CLYDE IX 144

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.

Clyde Class Mobile Station Tanker
Built 1918 at Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Works, Newcastle, England


1. SWIVEL (Commercial Service)
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2. SCOTTISH BARD (Commercial Service)
Acquired by Tankers Ltd., London, in 1920, and renamed


3. BACININ PADRE (Commercial Service)
Acquired by Soc Anon de Navy, Genoa, Italy, in 1930, and renamed


4. MANZANARES (Commercial Service)
Seized by the government of Venezuela in 1940


5. SWIVEL (Commercial Service)
Acquired by the War Shipping Administration in 1941, managed by Standard Oil Co. of N.J. Original name restored.
Acquired by the U.S. Navy on February 9, 1944


6. USS ST. MARY IX-144
Commissioned Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) March 14 1944


7. USS CLYDE IX-144
Renamed June 10 1944
Decommissioned April 9 1945


8. CLYDE IX-144
   Placed In Service April 9 1945 - Out of Service (Date unknown)
   Transferred to War Shipping Administration February 7 1946
   Struck from Naval Register May 5 1946
   
   Returned to Italian Government in 1948
   Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Other Information

CLYDE

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - Villages in New York and Ohio

 

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