SAGADAHOC ID 3311

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.

Cargo Ship
Built 1918 by the Texas Shipbuilding Co., Bath, ME
Acquired by U.S. Navy upon completion, July 8 1918


1. USS SAGADAHOC ID-3311
   Commissioned July 9 1918 - Decommissioned August 18 1919
   Transferred 1919 to United States Shipping Board
   
   
2. SAGADAHOC (Commercial Service)
Sold to the Argonaut Line and then later transferred to the American South African Line

Sunk (torpedoed) December 1941 by German U-124 in the South Atlantic

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Recd. from Army Machine Postmark Bordeaux, France

1919-06-18

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Other Information

While enroute from New York to Beira, Mozambique and Mombasa, South Africa, SAGADAHOC was stopped at sea and searched by the German submarine U-124. When contraband cargo was discovered her crew was sent to the lifeboats. The ship was then torpedoed and sunk, with the loss of one life

NAMESAKE - A county in the state of Maine

 

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