LONG BEACH AK 9

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.

Cargo Ship
Built 1892 in Great Britain


1. SS YARROWDALE (Commercial Service)
   Owned by Mackill Steamship Company and registered in the UK
   
   
2. SS NICHOLAS CASTRIOTIS (Commercial Service)
   Sold to CN Castriotti in 1902, renamed, and registered in Greece
   
   
3. SS HOFENFELDE (Commercial Service)
   Sold to D Fuhrmann, Nissle und Günther Nachfolger in 1905, renamed, and registered in Germany
   Seized by United States Shipping Board April 6 1917
   
   
4. USS LONG BEACH ID-2136
   Commissioned December 20 1917
   Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) in 1919
   
   
5. USS LONG BEACH AK-9
   Reclassified Cargo Ship (AK) July 20 1920
   Decommissioned April 26 1921
   
   Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
   
6. SS LONG BEACH (Commercial Service)
   Sold May 24 1922 to B. L. Stafford, New York City (Long Beach Steam Ship Corporation)
   
   
7. SS GOLDEN GATE (Commercial Service)
   Sold to Callaghan Atkinson & Co of New York in July 1923 (Golden Gate Navigation Company, Inc) and renamed
   Registered in the United States in 1924 with Official Number 22376
   
   Scrapped at Genoa, Italy in October 1924

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Haitian Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)

NAMESAKE - Cities in California and New York

 

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