TRENTON CL 11
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.
- Omaha Class Light Cruiser
- USS TRENTON CL-11
Commissioned April 19 1924 - Decommissioned December 20 1945
Struck from Naval Register January 21 1946
Sold December 29 1946 for scrap
Keel Laid August 18 1920 - Launched April 16 1923
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- USS Trenton CL-11 Covers Page 1 (1926-43)
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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Locy Type 2# |
1945-11-09 |
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Sailors Mail
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Locy Type |
1926-12-07 |
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Note:
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1934-10-12 |
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Columbus Day, cachet by C. Wright Richell
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Locy Type |
1934-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1934, cachet artist is York Briddell
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Locy Type |
1934-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1934, cachet artist is York Briddell
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Locy Type |
1934-11-03 |
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St. Petersburg FL welcomes USCGC Nemesis WPC-111. Cachet artist is York Briddell
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1935-10-12 |
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Columbus Day, serviced by William Judisch
COMSPERON = Flagship of the COMmander of the SPEcial Service SquadRON
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1935-12-25 |
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Christmas Day, serviced by C. Wright Richell and P. P. Lee, ANCS 65.
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1938-02-14 |
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Launch cachet for USS MAURY DD-401 by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. "S.S." in killer is Straits Settlements
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1937-12-25 |
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Christmas, cachet by William S. Linto
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1938-03-22 |
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1941-04-03 |
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Locy Type |
1929-09-27 |
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1943-07-23 |
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
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Locy Type |
1932-10-12 |
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Locy Type |
1935-04-05 |
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Notes: The "St. Petersburg, Fla" text inside the postmark is likely added manually.
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1935-06-22 |
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Add-on cachet by - Bruce D. Liddell
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1935-10-12 |
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Columbus Day, serviced by William Judisch
COMSPERON = Flagship of the COMmander of the SPEcial Service SquadRON tasked with "keeping order" in Latin America.
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1937-05-05 |
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Fleet Maneuvers, cachet by Douglas C. & Harry F. Wentz
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1935-09-30 |
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1937-10-31 |
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Happy Halloween, cachet by William S. Linto
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1939-05-30 |
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1939-05-30 |
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1939-05-30 |
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Other Information
TRENTON earned 1 battle star for WWII
NAMESAKE - The capital city of New Jersey and of Mercer County. It is located at the head of navigation on the Delaware River about 28 miles northeast of Philadelphia.
During the American Revolution, Trenton was the site of a decisive American victory. On Christmas night 1776, Washington led the remnants of the Continental Army across the Delaware River in a blinding snow storm. At dawn on 26 December, he caught the Hessian garrison at Trenton by surprise. This total victory netted the Americans 1,000 prisoners and huge quantities of small arms, cannon, and munitions. More importantly, it revived the cause of independence which had suffered greatly during the retreat from New York after the Battle of Long Island the previous August.
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