MARGARET SP 527
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.
- Yacht
- EUGENIA (Private Yacht) Original owner J. G. Cassatt
- MARJORIE (Private Yacht) Renamed (Date unknown)
- MARGARET (Private Yacht) Renamed c1904
- USS MARGARET SP-527 Commissioned October 16 1917 under the command of Lieutenant Commander Frank Jack Fletcher
Built 1899 by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works at Chester, Pennsylvania
Official Number: 136748
Owned by Dr. Isaac E. Emerson
Purchased by U.S. Navy August 14 1917
Decommissioned in November 1918
Sold to an Italian firm for scrap on 30 September 1921
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- Covers Page 1 (1918)
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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THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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Other Information
NAMESAKE - Former name retained
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