USS Rogday, a 2122 gross ton icebreaker, was built at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in 1915 as the civilian freighter Nevada. Though sold to the Imperial Russian Government in March 1917 for icebreaking service and renamed Rogday, the Russian Revolution kept her from leaving the Western Hemisphere. In mid-November 1918, while she was at Sydney, Nova Scotia, the ship was transferred to the U.S. Navy and placed in commission. Rogday steamed to Boston, Massachusetts, in early December and remained at that port until June 1919 when she was sent to sea to assist USS West Grama (ID # 3794). After a brief voyage to Bermuda and back to Boston, she was decommissioned in mid-month. Rogday was turned over to the U.S. Shipping Board in September 1919 and promptly returned to Russian representatives.
In 1921, Rogday was sold to commercial operators and sent back to the Great Lakes. Resuming the name Nevada, she spent more than two decades on the inland seas. In 1935 her appearance was greatly altered when she was converted to a roll-on/roll-off vehicle and cargo carrier. Nevada was sold for use on the high seas in 1942. She was abandoned during a North Atlantic storm on 15 December 1943 and, in a dramatic and difficult feat of seamanship, about half of her crew was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Comanche. After the continuing storm had thwarted salvage efforts, Nevada sank on 18 December.
This page features our only views of USS Rogday (ID # 3583) and of the steamship Nevada.
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Page made 22 January 2003
New image added 21 February 2003