CASCO ID 1957

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.

Freighter
Built 1910 by Flensburger Schiffbauges (Shipbuilding), Flensburg, Germany


1. ELMSHORN (Commercial Service)
Lloyd's Register of Shipping lists owner as "Deutsch-Austral. Dmpfsch Ges." (Deutsch-Australische Dampfschiffs-Gesellschaft)
Acquired by U.S. Navy January 7 1918


2. USS CASCO ID-1957
Commissioned January 8 1918
Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS)
Decommissioned March 22 1919
Returned to U.S. Shipping Board (USSB) 1919


3. CASCO (Commercial Service)
Ownership retained by USSB and operated under contract
Official Number: 215555


4. MANNHEIM (Commercial Service)
Sold c1922-23 to California Steamship Co. and renamed


5. ELMSHORN (Commercial Service)
Quickly sold back to original owners "Deutsch-Austral. Dmpfsch Ges." (which later merged with Hamburg-America line)
Original name restored.

Broken up in 1933

 

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Postmarks

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - A bay on the coast of Maine

 

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