ARKANSAS BB 33

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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.


    Wyoming Class Battleship
    Keel Laid 25 January 1910 - Launched 14 January 1911

  1. USS ARKANSAS Battleship No. 33
    Commissioned 17 September 1912

  2. USS ARKANSAS BB-33
    Designated (BB) 17 July 1920
    Decommissioned 29 July 1946

    Struck from Naval Register 15 August 1946
    Sunk 25 July 1946 during Atomic Bomb Test "Baker" Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands

 

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Arkansas BB-33 Covers Page 1    (1914-34)
  2. USS Arkansas BB-33 Covers Page 2    (1935-46)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
---
Killer Bar Text

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


 

1913

N/A

Photo Postcard of ship



Post Office Established September 17 1912 - Disestablished June 5 1946


 

Locy Type 1z

1918-05-07

Censored, WWI use


 

Locy Type 2

1914-12-20

Real-photo postcard of battleship USS Florida BB-30 postmarked 1914 onboard battleship USS Arkansas BB-33. Scott #405b or similar Washington booklet single. From Arkansas sailor Henry E. Thrasher to Fern Kschinska in Dushore PA. Divided-back black and white photo postcard, maker Waterman, battleship titled "U.S.S. FLORIDA".


 

Locy Type
2(n)

Oct 27 1945

1945-10-27

"Victory Cancel"


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1946-07-01

Atomic Test


 

Locy Type
3 (A)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. A-48b

1915-03-22

Real-photo postcard of Guantanamo, Cuba, postmarked 1915 onboard battleship USS Arkansas BB-33. Scott #405b or similar Washington booklet single. From Arkansas sailor Henry E. Thrasher to Fern Kschinska in Dushore PA. Divided-back black and white photo postcard, no maker, no title, Fleet Canteen building and flat fields ringed by hills.


 

Locy Type
3 (A)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. A-48b

1915-08-12

Real-photo postcard of the Atlantic Fleet battle line postmarked 1915 onboard battleship USS Arkansas BB-33 at Newport, Rhode Island. Scott #405b or similar Washington booklet single. From Arkansas sailor Henry E. Thrasher to Fern Kschinska in Dushore PA. Divided-back black and white photo postcard, no maker, column of fifteen battleships titled "U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET MAKING A TURN TO RIGHT. MARCH 1915."


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. A-48d

1917-04-08

Censored, WWI use


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-BBT)

1939-02-22

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-BBT)

"PHILA /
PA"

1938-05-20

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTB)

"CHERBOURG /
FRANCE"

1936-07-20

Handpainted cachet


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTB)

1937-07-18

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
3 (BC-TTT)

"ANNAPOLIS / MD"

1935-06-07

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
3 (BC-TTT)

"COPENHAGEN /
DENMARK"

1935-07-12

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type 3b

1915-05-24

Note:


 

Locy Type
3b (BC-XTX)

"PASSAGE TO /
HAMPTON RD"

1935-08-14

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
3bs (B-BXT)

"NEW YORK / N Y"

1935-09-20

Note:


 

Locy Type 3s

"ADDRESS / TO BOX" ?

1923-03-29

Note:


 

Locy Type
3s (B-BBT)

"NAPLES / ITALY"

1934-07-14

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
3z (BTB)

1942-06-21

Censored, WWII use


 

Locy Type
3z (BTT)

1941-09-10

Note:


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

1932-11-22

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

"YORKTOWN /
VIRGINIA"

1931-10-19

Presidential Visit, cachet by Walter G. Crosby


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

"NAVY YARD /
B'KLYN, N.Y"

1934-10-27

Navy Day


 

Locy Type 6

1929-07-27

Port Visit to Weymouth England, cachet by Groves


 

Locy Type
7dr

1936-02-29

USCS Cachet. Leap Year postmark


 

Locy Type
7qt(1)

1946-03-20

Note:


 

Locy Type
7qt(1)

1946-07-01

Notes:


 

Locy Type
7qtz(2)

1945-03-17

Note:


 

Locy Type 8

1931-02-24

Note:


 

Locy Type 9v

1925-01-09

Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type 9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. A-48i

1946-03-20

Mark clipped from registered receipt and attached to cover


 

Locy Type 9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. A-48k

1941-11-13

Mark from back of USS NEW YORK BB-34 cover


 

Locy Type
9efw

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. A-48m

1942-01-21

Note:


 

Locy Type F

"MARINE CORPS /
CRUISE"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. A-48p

1936-02-11

USMC Cruise
Roland E. Hopkins


 

Locy Type F

"BOSTON NAVY YD /
3 ALM. P.O. FIRE"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-2

1935-09-24

3 Alarm fire at the Boston Navy yard, postmark created by John E. Gill


 

Locy Type P
(9v, name removed)

1944-11-30

Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

ARKANSAS earned 4 Battle Stars for her WWII service

NAMESAKE - Named for the State of Arkansas

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name ARKANSAS - USS Arkansas (Screw Steamer 1863), USS Arkansas BM-7, USS Arkansas BB-33 and USS Arkansas CGN-41


 


 

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