PENNSYLVANIA BB 38

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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.


    Pennsylvania Class Battleship
    Keel Laid October 27 1913 - Launched March 16 1915

  1. USS PENNSYLVANIA BB-38
    Commissioned June 12 1916 - Decommissioned August 29 1946
    Used in A-Bomb tests 1946

    Scuttled 1948 off Kwajalein

 

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1    (1916 to 1930)
  2. Covers Page 1a    (1931)
  3. Covers Page 2    (1932-01-31 to 1933-07-22)
  4. Covers Page 3    (1933-08-05 to 1934-03-17)
  5. Covers Page 4    (1934-04-01 to 1934-10-12)
  6. Covers Page 5    (1934-10-27 to 1934-12-24)
  7. Covers Page 6    (1935-01-01 to 1935-04-29)
  8. Covers Page 7    (1935-05-03 to 1935-07-29)
  9. Covers Page 8    (1935-08-04 to 1935-12-31)
  10. Covers Page 9    (1936-01-01 to 1936-12-24)
  11. Covers Page 10    (1937 to 1939)
  12. Covers Page 11    (1940 to 1946)

 

Postmarks

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>>> 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
Postmark Image		 Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

USPO
Machine Cancel
Pennsylvania

1918-01-18

Picture postcard taken during her Sea Trials


 

Locy Type
1u

1919-02-28
to
1919-03-12

Note:


 

Locy Type
1u

1919-02-28
to
1919-03-12

Note:


 

Locy Type
1au

1920-04-20

Note:


 

Locy Type
1z

1918-09-03

Censored Wartime (WWI) use


 

Locy Type
1z

1918-12-09

Christmas postcard from the ship.


 

Locy Type
1z

1918-12-09

Christmas postcard from the ship.


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

"FORTRESS /
MONROE VA"

1916-11-09

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

(Killer Bar /
Text Censored)

1917-03-23

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (A)

"SAN PEDRO /
CALIF."

1925-12-01
to
1932-07-30

Postcard use


 

Locy Type
3

"FIRST DAY /
OLYMPIC GAMES"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15

1932-07-30

Note:


 

Locy Type
3

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15

1932-07-30

Note:


 

Locy Type
3

"RETURN HAWAII /
WAR GAME OVER"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15

1935-05-25

Cachet by Kalakahu Stamp Club, The Honolulu Advertiser and Robert M. Graham


 

Locy Type
3 AT SEA

USCS Catalog
Illustration
P-15

1933-03-09

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (B-TBT)

1933-11-30

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (B-TBT)
(AT SEA)

1934-05-31

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (B, AT SEA)
(Killer bars removed)

1935-01-24

Unlisted Type 3 (B-TBT) with bars removed


 

Locy Type
3 (BC-TTT)

"FLEET /
FLAGSHIP"

1935-02-14

Valentines Day 1935


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TBB)

1935-12-31

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTT)

"HAWAIIAN /
ISLANDS"

1936-08-08

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTT)

1935-02-22

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-TTT)
(AT SEA)

1935-02-12

Note:


 

Locy Type
3 (A-BTT)

1940-02-12

Note:


 

Locy Type
3ef

"PT ANGELES /
WASH"

1927-08-16

Note:


 

Locy Type
3s

1930-10-27

Note:


 

Locy Type
3y
("DATE CENSORED")

1935-05-25

Note:


 

Locy Type
3y
(" '15 ")

1935-05-07

Note:


 

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

1941-11-18

Note:


 

Locy Type
5hks

"PACIFIC LOCKS /
PANAMA CANAL"

1931-08-12

Note:


 

Locy Type
5s

"NAVY YARD /
PHILA PA"

1929-08-01
to
1929-08-22

Note:


 

Locy Type
5s

"NAVY YARD /
PHILA PA"

1929-08-01
to
1929-08-22

Note:


 

Locy Type
6i

1932-02-22

Washingtons Birthday 1932


 

Locy Type
6i

1941-10-11

Note:


 

Locy Type
7
1921

1921-11-15
to
1923-05-04

Note:


 

Locy Type
7
1927-1931

1929-04-10

Note:


 

Locy Type
7d

1941-07-15

Note:


 

Locy Type
7d

1939-01-18

Note:


 

Locy Type
7di

"SAN PEDRO /
CALIF."

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15a

1931-09-14

Note:


 

Locy Type
7di

"SAN PEDRO /
CALIF."

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15a

1931-09-14

Note:


 

Locy Type
7drz

1942-09-24
to
1943-02-11

Note:


 

Locy Type
7drz

1942-09-24
to
1943-02-11

Note:


 

Locy Type
8

1932-02-29

Leap Year Day 1932


 

Locy Type
8

1934-06-14

Note:


 

Locy Type
9

1935-01-30

FDR Birthday 1935


 

Locy Type
9

1935-01-15

Note:


 

Locy Type
9efv

1927-02-27

Note:


 

Locy Type
9v 1929

1931-02-09

Note:


 

Locy Type
9v 1931

1933-03-01

Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type
9v 1937-1940

1941-10-13

Note:


 

Locy Type
9w

1931-02-09

Note:


 

Locy Type
9efw 1935

1936-12-24

Note:


 

Locy Type
9efw 1940-1943

1941-10-13

Note:


 

Locy Type
9x 1930

1931-02-09

Note:
 

Locy Type
9x 1941

1941-10-11

Note:
 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15c

1946-04-09

Note:


 

Locy Type P
[3ef)
("NEW YORK, NY BR" removed]

1928-08-17

Note:
 

Locy Type P
(3ef)
("NEW YORK, NY BR" removed)

"SEATTLE / "

1928-08-29

Note:
 

Locy Type P
[3t)
("UNITED STATES FLEET"]
USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15e

"USS PENN / FLAG"

1934-11-20

Note:


 

Locy Type P
[3t)
("UNITED STATES FLEET"]
USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15e

1936-09-09

Note:


 

Locy Type P
(3t)
("U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP")
hollow star at bottom of dial]

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15f

1933-07-20

Note:
 

Locy Type P
(3t)
("U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP")
hollow star at bottom of dial]

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15f

1931-09-15
to
1933-08-05

Note:
 

Locy Type
PPB

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15b

1940's

Note:


 

Locy Type
PPB

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15b

1930-00-00

Note:


 

Locy Type
PPR

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. P-15d

1935-02-22

Washingtons Birthday 1935


 

Locy Type
SLKb (41x6)

1927-02-27

Straightline mark


 

Locy Type
SL2bs (18x3)
(PENN.)

1935-01-30

Straightline marking


 

Locy Type
SL2bs (18x3)
(PENN.)

1935-01-30

Straightline marking


 

Locy Type
SL2l (33x3)

1925-00-00

Note: Date is only a best guess.


 

Locy Type
SLP3st (71x3)

1936-12-06

Note:


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2(n)

1946-05-13

Last Day Postal Service


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2(n)

1946-09-13

Note: Cachet is thermographed.

 

Other Information

PENNSYLVANIA earned 8 Battle Stars (WWII)
* Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 at The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of Pennsylvania

 

Real photo (date unknown)

 

 

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