TUSCALOOSA CA 37

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 Orleans Class Cruiser Keel Laid 3 September 1931 - Launched 15 November 1933 USS TUSCALOOSA CA-37 Commissioned 17 August 1934 - Decommissioned 13 February 1946 Struck from Naval Register 1 March 1959 Sold 25 June 1959 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 Covers Page 1    (1934-1945)

 

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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Post Office Established 5 July 1934 - Disestablished 1 April 1946

 

Locy Type FDC 3 (BC-BBT) "FIRST DAY / GREETINGS"

1934-08-17

Commissioning. Cachet sponsored by the Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce.

 

Locy Type FDC 3 (BC-BBT) "FIRST DAY / GREETINGS"

1934-08-17

Commissioning

 

Locy Type FDC 3 (BC-BBT) "FIRST DAY / GREETINGS"

1934-08-17

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter 4, USCS. Designed by Ralph Casner and backstamped with Decatur Chapter R/S.

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1945-12-29

Note:

 

Locy Type 2z*

1945-11-13

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "NAVY'S / GREETINGS"

1935-10-27

Navy Day

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "VALLEJO / CALIF"

1936-10-12

Columbus Day
Note: Postmarks also for: USS Arctic AF-7 - USS San Francisco CA-38 - USS Smith DD-378 and backstamped from Vallejo, CA / Mare Island Branch

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "PORTLAND / OREGON"

1937-07-18

Fleet Week, cachet by Myron F. McCamley

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "VALPARAISO / CHILE"

1939-05-22

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "CALLAO / PERU"

1939-05-26

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)

1940-02-01

Keel Laying of USS Alabama BB-60

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1940-06-13

Launching cover for USS North Carolina BB-55. Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1941-07-17

Note:

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB) "MERRY / CHRISTMAS"

1942-12-17

Censored Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 6fp(2)

1941-05-14

Note:

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-12-28

Backside of the postcard with the Dec 29 1945 Type 2(n) postmark.

 

Locy Type 9v (1936)

1936-08-04

Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler.

 

Locy Type 9v (1945)

1945-12-28

Backside of the postcard with the Dec 29 1945 Type 2(n) postmark.

 

Locy Type 9vz

1943-12-07

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type F "NAVY DAY / OAKLAND CALIF / OCT 27 1935" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-33a

1935-10-27

Navy Day

 

Locy Type P [3(A-BTT) with 2 wide bars]

1941-04-17

Note:

 

Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3a

1941-11-17

Hobby Shop fake cancel

 

Other Information

USS TUSCALOOSA earned the Navy Combat Action Ribbon, the China Service Medal, the American Defense Service Medal w/ "A" Clasp, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 2 Battle stars, the European-African-Middle Asian Campaign Medal w/ 5 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the World War II Occupation Medal w/ JAPAN Clasp and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Thomas Lee McCann, wife of Lt. Thomas L. McCann and the niece of the Hon. William B. Oliver, Representative of the 6th District of Alabama.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name TUSCALOOSA - USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 and USS Tuscaloosa LST-1187.

 

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