MOBILE ID 4043

 

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.

Passenger Liner
Built 1908 by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg


1. CLEVELAND (Passenger Liner)
Owned and operated by Hamburg America Line (HAPAG)


2. USS MOBILE ID-4043
Seized by the US Government in 1919 as World War I reparations and converted at Liverpool, England into a troop ship
Commissioned March 26 1919 - Decommissioned November 25 1919
Relinquished to the United States Shipping Board and briefly chartered by the White Star Line.


3. KING ALEXANDER (Passenger Liner)
Sold to the Byron Steamship Co. Ltd. in 1920 and renamed


4. CLEVELAND (Passenger Liner)
Sold to United American Lines in 1923 and original name restored
Sold back to Hamburg America Line in 1926

In 1933 HAPAG sold her back to Blohm & Voss for scrap

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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

 

Military Post Office Postmark Soldiers Mail Hoboken NJ

(c1919) 5 Sept

YMCA "Returning Home" card. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

CITY HALL Sta. N. Y. 1 Slogan

1926-01-29

As SS CLEVELAND

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the city in the southwestern part of Alabama, located at the mouth of the Mobile River and at the head of Mobile Bay.

 

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