GALVESTON CLG 3

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.

Cleveland Class Cruiser Keel Laid February 20 1944 Launched April 22 1945 as Light Cruiser CL-93 Construction suspended June 24 1946 Reclassified Guided Missle Cruiser (CLG) February 4 1956 Redesignated CLG-3 May 23 1957 USS GALVESTON CLG-3 Commissioned May 28 1958 - Decommissioned May 25 1970 Struck from Naval Register December 21 1973 Sold May 1975 for scrap

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1958-70)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Philadelphia PA Navy Yard Sta Duplex

1945-02-25

Launching (wrong date)

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Locy Type FDC 2t(n+u)

1958-05-28

First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2(n+)

1968-09-08

Note:

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u)

1961-08-12

Note:

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1969-09-08

Cachet by Frederick L. Karcher. FRAUDULENT use of the "FREE" mail privilege.

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1969-09-08

Backside of the cover showing the GALVESTON ship marking.

 

Locy Type 7qt(nu)

1968-07-12

Note:

 

Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u)

1970-04-09

Last Day Postal Service

 

Other Information

GALVESTON received the following awards during her Naval career - Navy Expeditionary Service Medal National Defense Service Medal- Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Service Medal w/ 6 Campaign stars - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross.

NAMESAKE - A coastal city in southeastern Texas located on Galveston Island.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named GALVESTON - USS Galveston CL-19 and USS Galveston CLG-3.

 

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