DETROIT CL 8

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.

Omaha Class Scout Cruiser
Ordered as Scout Cruiser CS-8
Reclassified Light Cruiser (CL) 17 June 1920
Keel Laid 10 November 1920 - Launched 29 June 1922


1. USS DETROIT CL-8
Commissioned 31 July 1923 - Decommissioned 11 January 1946

Sold 27 February 1946 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Detroit CL-8 Covers Page 1    (1924-1946)

 

Postmarks

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

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Post office established 3 December 1923 - Disestablished 9 January 1946

 

Locy Type 2z

1943-10-11

Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-11-19

Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type 3 (AC) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"

1924-11-16

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)

1935-09-13

Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 3b (BC-BXT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA"

1937-07-31

Note:

 

Locy Type 3r "GIBARALTER / SPAIN"

1927-10-15

Note:

 

Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "PEARL HARBOR / T. H."

1941-03-09

Note:

 

Locy Type 3s "NAVY YARD / BOSTON" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-20

1928-11-23

Note:

 

Locy Type 3s USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-20a

1933-03-30

Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

Locy Type 3z (BBT)

1943-03-28

Censored WWII use

 

Locy Type 6erp

1941-02-20

Note:
 

Locy Type 9 (C)

1926-11-10

Mark from back of cover
 

Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-20c

1940-05-01

Note:

 

Locy Type 9w

1927-01-18

Navy receipt, from the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 9efw

1940-05-01

Note:

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-05-01

Note:

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-20f

1945-09-02

Censored WWII use at Tokyo Bay

 

Locy Type LDPS 6erp

1946-01-10

Last Day Postal Service

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USS DETROIT - FLAGSHIP of DESTROYERS BATTLE FORCE

 

Locy Type P [T-3 (C-BBT)] DESTROYERS BATTLE FORCE "USS DETROIT / FLAGSHIP"

1935-07-07

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

Locy Type P [T-5hks Unlisted] DESTROYERS BATTLE FORCE "U S S DETROIT / FLAGSHIP"

1934-10-27

Destroyers Battle Force
Navy Day 1934

 

Locy Type P [T-5hks Unlisted] DESTROYERS BATTLE FORCE "U S S DETROIT / FLAGSHIP"

1934-10-27

Destroyers Battle Force
Navy Day 1934

 

Locy Type P [T-5hks Unlisted] DESTROYERS BATTLE FORCE "U S S DETROIT / FLAGSHIP"

1934-10-27

Destroyers Battle Force
Navy Day 1934

 

Other Information

USS DETROIT earned the Navy Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, the American Defense Service Medal w/ Fleet Clasp, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 6 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy WWII Occupation Medal w/ Japan Clasp during her Naval career.

USS DETROIT was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941

USS DETROIT was at Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 for the Japanese surrender.

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Detroit, Michigan.

The ships sponsor was Miss M. Couzens, daughter of the Mayor of Detroit, Mich.

Seven ships of the US Navy have borne the name DETROIT - USS Detroit (1813 20-gun ship), USS Detroit (1866 canceled), USS Detroit (1869 sloop-of-war), USS Detroit C-10, USS Detroit CL-8, USS Detroit AOE-4 and USS Detroit LCS-7.

 

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