PADUCAH PG 18

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.

Dubuque Class Gunboat
Keel Laid 22 September 1903 - Launched 11 October 1904


1. USS PADUCAH Gunboat No. 18
Commissioned 2 September 1905 - Decommissioned 2 March 1919


2. USS PADUCAH AG-7
   Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) 1919 while in reserve
   Recommissioned 16 August 1920 - Decommissioned 9 September 1921
   
   
3. USS PADUCAH IX-23
Redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) 24 April 1922 while in reserve
Recommissioned 2 May 1922


4. USS PADUCAH PG-18
Reclassified Patrol Gunboat (PG) 4 November 1940
Decommissioned 7 September 1945

Transferred to Maritime Commission 19 December 1946
Sold to Maria Angelo of Miami, FL
See "Historical Footnote" at the bottom of the page for the remainder of her civilian history.

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Paducah PG-18 Covers Page 1    (1909-1944)

 

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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1st Commissioning 2 September 1905 to 2 March 1919

 

USPO Duplex Cancel "Hudson Terminal Sta." New York NY USPO Duplex Cancel Bellevue OH On the Back - USPO CDS Bellevue OH REC'D

1908-08-14

As Gunboat No.18. Mail from sailor.

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Post Office Established 29 August 1908 - Post Office Established 6 February 1919

 

Locy Type 1

1910-11-18

Gunboat No.18

 

Locy Type 2(AC)

1912-11-29

Gunboat No.18.

 

Locy Type 3 (AC) "ALVARADO / MEXICO"

1914-06-00

Gunboat No.18. Facing slip. Courtesy of Stewart Milstein.

 

Locy Type 9v

1909-11-16

Gunboat No.18.

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3rd Commissioning 2 May 1922 to 7 September 1945

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT) "1ST DAY OF / CANCELING"

1941-08-27

PG-18. First Day of Postal Service, Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1941-08-27

PG-18. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)

1941-11-25

PG-18.

 

Locy Type 3z (BTB)

1944-04-12

PG-18. At this time she was assigned to the Armed Guard Training School, Norfolk VA

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Paducah, Kentucky.

The ships sponsor was Miss Anna May Yeiser.

HISTORICAL FOOTNOTE - After she was sold in Miami, the ship was obtained by the Israeli group Haganah and renamed "GEULA", meaning "Redemption," was taken by a volunteer American crew to Bayonne, France, and from there to Bulgaria. One thousand three hundred eighty eight Jewish refugees were embarked and the ship tried to run the British blockade and bring the refugees to Palestine. She was intercepted on 2 October 1947 and brought to Haifa, where she was left with other captured "illegal" immigrant ships. Because she was a former naval vessel the newly formed Israeli Navy examined her in 1948 for possible service, but she was not in good shape and was not accepted for service. She was refurbished sufficiently to sail as an Israeli merchant vessel and made one trip in late 1948 from Haifa to Naples, Italy. There she was tied up and eventually sold for scrap in 1951.

 

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