VON STEUBEN TT 3017

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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.

    Transport
    Built 1901 as German Passenger Liner KRONPRINZ WILHELM
    Acquired by U.S. Navy June 9 1917

  1. USS VON STEUBEN Auxiliary Cruiser
    Commissioned June 9 1917

  2. USS VON STEUBEN Transport ID #3017
    Reclassified Transport September 21 1917
    Decommissioned October 13 1919
    Transferred to United States Shipping Board

    Struck from Naval Register October 14 1919
    Renamed BARON VON STEUBEN and back to VON STEUBEN by USSB.
    Chartered 1920 by F. Eggena, a New York-based company
    Planned conversion into a floating fair and exhibition site for U.S. products
    and to rename her THE UNITED STATES were canceled

    Sold 1923 to Boston Iron and Metal Co. of Baltimore, MD for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1     (1918-19)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

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


 

HUDSON TERMINAL STA. N.Y.
Machine

1912-05-22
to
1912-05-22

As KRONPRINZ WILHELM


 

U.S. GERMAN SEAPOST
Duplex

1912-11-17
to
1912-11-17

As KRONPRINZ WILHELM



 

Locy Type
3

1918-01-02
to
1918-01-02

Picture postcard from Cuba


 

Locy Type
3

1918-01-02
to
1918-01-02

Picture postcard from Cuba


 

Locy Type Fz

USCS Catalog
Illustration
V-13

1919-03-21
to
1919-03-21

"Safe and Sound" postcard provided by the Knights of Columbus.


 

Locy Type Fz

USCS Catalog
Illustration
V-13

1919-05-12
to
1919-05-12

Welcome Home postcard provided by the Knights of Columbus.


 

Locy Type Fz

USCS Catalog
Illustration
V-13

1919-05-12
to
1919-05-12

Real-Picture postcard of the USS Von Steuben

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), the German army officer who served in the American Revolutionary War.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named VON STEUBEN - USS Von Steuben TT-3017 and USS Von Steuben SSBN-632.

 


 

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