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 11 April 1899 - Launched 8 September 1900 USS WYOMING Monitor No. 10 Commissioned 8 December 1902 - Decommissioned 29 August 1905 USS CHEYENNE Monitor No. 10 Renamed 1 January 1909 - Recommissioned 8 October 1909 Reduced to Commissioned Reserve 8 June 1909 Decommissioned 13 November 1909 Recommissioned in Reserve 11 July 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) 20 August 1913 - Decommissioned 23 October 1919 USS CHEYENNE BM-10 Designated Battleship (Monitor) (BM) 17 July 1920 while in reserve Recommissioned 22 September 1920 Used as Station Ship at Baltimore USS CHEYENNE IX-4 Redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) 1 July 1921 Decommissioned 1 June 1926 Struck from Naval Register 25 January 1937 Sold 20 April 1939 for scrap

Naval Covers

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

 

Postmarks

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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.

 

Locy Type 9v

1914-05-30

Facing slip. Courtesy of Stewart Milstein.

 

Other Information

WYOMING

NAMESAKE - Named for the state of Wyoming

CHEYENNE

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The ships sponsor was Miss Hattie Warren, daughter of Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyoming.

 

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