Steamship SS SANTA CECELIA, Grace Line 1929 Naval Cover

Description: Steamship SS SANTA CECELIA, Grace Line 1929 Naval Cover It was sent 3 Dec 1929. It was franked with stamp "Ohio River Canal".This cover is in good, but not perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement. Member USCS #10385 (I also earned the stamp collecting merit badge as a boy!). Please contact me if you have specific cover needs. I have thousands for sale, including; navals (USS, USNS, USCGC, Coast Guard, ship, Maritime), military posts, event, APO, hotel, postal history, memorabilia, etc. I also offer approvals service with FREE SHIPPING to repeat USA customers.USS Santa Cecilia (ID-4008) was the lead ship of her class of freighters of the United States Navy during World War I. In service for the United States Army she was known as USAT Santa Cecilia. Both before and after her World War I service she was known as SS Santa Cecilia for the Grace Line. CareerSS Santa Cecilia, a single-screw, steel-hulled freighter built during 1913 by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. of Philadelphia, was chartered by the United States Army during World War I. Santa Cecilia was taken over by the Navy at New York on 10 March 1919; and commissioned the same day. Santa Cecilia was one of four U.S. Army ships manned by the Navy in March 1919 after conversion to troop transports by the Army. She sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, on 11 April 1919 for Bordeaux, France, and returned to New York on 9 May with homeward-bound troops. She completed her fourth and last round-trip voyage on 7 September 1919, and was transferred to the United States Shipping Board on 6 October 1919. Following mercantile service, Santa Cecilia was broken up in 1935.

Price: 9.99 USD

Location: Weaverville, North Carolina

End Time: 2024-09-23T10:00:50.000Z

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