SAN MARCOS Second Class Battleship

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.

Texas Class Battleship
Keel Laid 1 June 1889 - Launched 28 January 1892


1. USS TEXAS (Battleship)
Commissioned 15 August 1895 - Decommissioned 27 January 1896
Recommissioned 20 July 1896 - Decommissioned 30 November 1900
Recommissioned 2 November 1902 - Decommissioned 8 January 1908
Recommissioned 1 September 1908


2. USS SAN MARCOS (Target Ship)
Renamed 16 February 1911

Sunk as target 22 March 1911

Decommissioned 25 September 1911
Struck from Navy Register 11 October 1911

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Texas Second Class Battleship Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)
2. USS San Marcos Second Class Battleship Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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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2nd Commissioning 20 July 1896 to 30 November 1900

 

Chungking Handstamp

1898-09-28

1898 China Postal Card to Sailor Aboard USS "Texas" at "Santiago de Cuba", 1c card cancelled by Chungking 28 Sep 98 dater with Shanghai 17 Oct, Yokohama 26 Oct and a partial Washington DC transit cancels, two different "T" due handstamps, backstamped Tacoma Wash Nov 17 and additional indistinguishable cancel, faults including some stamps removed, VG, ratty but incredibly rare. The Texas was involved in the Battle of Santiago in June 1898 and when this card was posted in September of 1898, her duties would have involved patrolling the eastern US coast with periodic visits to Cuba. From the Gary B. Weiss collection.

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4th Commissioning September 1 1908 to September 25 1911

 

Locy Type 1(C)

1909-07-25

From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 1(C)

1910-08-02

Picture postcard entitled - "Admiral Sperry and Sailors witnessing a Geisha performance at Yokohama Japan"

 

Locy Type 1(C)

1910-08-02

Picture postcard entitled - "Admiral Sperry and Sailors witnessing a Geisha performance at Yokohama Japan"

 

Unused

c 1908

Picture postcard entitled - "U.S.S. TEXAS". From the Tom Kean collection.

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USS SAN MARCOS Second Class Battleship

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Locy Type 1u (C) USS Connecticut BB-18

1912-03-26

Picture postcard. Sunken hulk of USS San Marcos (Identified as USS TEXAS)

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of Texas

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of San Marcos, Texas

The ships sponsor was Miss Madge Houston Williams.

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name TEXAS - USS Texas 2nd Class Battleship, USS Texas BB-35, USS Texas CGN-39 and USS Texas SSN-775.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name SAN MARCOS - USS San Marcos 2nd Class Battleship and USS San Marcos LSD-25

 

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