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 ELIZABETH HOLLAND
Purchased by U.S. Navy April 16 1898


1. USS LEONIDAS (Collier)
   Commissioned May 21 1898 - Decommissioned December 27 1898
   Recommissioned November 8 1900 - Decommissioned February 15 1909
   Recommissioned June 11 1909 - Decommissioned May 3 1912
   
   
2. USS LEONIDAS (Survey Ship)
   Recommissioned April 1 1914
   
   
3. USS LEONIDAS (Sub Chaser/Destroyer Tender)
   Converted October 30 1917
   
   
4. USS LEONIDAS AD-7
   Designated (AD) July 17 1920 - Decommissioned November 28 1921
   
   Struck from Naval Register November 28 1921
   
   
5. ELIZABETH HOLLAND
   Sold March 24 1923 to Ammunition Products Corp. Washington, D.C. for commercial operations, name restored
   
   Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1919)

 

Postmarks

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

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4th Commissioning April 1 1914 to November 28 1921

 

Locy Type 3 "GIBRALTER / "

1919-06-20 to 1919-06-20

As Sub Chaser/Destroyer Tender
Sailor's Mail

 

Locy Type 3 "LISBON / PORTUGAL"

1919-07-05 to 1919-07-05

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

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Leonidas was a heroic king of Sparta who died at Thermopylae fighting to hold back the Persian hosts of Xerxes in 480 B.C.

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

 

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