NITRO AE 2
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.
Keel Laid March 19 1919 - Launched December 16 1919 |
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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 (1923-44,2007)
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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Post Office Established April 1 1921 - Disestablished November 1 1945
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1937-02-23 |
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1939-08-30 |
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1941-06-30 |
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Note:
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1928-04-16 |
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1942-02-28 |
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Censored sailor mail
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1934-12-25 |
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Christmas, cachet by Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS
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1935-07-09 |
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Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1935-07-09 |
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150th anniversary of Barry's resignation from the US Navy, cachet by CDR. John Barry Chapter No. 19, USCS
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1934-01-05 |
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NITRO ends above center killer bar
155th anniversary of Stephen Decatur's birth. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1936-02-29 |
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NITRO ends above center killer bar
Leap Year. Cachet by S
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1936-02-29 |
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NITRO ends above center killer bar
Leap Year. Cachet by John Coulthard
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1933-05-30 |
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Note:
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1923-03-20 |
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Registered receipt
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1935-07-20 |
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1937-08-16 |
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1935-07-18 |
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1942-08-04 |
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Registered, Official Business mail
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1942-08-04 |
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Registered, Official Business mail
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USPS Pictorial |
2007-12-16 |
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Anniversary of Launching, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
Other Information
NITRO received one battle star for World War II service
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Invasion of southern France, August 15 to September 25 1944
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-African-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
NAMESAKE - Named for a word element in chemistry indicating the NO, radical in certain compounds containing nitrogen.
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