VAQUERO

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.

130-foot Wooden-hulled Coastal Cargo Ship Laid down in 1913 by W. Miller, San Pedro CA. Launched in 1913 VAQUERO (Commercial Service) Owned and operated by Vail & Vickers, owners of Santa Rosa Island (California) since 1901 Used to transport cattle, personnel and supplies to the island until World War II Reportedly used for many Hollywood movies including "Laurel and Hardy Go to Sea" December 1942 Vail received a letter from the port director at San Pedro's Naval Transportation Service, informing him that the US Army would requisition Vaquero for wartime service. Vail delivered the boat to the Army at San Pedro CA on January 14th 1943 VAQUERO FS-131 (U.S. Army) Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps. Name retained VAQUERO S-207 (U.S. Army) Assigned to the US Army Small Ship Section Southwest-Pacific Area during World War II (date unknown) Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

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.

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

 

USPO Machine Cancel San Francisco CA

1944-02-01

Personal mail. Very small censor marking on the back

 

Other Information

This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship.

 

Additional Naming History Sources

The NavSource page can be found here.
A good history is found at US National Park Service's Vail & Vickers Boats page.
The Vaquero page at Islapedia.com also provides some history.

 

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