YW 30

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.

YW-30 Class Self-propelled Water Barge Laid down (date unknown) as Self-propelled Hopper Dredge No. 21 - Launched July 5 1893 DHB-21 (British Naval Service) Purchased by the Royal Army 1917 and designated for WWI service Purchased by U.S. Navy October 19 1918 USS RIN TIN TIN Commissioned October 19 1918 Assigned to 5th Naval District, Naval Station Norfolk November 13 1919 USS FREIGHT LIGHTER No. 160 Name dropped and redesignated February 18 1920 Decommissioned March 8 1920 Renamed WATER BARGE No. 30 April 13 1920 Redesignated YW-30 July 17 1920 YW-30 Placed In Service November 13 1920 - Out of Service April 15 1932 Struck from Naval Register April 16 1932 Sold June 28 1932, to Hillcone Steam Ship Co., San Francisco, CA SS COASTER (Merchant Service) Sold 1945 to Hiller Industries, San Francisco and renamed Broken up 1960's

Naval Covers

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1. USS RIN TIN TIN Covers Page 1     (1919)

 

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 6 U.S. Naval Post

1919-04-14

The year date was obtained from a letter enclosed.

 

Other Information

USS RIN TIN TIN earned the World War I Victory Medal.

NAMESAKE...Rin Tin Tin was a war dog in U.S. Army service which carried messages on the western front during World War I.

 

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