ORVETTA IX 157

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.

Miscellaneous Unclassified Built 1920 at Oscar Daniels Co., Tampa, FL for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) TAMPA (Commercial Service) Owned by the USSB Operated in the early 1920s by Tampa Inter-Ocean Company but unknown when contract ended Operated by United States Lines by 1940 but unknown when contract first started Official Number: 219577 Acquired by U.S. Navy April 4 1944 Converted for Naval service as a Barracks Ship USS ORVETTA IX-157 Commissioned June 7 1944 - Decommissioned December 1946 Struck from Naval Register June 10 1947 Returned to Maritime Commission January 26 1948 Sold 1949 for scrap

 

Conflicting History Data

NavSource says:
     Dealt, 3 March 1948 to Asia Development Corp.
     Final Disposition, sold for scrapping at Hong Kong, 4th quarter of 1950

Wikipedia says:
     ...sold for scrap in early 1949.

Note that many ships were sold to Asia Development Corp for scrapping. Not sure what NavSource means by "Dealt".

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1945)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-04-21

Notes:

 

Locy Type 9efu

1945-04-14 to 1945-04-23

Mark from back of cover

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - No credit given

 

Additional Naming History Sources

An OCR transcription of an Orlando, FL newspaper dated May 19 (year unknown) includes a small article about SS TAMPA:
"S. S. TAMPA RAMS ITALIAN STEAMER
NEW ORLEANS, May 19. ”The Italian steamer Brenta was rammed by the Shipping Board steamer Tampa, operated by the Inter-Ocean Company,
below Chalmette Point today. According to the master of the Tampa his ship got beyond control of the steersman
on account of rudder trouble. A hole was knocked in the prow of the Brenta, which is tonight resting on a mud
bank near the scene of the accident. The damage has not been estimated, but is said by shipping men to be slight."

Although the year of the article is not included in the text, it does mention the death of Edward Douglass White Jr,
the 9th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He died on May 19, 1921.

 

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