ALABAMA BB 8

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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.

    Illinois Class Battleship
    Keel Laid December 1 1896 - Launched May 18 1898

  1. USS ALABAMA Battleship No. 8
    Commissioned October 16 1900 - Decommissioned August 17 1909
    Recommissioned July 25 1912 - Decommissioned May 7 1920
    Used by U.S. Army for bombing tests 1921

    Hulk scrapped 1924

 

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 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.

  1. Covers Page 1    (1912-19,2008)

 

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.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

USPO Flag Cancel

Boston MA

1917-06-14

Picture postcard



2nd Commissioning July 25 1912 to May 7 1920


 

Locy Type
1z

1918-08-12

Censored wartime (WWI) use


 

Locy Type
2t

1919-07-05

Sailors Mail


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. A-64

1912-10-25

Picture postcard of the Philadelphia Zoo


 

Locy Type
9v

1917-05-23

Registered and Censored.


 

Locy Type
9v

1917-05-23

Registered and Censored.



 

USPS Pictorial
Postmark

"Great White
Fleet Station"

Tacoma WA

2008-06-02

100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No 4, USCS


 

USPS Pictorial
Postmark

"USS Alabama
BB-8 Station"

San Diego CA

2009-01-09

100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named in Honor of the state of Alabama.

 


 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 


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