VILLALOBOS PG 42
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.
Keel Laid June 1894 at Hong Kong for service with the Spanish Navy Launched 24 January 1895 - Completed in July 1896 Captured by the United States Army Acquired by the Navy 21 February 1900 Decommissioned 20 November 1902 at Cavite Recommissioned 21 January 1903 - Decommissioned 17 June 1916 Recommissioned 17 August 1917 Decommissioned 29 May 1928 Struck from the Navy list 4 October 1928 Sunk as a target 9 October 1928 off the China coast. |
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Postmarks
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Postmark Date |
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2nd Commissioning 21 January 1903 to 17 June 1916
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1908-10-20 |
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Contributed by Mike Kaup. Postcard is addressed to USS Virginia BB 13. Back of postcard has image of USS Villalobos. Not sure about the postmark date.
Used While in Decommissioned Status
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Locy Type |
1916-07-27 |
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Censored Sailors Mail. From the Henry Sweets collection.
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Locy Type |
1917-01-14 |
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Note:
3rd Commissioning 17 August 1917 to 29 May 1928
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Locy Type |
1923-04-24 |
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Sailor's mail, cut square
Other Information
USS Villalobos was the model for the fictional gunboat USS San Pablo portrayed in Richard McKenna's 1962 novel The Sand Pebbles.
NAMESAKE - Ruy Lopez de Villalobos—a 16th century Spanish navigator and explorer—was given command of a force sent out by the Viceroy of Mexico to explore unknown islands in the southern seas of the Pacific. On 1 November 1542, Villalobos departed Mexico with five ships. In the course of his voyages, he discovered the Palaus, or the Western Caroline islands; and navigated the Philippine Archipelago, discovering them and naming them in honor of the reigning Spanish monarch, King Philip II. In 1546, the intrepid explorer died at Ambon, in what is now Indonesia.
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