POCAHONTAS SP 3044
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.
- Troop Transport
- SS PRINZESS IRENE (Commercial Service) Owned and operated by North German Lloyd Lines
- USS PRINCESS IRENE ID-3044 Commissioned July 25 1917
- USS POCAHONTAS ID-3044 Renamed September 1 1917
- SS POCAHONTAS (Commercial Service) Transferred to United States Shipping Board May 1921 and chartered to the United States Mail Steamship Company of New York
- SS BREMEN (Commercial Service) Sold back to the North German Lloyd Lines 1922 and renamed
- SS KARLSRUHE (Commercial Service) Renamed 1928
Built 1900
Launched June 19 1900 by Aktiengesellschaft Vulkan, Stettin, Germany
Stranded in New York at the start of WWI
Acquired by U.S. Navy April 6 1917
Decommissioned November 7 1919
Scrapped 1932
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Postmarks
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existing example.
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Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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NO POCAHONTAS POSTMARKS |
DATE FROM
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Note:
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Locy Type: 3 |
1919-08-30 |
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USPO Machine |
1919-08-01 |
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Manuscript ship's name on a Knights of Columbus "Safe & Sound" postcard.
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RPO Duplex |
19**-12-10 |
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No Image |
Incoming mail to the ship.
Other Information
NAMESAKE - The Algonquin princess, daughter of Powhatan, who saved Capt. John Smith’s life while he was a prisoner of her father’s warriors. She subsequently married John Rolfe and died in England in 1617.
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