CORAL PY 15

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.

USS SIALIA SP-543
Commissioned June 30 1917
Transferred to Coast & Geodetic Survey October 6 1919
Returned to U.S. Navy February 6 1920

Returned April 13 1920 to Henry Ford
Repowered, rebuilt, and lengthened by American Ship Building Co. 1925
Sold 1927 to A. N. Andrews Investment Corp. New York, NY
Sold 1935 to Evan Jones, New York
Sold 1937 to Eleanor V. Andrews, Greenwich, CT
Sold 1939 to Milton C. Jackson, Clipper Lines Inc. Philadelphia, PA and renamed
YANKEE CLIPPER (Private Yacht)
Reacquired by U.S. Navy November 25 1940
USS CORAL PY-15
Commissioned Patrol Yacht (PY) February 27 1941
Decommissioned August 12 1943
Recommissioned August 27 1943 - Decommissioned September 10 1943
Used for target practice 1944

Sold July 15 1947 and presumed scrapped

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.

Sialia Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)
Coral 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

USS SIALIA

Post Office Established July 29 1918 - Disestablished June 11 1919

NO POSTMARKS
REPORTED

POSTMARK DATE

Note:

USS CORAL

Post Office Established October 1 1941 - Disestablished August 1 1943

Locy Type
FDPS 3 Oct 1, 1941

1941-10-01

As CORAL PY-15
First Day of Postal Service

Locy Type
FDPS 9x

1941-10-01

As CORAL PY-15
First Day of Postal Service

Locy Type
3 (A-BBT)

1941-12-06

As CORAL PY-15

Locy Type
3z (BBT)

1942-01-15

Note:

Other Information

SIALIA

NAMESAKE - Former name retained

CORAL

NAMESAKE - A stony mass formed from the skeletons of various sea animals, the basic formation of many tropical islands, reefs, and atolls

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