SEATTLE IX 39

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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.

    Tennessee Class Armored Cruiser
    Keel Laid 23 September 1903 - Launched 18 March 1905

  1. USS WASHINGTON Armored Cruiser No. 11
  2. Commissioned 7 August 1906 - Decommissioned 9 July 1912
    Placed In Service as Receiving Ship 20 July 1913
    Recommissioned 23 April 1914 - Decommissioned 31 March 1916

  3. USS SEATTLE Armored Cruiser No. 11
  4. Recommissioned and Renamed 9 November 1916
    Decommissioned 14 February 1921

  5. USS SEATTLE CA-11
  6. Designated (CA) 17 July 1920 while in Reserve
    Recommissioned 1 March 1923
    Placed In Service 29 August 1927 as US Receiving Ship - Brooklyn NY
    Decommissioned 15 September 1927

  7. USS SEATTLE (Receiving Ship)
  8. Designation dropped 1 July 1931

  9. USS SEATTLE IX-39
  10. Designated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) 19 February 1941
    Placed Out of Service 28 June 1946

    Struck from Naval Register 19 July 1946
    Sold 3 December 1946 for scrap

 

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).

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  1. USS Washington Armored Cruiser No. 11 Covers Page 1    (1908-1915)
  2. USS Seattle IX-39 Covers Page 1    (1917-1941)
  3. USS Seattle IX-39 Covers Page 2    (1937 Postmark RS-B-1h)

 

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

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image

USS WASHINGTON ACR-11

Post Office Established 15 August 1908 - Disestablished 22 February 1914


 

Locy Type 1

(1908 year date)

1908-12-21

From the Steve Shay collection.


 

Locy Type 1

(1909 year date)

1909-05-28

From the Bob Reisinger collection.


 

Locy Type
1ay (RECD)

1911-12-12

From the Bob Reisinger collection.


 

Locy Type 2 (C)

1912-05-18

From the Bob Reisinger collection.


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

"VERA CRUZ /
MEXICO"

(1914)

1914-06-23

Facing slip. Courtesy of Stewart Milstein.


 

Locy Type
3b (C) (OOX)

1915-02-12

From the Bob Reisinger collection.


 

Locy Type
3 (A)

"PORT AU /
PRINCE HAITI"

(1915)

1915-03-04

From the Bob Reisinger collection.


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

"PORTAPRINCE /
HAITI"

(1915)

1915-09-10

Note:


 

Locy Type 9v (C)

1909-05-28

From the Bob Reisinger collection.


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. W-9

1911-01-28

Note:


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. W-9a

1912-07-09

Picture postcard from Ft. Monroe, VA



USS SEATTLE CA-11

Post Office Established 1 December 1916 - Disestablished 14 February 1921


 

Locy Type
1z

1918-04-09

Censored WWI use


 

Locy Type
3 (AC)

1917-03-15

Picture postcard from Santiago de Cuba


 

Locy Type
9v

1917-01-09

Mark from back of cover



USS SEATTLE CA-11

Post Office Reestablished 2 April 1923 - Disestablished 1 September 1927


 

Locy Type
3 (A)

"PORTLAND /
MAINE"

1927-08-12

Note:



U.S. RECEIVING SHIP In Service 29 August 1927 to 28 June 1946


 

Locy Type 3

"NAVY DAY /
USS SEATTLE"

Brooklyn, N.Y. /
U.S. Receiving Ship

(Small Letters)

1933-10-27

Navy Day, cachet by the Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS


 

Locy Type 3

"USS /
SEATTLE"

Brooklyn, N.Y. /
U.S. Receiving Ship

(Large Letters)

1938-03-08

Cachet by Ted Rauterberg


 

Locy Type 9

Brooklyn, N.Y. /
U.S. Receiving Ship

1935-07-04

Note:


 

Locy Type 9

"Brooklyn, N.Y. /
U.S. Receiving Ship"

1935-07-04

Postmark is printed in silver. From the Rich Hoffner collection.


 

Locy Type 9
w/ Slogan Box

New York, N.Y. /
Receiving Sta. Br.

"NAVY DAY /
U.S.S. SEATTLE"

USCS Receiving
Ships Catalog
Postmark Illus. RS-N-1a

1945-10-27

Navy Day


 

Brooklyn Receiving
Ship Fancy Cancel

"Daniel Boone /
Anniversary of Birth"

US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY

USCS Receiving
Ships Catalog
Postmark Illus. RS-B-1a

1935-02-11

Daniel Boone Bicentennial.


 

Brooklyn Receiving
Ship Fancy Cancel

"WASHINGTON /
MONUMENT /
DEDICATED"

US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY

USCS Receiving
Ships Catalog
Postmark Illus. RS-B-1b

1935-02-21

50th Anniversary of the Washington Monument Dedication. Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.


 

Brooklyn Receiving
Ship Fancy Cancel

"Memorial Day"

US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY

USCS Receiving
Ships Catalog
Postmark Illus. RS-B-1c

1935-05-30

Memorial Day 1935


 

Brooklyn Receiving
Ship Fancy Cancel

"Memorial Day /
May 30th 1935 /
Lest We Forget"

US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY

USCS Receiving
Ships Catalog
Postmark Illus. RS-B-1d

1935-05-30

Memorial Day 1935


 

Brooklyn Receiving
Ship Fancy Cancel

US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY

USCS Receiving
Ships Catalog
Postmark Illus. RS-B-1e

1936-12-25

Christmas Day from the back of the David R Annis cacheted cover.


 

Brooklyn Receiving
Ship Fancy Cancel

"Patriot's / Day"

US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY

USCS Receiving
Ships Catalog
Postmark Illus. RS-B-1g

1937-04-19

Note:


 

Brooklyn Receiving
Ship Fancy Cancel

"A Daring / Act"

US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY

USCS Receiving
Ships Catalog
Postmark Illus. RS-B-1h

1937-02-16

Note:


 

Locy Type P

US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY

U.S.S. corrected to U.S.

1941-07-23

Thermographed cachet by George V. Sadworth.


 

Locy Type
SLK

"The Receiving Ship at New York /
Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y."

1937-03-01

From the Rich Hoffner collection.


 

Locy Type
SLK3s
(44x3)

"U.S.S. SEATTLE /
Brooklyn, N.Y.
April 19, 1937"

1937-04-19

From the Bob Reisinger collection.


 

Locy Type
SLPb

1937-02-25

Note:



Received Markings and other "Killers"


 

Locy Type
Receiving mark

"Captain's Office /
Receiving Ship /
At New York"

1937-04-23

Note:


 

Locy Type
Receiving Mark

1935-02-22

Washington Monument Dedicated. Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.


 

Locy Type
INSURED Marking

1937-04-19

From the Bob Reisinger collection.


 

Locy Type 9

Brooklyn, N.Y. /
U.S. Receiving Ship

With "Ship" Killer

1935-09-14

Launching of USS Conyngham DD-371. Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.


 

Locy Type 9

Brooklyn, N.Y. /
U.S. Receiving Ship

With "Unknown" Killer

1935-10-28

Launching of USS Cassin DD-372. Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.


 

Locy Type 9

Brooklyn, N.Y. /
U.S. Receiving Ship

With "Anchor" Killer

1935-10-28

Launching of USS Cassin DD-372. Cachet by John C. Von Losberg.

 

Other Information

USS WASHINGTON / SEATTLE earned the Mexican Service Medal, the Haitian Campaign Medal, the World War I Victory Medal w/ Escort Clasp, the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - (WASHINGTON) Named for the state of Washington.

NAMESAKE - (SEATTLE) Named for the city of Seattle, Washington.

The ship's sponsor was Miss Helen Stewart Wilson, daughter of United States Senator John L. Wilson of Washington state.

Ten ships of the US Navy have borne the name WASHINGTON - USS Washington (1775 Schooner), USS Washington (1776 Row Galley), USS Washington (1776 Frigate), USS Washington (1776 Lateen-Rigged Galley),
USS Washington (1814 Ship of the Line), USRC Washington (1833 Revenue Cutter), USS Washington ACR-11, USS Washington BB-47, USS Washington BB-56 and USS Washington SSN-787
The first six ships were named after George Washington, the last 4 were named after Washington state.

 


 

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