MONOCACY PR 2

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/River Gunboat
Pre-constructed in 1912 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
Dismantled and shipped to Shanghai Dock and Engineering Co., Shanghai China
Keel Laid April 28 1913 - Launched April 27 1914


1. USS MONOCACY Gunboat No. 20
   Commissioned June 24 1914 - Decommissioned September 19 1915
   Recommissioned April 25 1916
   
   
2. USS MONOCACY PG-20
   Designated (PG) July 17 1920
   
   
3. USS MONOCACY PR-2
   Reclassified River Gunboat (PR) June 15 1928
   Decommissioned January 31 1939
   
   Struck from Naval Register January 31 1939
   Towed to sea and sunk February 10 1939

 

Naval Covers

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1. Monocacy Covers Page 1    (1931-39)

 

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.

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

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2nd Commissioning April 25 1916 to January 31 1939

 

Locy Type 3s (B)

1931-10-03

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Locy Type 5hks "SHANGHAI / CHINA"

1936-04-04

All of the foreign postmarks on this cover were created by John Lawrence and this cover is more a 'souvenir' than anything else.

 

Locy Type 5ahks "MEMORIAL DAY / ON THE / YANGTZE"

1935-05-30

Unlisted in USCS Postmark Catalog. Bars most likely covered, as mark on back from same date shows bars

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-41a

1927-06-13

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-41b

1934-11-11

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Locy Type RCVD

1935-04-11

Unlisted "Received" marking on the back of a USS Edsall DD-219 cover. Notice the John N. Lawrence signature stamp also. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type LDC 5hks "YANGTZE PATROL /  "

1939-01-31

Last Day in Commission, Cachet by Leo A. Schupp. From the Tom Kean collection.

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Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "HSIAKWAN / CHINA" USS Panay PR-5

1935-08-06

Deane C. Bartley R/S marking on the back along with a J. N. LAWRENCE/ USS MONOCACY (PR-2) boxed marking.

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "HSIAKWAN / CHINA" USS Panay PR-5

1935-08-06

Back side of the August 6 1935 cover. Deane C. Bartley R/S marking along with a J. N. LAWRENCE / USS MONOCACY boxed marking.

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Locy Type 5 dial

c 1935

From the Estate of Richard Burns.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A river in northern Maryland, which rises as a creek in southern Pennsylvania ; the Indian name means stream containing many large bends. The Civil War Battle of Monocacy, in which General Lew Wallace's Union forces prevented General Early's Confederates from reaching Washington, D.C., was fought on the banks of the river near Frederick, Md., 4 and 5 July 1864.

 

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