MAUI ID 1514

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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 1917 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA

  1. MAUI (Commercial Service)
  2. Owned and operated by Matson Navigation Co.
    Official Number: 214861
    Acquired U.S. Navy March 6 1918

  3. USS MAUI ID-1514
  4. Commissioned March 6 1918 - Decommissioned September 8 1919
    Returned to owner 1919

  5. MAUI (Commercial Service)
  6. Operated by Matson Lines
    Acquired by U.S. Army 1942

  7. USAT MAUI
  8. Operated as Troop Transport by U.S. Army

  9. MAUI (Commercial Service)
  10. Transferred to Maritime Administration 1945

    Scrapped 1948

 

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1932)

 

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.
 
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
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Postmark Image
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Military Post
Office Postmark

Hoboken NJ

1919-03-23
(letter date)

A "coming home" card. The doughboy, having been through a "big storm," cited the ship as a "small steamer" and even cited its dimensions! The ship had no postal facilities.




 

USPO Machine

Honolulu, Hawaii

Purser's mark

1932-12-06

As S. S. MAUI


 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for an island in the south-central Hawaiian group named for the chief mythological hero of the Polynesians

 


 

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