DESPATCH PY 8

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.

Patrol Yacht Built 1913 VIXEN (Private Yacht) Acquired by U.S. Navy August 6 1917 USS VIXEN SP-68 Commissioned August 10 1917 USS DESPATCH SP-68 Renamed August 21 1917 USS DESPATCH PY-8 Reclassified Patrol Yacht (PY) July 17 1920 Decommissioned December 9 1921 Transferred to The State of Florida May 10 1928 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

NO VIXEN / DESPATCH POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

DATE FROM to DATE TO

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - As a verb, to send off or away, to dispose of speedily, to execute quickly. As a noun, a message sent with speed

 

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