FAVORITE IX 45

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.

Favorite Class Salvage Tug Built 1907 Purchased by U.S. Navy January 23 1918 USS FAVORITE ID #1385 Commissioned February 1 1918 - Decommissioned April 3 1920 Turned over to the Department of Interior Loaned to the Panama Canal July 1 1931 Returned to the Department of Interior October 24 1940 Reacquired by U.S. Navy March 8 1941 Designated Miscellaneous Unclassified IX-45 Turned over to the Panama Canal Mechanical Division November 1 1943 Returned to U.S. Navy custody January 13 1948 Struck from Naval Register February 19 1948 BAP GUARDIAN RIOS (Peruvian Naval Service) Transferred to Peru and renamed BAP RIOS Renamed 1954 Removed from the Peruvian Navy List July 1958 Fate unknown

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     (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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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

 

NO FAVORITE POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

DATE FROM to DATE TO

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
World War I Victory Medal (with Salvage clasp) - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Former name retained

 

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If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

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