CUMBERLAND IX 8
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.
- Cumberland Class Training Ship (steel-hulled sailing bark)
- USS CUMBERLAND Training Ship No. 1 Commissioned July 20 1907
- USS CUMBERLAND IX-8 Designated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) July 17 1920
Keel Laid at Boston Navy Yard (Date unknown) - Launched August 17 1904
Towed from Boston, MA to Naval Training Station Newport RI Assigned to the Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as station ship in November 1912
Became receiving ship at the Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Virginia in 1914
See US Receiving Ship - Norfolk VA for more information
Ordered to duty at Annapolis, Maryland on 7 April 1919 and was maintained at the United States Naval Academy until decommissioned
Decommissioned October 31 1946
Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
Delivered to War Shipping Administration for disposal July 22 1947
Fate unknown
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.
- Covers Page 1 (1913)
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.
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Locy Type |
1913-07-24
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Picture postcard of the Potomac River
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1913-07-24
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Picture postcard of the Potomac River
Other Information
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
World War I Victory Medal
American Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
NAMESAKE - A river which crosses Kentucky and Tennessee to join the Ohio
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