YORKTOWN PG 1

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.

Yorktown Class Gunboat
Keel Laid May 14 1887 - Launched April 28 1888


1. USS YORKTOWN Gunboat No. 1
   Commissioned April 23 1889 - Decommissioned December 8 1897
   Recommissioned November 17 1898 - Decommissioned June 17 1903
   Recommissioned October 1 1906 - Decommissioned July 15 1912
   Recommissioned April 1 1913 - Decommissioned June 12 1919
   Designated (PG) July 17 1920, While in reserve
   
   Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
   Sold September 30 1921 to The Union Hide Co.

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1909-11)

 

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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2nd Commissioning November 17 1898 to June 17 1903

 

USPO Duplex No. 1 Cancel "Mil. Sta. No. 1 Manila" PHIL ISL'D

1899-12-11

N/A

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3rd Commissioning October 1 1906 to July 15 1912

 

Locy Type 1

1909-05-12

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Locy Type 2

1911-05-18

Picture postcard of Bas O'Bispo American Town, Panama. AKA "US Marine Corps Camp Elliott".
Additional postmark from New Orleans, LA dated May 23, 1911.

 

Locy Type 2

1911-05-18

Picture postcard of Bas O'Bispo American Town, Panama. AKA "US Marine Corps Camp Elliott".
Additional postmark from New Orleans, LA dated May 23, 1911.

 

Locy Type 2

1911-12-27

Real-photo postcard of King Neptune

 

Locy Type 2

1911-12-27

Real-photo postcard of King Neptune

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named after a town in Virginia, where the climactic battle of the American Revolution was fought in the autumn of 1781

 

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