MEXICAN NOTS 1655

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.

Freighter
Built 1907 by Union Iron Works at San Francisco


1. SS MEXICAN (Commercial Service)
Owned and operated by American-Hawaiian Steamship Company of New York City
Acquired by U.S. Navy December 10 1917


2. USS MEXICAN ID-1655
   Commissioned December 23 1917 - Decommissioned August 4 1919
   Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) and served as an animal transport through the end of World War I.
   
   
3. SS MEXICAN (Commercial Service)
Returned to her owners the American Hawaiian Steamship Co. on 4 August 1919

The U.S. War Shipping Administration converted the ship to an animal transport ship from late August to October 1944.
From 1945 to 1947 used by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to transport animals to Poland.

Scrapped 1948

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Mexican NOTS-1655 Covers Page 1    (1919)

 

Postmarks

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

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Non-posted (Free)

1919-05-19

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Military Post Office Soldiers Mail Postmark Hoboken, NJ

(1919)-07-11

A Knights of Columbus "Coming Home" card for doughboys, using an image drawn by Norman Rockwell. The message from the band leader says that they put him on the wrong boat! The ship had no postal facilities.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Former name retained

 

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