CALIFORNIA CGN 36

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.

California Class Guided Missile Cruiser Keel Laid January 23 1970 - Launched September 22 1971 USS CALIFORNIA DLGN-36 Commissioned February 16 1974 USS CALIFORNIA CGN-36 Redesignated (CGN) July 1 1975 Decommissioned July 9 1999 Scrapped May 12 2000

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     (1979-81)

 

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 --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

 

USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA

1970-01-23 to 1970-01-23

Keel Laying

 

USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA

1970-01-23 to 1970-01-23

Keel Laying

 

Locy Type 2 USS Waccamaw AO-109

1971-09-22 to 1971-09-22

Christening

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "Christening Of / The USS / California" Newport News VA

1971-09-22 to 1971-09-22

Launching
Fred Karcher

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "Christening Of / The USS / California" Newport News VA

1971-09-22 to 1971-09-22

Launching
Fred Karcher

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n)

1974-02-16

Commissioning, cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

N/A

1974-02-16 to 1974-02-16

N/A

Commissioning Booklet courtesy of Tom Armstrong

 

Locy Type 2(n)(USS)

1975-06-30 to 1975-06-30

Last Day as DLGN-36
Rich Hoffner, 98 Covers Serviced
Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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

1975-07-01 to 1975-07-01

First Day as CGN-36
Rich Hoffner, 123 Covers Serviced
Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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

1975-07-01 to 1975-07-01

First Day as CGN-36

 

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

1988-02-22 to 1988-02-22

Presidents Day
Herb Gordon

 

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

1988-10-24 to 1988-10-24

U.N. Day
Herb Gordon

 

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

1989-02-16 to 1989-02-16

15th Anniversary
Tom Armstrong

 

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

1989-05-29 to 1989-05-29

Port Visit
Tom Armstrong

 

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

1989-08-03 to 1989-08-03

Port Visit
Tom Armstrong
USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

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

1990-04-16 to 1990-04-16

Entered Drydock #4 Today Tom Armstrong

 

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

1990-05-18 to 1990-05-18

Tom Armstrong

 

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

1990-11-15 to 1990-11-15

Official Ship Mail
Tom Armstrong

 

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

1990-12-25 to 1990-12-25

Merry Christmas
Tom Armstrong

 

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

1990-12-25 to 1990-12-25

Merry Christmas
Tom Armstrong

 

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

1991-01-01 to 1991-01-01

Happy New Year
Tom Armstrong
This cover is also postmarked from the USS Truxtun CGN-35, USS Nimitz CVN-68, USS Carl Vinson CVN-70, USS Camden AOE-2 and "Naval Base Station" Bremerton, WA

 

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

1991-12-07 to 1991-12-07

Pearl Harbor Day
Tom Armstrong

 

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

1991-12-21 to 1991-12-21

Change of Command
Tom Armstrong

 

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

1991-12-25 to 1991-12-25

Merry Christmas
Tom Armstrong

 

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

1991-12-25 to 1991-12-25

Merry Christmas
Tom Armstrong

 

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

1992-09-28 to 1992-09-28

Tom Armstrong

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u)(USS)

1990-07-04 to 1990-07-04

Independence Day
Tom Armstrong

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u)(USS) USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Station" Bremerton, WA

1992-12-25 to 1992-12-25

Merry Christmas
Tom Armstrong

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u)(USS)

1992-12-25 to 1992-12-25

Merry Christmas
Tom Armstrong

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1. Covers Page 2    (1993-2001)

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of California

 

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