LEXINGTON CV 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.
Keel Laid 8 January 1921 as Command Ship CC-1 Redesignated Carrier (CV) 1 July 1922 Launched 3 October 1925 |
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- USS Lexington CV-2 Covers Page 1 (1933-45)
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.
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Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1937-12-14 |
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10th Anniversary, cachet by Frederick Horton
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1940-04-13 |
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Cachet by Richard Buchwald, and sponsored by the Cleveland Cover Club
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1931-11-11 |
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Armistice Day, cacheted.
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1938-11-11 |
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1942-02-22 |
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Locy Type 6 |
1928-03-15 |
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Notes: Lexington's first day of postal service is listed as 1928-03-16 so this cancel is assumed to be backdated.
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1937-05-09 |
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Cachet by Walter G. Crosby
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1942-03-05 |
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Censored, WWII use
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1934-04-07 |
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Cachet by E. L. Beckwith
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Locy Type 9v |
1940-12-25 |
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1939-09-25 |
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Money Order Receipt Stub
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Locy Type 9x |
1940-12-25 |
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Locy Type F |
1933-12-14 |
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6th Anniversary of Commissioning.
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Locy Type F |
1933-10-27 |
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Locy Type F |
1933-12-25 |
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Lincoln's Birthday 1934
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Locy Type F |
1939-12-14 |
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12th Anniversary, cachet by Richard Buchwald
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Locy Type F |
1940-12-25 |
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Locy Type Fz |
1941-09-22 |
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1941-10-03 |
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Cachet and postmark by the Sibley's Dept. Store (Hobby Shop)
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Locy Type |
1934-04-07 |
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Cachet by E. L. Beckwith
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Locy Type |
1937-12-17 |
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Unlisted straightline mark. Cachet is thermographed.
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1935-08-15 |
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U.S.S. Lexington CV-2 VT Squadron 2B
Other Information
USS LEXINGTON earned the American Defense Service Medal (w/ "Fleet" clasp), the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 Battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Named for Lexington, Massachusetts, where the colonial militia first fought the British in the American Revolutionary War.
There has been six ships of the US Navy that have borne the name LEXINGTON - USS Lexington (1776 Brigantine), USS Lexington (1825 Sloop), USS Lexington (1861 Timberclad Gunboat), USS Lexington CV-2, USS Lexington CV-16 and USS Lexington II (SP-705), later USS SP-705, a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918.
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