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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.
<ol>Minelayer/Transport<br/>
Built 1901 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA<br/><br/>
<li>'''EL DIA''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Owned and operated by Southern Pacific-Morgan Steamship Co. of New York<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy November 16 1917 and renamed<br/>
Converted for use as Minelayer<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS ROANOKE ID-1695'''</li>
Commissioned January 25 1918 - Decommissioned August 30 1919<br/><br/>
<li>'''EL DIA''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Returned to original owner Southern Pacific-Morgan Steamship Co., name restored<br/><br/>
<li>'''PAN-YORK''' (Commercial Service)</li>
Sold 1941 to the Waterman Steamship Co. Mobile, AL and renamed<br/>
Sold 1943 to the United Fruit Co. New Jersey<br/>
Sold 1947 to the F. & B. Shipping Co. Miami, FL<br/>
Used in transporting Aliya Bet (illegal immigration) of Jewish<br/>
displaced persons from Europe to the British Mandated Palestine<br/><br/>
<li>'''KIBBUTZ GALUYOT''' (Privately Owned)</li>
Renamed but retained the name PAN-YORK on her stern<br/><br/>
<li>'''KOMMIYUT''' (Privately Owned)</li>
Renamed Kommiyut' in 1949 for Zim Palestine Navigation Co. Ltd, Haifa<br/><br/>
Broken up November 15 1953
</ol>
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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 incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
<ol>
<li> Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)</li>
</ol>
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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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2rz
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1919-07-13
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Roanoke_TT1695_19190713_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Roanoke_TT1695_19190713_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Postmark did not originate from the ship and the ship's name is on the back,


<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
As KIBBUTZ GALUYOT, departed Bulgaria in December 1947 with 7,557 Jewish displaced persons (the second largest ever single marine transport) bound for Palestine but diverted to Cyprus by the British on Januaty 1 1948<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for the city of Roanoke, Virginia



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If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
editing this page.
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