SAN DIEGO ACR 6

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 May 7 1902 - Launched April 28 1904 USS CALIFORNIA Armored Cruiser No. 6 Commissioned August 1 1907 USS SAN DIEGO Armored Cruiser No. 6 Renamed September 1 1914 Decommissioned May 24 1916 Recommissioned December 30 1916 SUNK (Torpedoes) July 19 1918 by German U-156 off Fire Island 6 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty

Naval Covers

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1. USS California ACR-6 Covers Page 1    (1909-14,1980)
2. USS San Diego ACR-6 Covers Page 1    (1916-18,1980)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Non-posted

No Image

Picture postcard of the USS CALIFORNIA Armored Cruiser No. 6

 

USPO Machine Cancel San Francisco, CA

1908-05-09

Picture postcard of the USS CALIFORNIA Armored Cruiser No. 6

 

USPO Machine Cancel San Francisco, CA

1909-02-16

Lime Point and The Golden Gate from Land's End San Francisco
Showing U.S. Cruiser California going to sea

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1st Commissioning August 1 1907 to May 24 1916

 

Locy Type 1

1910-06-11

As CALIFORNIA ACR-6

 

Locy Type 2

1912-07-11

As CALIFORNIA ACR-6

 

Locy Type 3 (A) "MAZATLAN / MEXICO"

1914-05-03

As CALIFORNIA ACR-6

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Locy Type 3 (AC)

1916-01-13

As SAN DIEGO ACR-6
Cut square on piece

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Other Information

CALIFORNIA

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of California

SAN DIEGO

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of San Diego, California

 

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