YORKTOWN PG 1

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.

Yorktown Class Gunboat
Keel Laid 14 May 1887 - Launched 28 April 1888


1. USS YORKTOWN Gunboat No. 1
Commissioned 23 April 1889 - Decommissioned 8 December 1897
Recommissioned 17 November 1898 - Decommissioned 17 June 1903
Recommissioned 1 October 1906 - Decommissioned 15 July 1912
Recommissioned 1 April 1913 - Decommissioned 12 June 1919


2. USS YORKTOWN PG-1
Designated (PG) 17 July 1920, while in reserve

Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
Sold 30 September 1921 to The Union Hide Co.

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Yorktown PG-1 Covers Page 1    (1909-1911)

 

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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2nd Commissioning November 17 1898 to June 17 1903

 

USPO Duplex No. 1 Cancel "Mil. Sta. No. 1 Manila" PHIL ISL'D

1899-12-11

Backstamped 20 January 1900, Portsmouth VA. From the Gary B. Weiss collection.

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3rd Commissioning October 1 1906 to July 15 1912

 

Locy Type 1

1909-05-12

Note:

 

Locy Type 2

1911-05-18

Picture postcard of Bas O'Bispo American Town, Panama. AKA "US Marine Corps Camp Elliott". Additional postmark from New Orleans, LA dated May 23, 1911.

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4th Commissioning 1 April 1913 to 12 June 1919

 

Locy Type 3b (AC-OOX)

1914-03-18

Mexican postcard. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named after a town in Virginia, where the climactic battle of the American Revolution was fought in the autumn of 1781

 

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