HOUSATONIC SP 1697

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.

Minelayer Built 1899 EL RIO (Commercial Service) Operated by the Southern Pacific Steamship Co. Acquired by U.S. Navy 1917 and renamed USS HOUSATONIC ID-1697 Commissioned January 25 1918 Converted to Minelayer 1918 Decommissioned August 5 1919 EL RIO (Commercial Service) Returned to her owners August 5 1919 BRAZOS (Commercial Service) Operated by Clyde-Mallory Lines Operated by Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Lines (Agwilines) starting 1935. Name retained. Lost in a collision with HMS Archer on 13 January 1942.

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 HOUSATONIC POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

DATE FROM to DATE TO

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - A river rising in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts and flowing generally south through western Connecticut to Long Island Sound

 

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