{"product_id":"original-u-s-wwii-navy-ship-flat-cap-tally-lot-with-research-nine-total","title":"Original U.S. WWII Navy Ship Flat Cap Tally Lot with Research - Nine Total","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Items. Only One Lot Available. This is an excellent lot of nine different U.S. Navy flat hat tallies for use by the Navy during the WWII period. All tallies have ship names and come with a small amount of research information on the ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ships include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- USS Illinois - USS Illinois (hull number: BB-7) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the United States Navy. She was the lead ship of the Illinois class, and was the second ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for the 21st state. Her keel was laid down in February 1897 at the Newport News Shipbuilding \u0026amp; Dry Dock Company, and she was launched in October 1898. She was commissioned in September 1901. The ship was armed with a main battery of four 13-inch (330 mm) guns and she had a top speed of 16 knots (30 km\/h; 18 mph).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- TWO EXAMPLES of USS New Mexico, hull number BB-40, was a battleship in service with the United States Navy from 1918 to 1946. She was the lead ship of a class of three battleships, and the first ship to be named for the state of New Mexico. Her keel was laid down on 14 October 1915 at the New York Navy Yard, from which she was launched on 23 April 1917 and commissioned on 20 May 1918. New Mexico was the U.S. Navy's most advanced warship and its first battleship with a turbo-electric transmission, which helped her reach a maximum speed of 21 knots (39 km\/h; 24 mph). The tallies come with a 1927-dated Navy Day booklet for the ship. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- TWO EXAMPLES USS Mississippi, hull number BB-41, the second of three members of the New Mexico class of battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 20th state. The ship was built at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company of Newport News, Virginia, from her keel laying in April 1915, her launching in January 1917, and her commissioning in December that year. She was armed with a battery of twelve 14-inch (356 mm) guns in four three-gun turrets, and was protected by heavy armor plate, with her main belt armor being 13.5 inches (343 mm) thick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- USS Houston (CL\/CA-30), was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to bear the name \"Houston\". The ship was originally classified as a light cruiser (hull number CL-30). Houston was redesignated a heavy cruiser (CA-30) on 1 July 1931, as the provisions of the 1930 London Naval Treaty classified ships with 8-inch (20.3 cm) main battery guns as heavy cruisers. The ship was \u003cstrong\u003eSunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait, 1 March 1942.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- USS Honolulu (CL-48) of the United States Navy was a Brooklyn-class light cruiser active in the Pacific War (World War II). Honolulu was launched in 1937 and commissioned in 1938. She was the only cruiser to survive the Battle of Tassafaronga undamaged. Honolulu later served in the Battle of Kula Gulf, where she wrecked the destroyer Nagatsuki and helped to sink the destroyer Niizuki, and the Battle of Kolombangara where she helped to sink the light cruiser Jintsū but was crippled by a torpedo which blew off her bow. She then bombarded shores during the Battle of Peleliu. She was taken out of action by serious torpedo damage just before the Battle of Leyte Gulf. She was repaired, but not in time to rejoin the war. She was decommissioned in 1947 and was held in reserve until she was scrapped in 1959.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- USS Oregon was the third and final member of the Indiana class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1890s. The three ships were built as part of a modernization program aimed at strengthening the American fleet to prepare for a possible conflict with a European navy. Designed for short-range operations in defense of the United States, the three Indiana-class ships had a low freeboard and carried a main battery of four 13-inch (330 mm) guns in a pair of gun turrets. Oregon and her sister ships were the first modern battleships built for the United States, though they suffered from significant stability and seakeeping problems owing to their small size and insufficient freeboard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- SS George Washington was an ocean liner built in 1908 for the Bremen-based North German Lloyd and was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. The ship was also known as USS George Washington (ID-3018) and USAT George Washington in service of the United States Navy and United States Army, respectively, in World War I. In the interwar period, she reverted to her original name of George Washington. During World War II, the ship was known as both USAT George Washington and, briefly, as USS Catlin (AP-19), in a short, second stint in the US Navy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA great lot of tallies, ready for display.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45041827971141,"sku":"ONJR25DENV389","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/ONJR25DENV389__01.jpg?v=1779462138","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-u-s-wwii-navy-ship-flat-cap-tally-lot-with-research-nine-total","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}