VON STEUBEN ID 3017

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.

Transport
Built 1901 by the Aktiengesellschaft Vulcan, Stettin, Germany
Launched 30 March 1901


1. KRONPRINZ WILHELM (Passenger Liner)
Owned and operated by Norddeutscher Lloyd


2. KRONPRINZ WILHELM (Imperial German Naval Service)
Served as an auxiliary warship from 1914–1915 for the Imperial German Navy, sailing as a commerce raider
Interned in Philadelphia from April 1915 until April 1917
Seized when the U.S. entered WWI in April 1917
Acquired by U.S. Navy June 9 1917


3. USS VON STEUBEN (Auxiliary Cruiser)
Commissioned June 9 1917


4. USS VON STEUBEN ID-3017
Reclassified as a Transport on 21 September 1917
Decommissioned October 13 1919
Transferred to United States Shipping Board (USSB)
Struck from Naval Register October 14 1919


5. BARON VON STEUBEN (Commercial Service)
Chartered in 1920 by F. Eggena, a New York-based company


6. VON STEUBEN (Commercial Service)
Renamed again by USSB

Sold 1923 to Boston Iron and Metal Co. of Baltimore, MD for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1918-19)

 

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

 

HUDSON TERMINAL STA. N.Y. Machine

1912-05-22 to 1912-05-22

As KRONPRINZ WILHELM

 

U.S. GERMAN SEAPOST Duplex

1912-11-17 to 1912-11-17

As KRONPRINZ WILHELM

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Locy Type 3

1918-01-02 to 1918-01-02

Picture postcard from Cuba

 

Locy Type 3

1918-01-02 to 1918-01-02

Picture postcard from Cuba

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Catalog Illustration V-13

1919-03-21 to 1919-03-21

"Safe and Sound" postcard provided by the Knights of Columbus.

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Catalog Illustration V-13

1919-05-12 to 1919-05-12

Welcome Home postcard provided by the Knights of Columbus.

 

Locy Type Fz USCS Catalog Illustration V-13

1919-05-12 to 1919-05-12

Real-Picture postcard of the USS Von Steuben

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), the German army officer who served in the American Revolutionary War.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named VON STEUBEN - USS Von Steuben TT-3017 and USS Von Steuben SSBN-632.

 

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