SANTA CECILIA ID 4008
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.
- Freighter
- SS SANTA CECILIA (Commercial Service) Owned and operated by W. R. Grace and Company of New York (Grace Lines)
- USS SANTA CECILIA ID-4008
Commissioned March 10 1918 - Decommissioned October 6 1919
Transferred to United States Shipping Board October 6 1919
- SS SANTA CECILIA (Commercial Service) Returned to original owner
Built 1913 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA
Official Number: 211722
Acquired in 1918 by the Nafra Co., Inc. of New York
Acquired by U.S. Navy March 10 1919
Acquired in 1920 by the Green Star Steamship Co. of Seattle, WA (reorganized into the Planet Steamship Corporation in March 1923)
By 1929, owned by Nautilus Steamship Company and operated by the Argonaut Steamship Line
Broken up 1935
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Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
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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
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Other Information
NAMESAKE - Former name retained
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