WASHINGTON CHAMBERS T-AKE 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.
Keel Laid 25 August 2009 - Launched and Christened 11 September 2010 |
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This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 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.
- USNS Washington Chambers T-AKE-11 Covers Page 1 (2009-2011)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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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Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type F |
2011-02-12 |
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Delivery, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
NOTE: - Date for Delivery changed to 23 February 2011 and the FPO zip code is incorrect.
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Locy Type F |
2011-02-23 |
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Delivery, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
NOTE: - Correct Date for Delivery and FPO zip code is corrected.
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Locy Type F |
2011-05-08 |
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Centennial of Naval Aviation, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
NOTE: - FPO zip code 96663-4112 is incorrect.
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Locy Type F |
2011-05-08 |
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Centennial of Naval Aviation, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
NOTE: - FPO zip code 96662-4011 is correct.
USPS Pictorial Postmarks
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USPS Pictorial |
2011-02-23 |
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Accepted by the US Navy, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Captain Washington Irving Chambers, USN (1856–1934)
Chambers was a United States Navy officer who played a major role in the early development of Naval aviation, serving as the first officer to have oversight of the Navy's aviation program.
Chambers was born in Kingsport, New York in 1856 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1876. He served in various sea and shore billets from that time onwards, including on the celebrated Greely Relief Expedition under Commander Winfield Scott Schley. In 1907-09, he was Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance. Later on, he was placed in charge of the development of aviation in the Bureau of Navigation. Among his other accomplishments, Captain Chambers arranged for the first take-off and landing of an airplane on a ship, pioneered work on torpedoes, and submitted one of the first American designs for an all-big-gun battleship.
The ships sponsor is Loretta Penn, wife of former Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment and former Acting Secretary of the Navy, B.J. Penn.
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