NERO AC 17

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.

Nero Class Collier Built 1885 as WHITGIFT Purchased by U.S. Navy 8 June 1898 USS NERO Collier #17 Commissioned 8 June 1898 - Decommissioned 7 January 1899 Recommissioned 10 April 1899 - Decommissioned 20 May 1900 Recommissioned 4 October 1900 - Decommissioned 31 July 1913 Recommissioned 29 April 1914 USS NERO AC-17 Designated (AC) 17 July 1920 Decommissioned 12 September 1921 Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) Sold 29 July 1922 to A. Bercovich and Co. Oakland, CA Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. USS Nero AC-17 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 3r(AC)

1921-03-07

Sailors Mail on postcard.

 

Locy Type SL

1918-04-04

Censored, Official Business.

 

Other Information

USS NERO AC-17 earned the following awards during her Naval career - Spanish Campaign Medal; Mexican Service Medal and the World War I Victory Medal (with Mobile Base Clasp).

NAMESAKE - Lucius Domitus Nero, sixth emperor of Rome, ruled from 54 to 68 A.D. His reign is notorious for the great fire which nearly destroyed Rome in 64 A.D. and which Nero charged to the Christians.

 

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