ISABEL PY 10

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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 Yacht
    Keel Laid 18 October 1916 - Launched 7 June 1917
    Purchased by U.S. Navy 3 July 1917
    Delivered 11 August 1917

  1. USS ISABEL SP-521
  2. Commissioned 28 December 1917 - Decommissioned 30 April 1920

  3. USS ISABEL PY-10
  4. Designated Patrol Yacht (PY) 17 July 1920
    Recommissioned 18 July 1921 - Decommissioned 11 February 1946

    Sold 25 March 1946 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Isabel PY-10 Covers Page 1    (1926-1943)

 

Postmarks

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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

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image

1st Commissioning 28 December 1917 to 30 April 1920


 

None

c1918

N/A

Censored. From the Jim Myerson collection.



2nd Commissioning 18 July 1921 to 11 February 1946


 

Locy Type
3 (B-BTO)

"Philippines
Islands"

1935-05-12

Mother's Day


 

Locy Type
3 (AC-BBT)

"PAGODA
ANCHORAGE"

1937-04-22

Cachet by: John Coulthard


 

Locy Type
3rs (C)

"(Unreadable) /
CHINA"

1927-06-12

From the Jim Myerson collection.


 

Locy Type 3s

"YANGTZE /
PATROL"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. I-13

1928-03-15

Note:


 

Locy Type 3s (C)

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. I-13a

1933-02-03

Note: Killer bar text unreadable


 

Locy Type 9v

1940-09-30

Note: Cover also bears a straight-line strike "Parcel Post"


 

Locy Type Fvz

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-Z1a

1943-08-10

Mark from back of cover


 

Locy Type P

(U.S. ASIATIC FLEET T-3s
with
"USS ISABEL / CANTON"
in killers)

1935-03-17

Note:


 

Locy Type P

(U.S. ASIATIC FLEET T-3s
with
"USS ISABEL / BANGKOK SIAM"
in killers)

1935-10-15

Note:


 

Locy Type SL

1933-00-30

Ships straight-line marking on a Postage Due cover. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Other Information

USS Isabel earned the Yangtze Service Medal, the China Service Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ one Battle star and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A former name retained. "Isabel", a yacht, built in 1917 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, was acquired before completion by the Navy from her owner, automobile manufacturer John North Willys of Toledo, Ohio.

 


 

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