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 September 19 1890 - Launched December 2 1891


1. USS NEW YORK Armored Cruiser No. 2
   Commissioned August 1 1893 - Decommissioned March 31 1905
   Recommissioned May 15 1909 - Decommissioned December 31 1909
   Recommissioned April 1 1910
   
   
2. USS SARATOGA Armored Cruiser No. 2
   Renamed February 16 1911 - Reduced commission February 6 1916
   Recommissioned (Full) April 23 1917
   
   
3. USS ROCHESTER Armored Cruiser No. 2
   Renamed December 1 1917
   
   
4. USS ROCHESTER CA-2
   Designated (CA) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned April 29 1933
   
   Stricken October 28 1938
   Scuttled December 1941 to prevent her capture by the Japanese

 

Naval Covers

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1. New York ACR-2 Covers Page 1    (1909-10)
2. Saratoga CA-2 Covers Page 1    (1911-12)
3. Rochester CA-2 Covers Page 1    (1932-33)

 

Postmarks

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

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3rd Commissioning April 1 1910 to October 12 1914

 

Locy Type 1

1910-04-24

As NEW YORK. Picture postcard of the Receiving Ships USS FRANKLIN and USS RICHMOND

 

Locy Type 1

1910-08-14

As NEW YORK. Picture postcard of Landing Pier Town - Aden

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

 

Locy Type 1

1911-07-15

As SARATOGA. Picture postcard of "Itsukushima Shrine at Aki"

 

Locy Type 2 (C)

1912-05-29

As SARATOGA
Picture postcard of "Manchurian Army at Hankow"

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4th Commissioning November 23 1916 to April 29 1933

 

Locy Type 2 (C)

1917-01-12

As SARATOGA. (In Reduced Commission with the Pacific reserve fleet.)

 

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

1923-01-17

As ROCHESTER CA-2. Picture postcard from Santiago Cuba

 

Locy Type 5hks "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"

1932-02-22

As ROCHESTER CA-2. Type 6 postmark on reverse, dated 02/22/1931 (in error). Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 5hks "HONOLULU TH / CHINA BOUND"

1932-03-26

As ROCHESTER CA-2.

 

Locy Type 5hks "SHANGHAI / CHINA"

1932-05-04

As ROCHESTER CA-2. First Day as Asiatic Fleet Flagship.

 

Locy Type 5hsu "SHANGHAI CHN / CHRISTMAS"

1932-12-25

As ROCHESTER CA-2
Christmas.

 

Locy Type 6

1932-02-22

As ROCHESTER CA-2
Type 6 postmark on reverse, dated 02/22/1931 (in error). Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 6

1931-05-09

As ROCHESTER CA-2

 

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

1933-04-29

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

 

Locy Type LDC F USCS Catalog Illustration R-50

1933-04-29

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

 

Other Information

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

 

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