SALEM CA 139

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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.


    Des Moines Class Heavy Cruiser
    Keel Laid July 4 1945 - Launched March 25 1947

  1. USS SALEM CA-139
    Commissioned May 14 1949 - Decommissioned January 30 1959

    Struck from Naval Register July 1 1991
    Donated October 13 1993 as a Museum Ship

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

  1. USS Salem CA-139 Covers Page 1    (1954-57)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
FDC 2t(nu)

1949-05-14

First Day of Commission


 

Locy Type
2

1954-03-20

Sailor's Mail datelined from Cuba


 

Locy Type
2

1954-03-20

The sender, William T. Gmahle, was also a Cachetmaker of Naval covers.


 

Locy Type
2

1954-04-19

Crosby style thermo cachet with ship's photo.


 

Locy Type
2(n)

1957-10-07
to
1957-10-08

Pen strengthened


 

Locy Type
2r

1954-05-14

Note:


 

Locy Type
9fu

1957-10-07
to
1957-10-08

Pen strengthened


 

Locy Type
LDPS 2r

1958-10-31

George Sadworth cachet.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - The Town of Salem in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio and Oregon.

 


 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 


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