SENECA CGC 17
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.
- Revenue Cutter
- USCGC SENECA CGC-17 Commissioned November 12 1908 - Decommissioned March 21 1936
- SENECA (Commercial Service) Sold September 2 1936 to the Boston Iron and Metal Company of Baltimore, MD
- USCGC SENECA CG-17 Commissioned 1941 - Out of Service 1942
- KEYSTONE STATE (Training Ship) Turned over to the state of Pennsylvania 1942 for use in training merchant and naval cadets
Launched March 18 1908
Sold to the Texas Refrigeration Steamship Line (Date unknown)
Reacquired by Boston Iron and Metal at auction (Date unknown)
Returned to U.S. Coast Guard Service 1941
from the maritime academies of the states of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York
Sold 1950 for scrap
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Postmarks
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Other Information
NAMESAKE -The Seneca Nation of Indians, one of the six tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy whose aboriginal lands were in New York State
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