TACLOBAN PG 22

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.

Asheville Class Gunboat Keel Laid 9 December 1919 - Launched 25 August 1922 USS TULSA PG-22 Commissioned 3 December 1923 USS TACOLBAN PG-22 Renamed 18 December 1944 - Decommissioned 6 March 1946 Struck from Naval Register 17 April 1946 Transferred to Maritime Commission 12 October 1946 for disposal

Naval Covers

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1. USS Tulsa PG-22 Covers Page 1    (1924-41)
2. USS Tacloban PG-22 Covers Page 1     (1945-1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established 18 April 1924

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "NEW YEAR / CHINA FLEET"

1935-01-01

Official Business, Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)

1935-07-30

Cachet by M. B. Owens

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "AMOY / CHINA"

1938-11-19

Asiatic Fleet cachet by John Coulthard

 

Locy Type 3 (B)

1928-11-04

Sailor Mail.

 

Locy Type 3ef "BLUEFIELDS / NICARAGUA"

1926-07-08

Note:

 

Locy Type 3r "PT. CORTEZ / HONDURAS"

1924-11-08

Sailor's Mail. Port Cortez aka Puerto Cortes, Honduras

 

Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)

1941-11-21

Asiatic Fleet cachet by John Coulthard

 

Locy Type 3rs (A) "TIENSIN / CHINA"

1931-09-10

Note:

 

Locy Type 5s "AMOY / CHINA"

1932-10-07

Note:

 

Locy Type 9v (C)

1926-05-28

Registry Bill

 

USPO Paquebot Duplex Balboa Canal Zone

1928-01-16

N/A

USS Tulsa's Marine Detachment mail

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Post Office Disestablished 1 February 1946

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15719)

1946-01-08

Note:

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z1 "USS TACLOBAN PG 22"

1946-02-21

Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler.

 

Other Information

USS TULSA / USS TACLOBAN earned the China Service Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ two battle stars and the Worlsd War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKES

TULSA - Named for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma

TACLOBAN - Named for a town on the island of Leyte, Philippines

The ships sponsor was Miss Dorothy V. McBirney.

 

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