RIZAL DM 14
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.
- Wickes Class Destroyer
- USS RIZAL Destroyer No. 174
Commissioned May 28 1919
- USS RIZAL DM-14
Reclassified Light Minelayer (DM) July 17 1920
Decommissioned August 20 1931
Struck from Naval Register November 11 1931
Sold 1932 and scrapped
Keel Laid June 26 1918 - Launched September 21 1918
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- Rizal Covers Page 1 (1928-31)
Postmarks
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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
1923-03-27
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As DM-14
Additional USPO Lowell, Mass. Duplex
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Locy Type F |
1928-12-15 |
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As DM-14
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Locy Type |
1931-08-20 |
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As DM-14
Last Day of Commissioning.
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Locy Type |
1931-09-18 |
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As DM-14
Last Day of Postal Service.
Other Information
RIZAL, a steel, flush-deck destroyer, was donated to the United States by resolution of the Philippine legislature, and had Filipinos constituting the majority of her crew.
NAMESAKE - José Rizal, Philippine patriot, author, poet, and physician, was born 19 June 1861 in Calamba, Laguna Province, Luzon. After studies in Manila, Paris, Berlin, Heidelberg, and Leipzig, Rizal published his first novel in 1886. The publication of the book, a violent attack on Spanish administration in the Philippines, led to Rizal's arrest and deportation. He subsequently lived in China, Japan, Britain, France, and the United States, publishing poetry and a second novel. After settling in Hong Kong to practice medicine, Dr. Rizal returned to Manila in 1892 only to be arrested as a revolutionary agitator and banished to Dapitan on Mindanao. While attempting to leave Mindanao for Cuba in 1896, Rizal was again arrested and taken to Manila where he was given a farcical trial and sentenced to death. A figure of inspiration and hope to the Filipino world, Dr. José Rizal is remembered by an imposing monument in Manila which marks the spot where he fell before the firing squad on 30 December 1896. {DANFS}
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