

1933-04-29

USS ROCHESTER CA-2. Decommissioning at the Olongapo Shipyard, P.I. Cachet by Naval Mail Clerk H. E. Rhodes

 

Locy Type LDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-50

1933-04-29

USS ROCHESTER CA-2. Decommissioning at the Olongapo Shipyard, P.I. Cachet by Naval Mail Clerk H. E. Rhodes

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USS NEW YORK. Photograph entitled "New York firing 8 inch turrets 1910"

 

Other Information

USS NEW YORK/SARATOGA/ROCHESTER earned the Sampson Medal, the Spanish Campaign Medal, the Philippine Campaign Medal, the Mexican Service Medal and the World War I Victory Medal w/ Grand Fleet Clasp during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for the cities in The State of New York.

The ships sponsor was Miss Helen Clifford Page, the daughter of J. Seaver Page, the secretary of the Union League Club of New York.

Six ships of the US Navy have borne the name NEW YORK - USS New York (1776 Gundalow), USS New York (1800 36-gun Frigate), USS New York ACR-2, USS New York BB-34, USS New York City SSN-696 and USS New York LPD-21.

 

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