GIRASOL PY 27
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.
Built 1926 by Krupp Iron Works, Kiel, Germany Official Number: 233548 Acquired by U.S. Navy March 16 1942 Struck from Navy Register February 20 1946 Transferred July 14 1947 to Maritime Commission for disposal Fate unknown |
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 (1942)
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.
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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type 2z |
1942-06-25 |
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Censored Sailor's mail
Other Information
NAMESAKE - A bluish-White translucent opal with reddish reflections
Additional Naming History Sources
Dive wreck web sites for Miami FL list a ship named SOUTH SEAS which some claim to be the former GIRASOL.
One site in particular, Wreck Wiki gives an error-filled early history
before reporting its post-WWII history as follows:
"Ben Benjamin, president of South Seas, Incorporated, eventually purchased the war surplus patrol vessel and renamed her South Seas.
After a decade of use, the former yacht South Seas was retired from service in 1958....
On March 13, 1961, the yacht caught fire and burned....
The following year, the South Seas was salvaged and converted into a restaurant and cocktail lounge adjacent
to the well‐known Miami restaurant,Tony’s Fish Market.
In 1975, the South Seas sank into the mud in North Bay and remained abandoned until a real estate developer bought the land in 1978....
On September 23, 1982, as the South Seas was being towed through Biscayne Bay, the vessel grounded on a sandbar,
flooded, and promptly settled in 11 feet of water....eventually salvaged and returned to her berth....
...on February 11, 1983. Yet again, the rusting yacht grounded on a sandbar...
[The next day]
...sank on its own in 75 feet of water....approximate 250-foot distance north to the wreck of the freighter Princess Britney."
I can find no listing of a SOUTH SEAS in either Lloyd's Registry of Yachts or Merchant Vessels of the United States.
Other than dive wreck web sites, I can find no other sites indicating a connection between GIRASOL and SOUTH SEAS.
As such, I do not include SOUTH SEAS in the Ship Name and Designation History above.
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