HOUSTON AK 1

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.

Houston Class Cargo Ship
Keel Laid c1902
Launched April 11 1903 as German Liner LIEBENFELS
Laid up August 1914 at the outbreak of WWI at Charleston, S.C. by the U.S. Government
Scuttled and abandoned by her crew February 1 1917
Raised March 20 1917 and entered Charleston Navy Yard for conversion to Naval service


1. USS HOUSTON NOTS-2614
   Commissioned July 3 1917
   
   
2. USS HOUSTON AK-1
   Designated Cargo Ship (AK) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned March 23 1922
   
   Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
   Sold September 27 1922 to Frank M. Warren of Portland, OR
   
   
3. NORTH KING (Commercial Service)
   Renamed 1923
   Sold to Campania Diana de Vapores S.A., Panama (Date unknown)
   Chartered by War Shipping Administration December 30 1941
   Transferred to United States Lines Co. for operation December 30 1941
   
   Returned to Campania Diana de Vapores S.A. February 26 1946
   Sold 1958 to Japanese breakers Y. Yamamoto & Co., Osaka, Japan, for scrap

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 name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 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. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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.

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.
 
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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp) - Yangtze Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Houston, Texas

 

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