ISABEL PY 10

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
Keel Laid 1917 as Steam Yacht
Launched June 7 1917
Purchased by U.S. Navy July 3 1917
Delivered August 11 1917


1. USS ISABEL SP-521
   Commissioned December 28 1917 - Decommissioned April 30 1920
   Designated Patrol Yacht (PY) July 17 1920
   
   
2. USS ISABEL PY-10
   Recommissioned July 18 1921 - Decommissioned February 11 1946
   
   Sold March 25 1946 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1933-43)

 

Postmarks

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

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2nd Commissioning July 18 1921 to February 11 1946

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTO) "Philippines Islands"

1935-05-12

Mother's Day

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTO) "TSINGTAO CHINA"

1936-08-17

Note:

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "PAGODA ANCHORAGE"

1937-04-22

Cachet by: John Coulthard

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SHANGHAI CHINA"

1937-06-02

Cachet by: Walter G. Crosby

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "TSINGTAO / CHINA"

1938-09-09

Note: Possible Ted Harrington cachet.

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "TSINGTAO / CHINA"

1938-09-09

Close-up view of the cachet on the Sept 9 1938 cover

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"

1940-05-09

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "TSINGTAO / CHINA"

1940-07-26

Cachet by Walter Czubay

 

Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"

1940-09-30

Note:

 

Locy Type 3s "YANGTZE / PATROL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-13

1928-03-15

Note:

 

Locy Type 3s USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-13a

1933-02-03

Note: Killer bar text unreadable

 

Locy Type 9v

1940-09-30

Note: Cover also bears a straight-line strike "Parcel Post"

 

Locy Type Fvz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z1a

1943-08-10 to 1943-08-23

Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A former name retained. "Isabel", a yacht, built in 1917 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, was acquired before completion by the Navy from her owner, automobile manufacturer John North Willys of Toledo, Ohio.

 

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