RAPPAHANNOCK AF 6

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.

Animal Transport Built 1913 at Bremer-Vulcan Yards, Vegesack, Germany Launched 1913 POMMERN (Commercial Service) Operated as a freighter by the North German Lloyd Line Seized at United States entry into WWI Acquired by U.S. Navy December 7 1917 USS RAPPAHANNOCK ID-1854 Commissioned December 8 1917 Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) as an animal transport Placed In Commission In Reserve 1919 USS RAPPAHANNOCK AF-6 Designated Stores Ship (AF) July 17 1920 Decommissioned December 10 1924 Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, Mare Island Group Struck from Naval Register July 19 1933 WILLIAM LUCKENBACH (Commercial Service) Sold October 5 1933 to Luckenbach Steamship Co. New York and renamed MARIA C. (Passenger Liner) Sold November 1946 to Italian company Giacomo Costa fu Andrea and operated by Costa Lines Scrapped 1953 in Savona, Italy.

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Rappahannock AF-6 Covers Page 1     (1924)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 3s(AC)(D1) "CARE OF / PM, N.Y.C."

1924-02-28

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Other Information

USS RAPPAHANNOCK earned the World War I Victory Medal w/ Transport clasp during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A river in Virginia.

 

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