SAN FRANCISCO CA 38
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.
- New Orleans Class Heavy Cruiser
- USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38 Commissioned 10 February 1934 - Decommissioned 10 February 1946
Keel Laid 9 September 1931 - Launched 9 March 1933
Stricken 1 March 1959 - Sold 9 September 1959 for scrap
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.
- USS San Francisco CA-38 Covers Page 1 (1934-1950)
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.
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Post Office Established 10 February 1934 - Post Office Discontinued 1 April 1946
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1934-02-10 |
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1934-02-10 |
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1946-02-25 |
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1945-06-19 |
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1934-06-14 |
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Flag Day, cachet by Myron F. McCamley and R. B. Hare
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1934-06-14 |
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Flag Day, cachet by Myron F. McCamley and R. B. Hare
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1935-12-25 |
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Christmas, cacheted
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1936-11-12 |
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Opening Day of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Cachet by Golden Bear Crew No. 14, ANCS
Also postmarked from USS California BB-44, USS Bridge AF-1 and USS Arctic AF-7 (on back).
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1939-03-18 |
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1941-04-24 |
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1941-12-07 |
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Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. The postmark is incorrect for the ship. The correct Type 3z postmark should be a Type 3z (BBT) and looking closely, the stamp was added over the postmark. The postmark, with it's patriotic battle cry, is backdated.
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1941-09-01 |
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1939-10-27 |
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Cachet is thermographed, cachet by Walter G. Crosby.
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1937-02-15 |
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1936-02-10 |
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1943-10-30 |
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1935-05-28 |
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1936-10-12 |
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Postmarks also for: USS Arctic AF-7 - USS Smith DD-378 - USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 and backstamped from Vallejo, CA / Mare Island Branch - Cachet Category Columbus Day
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1939-10-27 |
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Cachet is thermographed.
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1939-10-27 |
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Cachet is thermographed.
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1939-10-27 |
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Cachet is thermographed.
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1946-04-01 |
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Last Day of Postal Service. Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler.
Other Information
USS SAN FRANCISCO earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the Navy Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Navy China Service Medal, the American Defense Service Medal w/Fleet Clasp, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 17 Battle stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the Navy World War II Occupation Medal w/ Asia Clasp and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon during her Naval career.
USS SAN FRANCISCO was at Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 at The Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
NAMESAKE - Named for the city of San Francisco, CA
The ships sponsor was Miss Barbara M. Bailly.
Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name SAN FRANCISCO - USS San Francisco C-5, USS San Francisco CA-38 and USS San Francisco SSN-711.
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