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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.
Built in 1914 by Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, MD Completed in May 1914 Acquired by the Navy December 23 1917 Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) Decommissioned December 22 1919 She was requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration in 1942 Assigned to the Far East State Sea Shipping Co but was seconded to the Soviet Navy's Pacific Fleet during the war Returned to merchant shipping operations in the Far East after the war Transferred to North Korea in 1966 for use as a fish processing facility Scrapped in 1969. |
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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 (1919)
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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Postcard by Norman Rockwell, provided by the Knights of Columbus. Manuscript ships name.
Other Information
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