WASHINGTON BB 56

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.

North Carolina Class Battleship
Keel Laid 14 June 1938 - Launched 1 June 1940


1. USS WASHINGTON BB-56
Commissioned 15 May 1941 - Decommissioned 27 June 1947

Struck from Naval Register 1 June 1960
Sold 1 June 1961 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Washington BB-56 Covers Page 1    (1940-1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 3 (A-TTT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"

1941-05-15

Cachet by Jacques Minkus

 

Locy Type FDC 3 (A-TTT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"

1941-05-15

Cachet by Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type FDC 3 (A-TTT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"

1941-05-15

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-03-18

Notes:

 

Locy Type 3z (TTB)

1941-12-07

Cachet by Ludwig W. Staehle and sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2 ,USCS

 

Locy Type 3z (TTB)

1941-00-26

Censored sailor's mail

 

Locy Type 7qt(1)

1946-05-15

Note:

 

Locy Type 7qtz(2)

1943-08-14

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ruz

1943-07-27 to 1943-08-11

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9fw

1941-05-31

Note:

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z4

1943-06-23

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-10

1945-10-27

Navy Day, recycled First Day Cover cachet.

 

Other Information

USS WASHINGTON earned 13 battle stars during World War II in operations that had carried her from the Arctic Circle to the western Pacific

NAMESAKE - Named for the State of Washington

The ships sponsor was Miss Virginia Marshall, great-great-great granddaughter of John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the United States.

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name WASHINGTON - USS Washington ACR-11, USS Washington BB-47 (Never completed), USS Washington BB-56 and USS Washington SSN-787.

 

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