GLACIER AF 4

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.

Built 1891 as "SS PORT CHALMERS" Acquired by US Navy 1898 and converted for Naval service USS DELMONICO Commissioned 5 July 1898 USS GLACIER Renamed 11 July 1898 - Decommissioned 6 March 1899 Recommissioned 31 March 1899 - Decommissioned 1 August 1903 Recommissioned 15 December 1903 - Decommissioned 30 July 1904 Recommissioned 15 September 1904 USS GLACIER AF-4 Designated (AF) 17 July 1920 Decommissioned 6 March 1922 Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) Sold for commercial service 17 August 1922 Acquired by the WSA 10 October 1942 Re-delivered 23 August 1944, to Carbella SS. Co. renamed "SS Carbella" Final Disposition, date unknown, still working as of 1956

Naval Covers

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1. USS Glacier AF-4 Covers Page 1    (1910-1913,2009)

 

Postmarks

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

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4th Commissioning 15 September 1904 to 6 March 1922

Post Office Established 4 November 1908 - Post Office Disestablished 29 November 1911

 

Locy Type SL Canal Zone Postmark

1909-03-01

San Antonio TX postmark (in address) shows card was received on 11 March 1909. From the Gary Weiss collection.

 

Locy Type 1 (C+)

1910-08-28

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Locy Type 2 (AC) (1911)

1911-04-13

Picture postcard of a indoor swimming pool in San Diego, CA

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4th Commissioning 15 September 1904 to 6 March 1922

Post Office Reestablished 13 February 1912 - Post Office Disestablished 29 December 1920

 

Locy Type 2 (AC) (1919)

1921-02-01

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Locy Type 3 (AC) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

1913-08-19

Picture postcard of a San Francisco CA monument

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS GLACIER AF-4 STA." San Diego CA

2009-01-09

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

USS GLACIER earned the Philippine Campaign Medal, the Mexican Service Medal and the World War I Victory Medal w/ Transport clasp during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A field or body of ice formed in a region where snowfall exceeds melting; it moves slowly down a mountainside or valley. The second and fourth Glacier were named for Glacier Bay, Alaska; the third Glacier for Glacier County, Montana.

Four ships of the US Navy have been named GLACIER - USS Glacier AF-4, USS Glacier CVE-33, USS Glacier AK-183 and USS Glacier AGB-4.

 

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