PHOENIX CL 46

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.

Brooklyn Class Light Cruiser
Keel Laid April 15 1935 - Launched March 13 1938


1. USS PHOENIX CL 46
   Commissioned October 3 1938 - Decommissioned July 3 1946
   
   
2. DIECISIETE DE OCTUBRE C 4 (Argentine Naval Service)
   Transferred to Argentina April 9 1951
   Commissioned October 17 1951
   
   
3. GENERAL BELGRANO (Argentine Naval Service)
   Renamed 1956
   SUNK (Torpedoes) May 2 1982 during Falkland Islands War by HMS CONQUERER S-48

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1938-46)

 

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 October 3 1938 - Disestablished January 28 1946

 

Locy Type FDC 3r Oct 3, 1938 "COMMISSION / DATE"

1938-10-03

Commissioning, cachet by Lloyd A. Nace

 

Locy Type FDC 3r Oct 3, 1938 "COMMISSION / DATE"

1938-10-03

Commissioning, cachet by Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type FDC 3r Oct 3, 1938 "COMMISSION / DATE"

1938-10-03

Commissioning, cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1946-02-22

Collector's Mail

 

Locy Type 2z

1943-12-08

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 2z*

1944-10-01

Official mail.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1941-08-19

Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA., PA."

1938-11-24

Thanksgiving. Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. Postmarked from USS Turkey AM 13 also.

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "PORT OF SPAIN / TRINIDAD"

1938-12-05

Shakedown cruise. Cachet by Al Cohen

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "DOMAIN OF / NEPTUNE REX"

1938-12-13

Shakedown cruise

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "BUENOS AIRES / ARGENTINA"

1939-01-03

Shakedown cruise, cachet by Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "CROSSING / EQUATOR"

1939-01-19

Shakedown Cruise, cachet by Edward Hacker

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA"

1939-05-15

US Fleet at New York World's Fair, cachet by Edward Hacker

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)

1940-12-19

Sailor's mail to Sears Roebuck.

 

Locy Type 3z

1943-04-05

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 9v

1938-11-11

Armistice Day, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type 9vz

1943-11-15

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 9efw

1938-11-11

Armistice Day, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type 9efw

1939-07-24

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

Locy Type 9x

1938-11-09

Struck on blank envelope

 

Locy Type 9x

1938-11-11

Armistice Day, cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

Locy Type F "FLAG / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-23

1940-06-14

Patriotic cachet, unknown maker. "First Day Rites" is also FDR using the red letters.

 

Locy Type F "NAVY / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-23

1945-10-27

"The U.S.C.S. Catalog of United States Naval Postmarks 1997 edition states that the P-23 marking used in 1945 may be a fake."
Cachet by Walter Lupton

 

Locy Type F "MERRY / CHRISTMAS" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-23

1945-12-25

"The U.S.C.S. Catalog of United States Naval Postmarks 1997 edition states that the P-23 marking used in 1945 may be a fake."

 

Locy Type Fxz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-23a

c1941

Favor cancel on stamp block applied to cover

 

Locy Type Fake USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3

1942-03-12

Cachet and postmark by Sibley's Department Store (Hobby Shop).

 

Other Information

PHOENIX earned 9 battle stars for her World War II service
* Pearl Harbor December 7 1941

Was the last surviving warship present in Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Phoenix, Arizona

 

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