NEVADA BB 36

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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.

    Nevada Class Battleship
    Keel Laid 4 November 1912 - Launched 11 July 1914

  1. USS NEVADA Battleship No. 36
    2. Commissioned 11 March 1916

  2. USS NEVADA BB-36
    3. Designated (BB) 17 July 1920
    Heavily damaged during Pearl Harbor attack 7 December 1941
    Repaired and returned to service July 1943
    Decommissioned 29 August 1946

    Used as target during Atomic Bomb Tests, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands July 1946
    Struck from Naval Register 12 August 1948
    Sunk as target 31 July 1948 off Oahu
    On 11 May 2020, US Navy and RV Ocean Infinity announced her finding in 15,400 feet beneath the surface about 65 nautical miles southwest of Pearl Harbor.

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Nevada BB-36 Covers Page 1    (1916-1946, 1988-2016)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

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

Post office established 11 March 1916 - Disestablished 26 August 1946


 

Locy Type 1z

1918-05-18

Censored WWI use


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1945-12-07

Pearl Harbor Day 1945


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-03-13

Cachet by John N. Lawrence


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-02-05

Note:


 

Locy Type 2z

1945-03-14

Manuscript ship's name in return address


 

Locy Type 3a

c1916

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

1917-03-29

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (BC-TTB)

"WASHINGTON /
BIRTHDAY"

1936-02-22

Washington's Birthday 1936


 

Locy Type
3 (BC-TTB)

"PEARL /
HARBOR"

1938-04-08

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (A-TBB)

1941-11-28

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (A-TBB)

1941-04-13

Notes:


 

Locy Type 3r

"PORT ANGELES"

1926-07-11

Note:


 

Locy Type
3rs

1923-03-23

Sailor's Mail


 

Locy Type
3rs

1923-04-11

Note:


 

Locy Type
3s (AC)

(1921-1925)

1924-11-09

Sailor's Mail


 

Locy Type
3s (AC)
"SAN PEDRO /
CALIFORNIA"

(1930-1932)

1931-01-17

Official Business


 

Locy Type
3s (AC)

"ENROUTE TO /
BREMERTON"

(1930-1932)

1931-04-06

Note: 3.5" x 5" Mourning cover. Reverse is clean.


 

Locy Type
3s (AC)

"MEMORIAL /
DAY"

(1930-1932)

1932-05-30

Memorial Day 1932


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

1943-03-12

Manuscript ship's name in return address


 

Locy Type
5hks

"COLUMBUS /
DAY"

1932-10-12

Columbus Day


 

Locy Type
5hks

"FLEET /
RETURNS"

1934-11-09

San Pedro, CA
Cachet by Sarah Litton and Robert L. Manley
USPO Type 6 postmark on reverse from Seaford, NY


 

Locy Type
5bhks

"BREMERTON /
WASHINGTON"

1933-01-23

Note:


 

Locy Type
6fy (Br.)

1927-06-14

Note:


 

Locy Type 7t

1924-04-23

Note:


 

Locy Type
7t(#u) (C+)

(Br. #15730)

1945-09-09

Note:


 

Locy Type 8

1930-05-03

Note:


 

Locy Type 8

1931-07-02

Add-on cachet by Roger A. Wentworth


 

Locy Type
9v (C)

1928-01-04

Return address to USS ANTARES AG-10


 

Locy Type
9v (C)

1927-04-11

Notes:


 

Locy Type
9v (C+)

1932-05-30

Note:


 

Locy Type
9w (AC)

1927-10-31

Note:


 

Locy Type
9w (B)

1932-05-30

Note:


 

Locy Type 9x

1932-05-30

Note:


 

Locy Type 9#

(Br. #15730)

1945-07-20

Note: Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type
FAKE

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-3

1941-07-11

Note:


 

Locy Type
SLKb (USS ) (49x4)

1916-06-20

Note:


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2(n)

1946-06-30

Last Day of Postal Service, Add-on cachet by Mh Cachets

 

Other Information

USS NEVADA earned the World War I Victory Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (with 7 battle stars total) and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

USS NEVADA was at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941

NAMESAKE - Named for the State of Nevada.

The ships sponsor was Miss Eleanor Anne Siebert (age 10), niece of Governor Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada and descendant of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name NEVADA - USS Nevada BM-8, USS Nevada BB-36 and USS Nevada SSBN-733.

 

 

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