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US Stamp Sc # 790 & 803 USS Guam Naval Cover Only US Ship To Surrender in WWII.
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Condition:Interesting part of WWII Naval History. Canceled in China. CW Richell Cachet ANCS #552. Light gum toningUS STAMP SC # 790 & 803 USS GUAM NAVAL COVER ONLY US SHIP TO SURRENDER IN WWII Interesting part of WWII Naval History 12th Birthday Cachet ... Read More
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- 790
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- Year of Issue
- 1936
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Condition:Interesting part of WWII Naval History. Canceled in China. CW Richell Cachet ANCS #552. Light gum toningUS STAMP SC # 790 & 803 USS GUAM NAVAL COVER ONLY US SHIP TO SURRENDER IN WWIIInteresting part of WWII Naval History
12th Birthday Cachet Hankow China
CW Richell Cachet ANCS #552
Light gum toning
USS _WAKE_ (PR-3)
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For other ships of the same name, see USS Guam.
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USS Wake_ as IJN _Tatara_.
History
_United States
Name:
USS Wake_
Namesake:
Wake Island
Builder:
Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works, Shanghai
Launched:
28 May 1927
Commissioned:
28 December 1927, as USS _GUAM_(PG-43)
Renamed:
USS _WAKE_, 23 January 1941
Reclassified:
PR-3 (River Gunboat), 15 June 1928
Struck:
25 March 1942
Fate:
Captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy, 8 December 1941
History
_Japan
Name:
Tatara_ (多多良?)
Acquired:
by capture, 8 December 1941
Struck:
30 September 1945
Fate:
* Recaptured by U.S. Navy, August 1945
* Transferred to China, 1946
History
_Taiwan
Name:
RCS Tai Yuan_ (太原)
Acquired:
1946
Fate:
Captured by Communist Chinese forces, 1949
History
China
Acquired:
1949
Fate:
active until the 1960s
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS [1][2]
Type:
Gunboat
Displacement:
350 long tons (360 t)
Length:
159 ft 5 in (48.59 m)
Beam:
27 ft 1 in (8.26 m)
Draft:
5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Installed Power:
1,900 ihp (1,400 kW)
Propulsion:
* 2 × triple expansion steam engines
* 2 × screws
Speed:
14.5 kn (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h)
Complement:
59
Armament:
2 × 3in guns (2x1) 8 × .30-06 Lewismachine guns (8x1)1942: US 3" guns replaced with 3" AA guns. Jan 1945 several Type 93 13.2mm M.G.s installed
USS _WAKE_ (PR-3) was a United States Navy river gunboat operating on the Yangtze River, that was seized by Japan on 8 December 1941.
Originally commissioned as the gunboat _GUAM_ (PG-43), she was redesignated river patrol vessel PR-3 in 1928, and renamed _WAKE_ 23 January 1941.
Contents
[hide]
* 1Service history
* 1.1U.S. Navy
* 1.2Japanese service
* 1.3Post-war
* 2Awards
* 3Footnotes
* 4References
* 5External links
Service History[Edit]
U.S. Navy[Edit]
She was launched on 28 May 1927 as _Guam_ by the Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works in Shanghai, China, and commissioned on 28 December 1927. Her primary mission was to ensure the safety of American missionaries and other foreigners. Later, the ship also functioned as a "radio spy ship," keeping track of Japanese movements.[3] However, by 1939, she was "escorted" by a Japanese warship wherever she went, as China fell more and more under Imperial Japanese control.
On 23 January 1941, she was renamed _WAKE_, as _Guam_ was to be the new name of a large cruiser being built in the U.S. On 25 November 1941, Lt. Cdr. Harris was ordered to close the Navy installation atHankow, and sail to Shanghai. On 28 November 1941, Lt. Cdr. Harris and most of the crew was transferred to gunboats that had been ordered to sail to the Philippines. Columbus Darwin Smith—an old China hand who had been piloting river boats on the Yangtze River—was asked to accept a commission in the U.S. Navy and was appointed captain of _Wake_ with the rank of Lt. Commander.[3] When Pearl Harborwas attacked on 7 December 1941, Shanghai had been under Japanese occupation since the 1937 Battle of Shanghai. Smith was in command on 8 December 1941 (7 December in Hawaii), with a crew of 14, when the Japanese captured the ship, which was tied up at a pier in Shanghai. Smith had received a telephone call the night before from a Japanese officer he knew. The officer asked where Smith would be the next morning as he wanted to deliver some turkeys for Smith and his crew. The Japanese did the same to other American officers and officials so as to determine where they would be on 8 December. However, Commander Smith received word from his quartermaster about the Pearl Harbor attack and rushed to the ship only to find it under guard by the Japanese.[3] Surrounded by an overwhelming Japanese force, the crew attempted unsuccessfully to scuttle the craft._Wake_ surrendered, the only U.S. ship to do so in World War II.
Commander Smith and his crew were confined to a prison camp near Shanghai, where the U.S. Marines and sailors captured on Wake Island were also later imprisoned.[3]
Japanese Service[Edit]
The Japanese gave _Wake_ to their puppet Wang Jingwei regime in Nanjing, where she was renamed _TATARA_ (多多良?). 15 December 1941 refit began at Kiaguan Engineering and Dock Works. Refit finished 26 January 1942. 11 October 1942 runs aground off Nanking. 12 October returns to Kianguan E. & D. W. for repairs. Repairs finished 5 November 1942. On 3 June 1944 attacked by B-24s without damage. 18 June attacked by three B-25s without damage. Attacked by six P-51 Mustangs on 2 December, by two P-51s on 7 December and three P-51s on the 18th. Sails for Kianguan on 24 December. Enters Kianguan E. & D.W. for repairs and an AA upgrade on 1 January 1945. Repairs finished 3 February 1945.
Post-War[Edit]
In 1945, at the end of the war, she was recaptured by the U.S. The U.S. gave the ship to the Chinese nationalists, who renamed her _TAI YUAN_ (太原). Finally, the ship was captured by Communist Chinese forces in 1949.[4]
As of 2010, no other ship of the U.S. Navy has been named _Wake_, though a _Casablanca_-class escort carrier launched in 1943 was named _Wake Island_.]
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