ASPINET YF 176

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.

Tug Boat Built 1889 by A. C. Brown at Tottenville, Staten Island, in New York City J. D. JONES (Commercial Service) Owned and operated as a commercial tug by Merritt and Chapman Wrecking Company Purchased by the US Navy May 24 1898 USS APACHE (Tugboat) Commissioned June 11 1898 - Decommissioned September 24 1898 APACHE (Lighter) Refitted for service at the ordnance magazine at lona Island and Placed In Service 1900 ASPINET (Lighter) Renamed April 11 1918 ASPINET YF-176 Designated July 20 1920 Placed Out Of Service and Sold September 29 1925 Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (1905-06)

 

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

 

French CDS Paris France Brooklyn NY Received Marking "Navy Yard Sta."

1905-07-19

Picture postcard to Mr. Myron Beckman aboard APACHE. Mailed from Paris France on July 19th 1905, received on July 29th 1905.

 

USPOD Duplex "Coney Island Sta." Brooklyn NY Brooklyn NY Received Marking "Navy Yard Sta."

1905-07-23

Picture postcard to Mr. Myron Beckman aboard APACHE. Mailed from Coney Island Station on July 23rd 1905, received on July 23rd 1905.

 

USPOD Duplex Atlantic City NJ Brooklyn NY Received Marking "Navy Yard Sta."

1906-04-28

Picture postcard to Mr. Myron Beckman aboard APACHE. Mailed from Atlantic City NJ on April 28th 1906 (6 AM), received on April 28th 1906 (9 AM).

 

"Navy Yard Sta." Brooklyn NY Received Marking

1905-06

Brooklyn Navy Yard Received Markings 1905-1906.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - (APACHE) An American Indian tribe that inhabited the southwestern portion of the United States.

 

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