SIERRA ID 1634
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.
- Troop Transport
- SIERRA (Passenger Liner) Owned and operated by the Oceanic Steamship Company, San Francisco (Spreckels Line)
- USS SIERRA ID-1634 Commissioned July 1918
- SIERRA (Commercial Service) Sold 1920 by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) to the newly-created Green Star Steamship Corp
- GDANSK (Commercial Service) Sold 1921 to the Polish American Navigation Corporation and renamed
- SIERRA (Commercial Service) 1922 sold to Walter A. Rush, New York. Original name restored
- SIERRA MARU (Privately Owned) 1934 Sailed to Japan under the name SIERRA MARU and was scrapped
Built 1900 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA as a civilian passenger steamship
Official Number 116996
Acquired by U.S. Navy May 1918
Operated as a troop transport between the U.S. and Europe
Decommissioned October 1919
1923 repurchased by Oceanic SS Company (which became a subsidiary of Matson Line in 1926)
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- Covers Page 1 (1919)
Postmarks
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Locy Type |
1919-05-20 |
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Manuscript ship's name on a Welcome Home postcard provided by the Knights of Columbus Committee on War Activities.
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1919-05-20 |
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Manuscript ship's name on a Welcome Home postcard provided by the Knights of Columbus Committee on War Activities.
Artist was Claire Briggs.
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1919-07-23 |
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Other Information
Additional Naming History Sources
- Polish American Navigation Corporation Provides some history of the Polish American Navigation Corporation and the ships in its fleet
- Passenger Manifest - S.S. Sierra - Arrival in San Francisco 15 Jan 1906 Has a short but more complete history of the ship's incarnations
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