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 March 10 1903 - Launched September 29 1904


1. USS CONNECTICUT Battleship No. 18
   Commissioned September 29 1906 - Decommissioned August 22 1915
   Recommissioned October 3 1916
   
   
2. USS CONNECTICUT BB-18
   Redesignated (BB) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned March 1 1923
   
   Struck from Naval Register November 10 1923
   Sold November 1 1923 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1909-22)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Non-posted

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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 July 16 1908 - Disestablished August 21 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 October 3 1916 - Disestablished February 28 1923

 

Locy Type 1z

1918-07-14

Censored wartime (WWI) use

 

Locy Type 3

1918-03-23

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Locy Type 3s (C)

1921-05-25

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Locy Type 3s (C)

1922-06-29

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

1908-10-18 to 1908-10-24

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 to 1908-10-24

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 to 1909

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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

 

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