ALABAT

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.

2551 Ton Wooden Cargo Ship Built 1918 by American Shipbuilding (Brunswick GA) for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) USSB hull number 187 Delivered 1918 ALABAT (Cargo Ship) Ownership retained by the USSB Official Number: 217227 [Note: Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1920 lists the name of the ship as ALABET but this was corrected by the 1922 edition.] Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1923 notes that the ship was "Dismantled"

 

Naval Covers

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1. Alabat Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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

 

Jamaican Machine Cancel Kingston Jamaica

1919-11-01

N/A

This ship was owned by the United States Shipping Board (USSB), however, notice the "USS ALABAT" rubber stamp marking. This is not a Navy vessel so although the marking makes it look like a US Naval ship cover, it isn't.
From the Darrell Kinzler collection.

 

Other Information

Built by American Shipbuilding, Brunswick, GA.

 

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