HILO AGP 2

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 Gunboat/Motor Torpedo Boat Tender Laid down August 18 1930 as the Yacht "CAROLINE" Launched July 18 1931 - Delivered September 23 1931 Served as a base for scientific research at Easter Island Sold 1938 to William B. Leeds and renamed "MOANA" Acquired by U.S. Navy November 28 1941 USS HILO PG-58 Commissioned June 11 1942 USS HILO AGP-2 Reclassified Motor Torpedo Boat Tender (AGP) January 13 1943 Decommissioned March 3 1946 Struck from Naval Register March 20 1946 Transferred to Maritime Commission June 1946 Sold July 1 1946 to Pillsbury and Martingnoni of San Francisco, CA Scrapped 1958

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 name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 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. Covers Page 1     (1943)

 

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.
 
>>> 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

 

Locy Type 3z

1942-08-17

As PG-58. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE...A city on the island of Hawaii

 

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