SOUTHERY IX 26
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.
- Steamer
- SOUTHERY (Commercial Service) Owned and operated by Culliford & Clark of West Sunniside, Sunderland, England
- USS SOUTHERY (Collier) Commissioned 2 May 1898 - Decommissioned 18 February 1899
- USS SOUTHERY (Prison Ship) Placed In Service 6 April 1902
- USS SOUTHERY IX-26 Designated Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX) 29 June 1912
Built 1889 at R. Thompson Sons & Co., Sunderland, England
Ran ashore and abandoned on 15 Apr 1894 on Alacrane Beach, a guano island in the Gulf of Mexico
Ultimately towed to New York but sank in the harbor
Sold by the United States marshal to Mr. Lewis Luckenbach of New York and restored
Purchased by US Navy 16 April 1898 and converted to a Collier
Converted to Prison Ship
Designated Receiving Ship at Portsmouth N.H. Navy Yard 7 November 1918
Designated Receiving Ship at Boston Navy Yard 26 April 1922
Decommissioned 12 July 1933
Struck from Naval Register 1 September 1933
Sold 1 December 1933 for scrap
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Postmarks
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Post Office Established 29 July 1908 - Disestablished 14 July 1914
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Locy Type 1 |
1909-05-11 |
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Postcard. From the Bob Govern collection.
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Locy Type |
1909-03-18 |
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From the Jim Myerson collection.
Post Office Reestablished 8 May 1917 - Disestablished 19 October 1924
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Locy Type |
1922-02-10 |
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From the Jim Myerson collection.
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1915-06-24 |
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From the Jim Myerson collection.
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Locy Type 9v |
1925-08-11 |
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"On Piece". From the Jim Myerson collection.
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1933-08-31 |
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Other Information
SOUTHERY received the Spanish Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)
NAMESAKE - Former name retained
Additional Naming History Sources
Shipscribe provides a nice history of the ship.
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