CHINAMPA SP 1952

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.

Tanker
Built 1903 - Launched May 28 1903


1. SS PROMETHEUS (Civilian Tanker)
   Operated by Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum-Gesellshaft, Hamburg, Germany
   
   
2. SS CUSHING (Civilian Tanker)
   Sold December 1914 to The Standard Oil Co. of Bayonne, NJ and renamed
   Acquired by U.S. Navy September 23 1918
   Renamed September 24 1918
   
   
3. USS CHINAMPA ID-1952
   Commissioned October 3 1918 - Decommissioned May 27 1919
   Returned to Standard Oil Co. 1919
   
   
4. SS AMERICANO (Italian Registry)
   Sold 1925 to Cia. Navi Cisterna SA of Genoa, Italy and renamed
   Sold 1937 to Ditta G. M. Barbelegata of Genova
   Taken over by the Mexican government June 10 1940
   
   
5. SS TUXPAM (Mexican Registry)
   Confiscated April 8 1941 by order of the Mexican President and renamed
   Operated by Petroleos Mexicanos SA of Tampico
   SUNK (Torpedo/Gunfire) June 27 1942 by German U-129 off Zamora, Mexico

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - A term describing a method of ancient Mesoamerican agriculture which used small, rectangle-shaped areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico, often referred to as "floating gardens"

 

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