NANTUCKET IX 18

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.

Patrol Gunboat Laid down 1873 - Launched 1876 USS RANGER Commissioned November 27 1876 - Decommissioned September 14 1891 Recommissioned August 26 1892 - Decommissioned November 26 1895 Recommissioned November 1 1899 - Decommissioned June 11 1903 Recommissioned March 30 1905 - Decommissioned June 21 1905 Recommissioned August 10 1908 - Decommissioned November 12 1908 Loaned April 26 1909 to the State of Massachusetts as a School Ship Served at the Massachusetts Nautical Training School Renamed ROCKPORT October 30 1917, while in reserve Renamed February 20 1918 USS NANTUCKET Recommissioned for WWI (date unknown) USS NANTUCKET PG-23 Designated (PG) 1920 Decommissioned (date unknown) Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary IX-18 July 1 1921 Returned to the State of Massachusetts as a School Ship Transferred to Maritime Commission November 11 1940 Used as a School Ship at the Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY Struck from Naval Register November 30 1940 TV EMERY RICE Renamed 1942 Scrapped 1958 by the Boston Metals Co. of Baltimore, MD

Naval Covers

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

 

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

POSTMARK DATE

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School Ship Period July 21 1921 to 1958

 

Boston MA Slogan "NOTIFY / Your / Correspondents / of change / of address"

1929-01-12

As NANTUCKET IX-18
Official Business

 

Other Information

 

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