USS Pueblo souvenir apron,WWI- 1930

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Picked this up a few years ago, very interesting Navy bar souvenir maybe from Norfolk Va.? Pueblo was armored cruiser. Check it out online.

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Ship referenced was built as ACR-7, U.S.S. Colorado, renamed U.S.S. Pueblo in 1916. Synopsisi of her WWI service:

She was renamed Pueblo (CA-7) on 9 November 1916 while in overhaul, after which she returned to Mexico, to blockade interned German ships. She returned to full commission upon the entry of the United States into World War I, and as flagship of the Scouting Force patrolled the South Atlantic, protecting shipping, paying diplomatic calls to South American ports, and preventing the sailing of German and Austrian ships interned at Bahia, Brazil. Pueblo returned to Norfolk, Virginia on 18 January 1918, and from 5 February-16 October made seven voyages to escort convoys carrying men and supplies to England. After carrying the Brazilian ambassador to the United States to Rio de Janeiro, she returned to transatlantic duty, making six voyages between Hoboken and Brest, France, to bring veterans of the American Expeditionary Force home. She arrived at Philadelphia on 8 August 1919 and was placed in reduced commission until decommissioned on 22 September. In commission for the last time from 2 April 1921-28 September 1927, Pueblo served as receiving ship in the 3rd Naval District. She was scrapped on 2 October 1930.

As you will note, no action, though certainly was in the war zone as a convoy escort in 1918.

Information found on gunboards thread.

Very cool item, thanks for posting!