YANKTON Patrol Yacht

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 1893 by Ramage and Ferguson, Leith, Scotland CLEOPATRA (Private Yacht) Owned by John Lysaght of Bristol, England SAPPHIRE (Private Yacht) Acquired by Amzi Lorenzo Barber of New York and renamed PENELOPE (Private Yacht) Renamed in 1895 Acquired in 1897 by Harry E. Converse, Boston, MA Acquired by U.S. Navy May 1898 and renamed USS YANKTON (Patrol Yacht) Commissioned 16 May 1898 - Decommissioned 27 February 1920 Struck from Navy list (Date unknown) YANKTON (Commercial Service) Sold 20 October 1921 Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1923 shows owner as Nassau & Miami Steamship Co. Ltd Owner changed to E.P. Carver, Jnr (1924) and later R.J. Murray (1929) Broken up 1930 at Boston, MA

 

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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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. USS Yankton Covers Page 1    (1900-1938)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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

---

Ships Mail 1898-1908

 

Cuban Duplex Cancel Gibara Cuba

1899-12-13

Postmarked on the back from Washington DC. Rubber stamp "Sailor's Letter" with CO signature return address. From the Gary B. Weiss collection.

---

Post Office Established 21 August 1908 - Post Office Disestablished 7 December 1919

 

Locy Type 1u (C)

1912-03-31

Postcard. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 1z

1918-12-25

Sailors Mail. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 3 (AC) "MANZANILLO / BAY"

1914-02-11

From the Jim Myerson collection.

---

USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS YANKTON / PY STA." Norfolk VA

2009-01-09

100th Anniversary of the the Great White Fleet, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A county and its seat in southeastern SD.

 

---

 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum