SCHURZ GUNBOAT

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.

Bussard Class Steel Hulled Cruiser
Built 1894 by the Kaiserliche Werft (Imperial Shipyard), Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Launched October 18 1894


1. SMS GEIER (Imperial German Naval Service)
Only German Imperial Navy warship "captured" by the U.S. Navy during World War I
Interred at Honolulu, T.H. in 1914 and seized by the US Government in 1917
Acquired by the Navy 6 April 1917
Renamed SCHURZ 9 June 1917


2. USS SCHURZ (Gunboat)
Commissioned September 15 1917
[Note: Previous versions of this page listed designation and hull number "SP-7961" but that appeared to be incorrect.]

LOST (collision) June 21 1918 with S.S. FLORIDA off North Carolina
Struck from the Navy list 26 August 1918.

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Additional Naming History Sources

ex USS Shurz wreck at Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.

 

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