TURQUOISE PY 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.

Submarine Chaser/Patrol Yacht Keel Laid 1 August 1922 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, Co., Newport News, VA Launched 16 September 1922 OHIO (Private Yacht) Delivered to her owners, Scripps Howard Newspaper of Chicago, IL in November 1922 MARAMICHI (Private Yacht) WALUCIA III (Private Yacht) KALLISTO (Private Yacht) ENTROPY (Private Yacht) Served a succession of owners under the names Maramichi, Walucia III, Kallisto, and Entropy (dates unknown) Acquired by the Navy 21 August 1940 Started conversion to Naval service 25 September 1940 USS PC-459 Commissioned 5 December 1940 USS TURQUOISE PY-18 Renamed and reclassified 1 February 1941 Decommissioned 24 December 1943 NUEVE de OCTOBRE (Ecuadoran Naval Service) Transferred to Ecuador 29 January 1944 and renamed Sold outright to Ecuador 13 May 1949 Struck from the Naval Register 7 June 1949 ESMERALDAS (Ecuadoran Naval Service) Renamed in 1949 Ran aground 9 September 1953 in Gunyas River, near Guayaquil, Ecuador and declared a total loss.

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Turquoise PY-18 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.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 3z

1942-12-19

As Turquoise. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A gem, composed of hydrous phosphate of aluminum and copper, whose color ranges from a greenish-grey to sky blue.

NAMESAKE - (Ecuador) Nueve de Octobre, the 9th of October.

NAMESAKE - (Ecuador) Esmeraldas, a port city in Ecuador.

 

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