VEDETTE SP 163

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 1899 at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME VIRGINIA (Private Yacht) Owned by New York City merchant Isaac Stern VEDETTE (Private Yacht) Sold to Frederick W. Vanderbilt and renamed in 1916 Acquired by U.S. Navy May 4 1917 USS VEDETTE SP-163 Commissioned May 28 1917 - Decommissioned February 4 1919 Struck from Naval Register February 4 1919 VEDETTE (Private Yacht) Returned to Frederick W. Vanderbilt February 6 1919 Sank from an unknown cause at her mooring at Flat-bush Ave, Brooklyn NY on February 1, 1925 The yacht was no longer in use and had been at that mooring since the prior October By this time, Vanderbilt already had the Vedette II (purchased in 1924) (From the U.S. National Park Service Historic Resource Study Vanderbilt Mansion, A Gilded-Age Country Place page 58)

 

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     (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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

U.S. Naval Base Duplex

1918-08-08

Censored wartime (WWI) use
Ship had no post office

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Former name retained

 

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