SAVANNAH AS 8

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.

Savannah Class Submarine Tender
Built by the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany
Launched on 18 April 1899


1. SAXONIA (Commercial Service)
Owned and operated by Hamburg American Steamship Co. as a commercial freighter
Interned by the US Government 1914

Renamed SAVANNAH on June 9 1917 prior to conversion
Ordered converted to Submarine Tender October 1917


2. USS SAVANNAH ID-3015
Commissioned November 3 1917
Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS)


3. USS SAVANNAH AS-8
Designated (AS) July 17 1920
Decommissioned December 16 1926


4. AS-8 (Submarine Tender)
Name dropped on 15 September 1933 so Savannah could be used for light cruiser CL-42
Struck from Naval Register June 26 1934
Sold on 26 September 1934 to Mider & Marcus of Seattle, for mercantile service. Name and service information unknown.


5. ORBIS (Commercial Service)
   Renamed 1942. Registered owner shown as Orbis Steamship Company until 1948 then Arnold Bernstein Steamship Corporation until 1949, then Sociedad Armadora Valenciana (Panama)
   Official Number: 241710
   
   Scrapped 1954 in Japan

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Savannah AS-8 Covers Page 1     (1922-1926)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1926-05-18

Official Business Mail from USS S-27.

 

Locy Type 3s (AC)

1923-01-26

Sailor's Mail from St Thomas, Virgin Islands.

 

Locy Type 9v

1926-11-30

Note:

 

Locy Type 9w

1926-12-20

Unreported. The USCS Postmark Catalog does not report a M.O.B. postmark for the USS Savannah. This item is an Naval Mail Clerk Bonding Appointment card.

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c 1925

N/A

Real-photo postcard of the SAVANNAH and her "flock".

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Savannah, Georgia, the oldest city in Georgia.

Six ships of the US Navy have borne the name SAVANNAH - USS Savannah (1798 1-gun Galley), USS Savannah (1842 Sailing Frigate), USS Savannah AS-8, USS Savannah CL-42,
USS Savannah AOR-4 and USS Savannah LCS-28.

2 ships of the Confederate Navy bore the name SAVANNAH - CSS Savannah (1861 Gunboat) and CSS Savannah (1863 Ironclad)

The first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean was SS SAVANNAH (1819)

The first nuclear-powered merchant ship was NS SAVANNAH (1959-1972)

 

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