URDANETA

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.

Gunboat Built 1883 by the Cavite Arsenal, Manila, Philippines for the Spanish Navy URDANETA (Spanish Naval Service) Captured 1898 during the Spanish American War Acquired by U.S. Navy January 17 1899 USS URDANETA (Gunboat) Commissioned June 2 1899 Ran aground September 17 1899 and captured by Filipino insurgents on the Orani River near Manila Recovered by U.S. Navy and Recommissioned May 12 1900 Decommissioned December 12 1902 Struck from Naval Register December 15 1904 Reinstated on Naval Register (Date unknown) and operated as a yard tug at Cavite Sold 1916 Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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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

 

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2nd Commissioning May 12 1900 to December 12 1902

 

USPO Flag Machine Pasadena, Cal.

1902-10-14 to 1902-11-19

Addressed to ship at Cavite, P.I.
Back second USPO machine San Francisco, Cal (1902-10-15)...Manila, P.I. Transit (1902-11-17)...Cavite REC'D (1902-11-19)

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Andres de Urdaneta (Former name retained)
Urdaneta, a subordinate of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, helped to establish the first Spanish colony in the Philippine Islands in 1565. He also founded the city of Manila and discovered the eastward-flowing currents and winds which enabled Spanish ships to sail from the Philippines via Guam to Mexico

 

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