LEONIDAS AD 7

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 1898 as SS ELIZABETH HOLLAND
Purchased by US Navy 16 April 1898


1. USS LEONIDAS (Collier)
Commissioned 21 May 1898 - Decommissioned 27 December 1898
Recommissioned 8 November 1900 - Decommissioned 15 February 1909
Recommissioned 11 June 1909 - Decommissioned 3 May 1912


2. USS LEONIDAS (Survey Ship)
Recommissioned 1 April 1914


3. USS LEONIDAS (Tender)
Converted 30 October 1917 into a tender for submarine chasers
Tended destroyers after WWI


4. USS LEONIDAS AD-7
Designated (AD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 28 November 1921
Struck from Naval Register 28 November 1921


5. ELIZABETH HOLLAND (Commercial Service)
   Sold 24 March 1923 to Ammunition Products Corp. for commercial operations, name restored
   
   Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Leonidas AD-7 Covers Page 1    (1919)

 

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 1 April 1914 to 28 November 1921

 

Locy Type 1z

1918-04-23

Censored Sailor's Mail. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 3 "GIBRALTER / "

1919-06-20

As Sub Chaser/Destroyer Tender. Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 3 "LISBON / PORTUGAL"

1919-07-05

As Sub Chaser/Destroyer Tender. Sailor's Mail, ppc of Lisbon

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Boxed Marking

1918-04-23

Censored Sailor's Mail. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS LEONIDAS earned the Spanish Campaign Medal and the World War I Victory Medal w/ Patrol clasp during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Leonidas I (died 11 August 480 BC) was a warrior king of the Greek city-state of Sparta, and the 17th of the Agiad line; a dynasty which claimed descent from the mythological demigod Heracles and Cadmus. He was the husband of Gorgo, the daughter of Cleomenes I of Sparta. Leonidas had a notable participation in the Second Persian War, where he led the allied Greek forces to a last stand at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) while attempting to defend the pass from the invading Persian army; he entered myth as the so-called leader of the 300 Spartans.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name LEONIDAS - USS Leonidas (Bark 1861) and USS Leonidas AD-7.

 

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