TEXAN ID 1354

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.

Freighter Built in 1902 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ TEXAN (Passenger Liner) Owned and operated by the American Hawaiian Steamship Co Acquired by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) and immediately turned over to the US Navy March 18 1918 USS TEXAN ID-1354 Commissioned March 23 1918 Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) Decommissioned August 22 1919 Returned to the USSB TEXAN (Commercial Service) Returned to original owner Torpedoed and sunk March 11 1942 off Cape San Antonio, Cuba.

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1919)

 

Postmarks

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

 

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c 1919

Welcome Home Postcard by Claire Briggs, commissioned by the Knights of Columbus. Manuscript ships name.

 

NA

1919-04-26 (the date of the message)

A Knights of Columbus "Safe and Sound" card

 

Other Information

    Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service after being refitted for naval service, the cargo ship loaded general military supplies and sailed on 9 April with a convoy for France. Texan arrived at Brest on the 24th and, after discharging her cargo, began the return voyage to New York on 19 May. Upon her arrival there, she underwent voyage repairs and then loaded supplies, including 405 tons of ammunition and 10 locomotives destined for Marseilles. The ship sailed with a convoy on 18 June and arrived at her destination on 7 July. Texan made another round-trip voyage to Marseilles in September and one to Verdon in November and December before returning to New York on 4 January 1919.
     On 18 January 1919, Texan was transferred to the Cruiser and Transport Force and operated bringing troops of the American Expeditionary Force home from France until 7 August 1919 when she was assigned to the 5th Naval District. Texan was decommissioned on 22 August 1919 and returned to the USSB for return to the American Hawaiian Steamship Company.
     Texan returned to commercial service as SS Texan. During World War II she was on a commercial voyage when a German submarine torpedoed and sank her off Cape San Antonio, Cuba, on 11 March 1942. {DANFS}

 

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