TEXAS BB 35
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 17 April 1911 - Launched 18 May 1912 Decommissioned 21 April 1948 Struck from Naval Register 21 April 1948 Preserved as memorial at La Porte, TX |
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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.
- USS Texas BB-35 Covers Page 1 (1915-1932)
- USS Texas BB-35 Covers Page 2 (1933-1946)
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.
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Post Office Established 12 March 1914 - Disestablished 4 September 1947
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Locy Type |
1946-05-09 |
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FDC for the Honorable Discharge stamp, cachet by Ken Boll, sponsored by Cachet Craft
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1943-08-20 |
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1915-12-21 |
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Christmas card from the ship
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Locy Type |
1918-11-22 |
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1915-03-14 |
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1927-05-23 |
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Sailors Mail
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1942-10-19 |
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Censored, WWII use
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1932-04-11 |
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Fleet Concentration, cachet by Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
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1936-07-02 |
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Locy Type 6 |
1941-03-18 |
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Cachet by Mae Weigand
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Locy Type 6 |
1931-11-16 |
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Collectors request.
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Locy Type 7t |
1919-05-12 |
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1934-09-18 |
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Patriotic cachet by C. Stephen Anderson. Annotation on front by NMC E. O. Tauer states this is the First Day of Use for this machine.
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1937-07-29 |
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1942-10-03 |
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Censored WWII use
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Locy Type 8 |
1934-02-12 |
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Lincoln's Birthday, cachet by E. J. Birdsall
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Locy Type 8 |
1932-07-22 |
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Official Business
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Locy Type 9v |
1928-04-07 |
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Mark from back of cover
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Locy Type 9v |
1929-05-28 |
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Registered, Philatelic mail. Front of cover shown on the Naval Cover page.
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Locy Type 9v |
1929-08-15 |
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Registered, Official mail. Front of cover shown on the Naval Cover page. Although this is the same T-12f cancel, damage has occurred to the "E" which makes it look like an "F" now.
Should this be reclassified? (Greg C.) ex-Rawlins now part of the Tom Kean collection.
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Locy Type 9v |
1939-04-01 |
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Locy Type 9v |
1941-05-03 |
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Mark from back of cover
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Locy Type |
1939-04-01 |
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1939-04-01 |
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1930-00-00 |
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Note: Postmark date is unknown. 1930 is a guess.
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Locy Type |
1930-00-00 |
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Locy Type F |
1918-05-28 |
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Censored WWI use
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Locy Type F |
1937-05-30 |
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Locy Type F |
1945-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1945
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Locy Type P |
1931-09-15 |
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1936-10-09 |
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c1936 |
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USPS Pictorial Postmarks
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1990-09-08 |
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Contributed by Tom Kean
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2004-03-12 |
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90th Anniversary of Commissioning.
Other Information
USS TEXAS earned the Mexican Service Medal, the World War I Victory Medal, the American Defense Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 5 Battle Stars and the WWII Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Named for The State of Texas.
Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name TEXAS - USS Texas Battleship No. 1, USS Texas BB-35, USS Texas CGN-39 and USS Texas SSN-775.
The ships sponsor was Miss Claudia Lyon, daughter of Colonel Cecil Lyon, a wealthy rancher and Republican National Committeeman from Sherman, TX.
The following is a letter contained in the 1919-05-12 cover:
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The following is a pamphlet contained in the 1919-05-12 cover:
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