NORTHERN PACIFIC

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 Keel Laid September 25 1913 by William Cramp and Sons, Ship and Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, PA NORTHERN PACIFIC (Passenger-Cargo Ship) Operated by Great Northern Pacific Steam Ship Company Acquired by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) September 17 1917 USS NORTHERN PACIFIC (Transport) Commissioned November 3 1917 - Decommissioned August 20 1919 USAT NORTHERN PACIFIC Transferred to U.S. Army Transport Service August 20 1919 Returned to United States Shipping Board November 22 1921 Sold February 2 1922 to the Pacific Steamship Co. Destroyed by fire while in tow to their yard at Chester, PA

 

Naval Covers

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.

1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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.

 

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 3 (AC)

1919-07-17

Postcard. From the Jim Myerson collection.

 

USPO Machine Cancel Bremerton WA

1918-02-27

N/A

Passed by Censor. From the John Germann collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - The North Pacific Ocean

 

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