YALE SP 1672

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.

Screw Steamer
Built 1906 at Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding, Chester PA


1. YALE (Passenger Liner)
Owned by Metropolitan Steamship Company and later by Pacific Navigation Company
Official Number: 204047
Acquired by U.S. Navy March 13 1918


2. USS YALE SP-1672
Commissioned March 25 1918 - Decommissioned June 10 1920


3. YALE (Commercial Service)
   Sold to the Harvard-Yale Syndicate and reconditioned for passenger service
   Laid up 1935
   Reacquired by U.S. Navy April 30 1943
   
   
4. USS YALE IX-106
Commissioned August 8 1943 as a Barracks Ship


5. USS GREYHOUND IX-106
Renamed 13 August 1943 Decommissioned March 31 1944


6. GREYHOUND IX-106
Placed In Service at Puget Sound, WA as Floating Barracks - Out of Service March 9 1948
Laid up November 12 1948 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia Group

Sold June 5 1949 to the Walter W. Johnson Co. for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

 

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