POWHATAN ID 3013

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 1899 by Aktiengesellschaft Vulkan, Stettin, Germany HAMBURG (Passenger Liner) Owned and operated by Hamburg American Line (HAPAG) RED CROSS (Privately Operated) Chartered by the Red Cross 1914 and renamed RED CROSS Acquired by U.S. Navy August 16 1917 name restored USS HAMBURG ID-3013 Commissioned August 16 1917 USS POWHATAN ID-3013 Renamed September 5 1917 Decommissioned September 2 1919 Transferred to U.S. Army Transport Service NEW ROCHELLE (Commercial Service) Chartered 1920 by the Baltic Steam Ship Corp. of America and renamed HUDSON (Commercial Service) Transferred 1921 to United States Mail Steamship Co. and renamed Transferred 1921 to the United States Lines PRESIDENT FILLMORE (Commercial Service) Renamed 1922 Scrapped 1928

 

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     (1918-19)

 

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

 

Locy Type 2rz

1918-09-05

Censored wartime (WWI) use

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - An Indian chief (1550–1618), father of Pocahontas; he headed a confederation of tribes in tidewater Virginia in the late 16th and early 17th century

 

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