IMPERATOR ID 4080

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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 1910 as a passenger liner

  1. IMPERATOR (Passenger Liner)
  2. Operated by Hamburg America Line of Germany
    Acquired by U.S. Navy May 5 1919

  3. USS IMPERATOR ID-4080
  4. Commissioned May 5 1919 - Decommissioned November 24 1919

  5. RMS BERENGARIA (Commercial Service)
  6. Transferred to the British Ministry of Shipping 1919 for North Atlantic passenger trade

    Suffered electrical fires beginning mid-1930s
    Withdrawn from service 1938
    Scrapped 1946

 

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Imperator ID-4080 Covers Page 1     (1919)

 

Postmarks

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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.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image

Post Office Established May 6 1919 - Disestablished November 24 1919


 

Military Post Office
Soldiers Mail

Hoboken NJ

1919-06-20

YMCA Card


 

USPO
Machine Postmark

New York, NY

1919-07-14

Ship had no postal facilities.



RMS BERENGARIA


 

Unused

c1930

No Image

Ship's postcard


 

New York NY
Registered

New York U.S.A.
Foreign

1929-12-13

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Other Information

 


 

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