PALOS PR 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.

River Gunboat
Pre-constructed at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA, 1912
Dismantled and shipped to Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co., Shanghai, China
Keel Laid 28 April 1913 - Launched 23 April 1914


1. USS PALOS Gunboat No. 16
Commissioned 24 June 1914


2. USS PALOS PG-16
Designated as a Patrol Gunboat (PG) 17 July 1920


3. USS PALOS PR-1
Reclassified River Gunboat (PR) 15 June 1928
Decommissioned 21 May 1937

Struck from Naval Register 21 May 1937
Sold 3 June 1937 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Palos PR-1 Covers Page 1    (1918-1931)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 1z

1918-05-20

As Gunboat No. 16. Courtesy of the Henry Sweets collection.

 

Locy Type 3(A)

1916-11-11

As Gunboat No. 16

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "CHUNGKING / CHINA"

1936-10-27

As PR-1
Navy Day, Postmark on back exactly like the front postmark. Cachet by John Coulthard, Sponsored by Deane C. (DC) Bartley

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "CHUNGKING / CHINA"

1936-10-27

Back side of the Oct 27 1936 cover

 

Locy Type 3rs (AC) "HANKOW / CHINA"

1932-09-01

As PR-1

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for Palos de la Frontera in Spain, the place where Christopher Colombus started the first voyage to America.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name PALOS - USS PALOS (Gunboat) and USS Palos PR-1

 

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