WAKE PR 3

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.

Shallow-draft River Gunboat
Keel Laid October 17 1926 - Launched May 28 1927


1. USS GUAM PG-43
   Commissioned December 28 1927
   
   
2. USS GUAM PR-3
   Reclassified River Gunboat (PR) June 15 1928
   
   
3. USS WAKE PR-3
   Renamed January 23 1941
   Surrendered to Japanese forces at Shanghai December 8 1941
   Struck from Naval Register March 25 1942
   
   
4. HIJNS TATARA (Japanese Naval Service)
   Renamed by Japanese Navy
   Recovered by U.S. Forces August 1945
   
   
5. RCS TAI YUAN (Chinese Naval Service)
   Transferred to Nationalist China 1946 and renamed
   Captured by Communist Chinese forces 1949
   
   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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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. Guam Covers Page 1    (1934-41)
2. Wake Covers Page 1     (1941)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"

1936-10-02 to 1936-10-02

As GUAM PR-3
Cachet by John Coulthard and Deane C. (DC) Bartley

 

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

1941-05-22 to 1941-05-22

As WAKE PR-3
Renamed January 23 1941...Awaiting new device

 

Locy Type 3s "SHANGHAI / CHINA"

1933-08-30 to 1933-08-30

As GUAM PR-3

 

Locy Type 3s "NANKING / CHINA"

1934-07-23 to 1934-07-23

As GUAM PR-3
Louis S. Pentel

 

Locy Type 3s "ICHANG / CHINA"

1934-10-29 to 1934-10-29

As GUAM PR-3

 

Locy Type LD 3 "LAST DAY / --"

1941-07-22 to 1941-07-22

As WAKE PR-3
Ship was renamed in January, new postmark devices signifying the name change arrived in July,
so this was the Last Day as GUAM PR-3 on postmark devices
Cover serviced by Paul J. Gross

 

Locy Type FD 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY /"

1941-07-23 to 1941-07-23

As WAKE PR-3
Louis S. Pentel

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1941-08-25 to 1941-08-25

WAKE PR-3, George Neumann

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)

1941-10-06 to 1941-10-06

As WAKE PR-3
Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and Deane C. (DC) Bartley
Sponsored by John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKES

GUAM - Named for the island of Guam

WAKE - Named for the island of Wake

 

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