MATSONIA ID 1589

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.

Transport
Built 1913
Acquired by U.S. Navy January 22 1918


1. USS MATSONIA ID-1589
Commissioned March 1 1918 - Decommissioned September 12 1919
Returned to the Matson Navigation Co.
Laid up 1932 at Antioch, CA


2. ETOLIN (Commercial Service)
Sold 1937 to the Alaska Packers and renamed


3. USAT ETOLIN
Chartered by U.S. Army as Troopship August 1940
Laid up April 1946 in Reserve Fleet, James River Group

Scrapped 1957

 

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

 

No postmark

1918-04-02 (censor date)

No postmarks have been recorded for this ship.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Former name retained

 

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