NARRAGANSETT SP 2196
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.
- Coastal Passenger Steamship
- USS NARRAGANSETT SP-2196 Commissioned January 28 1918 - Decommissioned September 12 1919
- RICHELIEU (Commercial Service) Sold 1923 to the Canada Steamship Lines Ltd. of Montreal
- PASSENGER 3 (Commercial Service) Sold June 9 1966 to Joseph de Smedt, Shipbreakers of Antwerp, Belgium for scrap, renamed
Built 1913
Operated by the Central Vermont Transportation Co. of New London, CT
Acquired by U.S. Navy January 11 1918
Sold August 13 1920
Reconstructed as Passenger Ship and renamed
Fate undetermined (see "Additional Naming History Sources" below)
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.
- 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.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
|
Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
|---|
|
NO NARRAGANSETT POSTMARKS |
DATE FROM
|
Note:
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Former name retained
Additional Naming History Sources
Historical Collections of the Great Lakes provides a little more history.
Canada Steamship Lines Wikipedia page provides details on history after
being sold to Joseph de Smedt of Antwerp, Belgium:
"The Richelieu, St. Lawrence, and Tadoussac were all sold to Joseph de Smedt of Belgium.
Tadoussac was renamed Passenger No. 2 and Richelieu, Passenger No. 3.
Passenger No. 2 and the old St. Lawrence were eventually scrapped after serving as accommodation ships in the early 1970s,
while Passenger No. 3 was sold to Danish interests and was renamed St. Lawrence 2 and served as an accommodation ship for
Eastern Bloc refugees before being sold to Arab interests in 1975 as workers' barracks in Sharjah, UAE,
where she became half-buried in sand by 1981, and scrapped down by 1990."
[Editor note: I could not find supporting evidence for this information so it was not included in the "Ship Name and Designation History"
section above.]
If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.
Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum