United States Navy Service
Captured by the United States Army along with near-sisters General Alava and Quiros, Villalobos was transferred to the United States Navy on 21 February 1900 and commissioned at Cavite on 5 March 1900 as Villalobos Gunboat, No. 42 under the command of Lieutenant Edward Simpson. The ship was reclassified as Villalobos (PG-42) on 17 July 1920.
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