ARIZONA BB 39

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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 Battleship
    Keel Laid March 16 1914 - Launched June 19 1915
     
  1. USS ARIZONA BB-39
    Commissioned October 17 1916
    SUNK (High-Level Bombs) December 7 1941
    1177 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty

    Stricken December 1 1942
    A memorial was commissioned over the hulk on Memorial Day 1962

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. Covers Page 1    (1917-01-08 to 1919-05-01)
  2. Covers Page 2    (1919-05-11 to 1929-12-03)
  3. Covers Page 3    (1930-05-01 to 1933-12-25)
  4. Covers Page 4    (1934-02-24 to 1935-05-30)
  5. Covers Page 5    (1935-07-04 to 1935-10-27)
  6. Covers Page 6    (1935-11-11 to 1936-06-17)
  7. Covers Page 7    (1936-07-04 to 1937-02-22)
  8. Covers Page 8    (1937-03-17 to 1937-11-25)
  9. Covers Page 9    (1937-12-25 to 1938-04-22)
  10. Covers Page 10    (1938-05-16 to 1940-04-28)
  11. Covers Page 11    (1940-07-04 to 1941-10-19)
  12. Covers Page 12    (1942 - present)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.
 

POSTMARK TYPE DATE FROM
to
DATE TO		 THUMBNAIL LINK TO
CLOSE-UP IMAGE		 THUMBNAIL LINK TO
FULL COVER IMAGE
Locy Type
1z (C)		 1918-02-14
to
1919-03-05

Dial on this example is 32 millimeters (circular). By as early as July 1918 the width is elongated to 34mm and it gets worse after that.
 

Locy Type
3 (AC) 1916		 1917-01-08
to
1917-02-05

Dial on this example is 33 millimeters (circular).
 

Locy Type
3 (AC) 1916

"BROOKLYN / N.Y."		 1919-07-02
to
1920-01-15

Dial on this example is 32.5 millimeters (circular).
 

Locy Type
3 (AC) 1916

"BROOKLYN / N.Y."		 1919-07-02
to
1920-01-15

Dial on this example is 32.5 millimeters (circular).
 

Locy Type
3 1925		 1925-02-24
to
1926-05-03

Dial on this example is 32 millimeters (circular).
 

Locy Type
3 (B-BBT)

"NAVY DAY / LONG BEACH"		 1932-10-27
to
1935-10-17

Dial on this example is 33.5 x 34 millimeters (w x h). Need a better example that better shows the killer bar mold lines (BBT).
 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTB)

"FIRST,TIME / CANCEL,USED"		 1935-10-27
to
1941-04-30

Dial on this example is 33 millimeters (circular).
 

Locy Type
3b (AC-OOX)		 1917-05-06
to
1920-09-06

Difficult to get good dial measurements due to severe smudging on all examples. Estimate is 33 to 34 x 34 to 35 millimeters (w x h).
 

Locy Type
3s 		1921-01-16
to
1922-01-24

Dial on this example is 33 millimeters (circular). It is difficult to make out the serif lettering but look at the bottom of the Z in ARIZONA for the characteristic flag.
 

Locy Type
3s 		1922-02-25
to
1922-02-25

Dial on this example is 33 millimeters (circular). Note the location of the killer bars in relation to the lettering inside the dial. The placement is different than the 3s postmark from 1921-01-16.
 

Locy Type
6		 1928-04-13
to
1940-04-13

Dial on this example is 15 millimeters (circular).
 

Locy Type
6 (At Sea)		 1934-08-23
to
1940-04-25

Dial on this example is 15 millimeters (circular).
 

Locy Type
6ep(2)		 1941-01-07
to
1941-07-23

Dial on this example is 30 millimeters (circular).
 

Locy Type
6ep(2)

"AT SEA"		 1941-03-31
to
1941-10-19

Dial on this example is 30 millimeters (circular).
 

Locy Type
7		 1923-04-26
to
?

Dial on this example is 11.5 x 12 millimeters (w x h).
 

Locy Type
7qt(2)		 1935-05-15
to
1941-05-26

Dial on this example is 10.5 millimeters (circular).
 

Locy Type
9v (C)

USCS Catalog
Illustration
A-46b		 1927-03-02
to
1928-02-13

Dial on this example is 29 x 29.5 millimeters (w x h).
 

Locy Type
9v

USCS Catalog
Illustration
A-46c		 1934-04-09
to
?

Dial on this example is 29.5 x 28.5 millimeters (w x h).
 

Locy Type
9v (C)

USCS Catalog
Illustration
A-46d		 1937-07-20
to
1938-02-22

Dial on this example is 30 millimeters (circular).
 

Locy Type
9vz		 1919-02-03
to
?

Dial on this example is 29 x 30 millimeters (w x h). Looks like a comma after "NAVY" but with only one example, it is not possible to tell if it is a period, comma, or just a smudge.


 

Locy Type
9w (C)

1918-07-19
to
1918-07-19

N/A

Notes: Cut Square. R-3 Scarcity rate


 

Locy Type
9w (C)

1919-12-19
to
1919-12-19

Notes:
 

Locy Type
9w		 1931-01-20
to
?

Dial on this example is 28 x 29 millimeters (w x h).
 

Locy Type
9x		 1931-01-20
to
?

Dial on this example is 28 x 29 millimeters (w x h).
 

Locy Type
9x		 1938-12-25
to
?

Dial on this example is 30 x 29 millimeters (w x h).
 

Locy Type
F

"AT / SEA"

USCS Catalog
Illustration
A-46		 1927-02-15
to
1928-04-13

This postmark matches USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration Code A-46
 

Locy Type
F

"USS / DOWNES / LAUNCHED"

USCS Catalog
Illustration
A-46a		 1936-04-22
to
1937-07-04

This postmark matches USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration Code A-46a
Launching of USS DOWNES DD-375 another casualty of Pearl Harbor
 

Locy Type
F

"AT EM'S / TWENTIETH / BIRTHDAY"

USCS Catalog
Illustration
A-46a		 1936-04-22
to
1937-07-04

This postmark matches USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration Code A-46a
 

Locy Type
Fake

"SAN PEDRO / CALIF."

USCS Catalog
Illustration
CD-3		 1941-06-19

Dial on this example is 33 x 32 millimeters (w x h).

 

Other Information

Earned 1 Battle Star (WWII)
* Pearl Harbor December 7 1941

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of Arizona


 

 

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