SIXAOLA ID 4525

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.

Refrigerated Cargo Ship Built 1911 Acquired by U.S. Navy September 19 1918 USS SIXAOLA ID 2777 Commissioned September 19 1918 Caught fire and partially sunk February 23 1919 at pier in Hoboken, NJ Decommissioned June 12 1919 USAT SIXAOLA ID 2777 Transferred to War Department June 12 1919 USAT SIXAOLA ID 4525 Registry number changed April 5 1922 SS SIXAOLA Returned to her owners, The United Fruit Co. Sunk by U-159 off Colon, Panama Canal Zone June 12 1942. Of the 201 crewmen, passengers and Navy Armed Guardsmen on board, 29 were killed

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

United Fruit Company Purser's Mark

1924-11-17

As S.S. SIXAOLA

 

United Fruit Company Purser's Mark

1929-01-13

In civilian service.

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Other Information

Historical Note: U-159 was sunk on July 28 1943 in the Caribbean Sea, south of Haiti, in position 15.57N, 68.30W, by depth charges from an American Mariner aircraft (VP-32, P-1). 53 dead (all hands lost).

 

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