ROANOKE TT 1695

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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.

    Minelayer/Transport
    Built 1901 as Steel Hull Steamer EL DIA
    Acquired by U.S. Navy November 16 1917 and renamed
    Converted for use as Minelayer

  1. USS ROANOKE TT-1695
    Commissioned January 25 1918 - Decommissioned August 30 1919
    Returned to the Southern Pacific-Morgan Steamship Co.

  2. EL DIA (Commercial Service)
    Original name restored

  3. PAN-YORK
    Sold 1941 to the Waterman Steamship Co. Mobile, AL and renamed
    Sold 1943 to the United Fruit Co. New Jersey
    Sold 1947 to the F. & B. Shipping Co. Miami, FL
    Used in transporting Aliya Bet (illegal immigration) of Jewish
    displaced persons from europe to the British Mandated Palestine

  4. KIBBUTZ GALUYOT
    Renamed but retained the name PAN-YORK on her stern

  5. KOMMIYUT
    Renamed 1949

    Broken up November 15 1953

 

Naval Covers

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.

  1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 


Postmarks

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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type 2rz

1919-07-13

Postmark did not originate from the ship and the ship's name is on the back,

 

Other Information

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

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Roanoke, Virginia

 


 

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