PENNSYLVANIA BB 38

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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 27 October 1913 - Launched 16 March 1915

  1. USS PENNSYLVANIA BB-38
    Commissioned 12 June 1916 - Decommissioned 29 August 1946
    Used in A-Bomb tests 1946

    Scuttled 1948 off Kwajalein

 

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    (1916 to 1930)
  2. Covers Page 1a    (1931)
  3. Covers Page 2    (1932-01-31 to 1933-07-22)
  4. Covers Page 3    (1933-08-05 to 1934-03-17)
  5. Covers Page 4    (1934-04-01 to 1934-10-12)
  6. Covers Page 5    (1934-10-27 to 1934-12-24)
  7. Covers Page 6    (1935-01-01 to 1935-04-29)
  8. Covers Page 7    (1935-05-03 to 1935-07-29)
  9. Covers Page 8    (1935-08-04 to 1935-12-31)
  10. Covers Page 9    (1936-01-01 to 1936-12-24)
  11. Covers Page 10    (1937 to 1939)
  12. Covers Page 11    (1940 to 1946)

 

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
---
Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date		 Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image		 Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image


 

USPO
Machine Cancel
Pennsylvania

1918-01-18

Picture postcard taken during her Sea Trials


 

Locy Type 1u

1919-02-28

Note:


 

Locy Type
1au

1920-04-20

Note:


 

Locy Type
1z

1918-12-09

Christmas postcard from the ship.


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

"FORTRESS /
MONROE VA"

1916-11-09

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

(Killer Bar /
Text Censored)

1917-03-23

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (A)

"SAN PEDRO /
CALIF."

1925-12-01
to
1932-07-30

Postcard use


 

Locy Type
3

"FIRST DAY /
OLYMPIC GAMES"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15

1932-07-30

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (B-TBT)

"THANKSGIVING /
1621 - 1933"

1933-11-30

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (B-TBT)
(AT SEA)

"PRESIDENTIAL /
REVIEW"

1934-05-31

Note:


 

Locy Type
3a (B)
(AT SEA)

1935-01-24

UNREPORTED Type 3 postmark with bars removed.


 

Locy Type
3 (BC-TTT)

"FLEET /
FLAGSHIP"

1935-02-14

Valentines Day 1935


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TBB)

"CUSHING 376 /
PERKINS 377"

1935-12-31

Note: Launching of two destroyers.


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTT)

"HAWAIIAN /
ISLANDS"

1936-08-08

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTT)
(AT SEA)

"FLEET /
FLAGSHIP"

1935-02-12

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BTT)
"BREMERTON /
WASHINGTON"

1940-02-12

Note:


 

Locy Type
3ef

"PT ANGELES /
WASH"

1927-08-16

Note:


 

Locy Type
3s

"NAVY YARD /
PHILA PA"

1930-10-27

Note:


 

Locy Type
3y
("DATE CENSORED")

1935-05-25

Note: UNREPORTED postmark.


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

1941-11-18

Note:


 

Locy Type
5hks

"PACIFIC LOCKS /
PANAMA CANAL"

1931-08-12

Note:


 

Locy Type
5s

"NAVY YARD /
PHILA PA"

1929-08-22

Note:


 

Locy Type
6i

1932-02-22

Washingtons Birthday 1932


 

Locy Type 7

(1921-1926)

1921-11-15

Note:


 

Locy Type 7

(1927-1931)

1929-04-10

Note:


 

Locy Type 7d

(1935-1941)

1939-01-18

Note:


 

Locy Type
7di

"SAN PEDRO /
CALIF."

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15a

1931-09-14

Note:


 

Locy Type
7drz

1943-02-11

Note:


 

Locy Type 8

(1931-1935)

1934-06-14

Note:


 

Locy Type 8
(AT SEA)

1932-01-08

Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.


 

Locy Type 9

1935-01-30

FDR Birthday 1935


 

Locy Type
9efv

1927-02-27

Note:


 

Locy Type
9v

(1929-1931)

1931-02-09

Note:


 

Locy Type
9v

(1931-1936)

1933-03-01

Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type
9v

(1937-1940)

1941-10-13

Note:


 

Locy Type
9w

1931-02-09

Note: UNRECORDED postmark.


 

Locy Type
9efw

(1935-1938)

1936-12-24

Note:


 

Locy Type
9efw

(1940-1943)

1941-10-13

Note:


 

Locy Type
9x

(1930-1935)

1931-02-09

Note:
 

Locy Type
9x

(1941-1945)

1941-10-11

Note:
 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15c

1946-04-09

Note:


 

Locy Type P
[3ef)
("NEW YORK, NY BR" removed]

"HONOLULU /
HAWAII"

1928-08-17

Note:
 

Locy Type P
[3t)
("UNITED STATES FLEET"]
USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15e

"USS PENN / FLAG"

1934-11-20

Note:


 

Locy Type P
(3t)
("U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP")
hollow star at bottom of dial]

"U S.S. /
PENNSY."

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15f

1933-07-20

Note:
 

Locy Type
PPB

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15b

1940's

Note:


 

Locy Type
PPR

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15d

1935-02-22

Washingtons Birthday 1935


 

Locy Type
SLKb (41x6)

1927-02-27

Straightline mark


 

Locy Type
SLKp (41x6)

1929-05-01

UNREPORTED postmark. Straightline postmark, courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.


 

Locy Type
SL2bs (18x3)
(PENN.)

1935-01-30

Straightline marking


 

Locy Type
SL2bs (18x3)
(PENN.)

1935-01-30

Straightline marking


 

Locy Type
SL2l (33x3)

1925-00-00

Note: Date is only a best guess.


 

Locy Type
SLP3st (71x3)

1936-12-06

Note:


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2(n)

1946-09-13

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

Other Information

USS PENNSYLVANIA earned 8 Battle Stars (WWII)
* Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 at The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of Pennsylvania

 

Real photo (date unknown)

 

 

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