KITTERY AK 2

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

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

  5. USS KITTERY AK-2
  6. 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

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

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

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link
To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image

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.

 


 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 


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