KITTERY AK 2

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.

Kittery Class Cargo Ship
Built 1905 at G. Seebach Co., Bremerhaven, Germany
Launched 30 November 1905


1. D/S PRÄSIDENT (Passenger Liner)
Owned and operated by the German Hamburg-America Line
Interned at San Juan, P.R. 1915
Acquired by U.S. Navy 14 May 1917 and renamed


2. USS KITTERY (Cargo Ship)
Commissioned 6 July 1918
Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS)


3. USS KITTERY AK-2
Designated Cargo Ship (AK) 17 July 1920
Decommissioned 5 April 1933
Struck from Naval Register 11 April 1933
Transferred to United State Shipping Board (USSB) 26 June 1933

Scrapped 1937

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Kittery AK-2 Covers Page 1    (1927-1933)

 

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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Post Office Established 27 February 1918 - Disestablished 28 March 1933

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"

1932-12-12

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 5s "NAVY DAY / AT SEA"

1932-10-27

Navy Day, cachet by B. S. Walton. R/S marking on the back states - "Navy Day / See The World"

 

Locy Type 9

1927-01-13

Registered, Official Business cut-square

 

Locy Type 9v

1928-10-30

Note:

 

Locy Type LDPS 3 (B-BTT) "LAST DAY / MAIL SERVICE"

1933-03-28

Last Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. From the Nancy DeLux collection.

 

Other Information

USS KITTERY earned the World War I Victory Medal w/ Transport Clasp during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A coastal city in southwestern Maine.

 

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