TEXAS BB 35

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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.

    New York Class Battleship
    Keel Laid April 17 1911 - Launched May 18 1912

  1. USS TEXAS Battleship No. 35
    Commissioned March 12 1914

  2. USS TEXAS BB-35
    Designated (BB) July 17 1920
    Decommissioned April 21 1948

    Struck from Naval Register April 21 1948
    Preserved as memorial at La Porte, TX

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1    (1918-42)

 

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


 

Unused

1920
to
1925

Picture postcard titled "U.S.S. Texas Passing Culebra Cut, Panama Canal"



 

Locy Type
3 (BC)

"NAVY (YARD) /
NEW Y(ORK)"

1915-12-21

Christmas card from the ship


 

Locy Type
3 (BC)

1915-12-21

Christmas card from the ship


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

"ROSYTH /
SCOTLAND"

1918-11-22

Note:


 

Locy Type
3z (TTB)

1942-10-19

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

"LONG BEACH /
CALIFORNIA"

1932-04-11

Fleet Concentration, cachet by Long Beach Chamber of Commerce


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

"COLUMBUS DAY /
SAN PEDRO"

1933-10-12

Columbus Day


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

"MEMORIAL DAY /
AT SEA"

1934-05-30

Memorial Day


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

"FLEET PASSING /
IN REVIEW"

1934-05-31

FDR Reviews the Fleet, cachet by C. Wright Richell


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

"SAN PEDRO /
CALIFORNIA"

1934-11-09

Cachet by NMC E. O. Tauer. His name is printed in the lower right corner.


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

"LOS ANGELES /
HARBOR"

1934-11-09

Cachet by NMC E. O. Tauer. His name is printed in the lower right corner.


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

"THE /
ALAMO"

1936-03-06

Remember The Alamo! Cachet by Sidney N. Bremer and Edward E. Bryan


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

"NAVY /
DAY"

1936-10-27

Navy Day 1936.


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

"MERRY /
CHRISTMAS"

1936-12-25

Christmas Day 1936. Cachet by Jack McLennan


 

Locy Type
5hks (C)

"ANNAPOLIS /
MD"

1937-07-03

First Atlantic Coast Naval Reserve Cruise, cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky


 

Locy Type
6

1931-11-11

Cachet Category: Armistice Day, Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby


 

Locy Type
7t

1919-05-12
to
1919-05-12

Notes:


 

Locy Type
7qt

1934-09-18

Patriotic cachet by C. Stephen Anderson. Annotation on front by NMC E. O. Tauer states this is the First Day of Use for this machine.


 

Locy Type
7qt

1934-11-10

Welcome Home, cachet by Admiral Joseph M. Reeves Chapter No. 14, USCS


 

Locy Type
7qt ("AT SEA")

1937-07-29

Note:


 

Locy Type
7qtz

1942-10-03

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

Locy Type
8

1934-02-12

Lincoln's Birthday


 

Locy Type
8

1934-02-22

Washington's Birthday


 

Locy Type
8 (At Sea)

1932-07-22

Official Business


 

Locy Type
9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-12f

1929-05-28

Registered, Philatelic mail


 

Locy Type
9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-12f

1929-05-28

Registered, Philatelic mail


 

Locy Type
9v

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-12h

1939-04-01

Note:


 

Locy Type
9efw

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-12j

1939-04-01

Note:


 

Locy Type
9x (C)

1939-04-01

Note:


 

Locy Type
PPB

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-12l

1934-02-22

Washington's Birthday. This marking has not tied the stamps to the cover. There is no postmark ink showing through so these stamps were precancelled and then applied to the envelope.


 

Locy Type
PPB

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-12l

1930-00-00

Note: Postmark date is unknown. 1930 is a guess.


 

Locy Type
PPR

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-12m

1930-00-00

Note:


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-12n

1918-05-28

Censored wartime (WWI) use


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. T-12p

1937-05-30

Note:


 

Locy Type P

(FLEET FLAGSHIP T-3s
with "USS TEXAS"
in killers)

1931-09-15

Note:


 

 

Other Information

TEXAS earned 5 Battle Stars for WWII service

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of Texas

Four ships of the US Navy have been named USS TEXAS -
USS Texas Battleship No. 1, USS Texas BB-35, USS Texas CGN-39 and USS Texas SSN-775.

 

The following is a letter contained in the 1919-05-12 cover:

 

The following is a pamphlet contained in the 1919-05-12 cover:


 


 

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