SAGUA ID 1627

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.

Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Built 1914 by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England


1. VAN DER DUYN (Commercial Service)
Owned by Wambersie & Zoon and operated by its subsidiary Algemeene Stoomvaart Maatschappij (General Steamship Company) of Rotterdam, The Netherlands


2. SAGUA (Commercial Service
Purchased 1917 by Atlantic Fruit Company and renamed
Operated by subsidiary Siberia Steamship Corp. Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY
Official Number: 214722
Acquired by U.S. Navy August 9 1918


3. USS SAGUA ID-1627
Commissioned August 12 1918
Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS)
Decommissioned May 19 1919


4. SAGUA (Commercial Service)
Returned to the Siberia Steamship Corp. Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY
Sold 1923 to Cuyamel Fruit Company


5. CUYAMAPA (Commercial Service)
Renamed 1924
Sold to Mayan Steamship Corporation 1929 (managed by United Fruit Company)


6. SAGUA (Commercial Service)
Sold 1935 to United Fruit Steamship Company and renamed
Sold 1940 to Mayan Steamship Corporation (managed by United Fruit Company)
Sold 1943 to Empresa Hondurena de Vapores (managed by United Fruit Company)


7. GALILEA (Commercial Service)
Sold 1946 to Maritime Transport & Trading Co SA and renamed
Sold 1949 to Cia Anon Transp Panamericanos (Ballestrero, Tuena & Canepa)

Broken up September 1957

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - A city in Cuba

 

Additional Naming History Sources

TYNE BUILT SHIPS - VAN DER DUYN

The Ships List - Atlantic Fruit Company / (Di Giorgio)

 

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