ELCANO PG 38

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 Keel Laid March 3 1882 - Launched January 28 1884 Captured by U.S. Army at Manila, Philippines May 1 1898 Turned over to U.S. Navy November 9 1898 USS ELCANO Gunboat No. 38 Commissioned November 20 1902 - Decommissioned November 1 1907 Recommissioned December 5 1910 USS ELCANO PG-38 Designated (PG) July 17 1920 Decommissioned June 30 1928 Sunk October 4 1928 as a target

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).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1915,1928)

 

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

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2nd Commissioning December 5 1910 to June 30 1928

 

Locy Type 3 " / CHINA"

1915-01-27

Note:

 

Locy Type 3ar

1927-11-01

Cut-Piece

 

Locy Type 3s (B) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"

1928-02-29

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Juan Sebastián Elcano (1486 - August 4 1526)
Elcano was a Spanish Basque explorer who completed the first circumnavigation of the world
Former name retained

 

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