BROOKLYN CA 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.

Brooklyn Class Armored Cruiser Keel Laid 2 August 1893 - Launched 2 October 1895 USS BROOKLYN Armored Cruiser No. 3 Commissioned 1 December 1896 - Decommissioned 16 May 1906 Recommissioned 30 June 1906 - Decommissioned 2 August 1906 Recommissioned April 1907 - Decommissioned 23 June 1908 Recommissioned 2 March 1914 USS BROOKLYN CA-3 Reclassified Heavy Cruiser (CA) 17 July 1920 Decommissioned 9 March 1921 Sold 20 December 1921 for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. USS Brooklyn Armored Cruiser No. 3 Covers Page 1     (1916-1917)

 

Postmarks

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

 

USPO Machine Cancel San Francisco CA

1900-04-06

N/A

Incoming mail to U.S.S. BROOKLYN at Yokohama Japan

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Post office established 2 March 1914 - Disestablished 9 March 1921

 

Locy Type 3 (BC)

1916-01-16

As Armored Cruiser No. 3

 

Locy Type 3a

1917-09-28

As Armored Cruiser No. 3. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

Locy Type 9v (C)

1917-01-19

As Armored Cruiser No. 3

 

Locy Type F USCS_Postmark Catalog Illus. B-107

1919-08-27

As Armored Cruiser No. 3. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

Other Information

USS BROOKLYN earned the Navy Expeditionary Medal (2 awards), the Sampson Medal, the Spanish Campaign Medal, the Philippine Campaign Medal, the China Relief Expedition Medal, the Cuban Pacification Medal and the World War I Victory Medal w/ Asiatic Clasp during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A city located at the southwestern end of Long Island, N.Y., that was incorporated into New York City in 1898 as one of six boroughs. During the American Revolution, the Battle of Long Island was fought on land that now constitutes Brooklyn, and the New York Navy Yard was established on its waterfront in 1801.

The ships sponsor was Miss Ida May Schieren, daughter of the Honorable Charles A. Schieren, Mayor of Brooklyn, New York.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name BROOKLYN - USS Brooklyn (1858 Screw Sloop), USS Brooklyn CA-3 and USS Brooklyn CL-40.

 

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