VERMONT BB 20

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.

USS VERMONT Battleship No. 20
Commissioned March 4 1907 - Decommissioned June 30 1920
Designated (BB) July 17 1920, While in reserve

Struck from Naval Register November 10 1923
Sold November 30 1923 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1909-17)

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

No Image

Picture postcard

USPO Duplex

Stonington CT

1910-06-13

Picture postcard

Post Office Established July 29 1908 - Disestablished April 15 1915

Locy Type
1

1909-02-26

Note:

Locy Type
3

"VERA CRUZ /
MEXICO"

1914-08-26

Picture postcard from Japan

Locy Type
9v

1914-12-04
to
1914-12-07

Mark from back of cover

Post Office Reestablished October 3 1916 - Disestablished June 30 1920

Locy Type
3 (AC)

1917-08

Censored wartime (WWI) use

USPS Pictorial

"Great White Fleet
Post Office Station"

Washington DC

2008-02-22

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet Cachet for Vermont BB-20, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

USPS Pictorial

"USS VERMONT
BB-20 Station"

Norfolk VA

2009-01-07

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the State of Vermont

Two ships of the US Navy have been named VERMONT - USS Vermont (Ship of the Line 1848) and USS Vermont BB-20.

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