WILLIAM ISOM NOTS 1555

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.

Tanker Built 1917 Acquired by U.S. Navy April 24 1918 USS WILLIAM ISOM NOTS-1555 Commissioned May 1 1918 - Decommissioned August 21 1919 Returned the Sinclair Gulf Corp. Sold 1920 to the American Italian Commercial Corp. Sold mid-1920s to the Cuba Distilling Co. EDWIN B. DeGOLIA (Merchant Service) Sold 1930 to Edwin B. DeGolia for the Hillcone Steamship Co. and renamed DEMOSTHENES Sold 1947-48 to the Artemis Maritime Co. of Panama and renamed Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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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 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.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Postmark Norfolk, VA

1918-08-29

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - William Isom
Isom was the Vice President of the North American Transportation & Trading Co. just after the turn of the century

 

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