Today, we here at Treasuredstocks.com started the weekend wondering if the
USS Idaho –
Battleship Idaho – was ever engraved on the back of a currency note. No,
apparently not. But we did find out a few other details about this magnificent
battleship.
Idaho was the 43rd state to join the union and
became part of the United States back on 3 July, 1890. Most people do not know
that this naval vessel was actually the fourth navy ship to be named after our
great state. The USS Idaho was built by launched in 1917, commissioned in 1919
and decommissioned in 1946. USS Idaho was stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in
1940 but left during the summer of 1941 as part of the fleet protection in the
Atlantic.
USS Idaho was stationed in Iceland on December 7th 1941
but left two days later, sailing through the Panama Canal, full speed ahead
toward Hawaii. She remained in the Pacific (off the coasts of California,
Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Philippines, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, to name a few) for much
of the rest of WWII and proudly earned seven battle stars for her WWII service.
On 2 September 1945 the USS Idaho was in Tokyo Bay as witness to the signing of
Japan’s surrender on board the Missouri.
To look at a few really neat battleship notes, click here
Treasuredstocks.com
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1918 $2 Battleship Federal Reserve Bank Note New York PCGS 65 PPQ Gem New Fr#: 752 |
or more specifically, the battleship
site at
http://www.treasuredstocks.com/currency/large-size-notes/federal-reserve-bank-notes.html
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