CHESTNUT HILL SP 2526
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.
- Chestnut Hill Class Tanker
- USS CHESTNUT HILL ID-2526 Commissioned March 14 1918 - Decommissioned September 3 1919
- CHESTNUT HILL (Commercial Service) Ownership retained by the USSB. Unknown which company operated the ship under contract.
- CALICHE (Commercial Service) Renamed 1927
- DONBASS (Soviet Union Naval Service) Transferred to The Soviet Union 1943
- CALICHE (Tanker) Returned to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) in March 1944 and renamed
Built 1917 as DESDEMONA by the Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Co., Gloucester City, NJ
Name changed to CHESTNUT HILL before completion
Completed in February 1918
Acquired by U.S. Navy March 14 1918
Returned to United States Shipping Board 1919
Official Number: 215976
Transferred in October 1944 to the Navy Department
Sunk 1947 as a target
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Postmarks
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Other Information
NAMESAKE - A residential section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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