HURON CA 9

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.

Pennsylvania Class Armored Cruiser
Keel Laid 30 September 1902 - Launched 21 July 1904


1. USS SOUTH DAKOTA Armored Cruiser No. 9 (ACR-9)
   Commissioned 27 January 1908
   
   
2. USS HURON ACR-9
   Renamed 7 June 1920
   
   
3. USS HURON CA-9
   Redesignated Heavy Cruiser (CA) 17 July 1920
   Decommissioned 17 June 1927
   
   Struck from Naval Register 15 November 1929
   Sold 11 February 1930 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS South Dakota Covers Page 1    (1909-1915)
2. USS Huron Covers Page 1     (1921-1925)

 

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 March 15 1909

 

Locy Type 1 (C)

1910-03-03

As SOUTH DAKOTA ACR-9. Picture postcard from San Francisco, CA

 

Locy Type 1a (C)

1919-12-21

Sailors Mail. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

Locy Type 3 (AC, S. DAKOTA) "BREMERTON / WASH."

1915-02-04

Note:

 

Locy Type 3a (AC, S. DAKOTA)

19**-08-23

Sailors Mail. Year date is unclear. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

Locy Type 3a (AC) "SAN FRAN / CALIF."

1915-06-30

Sailors Mail. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

Locy Type 3 "PORTSMOU -- / NEW HAMPS --" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-56a

1919-04-16

Sailors Mail. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-56b

1920-02-14

As SOUTH DAKOTA ACR-9. US Naval Forces, SIBERIA.

 

Locy Type 3rz

1918-09-10

Censored wartime (WWI) use

 

Locy Type 3b (XOO)

1919-10-27

Sailors mail. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

Locy Type 9v (C)

1910-04-03

Sailors mail. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

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Post Office Disestablished June 11 1927

 

Locy Type 3r "SHANGHAI / CHINA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-91

1925-10-31

As HURON CA-9

 

Locy Type 3r "HONOLULU / T. H." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-91a

1927-02-12

As HURON CA-9
Postmarked on reverse with a Honolulu, HI duplex dated 02/14/1927

 

Locy Type P (9w with "MOB" removed)

1921-05-06

As HURON CA-9

 

Other Information

USS SOUTH DAKOTA earned the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the Mexican Service Medal, the World War I Victory Medal w/ Patrol Clasp and the Yangtze Service Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - (SOUTH DAKOTA) - Named for the state of South Dakota.

NAMESAKE - (HURON) - Named for the city of Huron, South Dakota.

The ships sponsor was Grace Harreid, the daughter of Gov. Charles M. Herreid of South Dakota and the wife of Dean Lightner.

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name SOUTH DAKOTA - USS South Dakota ACR-9, USS South Dakota BB-49 (canceled 1922), USS South Dakota BB-57 and USS South Dakota SSN-790.

Five ships of the US Navy have borne the name HURON - USS Huron (1861), USS Huron (1875), USS Huron ID-1408, USS Huron CA-9 and USS Huron PF-19.

 

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