OtherUS Asiatic Fleet

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

The Asiatic Fleet was part of the US Navy. During the World War II era, the fleet was tasked with protecting the Philippines.
Originally the Asiatic Squadron, it was upgraded to fleet status in 1902. In 1907, the fleet became the First Squadron of the Pacific Fleet. However, on 28 January 1910, the ships of that squadron were again organized as the Asiatic Fleet.
See also: Yangtze Patrol.

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N/A			1914-12-18 Locy Type 3 Dial Text - "First Group, U. S. Torp. Flotilla / Asiatic Fleet." Killer Text - "U.S.S. DALE / MANILA, P.I."
			Sailor mail from USS Dale Destroyer No. 4

From the Gary B. Weiss collection.

			1915-07-15 Locy Type 3 Dial Text - "First Group, U. S. Torp. Flotilla / Asiatic Fleet." Killer Text - "U.S.S. DALE / MANILA, P.I."
			Sailor mail from USS Dale Destroyer No. 4

From the Gary B. Weiss collection.

No Image			1938-12-12 Locy Type 3rt (C-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Collectors request

Notes:

N/A			1938-12-12 Locy Type 3rt (C-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			1st Anniversary of the Decommissioning of - USS Panay PR-5

Cachet by Walter Czubay. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			1939-07-04 Locy Type 3rt (C-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Independence Day

Cacheted. From the Bob Lamb collection.

			1940-09-15 Locy Type 3rt (C-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Incoming mail to a USMC Officer

See USS Chaumont AP-5 and USS Luzon PR-7 for those postmarks.

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