CONNECTICUT BB 18

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.

Connecticut Class Battleship Keel Laid 10 March 1903 - Launched 29 September 1904 USS CONNECTICUT Battleship No. 18 Commissioned 29 September 1906 - Decommissioned 22 August 1915 Temporary service as US Receiving Ship at Philadelphia PA Navy Yard in 1916 Recommissioned 3 October 1916 USS CONNECTICUT BB-18 Redesignated (BB) 17 July 1920 Decommissioned 1 March 1923 Struck from Naval Register 10 November 1923 Sold 1 November 1923 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Connecticut BB-18 Covers Page 1     (1909-1922)

 

Postmarks

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

 

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Hotel Chamberlin Fortress Monroe VA Picture postcard

 

USPO Flag Cancel Boston MA

1908-10-27

Picture postcard

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Post office established 16 July 1908 - Disestablished 21 August 1915

 

Locy Type 1

1909-09-01

Picture postcard of American Falls, Niagara, NY

 

Locy Type 1

1910-09-20

Picture postcard of US Post Office Newport News VA with shell border

 

Locy Type 1u (C)

1910-08-21

Picture postcard of Lovers Lane, Newport RI

 

Locy Type 2

1911-12-27

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Locy Type 3b (AC-XOX) "TAMPICO / MEXICO"

1914-01-27

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Post office reestablished 3 October 1916 - Disestablished 28 February 1923

 

Locy Type 1z

1918-07-14

Censored sailors mail

 

Locy Type 3 (1917)

1918-03-23

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Locy Type 3 (C) (1917)

1919-03-24

From the Bob Govern collection.
In the USCS Postmark Catalog, this cancel is listed as "Type 3 (1917)". However, this postmark is actually a "Type 3 (C) (1917)" because the period after the ships name is clearly visible.

 

Locy Type 3s (C)

1921-05-25

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Locy Type 3s (C)

1922-06-29

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Great White Fleet

 

Japan Pictorial "Commemoration of Visit of American Fleet Tokyo, Japan

1908-10-18

Great White Fleet. Picture postcard of Admiral Sperry and the USS Connecticut.

 

Japan Pictorial "Commemoration of Visit of American Fleet Tokyo, Japan

1908-10-18

Great White Fleet. Picture postcard of Admiral Sperry and the USS Connecticut.

 

Locy Type 1 USS Franklin

1909-04-09

Picture postcard of the USS Connecticut BB-18 gun crew.

 

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1908

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Picture postcard of the USS Connecticut BB-18. Great White Fleet.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS CONNECTICUT BB-18 Station" Norfolk VA

2008-08-09

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet. Cachet by Greg Ciesielski

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS CONNECTICUT BB-18 Station" Norfolk VA

2008-08-09

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100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet. Cachet by Dan Goodwin

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of Connecticut.

The ships sponsor was Miss Alice Brainard Welles, only granddaughter of the late Gideon Welles, famous Connecticut politician and Secretary of the Navy under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson.

Seven ships of the US Navy have borne the name CONNECTICUT - USS Connecticut (1776 Gundalow), USS Connecticut (1799), USS Connecticut (1861 Sidewheel Steamer),
USS Connecticut (1869 Frigate, ex USS Pompanoosuc), USS Connecticut (1899 Monitor, renamed USS Nevada), USS Connecticut BB-18 and USS Connecticut SSN-22.

 

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