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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol><br/>Transport<br/>
Built 1901 by Vulcan Co., Stettin, Germany<br/>
Launched 18 June 1901<br/><br/>
<li>'''PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH''' (Passenger-Cargo Ship)</li>
Owned by North German Lloyd (NDL) and operated as a mail ship and ocean liner<br/><br/>
<li>'''PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH''' (Imperial German Naval Service)</li>
Converted 1914 into an auxiliary cruiser for the Imperial German Navy at Tsingtao China<br/>
Captured and scuttled the schooner William P. Frye in January 1915, the first U.S. flagged vessel sunk in World War I<br/>
Interned by the U.S. Government at Newport News, Virginia and then moved to Philadelphia Navy Yard<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy April 1917<br/><br/>
<li>'''DeKALB SP-3010'''</li>
Commissioned May 12 1917<br/>
Operated as a troop transport and assigned to the Cruiser and Transport Force, Atlantic Fleet<br/>
Decommissioned September 22 1919<br/>
[Note: Prior versions of this page listed the name as "De Kalb"]<br/><br/>
<li>'''DeKALB''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Transferred to United States Shipping Board (USSB) September 23 1919<br/><br/>
<li>'''MOUNT CLAY''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Sold 1920 and renamed<br/>
<i>Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1922</i> lists the owner as "American Ship & Commerce Nav. Corp. (United American Lines Inc, Mgrs)<br/>
Official Number: 220422<br/>
Laid up 1925<br/>
Sold 1928 to The Pacific Steamship Co. of San Francisco, CA<br/><br/>
Scrapped 1934
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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.
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<li> Covers Page 1     (1919)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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USPO<br/>Machine Postmark<br/><br/>Hoboken, NJ
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1919-01-22
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[[Image:JohnGermann_DeKalb_SP3010_19190122_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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The ship had no postal facilities.





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French postmark
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1919-02-25
<br/>to<br/>
1919-02-25
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_DeKalb_SP3010_19190225_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_DeKalb_SP3010_19190225_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Picture postcard of the USS DeKalb.


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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - General Baron DeKalb (1721 - August 19 1780)<br/>
In 1768 De Kalb visited the American colonies on a secret mission for the French government, and on the outbreak of the Revolution volunteered his services to the Americans. Given the rank of Major General by Congress, September 15 1777, he served at Camden, S.C., with General Gates, and gave distinguished aid to the American cause before being mortally wounded while fighting at the head of his troops August 16 1780. He died 3 days later




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