EDELLYN

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.

Transport Laid down June 5 1918 - Launched January 4 1919 Delivered July 15 1919 to the Lukenbach Steamship Co. Acquired by U.S. Navy July 18 1919 USS EDELLYN ID-4307 Commissioned July 18 1919 - Decommissioned September 4 1919 USAT EDELLYN Transferred to War Department September 4 1919 DOROTHY LUCKENBACH (Commercial Service) Acquired by the Luckenbach Steamship Co. 1922 and renamed Acquired by U.S. Army July 20 1944 USAHS ERNASTINE KORANDA Converted to Hospital Ship April 3 1945 and renamed DOROTHY LUCKENBACH (Commercial Service) Transferred to Department of Commerce 1950 and renamed Broken up 1957

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. 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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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

 

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

POSTMARK DATE

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USAT EDELLYN

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Military Post Office

1919-10-29

YMCA postcard

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Ernestine Koranda (May 30 1912 - December 19 1943)
2nd Lt. Ernestine Koranda was killed when the C-47 transport aircraft she was a passenger in crashed on its way to Sydney from Rockhampton. She was one of 32 people on-board, all of whom perished in the crash. She was a U.S. Army Nurse, and one of three women on the aircraft.

 

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