KENTUCKY BB 6

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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.


    Kearsarge Class Battleship
    Keel Laid June 30 1896 - Launched March 24 1898

  1. USS KENTUCKY Battleship No. 6
    Commissioned May 15 1900 - Decommissioned August 28 1909
    Recommissioned June 4 1912 - Decommissioned March 29 1920

    Struck from Naval Register May 27 1922
    Sold March 24 1923 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Kentucky BB-6 Covers Page 1    (1901-18,2008)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
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Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
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Cover Image

1st Commissioning May 15 1900 - August 28 1909


 

Duplex

MANILA P.I.

1902-03-24

N/A

USS KENTUCKY / ASIATIC STATION


 

Locy Type 1

1909-03-28

Picture postcard of the Chamberlin Hotel, Old Point Comfort, VA


 

Postcard

1909-03-28

Picture postcard of the Chamberlin Hotel, Old Point Comfort, VA


 

Locy Type 1

1909-05-29

Note:



2nd Commissioning June 4 1912 - March 29 1920


 

Locy Type
2rz

1918-11-14

Censored, World War II use


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

1917-09-17

Censored, World War II use


 

Locy Type 3

1917-01-17

Note:


 

Locy Type
3a

1916-04-10

N/A

Cut-piece


 

Locy Type F

"VERA CRUZ /
TO /
PHILADELPHIA"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. K-6

1916-01-18

N/A

Cut-piece


 

Locy Type F

"PHILADELPHIA"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. K-6

1916-07-22

Note:




 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"USS KENTUCKY
(BB-6) Station"

Staten Island NY

2008-10-18

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


 

Postcard

1908

N/A

Great White Fleet picture postcard


 

Non-posted

Picture postcard


 

Locy Type 1

USS FRANKLIN
Screw Frigate

1911-07-08

Photo postcard


 

Unused

N/A

Ship Postcard. "U. S. Battleship Kentucky"


 

Unused

N/A

"Gun deck of U. S. Battleship "Kentucky". Back "corrects" location

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for The State of Kentucky

Three ships of the US Navy have been named KENTUCKY - USS Kentucky BB-6, USS Kentucky BB-66 (Cancelled 1947) and USS Kentucky SSBN-737.

One ship of the Confederate Navy has been named KENTUCKY - CSS Kentucky (Transport 1862).

 


 

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