The U.S. Navy Warship Series The Sailing Navy, 1775–1854 Civil War Navies, 1855–1883 The New Navy, 1883–1922
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THE NEW
NAVY 1883–1922
Paul H. Silverstone
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CONTENTS
Introduction Explanation of Data Abbreviations U.S. Navy Standard Nomenclature Acts Authorizing New Construction Naval Ordnance, 1883–1922 Chronology Disposition of Ships 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Ships on the Navy List, 1883 Capital Ships Cruisers Torpedo Boats Destroyers Submarines Patrol Vessels Mine Vessels Auxiliaries and Tenders Naval Overseas Transportation Service Tugs United States Revenue Cutter Service Other Government Departments
Appendix I: Royal Hawaiian Navy Appendix II: SP Numerical List Appendix III: List of Principal Shipbuilders Appendix IV: Selected Bibliography Index
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1 5 21 35 41 55 67 111 125 157 191 201 211 223 225 237 241 243
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Battleship Ohio (BB 12) in the Panama Canal, July 16, 1915. Notice the early cagemasts with rudimentary platforms on top.
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INTRODUCTION
By the 1870s the huge Navy of the Civil War was a memory, most of its ships sold or broken up. A small collection of obsolete steam frigates and sloops flew the nation’s flag in foreign ports. The United States Navy compared poorly with other countries’ new and modern ships. During this period, the Navy used the subterfuge of repairing old vessels to obtain new ships. Efforts by naval officers to get appropriations for new ships fell on deaf ears until 1882 when Congress authorized three cruisers and a despatch vessel, the first ships of the New Navy. The success of their efforts can be credited to Secretary of the Navy William Chandler and his predecessor William Hunt. The following year, funds were authorized and the Office of Naval Intelligence was established. At the same time, Congress authorized the condemnation of all ships for which the cost of repairs was too great (i.e., greater than the original cost). Under this law, forty-six ships were stricken from the Navy List. Of these, eight were incomplete, some of which had been on the ways for more than twenty years and one since 1815. The ABCD ships, cruisers Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago and despatch vessel Dolphin started the progression, which led to the great fleets of World War II and the present day. Each year thereafter, new ships were authorized, cruisers, gunboats, and then battleships. Successive units were bigger, more powerful, and adopted new innovations. The first ships built were aimed at coast defense and destruction of commerce. By 1890, there were sufficient ships to plan squadron maneuvers, the Squadron of Evolution. In 1884 the Naval War College was established to provide a school for advanced studies for senior officers with Captain Stephen B. Luce as president and Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, the noted naval historian, as lecturer and then president. It was Mahan who urged that wars were won by command of the sea, not commerce destruction. Gradually construction policy changed to build new ships to promote his ideas, such as battleships.
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The situation in Cuba, chafing under Spanish colonial rule, had exacerbated relations with Spain. On February 15, 1898, the battleship Maine, visiting Havana, was destroyed by a massive explosion with the loss of 260 sailors. Suspicion was immediately cast on Spain and war was declared on April 25th. Under Secretary John D. Long, the Navy mobilized, but it was Assistant Secretary Theodore Roosevelt who moved the Navy into combat. An American squadron under Commodore George Dewey was at Hong Kong and he immediately sailed for Manila. There on May 1st his superior force scored an overwhelming defeat on the small Spanish squadron there. It was at the beginning of the action that Dewey gave the order to his flag captain which became legendary, “You may fire when ready, Gridley.” A blockade of Cuba was organized under Rear Admiral William T. Sampson while a fleet from Spain had sailed for the West Indies. The Spanish ships evaded the Americans and found shelter at Santiago on the southern coast of Cuba. The fleet blockaded Cuba, joined by the battleship Oregon whose record trip from the Pacific to Atlantic via Cape Horn created a sensation. On July 3rd, the Spanish squadron under Admiral Cervera sailed out of Santiago and was annihilated by the superior American ships. The Kingdom of Hawaii was annexed by the United States in August 1898, which broadened American interests in the Pacific now involved in fighting in the Philippines. The end of the war with Spain led to American acquisition of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine Islands, although American troops had left Cuba by 1909. American troops arrived in the Philippines and the Filipinos realized they were not going to leave, resulting in a bloody and ferocious insurrection that continued for several years. The outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900 and the siege of the legations in Peking led to 5,000 American troops being sent to China. American naval forces and Marines remained involved in China until World War II.
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viii Introduction With interests in both oceans and the object lesson of the battleship Oregon’s voyage around Cape Horn in 1898, pressure for a canal through Central America increased. In 1903, Theodore Roosevelt, a student of naval history and disciple of Admiral Mahan and now president, pushed through an agreement for a canal with the newly created state of Panama. Eager to promote the United States as a force to be reckoned with in the world, Roosevelt brokered a peace between Russia and Japan in 1905. In 1906 he sent the fleet on a voyage around the world. “The Great White Fleet,” sixteen battleships with white hulls and buff upper works, sailed from Norfolk around Cape Horn to San Francisco, then across the Pacific to Australia and Japan and thence through the Suez Canal and back to Norfolk arriving in early 1909 having steamed 40,450 miles. The cruise of the “Great White Fleet” increased public support of the Navy, already at fever pitch following the twin victories at Manila Bay and Santiago, and was responsible for Congress approving construction of new ships every year. It also raised the estimation of the United States abroad as a power on the world stage and furthered support for the new Panama Canal. New weapons at sea came into being. In 1900 the Navy accepted its first submarine. These new boats made use of torpedoes, which had made their appearance thirty years earlier. A new type of ship, the destroyer, joined the fleet. In 1906 the new British battleship Dreadnought revolutionized the design of the capital ship with all its big guns of a single caliber. In 1910, Eugene Ely made the first takeoff by an airplane from a ship, the cruiser Birmingham. Two months later, he made the first landing on another ship, the cruiser Pennsylvania. American forces intervened actively in the Caribbean with the Marines landing in Nicaragua in 1912. The occupation of Veracruz, Mexico took place two years later. In 1915 the Marines occupied Haiti, and in 1916, Santo Domingo. After the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the United States remained neutral. On May 7, 1915, the British liner Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat with the loss of 128 Americans. Later sinkings and the renewal of “unrestricted submarine warfare” by Germany increased anti-German feeling, despite the arrival in America of the German merchant submarine Deutschland in 1916. American patience wore thin and the United States declared war on April 6, 1917. One month later, the first American destroy-
ers arrived in Ireland and the Navy joined the fight against Uboats in the North Atlantic. Eventually dozens of destroyers, gunboats, and armed yachts were stationed in Britain and France to protect the transports and cargo ships bringing troops and supplies to Europe. The thousands of troops of the American Expeditionary Force were convoyed to Europe without the loss of a single transport. A squadron of American battleships joined the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea. Other ships fought the enemy in the Mediterranean. Rear Admiral William S. Sims, who joined in the introduction of the convoy system, was commander of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe during the war. In order to maximize the use of cargo ships, the Naval Overseas Transportation Service was organized and all freighters and tankers in naval service were put under its orders. Not only navy auxiliaries but also dozens of acquired merchant ships were assigned to NOTS, which also had seized German and Austrian vessels and a number of Dutch ships lying inactive in American harbors. Some 558 vessels were assigned to NOTS, which carried almost six million tons of cargo. In 1918, a fleet of American minelayers helped create the North Sea Mine Barrage. Also that year, American troops landed in Vladivostok and later in the Murmansk area to protect American political interests during the Russian Civil War. Altogether, by the end of the war the U.S. Navy had 375 ships with 81,000 men in Europe. War losses were comparatively light, but 151 merchant ships totaling 315,588 tons were sunk, mostly by U-boats. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and his assistant secretary, Franklin D. Roosevelt, were responsible for the efficient and well managed operation of the Navy in the war. In 1919 old battleships and cruisers were used to supplement the fleet of transports bringing the troops home. American minesweepers were sent to the North Sea to sweep the mines of the Mine Barrage. American naval vessels were also active in the Mediterranean area safeguarding lives during the Russian Civil War and the war between Greece and Turkey. In 1922 the Washington Naval Treaty was signed with the famous 5–5–3 ratio for battleships among the United States, Great Britain, and Japan. Under the provisions of the treaty, the United States canceled construction of seven battleships and six battle cruisers.
Former German luxury liners as transports carrying the American Expeditionary Force to Europe, November 10, 1917. From the left, Mount Vernon, Agamemnon, and Von Steuben. Notice Von Steuben’s damaged bow from a collision with Agamemnon.
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In the same year, the Langley, the Navy’s first aircraft carrier, was commissioned, converted from the hull of a collier. During World War I, acquired vessels were assigned a number variously prefixed with SP or Id. These numbers were apparently assigned in the order in which the vessels were assigned to a list of potential acquisitions. Not all the numbers were used; many ships assigned numbers were found not suitable for the Navy’s needs and were never taken over. It is possible these were accounting numbers assigned when funds were spent on the ship which would include nonacquisition uses such as armed guards. Numbers have not been found for some vessels in this category. Then, in 1920, the Navy instituted a system of classifying its ships
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Introduction ix with every ship receiving a type designator and number, which was not repeated. This system has continued with modifications to the present day. I have tried to illustrate this book with photographs that will show the great variety of ships and classes of ships. Frankly, it is impossible to use all the photographs available and cutting the number down to fit in this work has been very difficult. I appreciate greatly the assistance given to me by the following individuals: Norman Polmar, Ernest Arroyo, William Schell, Charles R. Haberlein, William Jurens, Chris Wright, the late Martin Holbrook, the late Ted Stone, William Rau, Andreas von Mach, Robert Stuchell, Ian Grant, and Todd Woofenden.
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EXPLANATION OF DATA
The ships of the Navy for this period are listed according to the type of vessel as designated by the Navy. Combatant vessels are listed first, with auxiliaries following. During World War I hundreds of vessels, large and small, were acquired for temporary service. These were numbered in a single series (often prefixed with the letters SP or Id), but not all ships with numbers were used by the Navy, and some ships either did not have numbers or the numbers have not been found. Listings are also given for other government departments, the Revenue Cutter Service (later Coast Guard), Lighthouse Service, Coast & Geodetic Survey, and Army. In this book, information for ships built or acquired before 1883 is provided only where it pertains to the period after that year. Full particulars and earlier history may be found in the second volume of this series on the Civil War.1 Particulars are given for each ship as follows. For certain types of ships, such as smaller or subsidiary types, these are given in a single line. Number. The official Navy number as assigned in 1920, or the temporary (SP or Id) number assigned during World War I. Name. Navy name as completed with former names (naval or merchant) given below. Further changes of name, if any, are indicated in the Service Record with new Navy names in bold type. Builder. The builder’s name, or the place where the ship was built are in parentheses. The full names and places of most builders are given in the appendix. Construction Dates. For Navy built ships, dates given are for laying down of keel, launching, and commissioning. For acquired vessels, dates given are date of launching, acquisition by Navy, and commissioning. Tonnage. For Navy-built ships, tonnage is light displacement and/or full load displacement. For acquired ships, gross tonnage (GRT), ts actually a measurement of volume rather than weight. Dimensions. Standard dimensions are given in feet (') and inches ('') and are length × beam × draft (or depth of hull, prefixed with ‘d’). Where known, length is specified as overall (oa),
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between perpendiculars (bp)—that is between foreside of stem and aftside of rudder post, or on the waterline (wl). Where no type of length is given, registered dimensions are provided. Machinery. Mode of propulsion, number of propellers or side/ stern wheels, type and maker of engines and number and type of boilers where known, horsepower and speed. Endurance. Distance a ship could steam at the speed indicated. Complement. Normal figure for officers and crew. For some ships, where sources vary, a range (50/75) is given. There was often a large variance in peacetime and wartime complements. Armament. Original number and type of guns are given first. Later significant changes made are given with date, either by listing the entire complement of guns, or by indicating modifications as additions or subtractions from the previous armament shown. The date reflects the date of survey rather than when changes were actually made. Minor variations are not necessarily given. Guns were described by size of bore in inches and caliber. Armor. Thickness of armor for the areas noted. Notes. Additional information pertaining to design, construction or later modifications, acquisition or earlier historical notes of interest, not included in other categories. In 1920 all Navy ships were assigned a type designation and number. These initial numbers are inserted here under the word “Designated.” Later changes are called reclassified (“Rec”). Ships that carried troops to and from Europe are noted with “C&TF” (Cruiser and Transport Force), followed by numbers indicating the number of voyages/number of troops carried. Some ships took part in both directions, in wartime, and postwar. Thus “C&TF 4/4795” indicates four voyages carrying a total of 4,795 men. Service Record. A capsule history of each ship’s naval service showing assignment by station or squadron and war service including participation in engagements, major damage to vessel, or loss. Casualties are given in parentheses. Changes in Navy name are given here. Also final disposition by the Navy, loss, sale or transfer to another agency or a foreign country.
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xii Explanation of Data Ships captured. Names and dates of merchant ships captured or sunk during the Spanish-American War. Some prizes were credited to several ships acting together and so appear more than once. Later history. Brief details of the ship’s career after leaving Naval service including later merchant names, service in other government departments or in foreign navies. Ultimate fate is given where known, or the year the ship disappeared from ship-
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ping registers (RR), or was sold to foreign buyers (S/F). Occasionally a date is given for the last published reference (se = still existing). In those cases in which a ship was converted to a different duty and reclassified, it is listed only once in the original classification. 1. Paul H. Silverstone, The Civil War Navies, 1855–1883.
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ABBREVIATIONS
† acq ANF B&W BHP bp BU Bu.mod. C&TF comm cmpd CT CTL cyl D D/E Decomm FFU f/l GE GRT GT HMCS HMS HTE IHP kts LD m/v ND NOTS NYd oa PI pdr rec
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see next volume acquired Auxiliary Naval Force (1898) Babcock & Wilcox (boilers) brake horsepower length between perpendiculars broken up Bureau modified (boilers) Cruiser & Transport Force commissioned compound (engines) conning tower constructive total loss cylinder displacement (tonnage) double-ended (boilers) decommissioned further fate unknown full load General Electric gross registered tonnage geared turbines His Majesty’s Canadian Ship His Majesty’s Ship horizontal triple expansion indicated horsepower knots keel laid down merchant vessel naval district Naval Overseas Transportation Service Navy Yard length overall Philippine Islands pounder (guns) reclassified
recomm RF RN RR schr se S/E SHP SP stn SW TE TS TT turb (U) USAHS USAT USC&GS USLHS USN USRC USRCS USS USSB VC VQE VTE wl WSA
recommissioned rapid fire Royal Navy removed from register schooner still existing (with year) single-ended (boilers) shaft horsepower section patrol station side wheel triple expansion training ship torpedo tubes turbine (engines) information unknown or unavailable United States Army Hospital Ship United States Army Transport United States Coast & Geodetic Survey United States Light House Service United States Navy United States Revenue Cutter United States Revenue Cutter Service United States Ship United States Shipping Board vertical compound vertical quadruple expansion vertical triple expansion length on waterline War Shipping Administration
Naval Districts: 1st Boston; 2nd Newport, RI; 3rd New York; 4th Philadelphia; 5th Norfolk, VA; 6th Charleston, SC; 7th Key West, Fla.; 8th Pensacola; 9th, 10th, 11th Great Lakes (GL); 12th San Francisco; 13th Seattle; 14th Hawaii.
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U.S. NAVY STANDARD NOMENCLATURE
Approved by the Secretary of the Navy, July 17, 1920 BB BM CC CA CL CV CM DD DL DM SS PE PC PG PY AD AS AZ AV AR AF AC AO AE AK AP AH AT
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Battleship Monitor Battle Cruiser Cruiser Light Cruiser Aircraft Carrier Minelayer Destroyer Destroyer Leader Light Mine layer Submarine Eagle Submarine Chaser Gunboat Yacht Destroyer Tender Submarine Tender Lighter-Than-Air Aircraft Tender Heavier-Than-Air Aircraft Tender Repair Ship Storeship Collier Oiler Ammunition Ship Cargo Ship Transport Hospital Ship Fleet Tug
AM Mine Sweeper AG Auxiliary, miscellaneous District Craft: YA Ash Lighter YC Coal Barge YCD Fueling Barge YCF Car Float YD Floating Derrick YE Ammunition Lighter YF Freight Lighter YFB Ferryboat & Launch YG Garbage Lighter YH Ambulance Boat YHT Heating Scow YM Dredge YMD Mud Scow YO Oil Barge YP District Patrol YPD Pile Driver YR Floating Workshop YS Stevedoring Barge YSD Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YT District Tug YTT Torpedo Testing Barge Y V Seaplane Barge YW Water Barge Vessels taken over temporarily by the Navy will have the identification numbers preceded by an X.
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ACTS AUTHORIZING NEW CONSTRUCTION
1883 Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dolphin. 1884 1885 C 1-2, PG 1-2 1886 Texas, Maine, C 3, TB 1, Vesuvius 1887 BM 6, C 4-5, Stiletto, PG 3-4, 1888 C 6-11, CA 2, Bancroft 1889 Katahdin, PG 5-6, AT 1-3 1890 BB 1-3, C 12, TB 2 1891 C 13, 1892 BB 4, CA 3, 1893 PG 7-9, SS 2 1894 TB 3-5, AT 4 1895 BB 5-6, TB 6-8, PG 10-15, AT 5 1896 BB 7-9, TB 9-18 1897 TB 19-21, Chesapeake, AT 6-7 1898 BB 10-12, BM 7-10, TB 24-35, DD 1-16, PG 16 1899 BB 13-15, C 14-19, CA 4-6 1900 BB 16-17, CA 7-9, C 20-22, SS 1, 3-8. 1902 BB 18-19, CA 10-11, PG 17-18, AT 8-9 1903 BB 20-24, Cumberland, Intrepid, Boxer 1904 BB 25, CA 12-13, CS 1-3, SS 9-12, AC 1-2, AT 10-11
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1905 BB 26-27 1906 BB 28, SS 14-19 1907 BB 29, DD 17-21, SS 19½ 1908 BB 30-31, DD 22-31, SS 20-27, AC 3-7 1909 BB 32-33, DD 32-36, SS 28-35, AC 8 1910 BB 34-35, DD 37-42, AC 9-10 (SS 32-35) 1911 BB 36-37, DD 43-50, SS 36-39, PG 19-20, AS 1, AC 1112, AT 12-13 1912 BB 38, DD 51-56, SS 40-47, AS 2, AO 1-2, AD 2 1913 BB 39, DD 57-62, SS 48-51, AF 1, AP 1, AT 14-16 1914 BB 40-42, DD 63-68, SS 52-59, AT 17-18 1915 BB 43-44, DD 69-74, SS 60-77, AO 3 1916 BB 45-48, CC 1-4, CL 4-7, DD 75-109, SS 78-126, (-108), PG 21-22, AS 3, AR 1, AO 4-6, AE 1-2, AH 1, AD 3-4 1917 BB 49-51, CC 5, CL 8-10, DD 110-347, SS (109)127-162 (152), AT 19-45, AM 1-54, SC 1-448 1918 BB 52-54, CC 6, PE 1-112, CL 11-13, SS 153-165, (PG 22) (AD 3-4) 1919 Note: Numbers and type designations unofficial until 1920.
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NAVAL ORDNANCE, 1883–1922 W. J. Jurens
Introduction Although the span of this volume may be said to cover at least the commencement of the United States’ ascendancy to world industrial supremacy, quantity did not necessarily translate into quality, and naval ordnance design and production during the three decades following 1884 were generally unremarkable. The introduction of steel hulls in 1884 marked the end of what had up to then been an almost entirely wooden—and largely decrepit— Navy, with navy ship design showing continuous improvement thereafter. 1922 saw both the promulgation of the first of the Washington naval treaties, which would influence design and construction in the world’s navies for the better part of the next twenty years. It also marked the commissioning of USS Langley, the Navy’s first aircraft carrier, which permanently ended the all gun and torpedo Navy. The design and delivery of weapons do not necessarily proceed in lock-step with the production of ships, and in the interest of continuity some weapons designed (but not delivered) before 1922 are included in these listings.
Guns The period from 1870 to 1890 represented rapid evolution and extensive experimentation in ship design, as the U.S. Navy and others experimented with different turret arrangements, gun mountings, and calibers. This was accompanied by an equivalently rapid evolution in guns, then seen as the major arbiter of naval combat. This rapid and somewhat chaotic evolution coupled with a tendency to place numerous often only slightly different calibers on a given ship—the idea of the “all big gun” ship having not been invented until about 1905—makes any compact and comprehensive description impossible. Guns were generally produced in roughly two-inch caliber increments from 4” to 16,” and with smaller weapons often being converted from antiship or antipersonnel to antiaircraft purposes as aircraft became more
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important. The new smokeless propellants tended to work best in longer-barreled guns; this, coupled with the desire (and ability) to hit at ever-increasing ranges, which demanded high initial velocities, resulted in a general tendency to increase gun length during this period from thirty calibers to over fifty. Although older black and brown powder guns, too expensive to discard, were often modified to accept the new smokeless propellants, they usually remained too short to use the smokeless propellants efficiently.
Propellants This period represented one of rapid change in the development of propellant formulations. Black powder, still in common use in 1880, was quickly replaced by so-called brown, cocoa, or prismatic powders (named from the fact that they were compressed into cake-like grains). These variants—really refined black powders—came into use about 1885, and were, for a time, popular on both sides of the Atlantic. Both black and brown powders proved to be somewhat unpredictable in nature and required relatively large and bulky charges to obtain reasonable velocities. These problems spurred further research and beginning around 1900 the black and brown powders were in turn replaced, almost overnight, by one or more of the new ”smokeless powder” propellants based on the chemical treatment of nitrocellulose. As noted earlier, many guns were thereafter converted—some more successfully than others—from one propellant to the other. The conversion to smokeless propellants, which delivered about twice as much energy on a pound-for-pound basis as the old black powders, was complete by about 1905. The U.S. Navy adopted and permanently retained a smokeless powder based on the French Poudre B. This propellant, known in the U.S. Navy as pyrocellulose or pyro, was a single-base formulation containing only nitrocellulose and omitting the nitroglycerine used in the Cordite or double-base propellants eventually
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xx Naval Ordnance, 1883–1922 adopted by almost all other navies. Although only about 80 percent as powerful on a pound-for-pound basis as double-base powders, and surprisingly somewhat less chemically stable, pyro caused relatively little gun wear and—as the British would learn in 1916—was much less susceptible to mass detonation.
Projectiles The rapid morphology of propellants was accompanied by the universal replacement of smooth-bore muzzle loaders by rifled breech loading guns. This, coupled with the evolution of specially formulated metallic armors, resulted in a rapid evolution of projectile types as well. Before about 1910, projectiles—still evolving from classic “round shot”—were typically 3.5 calibers long, flat-based, two-to-three caliber-radius head tangent ogive designs. As time progressed—and the ability and desire to hit at longer ranges increased—projectiles tended to get longer and more streamlined. By 1920 or so, four-caliber-long boat-tailed shells with seven-caliber radius heads were common. The need to add a cap to defeat new face-hardened armors resulted in a short period when shells were equipped—sometimes retrofitted—with variously designed more-or-less cylindrical ”topknots” sitting directly on the ogive, but in later designs the cap was invariably hidden behind a streamlined windscreen. So long as engagement ranges were envisioned to be under about ten thousand yards, projectiles were nominalized and tested for best penetration at normal, that is, perpendicular, impact. Later, as gun ranges increased, projectile designs and fuzes were modified in order to enhance the probability of more oblique penetrations. Most projectiles could be broadly classified as either common projectiles, carrying relatively large explosive charges and not really intended to penetrate armor, or as armor-piercing projectiles which—as the name implied—were specifically designed to penetrate armor. Common shells were typically fitted with nose fuzes intended to detonate the projectile immediately after impact, or, much less commonly, with time fuzes. Armorpiercing shells were usually equipped with base fuzes, usually designed with an often problematical time-delay mechanism designed to permit the projectile to penetrate some distance into the target before exploding. After about 1910, most ships could deploy a variety of “star-shell” type projectiles, intended to illuminate enemy targets at night or in poor visibility. Some smaller caliber guns were provided with flat-nosed “diving” projectiles for use against submerged or submerging submarines. In general, U.S. Navy projectiles of the period were comparable to those produced by the other major naval powers.
Armor The period from 1886 to 1922 encompassed virtually the entire evolution of metallic armors for ships with improvements thereafter being of relatively little consequence. Early schemes, adaptations of methods employed during the Civil War, were rudimentary, usually consisting of laminated layers of untreated wrought iron or mild steel, often laminated or backed with
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thick layers of wood. Deck armor was almost unknown—and to a large extent, unnecessary—before 1900, as short range flatfire trajectories virtually precluded attack on the deck by other than splinters. As ranges—and the sophistication of naval technology—increased, so did angles of fall, and the necessity to protect the ship from so-called plunging fire drove the development of new armor types and concepts such as the “All or Nothing” armoring system. Mild steel deck plating was soon supplanted by various types of homogeneous armors which were harder, tougher, more resilient, and much more resistant to penetration. These “Class B” armors—also known as S.T.S. or “Special Treatment Steel” in the USN—were designed to deflect rather than break up incoming bullets. Although the majority of Class B was used on decks, often doing double duty as a structural material, and actually under the cognizance of BuShips rather than BuOrd, homogeneous armor was occasionally used in thick vertical strakes and, in thinner weights, for splinter protection as well. In contrast to horizontal armor, vertical armors were primarily designed to stop incoming projectiles right on the surface of the plate. At first, vertical and horizontal armors were nearly identical, but the advantages of a hardened face that could shatter incoming projectiles on impact soon became apparent and the first simple but thick wrought iron or mild steel vertical plate systems, often laminated with layers of wood, were quickly superseded by one or more of the so-called ‘face-hardened’ or Krupp armors, known as “Class A” plates in the USN. Face-hardened armors, characterized by an extremely hard face over a relatively tough and ductile back, could only be produced in thicknesses over about 75 mm. The evolution of face-hardened armors, driven by the development of larger and more powerful guns, was rapid. Various types of compound armors, made up of a hard steel face bonded to a wrought-iron back, were introduced about 1878. Difficulties in fuzing the back to the front of these types coupled with an inability to protect against capped projectiles, proved intractable and these were soon abandoned to be replaced by the so-called Harveyized armors, basically tough nickel steels with carburized (case-hardened) faces. Harveyized armors came into use about 1891, and, having been developed in America, were retained in the USN somewhat longer than elsewhere. Getting face-hardened armor exactly the right shape was difficult, and most installations retained a thin backing layer of wood or cement designed to take up dimensional discrepancies between the hull and the plate. The first of what might be called the modern face-hardened armors—case-hardened, water-quenched, and highly alloyed— were developed by Krupp in Germany about 1894. Manufacture in the U.S. commenced around 1898. Variations on Krupp type armors were universally employed thereafter, and the type, though refined, remained basically unchanged through the end of World War II. U.S. armor development and production, world-class before that date, commenced a fifteen-year hibernation in 1922.
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Torpedoes, Mines, and Depth Charges The U.S. Navy lagged behind most others in torpedo development. Although self-propelled torpedoes were first introduced about 1889, early designs were basically ineffective and the first torpedo really worthy of the name—the Bliss-Leavitt Mk 7, was not introduced until 1912. Torpedoes were manufactured in many variants, for use in submerged torpedo tubes on battleships, in surface torpedo tubes on destroyers (which turned out to be the largest consumers), and in various sizes and types of submarines. Most were either 18” or 21” in diameter. Although submarine and surface ship torpedoes remained important weapons throughout the period of interest, the broadside tubes installed on the battleships, which never proved very useful, had all been removed or abandoned by 1930 or so. All torpedoes prior to the Bliss-Leavitt Mk 7 were withdrawn from service in 1922. Details of the most important torpedoes used during the period are given in Table 4. Although the Navy was very active in mining operations during World War I and retained significant stockpiles of mines thereafter, overall interest in the development of new weapons seems to have ceased at the end of the war. Moored mines Marks I through IV, introduced in the period between 1890 and 1915, were spherical contact-fired mines of French or British design, each containing about two hundred pounds of explosive. Some of these could be remotely fired from shore. Most of these early mines had been removed from inventory by 1930. Mine Mk V, the first U.S. designed mine, carried a five hundred-pound charge; two thousand of these survived to World War II. Mk VI, which carried a three hundred pound-charge, was specifically designed for the North Sea Mine Barrage and remained in inventory to the mid-1980s. Beginning about 1915, the U.S. commenced development of a number of drifting mines. The smallest of these, Mk 1, carried only a small charge, but many of the others—some of which were designed to be dropped from depth charge racks— carried charges in the 350-pound range. The first depth charge, Mk 1, a two-piece affair consisting of a float attached by a cable to a fifty-pound sinking charge, was introduced in 1917 and quickly abandoned. It could reach one hundred feet. Mk 2 and Mk 3, hydrostatically fired and named ash cans after their characteristic shape, carried three hundred pound charges to two hundred or three hundred feet, respectively. Mk 4, another ash can design introduced in 1919, carried six hundred pounds to three hundred feet. Sinking rates were in the vicinity of six feet per second and accuracy of these unstreamlined weapons was problematical.
Fire Control Before 1900 or so, fire control as the term is currently understood was basically nonexistent. Ships engaged very much as ships of the line had engaged for hundreds of years previously, with individual guns firing over open or telescopic sights and with relatively little regard for battery-to-battery or ship-to-ship coordination. Even at short ranges shooting was basically abomi-
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Naval Ordnance, 1883–1922 xxi nable; in 1898 at Manila Bay during the Spanish American War, U.S. Navy ships steaming at eight knots in near-ideal weather conditions were able to achieve only about 2 percent hits on stationary or nearly stationary targets at ranges averaging about three thousand yards. This was terrible, but probably typical, as Spanish shooting appears to have been even worse. These ghastly performances demonstrated to the U.S. and other navies that the main limitation in naval gunfire was not necessarily the actual range of the guns themselves—which was quite high due to the high velocities needed to penetrate armor—but the effective range over which they could be accurately aimed. This revelation began a long period of experimentation with various and sundry mechanical and optical devices, which it was hoped would enable ships to engage—and hit—at much longer ranges. These efforts, which largely paralleled British work along the same lines, also required parallel improvements in guns, mountings, and propellants. Work proceeded in fits and starts and often met with only mixed success, although by 1922, battleship guns under good conditions could usually obtain at least one hit per salvo at ranges of fifteen to twenty thousand yards. Because installations varied from ship to ship and from time to time, the performance of any individual vessel—which was often also highly influenced by the time allowed for training—often varied markedly from practice to practice. Meaningful antiaircraft fire control remained technologically unattainable.
Aircraft Naval interest in aviation began about 1898 but was unenthusiastic and dissipated completely with the 1903 crash of Langley’s Aerodrome, only to be resurrected in 1908 with observations of the new Wright Model A flyer. Early aircraft were in many cases little more than motorized gliders. Aviator Eugene Ely managed to take off and land from anchored navy ships in 1910 with the first two Navy airplanes built by Glenn Curtiss commencing operations in 1911. Interest in, and operation of, aircraft expanded dramatically during World War I and by the 1918 the Navy held more than two thousand aircraft (and fifteen airships) in inventory. With no operational aircraft carriers in service, the Navy was restricted to operations involving float planes and flying boats and proved to be particularly adept in the design and operation of the latter. The Bureau of Aeronautics was formally created on August 10, 1921 and the Navy’s first aircraft carrier, USS Langley, was commissioned on March 20, 1922. Early aircraft, which were often operated from cruisers and shore bases, were primarily used for reconnaissance, locating mines and submarines, and spotting the fall of shot of heavy gunfire. In addition to operating a number of lighter-than-air nonrigid airships, many of foreign manufacture and design, the Navy also deployed about 117 “kite balloons,” which were either tethered ashore or towed behind various ships in the more-orless futile hope they might enhance long-range visibility or assist in spotting fall of shot. First deployed around 1917, most kite balloons had been retired by 1922, although a few lingered ashore until the mid-1930s. The Navy’s first rigid airship, USS Shenandoah, did not fly until 1923.
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Table 1 U.S. NAVAL GUNS c. 1898 Gun
Weight (lbs)
Length (inches)
Initial Velocity (ft/sec)
Projectile Weight (lbs)
Charge Weight (lbs)
Range (yds) @Elev. (deg)
4” Mk I (40)
3388
163.75
2000
33
4.85
11500@31°
5” Mk 1 (35)
6190
160
2300
50
10
16000@30°
6” Mk 1 (30)
11010
190
1950
105
18.8
9000 @15°
6” Mk 2 (30)
13372
193.5
1950
105
18.8
9000 @15°
6” Mk 3 (30)
10800
196
1950
105
18.8
9000 @15°
6” Mk 3 (35)
11500
226
2080
105
18.8
16500@30°
6” Mk 3 (40)
13400
256
2150
105
18.8
18000@30°
8” Mk 1 (30)
c. 28500
254.6
2000
250
105–115 brn
14000@20°
8” Mk 2 (30)
29100(?)
255.6
2000
260
50 sm 105–115 brn
14000@20°
8” Mk 3 (35)
29400
304.5
2080
260
43.8 m
16000@20°
8” Mk 3 (40)
c. 34200
344.5
2150
260
43.8sm
16000@20°
10” Mk 1 (30)
57500
329.1
2000 2700
500 510
225–240 brn 93 sm
20000@15°
10” Mk 1 (35)
61000
365.6
2080 2200 2700
500 500 510
225–240 brn 93 sm
14000@15° 15200@15° 20000@15°
10” Mk 2 (30)
50200
329.1
2000
500
225–240 brn 93 sm
13300@15°
10” Mk 3 (40)
71000
413
2700
510
207.5 - 220 sm
20000@14°
12” Mk 1 (35)
100800
441.0
2100 2100
850 870
425 br 160 sm
21000@30°
13” Mk 1 (35)
128000
479.1
2100 2000
1100 1130
550 brn 180 sm
14500@15°
Table 2 U.S. NAVAL GUNS c. 1922 Gun
Weight (lbs)
Length (inches)
Initial Velocity (ft/sec)
Projectile Weight (lbs)
Charge Weight (lbs)
Range (yds) @ Elev. (deg) 4000@15°
1.46” (40)
108*
62.0
2000
1.58
0.36
1.85” (40)
484*
80.63
2026
3.30
0.75
6800@20°
c.2100*
153.8
2100
13
2.7
12000@30°
3” Mk 2–5 (50) 3” Mk 7 (23)
600
78.0
1650
13
1.23
8800@45°
4” Mk 3–6 (40)
c.3200*
164
2000
33
4.85
11500@31°
4” Mk 7,8 (50)
5900–6400*
190
2800
33
12.3
20940 @45°
5” Mk 2–4 (40)
7000*
181
2300
50
10.50
16000@30°
5” Mk 5–6 (50)
10250*
255.7
3000
50
21
19000@25°
5” Mk 7 (51)
10794
260.65
3150
50
23.8
20140@45°
5” Mk 10 (25)
2125
142.25
2200
53
9.5
14500@45°
6” Mk 4,7 (40)
13368
256.41
2150
105
19
18000 @30°
6” Mk 9 (44)
15032
270
2250
105
20
19000 @30°
6” Mk 7 (40)
13280
254.1
2150
105
19
18000@30°
6” Mk 8 (50)
18640
300.2
2800
105
37
25000@30°
6” Mk 12 (53)
22143
325
3000
105
44
25300@30°
7” Mk 2 (45)
28700*
323
2700
165
58
16500 @15°
8” Mk3,4 (35)
39000(est)
304.5
2100
260
43.8
16000 @20°
8” Mk 5 (40)
41000
369
2750
260
98.5
22500 @20°
8” Mk 6 (45)
41518
369
2750
260
98.5
22500 @20°
10” Mk 2 (30)
50200
329.1
2000
500
93
13250@15°
10” Mk 3 (40)
74800
413
2700
510
200
20000 @14°
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12” Mk1,2(35)
100800
441.0
2100
870
160
21000@30°
12” Mk3,4(40)
114960
493
2400
870
238
19000@16°
12” Mk 5 (45)
117032
553
2700
870
305
27000@21°
12” Mk 6 (45)
118700
553
2850
870
350
27000@21°
12” Mk 7 (50)
121905
607.3
2900
870
337
23500@15°
13” Mk 1 (35)
136000
479.1
2000
1130
180
14500@ 15°
14” Mk 1 (45)
139455
642.5
2600
1400
365
23000@15°
16” Mk 1 (45)
230950
736.0
2600 2520 2635
2110 AP 2240 AP 1900 HC
590 556 556
34000@30° 35000@30° 34900@30°
16” Mk 2 (50)
287060
816.0
2800 2650
2100 AP 2240 AP
700648
44500@45° 45100@45°
18” Mk 1 (48)
376000
884.0
2400
3850 AP
890
43500@40°
Notes to Tables 1 and 2: Only representative guns are listed, particularly for smaller calibers, which were produced in many variants. Small arms are omitted. Guns are listed by caliber, with length in calibers given in parentheses. Gun weights are generally for tube only; weights with breech included are marked “*.” Some sources list a 10” Mk 2 of 35 calibers, but OP127 Vol 2, an official reference, lists no such variant. 5” Mk 10, designed in 1921, first saw service in 1926. 6” Mk 12, designed in 1920, entered service aboard the Omaha class in 1923. 16” Mk 1, designed c. 1913, entered service aboard the Colorado class commencing 1923, while 16” Mk 2, its intended platforms cancelled by the naval treaties, served only with the Army. 18” Mk1 was experimental only. In the Propellant column, sm = smokeless, brn = brown; if no listing, smokeless may be assumed. Range figures are sometimes unavailable or noncomparable; those shown in italics have been recomputed assuming projectile Type 1 with a form factor of 0.6. Note that the tabular angle of departure does not necessarily equal the maximum angle attainable in service, which depended on the mount. The best general in-print reference is Friedman, U.S. Naval Weapons, USNI Press 1983, John Alden’s The American Steel Navy, USNI Press, 1972, both beautiful and technically accurate, is an outstanding reference for the period 1883–1909. At the time of this writing (2005), the “Warships1” (http://www.warships1.com) site on the Internet provides a good deal of useful and accurate material as well. Table 3 U.S. NAVY TORPEDOES 1889–1923 Model
Diameter (inches)
Length (inches)
Weight (lbs)
ChargeWeight (lbs)
Speed (knts) @Range(yds)
In Use Dates
Howell Mk 1
14.2
129.75
580
Whitehead Mk 1
17.7
140
845
100
400@25
1889–1908
118
800 @26.5
Whitehead Mk 1B
17.7
197
1894
1160
220
[email protected]
Whitehead Mk 2
17.7
1890
140
845
118
800 @27.0
1892
Whitehead Mk 2 (Type C) Whitehead Mk 3 (Type A)
17.7
197
1232
132
[email protected]
1893
17.7
140
845
118
[email protected]
1895
Bliss Leavitt Mk 1
21
197
1500
200
4000@27
1904–1922
Bliss Leavitt Mk 2
21
197
1500
200
3500@26
1905–1922
Bliss Leavitt Mk 3
21
197
1500
200
4000@26
1906–1922
Bliss Leavitt Mk 4
17.7
197
1500
200
4000@26
1912–1922
Bliss Leavitt Mk 6
17.7
204
1800
200
2000@35
1911–1922
Bliss Leavitt Mk 7
17.7
204
1628
326
6000@35
1912–1945
Bliss Leavitt Mk 8
21
256
2600
466
16000@36
1911–1945
Bliss Leavitt Mk 9
21
197
1500
210
7000@27
1915–1945
Mk 10
21
195
2215
497
3500@36
1915–1945
Notes to Table 3: Weapons are listed roughly chronologically by date of introduction. The best general printed reference is Friedman, U.S. Naval Weapons, USNI Press 1983. At the time of this writing (2005), the “Warships1” site on the Internet provides a good deal of useful and accurate information as well.
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Table 4 U.S. NAVAL AIRCRAFT 1911–1922 Name
Type
No. Procured
Gross Wt (lbs)
Span (ft) Length (ft)
Range (naut.miles)
Speed (knots)
In Use Dates
Aeromarine 39 A, B
Trainer
200
2220– 2505
47.0–47.0 26.3–30.3
237
c. 64
1917–1922
Curtiss A-1 “Triad”
Trainer
1
1600
37 28.6
300
51
1911–1928
Curtiss F-Boat
Trainer
151
2460
45.1 27.8
250
60
1912–1925
Curtiss NC
Patrol
6
26400
126 68.3
1275
74
1918–1924
Curtiss N-9
Trainer
531
2765
53.3 30.8
150
69
1917–1928
Curtiss JN-4
Trainer
216
2020
43.6 27.3
230
81
1916–1927
Curtiss R Type
Scout Torpedo Plane
200
4500
57.1 33.4
490
87
1915–1926
Curtiss/NAF H12, H-16
Patrol Bomber
294
10900
95.1 46.1
325
82
1917-1930
Curtiss MF
Flying Boat
102
2488
49.8 28.8
300
63
1918–1925
Curtiss F-5L
Flying Boat
227
13600
103.8 49.3
720
78
1918–1931
Curtiss 18-T
Fighter
2
3050
31.8 23.3
575
140
1918–1923
De-Havilland DH-4
General Purpose Bomber
333
4220
42.5 30.1
475
106
1917–1926
Douglas DT-2
Torpedo Bomber
78
7300
50 37.6
235
86
1921–1928
Loening/NAF M-8
Scout/ Fighter
53
2068
32.8 24.0
520
126
1920-1921
Martin MO
Scout
36
4650
53.1 38.1
Unk
91
1922–1925
Martin MT
Torpedo Bomber
10
12100
71.4 45.7
Unk
95
1920-1928
Naval Aircraft Factory TS
Fighter
43
2133
25 22.1
420
107
1922–1929
Thomas-Morse MB-3
Fighter
11
1818
2620
Unk
132
1921–1923
Vought VE Series
Trainer Fighter
150
2100
34.124.4
250
102
1921–1930
DN-1 Type A
Airship
1
0
175
Unk
Unk
1916-1917
Type B
Airship
16
0
c.160.0 x 34.0
550?
46
1917–???
Type C
Airship
10
0
192.0 x 42.0
1200
52
1918–1921
Type D
Airship
6
0
198.0 x 42.0
1300
48
1919–1921
Type E
Airship
1
0
162.0 x 33.5
900
49
1919–?
Type F
Airship
1
0
162.0 x 33.5
900
45
1919–?
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Notes to Table 4: Only the most significant types, arranged alphabetically by primary manufacturer or designer, are listed. Aircraft delivered after 1922 have been omitted. Airships, being lighter than air, have been assigned a nominal weight of zero. Ranges, when otherwise unavailable, have been estimated from cruising speeds and endurances. Speeds, usually given in statute miles per hour, have here been converted to knots. Many aircraft types were delivered by a number of manufacturers, commonly with slight variations; for example, one type with floats and the other with wheels, and ad hoc field modifications were common. Most aircraft were used for scouting, training, or observation, with those intended for combat variously equipped to carry bombs, machine guns, or even torpedoes as the situation warranted. The number procured gives a rough idea of relative importance. Dates of withdrawal from service are approximate. The best general reference is Swanborough/Bowers, United States Navy Aircraft since 1911, in various editions.
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CHRONOLOGY 1882 5 Aug Congress authorized first steel warships (“The New Navy”). 1884 Naval War College established. 1889 16 Mar Three U.S. ships wrecked at Samoa. 1891 16 Oct U.S. sailors attacked by mob at Valparaiso, Chile. 1898 15 Feb USS Maine sank in Havana harbor. 22 Apr War declared on Spain. 1 May Battle of Manila Bay. 3 Jul Battle of Santiago. 12 Aug Annexation of Hawaii. 13 Aug Hostilities end in Caribbean; Manila occupied. 1899 Feb Philippine Insurrection begins. 1900 11 Apr First submarine, USS Holland, accepted by Navy. May–Aug Boxer Rebellion in China. 1903 Panama becomes independent; Canal Zone ceded to U.S. 1905 24 Jul Body of John Paul Jones returned to United States from France. 1906 Oct U.S. forces land in Cuba (withdrawn in 1909). 1907 16 Dec American fleet (“Great White Fleet”) departs Norfolk on cruise around the world. 1909 22 Feb Great White Fleet returns to Norfolk. 1910 May- U.S. forces land in Nicaragua. 31 Oct First takeoff by an airplane from a ship made by Eugene Ely from USS Birmingham. 1911 18 Jan First landing by an airplane on a ship made by Eugene Ely on USS Pennsylvania. 1912 Aug–Nov U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua. 1914 21 Apr U.S. forces land at Veracruz, Mexico (withdrawn 23 Nov). 28 Jul World War I begins; Austria declares war on Serbia. 15 Aug Panama Canal opens. 1915 28 Jan United States Coast Guard formed. 7 May British liner Lusitania torpedoed and sunk; 128 Americans killed. 9 Jul U.S. Marines land in Haiti (withdrawn Feb 1916). 1916 May U.S. forces land in Dominican Republic. 1917 1 Feb Germany begins unrestricted submarine warfare. 6 Apr U.S. declares war on Germany. 4 May First U.S. warships arrive in European waters . 14 Jun Cruiser and Transport Force commences transporting troops across the Atlantic; 911,047 troops moved by Nov 1918. Apr U.S. forces land in North Russia. 1918 Jun Laying of North Sea Mine Barrage commences. 28 Jun U.S. forces land in Vladivostok. 11 Nov Armistice signed ending World War I. 1919 Cruiser and Transport Force returns U.S. troops from Europe; 1,675,733 troops transported (through Sep 1919); sweeping of the North Sea Mine Barrage. Jul Pacific Fleet reestablished. 1920 Jul U.S. ships arrive in Turkey to protect U.S. citizens; U.S. ships aid in evacuation of Sevastopol. 17 Jul Official numbering of ships becomes effective. 1922 6 Feb Washington Naval Treaty signed. 20 Mar USS Langley commissioned, first U.S. aircraft carrier. Sep U.S. ships aid evacuation of Greek refugees from Turkey.
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DISPOSITION OF SHIPS
Spanish‑American War, July 11, 1898 North Atlantic Squadron Flag: Cruiser New York. (Sampson)
1st Squadron: Cruisers San Francisco, Montgomery Monitors Puritan, Terror, Miantonomoh, Amphitrite Gunboats Machias, Castine, Nashville, Newport, Annapolis, Vicksburg, Dolphin, Bancroft Yachts Mayflower, Hawk, Wasp Tugs Leyden, Tecumseh, Uncas Revenue Cutters Hamilton, Morrill, Hudson, Woodbury, Windom, McLane Lighthouse tender Armeria
2nd Squadron: Battleships Iowa, Indiana, Texas Cruisers Brooklyn, New Orleans, Marblehead, Detroit Gunboats Helena, Wilmington Yachts Scorpion, Yankton, Hornet, Eagle, Hist Tugs Wompatuck, Osceola Revenue cutter Manning Lighthouse tenders Mangrove, Suwanee
Eastern Squadron: Battleships Oregon, Massachusetts Cruisers Newark, Dixie, Yankee, Yosemite
Special Service: Cruisers St. Paul, Yale, Harvard, St. Louis
Asiatic Squadron (Dewey)
Gunboats Petrel, Concord Revenue cutter McCulloch Joined after Manila Bay: Cruiser Charleston Monitors Monadnock, Monterey Colliers Brutus, Nanshan, Nero, Zafiro Paddle sloop Monocacy
Pacific Squadron Cruiser Philadelphia Sloop Mohican Gunboats Bennington, Wheeling, Corwin, Grant, Perry, Rush, Albatross
Repairing: Cruisers Atlanta, Chicago
Organization of U.S. Fleet in Europe, October 1918 Great Britain Grand Fleet 6th Battle Squadron: New York, Wyoming, Arkansas, Florida, Texas
Queenstown: Destroyer Flotilla
Tenders Dixie, Melville Destroyers Allen, Ammen, Balch, Beale, Caldwell, Cassin, Conyngham, Davis, Downes, Duncan, Jenkins, Kimberly, Manley, McCall, Paulding, Rowan, Sampson, Shaw, Sterett, Stevens, Stockton, Terry, Trippe, Wilkes
Cruisers Olympia (flag), Baltimore, Raleigh, Boston
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xxx Disposition of Ships Sub chasers SC 1, 44–48, 91, 110, 164, 178, 181, 182, 206– 208, 220–222, 254, 271, 272, 323, 325, 329, 342–346, 356 Tug Genesee
Berehaven: Battleships Utah, Oklahoma, Nevada
Submarine Flotilla
Tender Bushnell Submarines L-1, L-2, L-3, L-4, L-9, L-10, L-11
Plymouth Tender Hannibal Destroyers Aylwin, Parker Sub chasers SC-34–41, 83–87, 97–101, 103, 137, 143, 148, 177, 224, 226, 252, 257–260, 262, 321,322, 351, 352, 354
Inverness Minelaying Squadron:
Baltimore, San Francisco, Aroostook, Canandaigua, Canonicus, Housatonic, Quinnebaug, Roanoke, Saranac, Shawmut, Repair ship Black Hawk Tugs Ontario, Patapsco, Patuxent, Sonoma
France Brest: Repair ship Prometheus Tenders Panther, Bridgeport Gunboat Marietta Destroyers Benham, Burrows, Conner, Cummings, Cushing, Drayton, Ericsson, Fanning, Flusser, Jarvis, Lamson, Little, MacDonough, McDougal, Monaghan, Nicholson, O’Brien, Porter, Preston, Reid, Roe, Sigourney, Smith, Stewart, Truxtun, Tucker, Wadsworth, Wainwright, Warrington, Whipple, Winslow, Worden Armed yachts Carola IV, Christabel, Corona, Emeline, Harvard, Isabel, Nokomis, Rambler, Remlik, Sultana, Utowana, Vedette, Wanderer
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Tugs Barnegat, Concord, Criccieth, Gypsum Queen, Montauk, San Luis Auxiliaries Astoria, Ausable, Beaufort, Bella, Long Beach, Nero
Lorient Armed yacht Piqua Trawlers Anderton, Cahill, Courtney, Douglas, Hinton, Hubbard, James, Lewes, McNeal
Rochefort Armed yachts May, Noma, Corsair, Aphrodite
Gibraltar Cruisers Birmingham, Chester Depot ship Druid Tender Buffalo Gunboats Sacramento, Castine, Wheeling, Paducah Destroyers *Colhoun, Dyer, *Fairfax, Gregory, *Rathburne, Dale, Decatur Armed yachts Nahma, Cythera, Wenonah, Lydonia, Arcturus, Veneta, Surveyor, Nahant, Wadena Cutters Algonquin, Manning, Ossipee, Seneca, Yamacraw, Penobscot
Portugal, Azores Armed yachts Galatea, Margaret Tender Tonopah Submarines K-1, K-2, K-6 Fuel ship Quevilly
Greece, Corfu Tender Leonidas Subchasers SC-77–82, 90, 92–96, 124, 125, 127–131, 147, 151, 179, 215–217, 225, 227, 244, 248, 255, 256, 324, 327, 337, 338, 349 *Not yet joined
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Ships on the Navy List 1883
The following ships acquired before 1883 were still on the Navy List at that date. For full details, see The Civil War Navies.
Monitors Ajax: ANF, Philadelphia. Decomm 1 Sep 1898. Stricken 8 Jul 1899, sold 10 Oct 1899. Camanche: Training ship California Naval Militia, 1896‑97. Sold 22 Mar 1899. Canonicus: ANF, not recomm 1898. New boilers (2 B&W). Stricken 5 Jan 1904. Sold 19 Feb 1908. Catskill: ANF, Boston. In comm 16 Apr 1898 -22 Sep 1898. Stricken 21 Oct 1901. Sold 4 Dec 1901. Jason: ANF, New York. In comm 13 May 1898- 7 Sep 1898. Stricken 5 Jan 1904. Sold 14 Apr 1904, BU. Lehigh: ANF, Boston. In comm 18 Apr 1898- 6 Sep 1898. Stricken 5 Jan 1904. Sold 14 Apr 1904, BU.
Mahopac: ANF, not recomm. New boilers (2 B&W). Stricken 14 Jan 1902. Sold 25 Mar 1902. Manhattan: ANF, Philadelphia. New boilers. Stricken 14 Dec 1901. Sold 24 Mar 1902. Montauk: ANF, Boston. In comm 18 Apr 1898- 13 Sep 1898. Stricken 5 Jan 1904. Sold 14 Apr 1904, BU. Nahant: ANF, New York. In comm 12 Apr 1898 -2 Sep 1898. Stricken 5 Jan 1904. Sold 16 Apr 1904, BU. Nantucket: ANF, Port Royal, SC. Stricken 30 Mar 1900, sold 14 Nov 1900. Passaic: Receiving ship, Annapolis 1883‑92, and Boston NYd 1893‑94. ANF, Key West, Fla. In comm 16 May 1898–11 Sep 1898. Stricken 25 Jul 1899, sold 10 Oct 1899. Saugus: Sold 15 Mar 1891. Wyandotte: ANF, Boston. In comm 30 Apr 1898 -20 Sep 1898. Sold 17 Jan 1899. [All: armament: 2–15”SB]
Torpedo Boats Alarm: Decomm 1885. Sold 28 Feb 1898. Intrepid: Conversion to light-draft gunboat 1882 for China service canceled 1889, planned armament 2‑8” guns. Sold 9 May 1892.
Side Wheel Frigates Powhatan: Decomm 2 Jun 1886. Sold 30 Jul 1887 and BU. Michigan: Lake Erie. Renamed Wolverine, 17 Jun 1905. Decomm 6 May 1912. Pennsylvania Naval Militia 1912–23. Transferred to City of Erie, Pa. as a relic, 1927. BU 1949.
Frigates
Figure 1.1: The monitor Jason, a Civil War veteran, after being recommissioned in 1898. Notice the bridge, boats and railings added after 1865.
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Colorado: Sold 14 Feb 1885. Franklin: Receiving Ship, Norfolk NYd 1877. Decomm 14 Oct 1915, stricken and sold, 26 Oct 1915. Minnesota: Gunnery training ship, New York, 1875. ANF, receiving ship Boston. Stricken 12 Jul 1901, sold 12 Aug 1901 and burned. Tennessee: Sold 15 Sep 1886. Trenton: Recomm 18 Sep 1883. Asiatic Station 1883‑86. Out of comm 17 Sep 1886- 16 May 1887. South America 1887. Pacific 1888‑89. Wrecked in hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 16 Mar 1889 (1 dead).
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Wabash: Receiving ship, Boston NYd and housed over, 1875. Decomm and stricken 15 Nov 1912, sold and BU.
Sloops Brooklyn: North Atlantic 1874. South America 1875 and 1881‑84. Damaged in collision with British steamer Mozart at Montevideo, 1 May 1882. Asiatic Station 1886‑89. Decomm 14 May 1889. Sold 25 Mar 1891. Galena: Landed troops in Panama 1885. Went aground on Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard while under tow of Nina en route for refitting with new boilers, 13 Mar 1891. Refloated 29 Mar and sold 9 May 1892. Hartford: Decomm 14 Jan 1887. Rerigged as bark 1887 for service as training ship. Apprentice Training Ship 1887‑90. Rebuilt at Mare Is. NYd 1894– 99; re-engined again 1898. Recomm 2 Oct 1899. Training Ship 1899‑1912. Station ship, Charleston, SC 1912‑26. † [Armament: 13–5”RF, 4–6 pdr] Iroquois: Pacific Station 1882‑92. Out of comm 12 May 1892- 13 Dec 1898. Decomm 30 Jun 1899 [Armament: (1886) 2-–11” SB, 4-–9” SB, 1-–60pdr MLR]. Later history: Loaned to Marine Hospital Service, May 1892. Renamed Ionie, 30 Nov 1904. Wrecked at Port Townsend, Wash., 26 Aug 1910. Juniata: Cruise around the world, 1882‑85. Decomm 28 Feb 1889. Stricken 21 Nov 1889, sold 25 Mar 1891. Kearsarge: Out of comm 1 Dec 1886- 2 Nov 1888; reengined with engines from Nantasket, 1887. Mediterranean 1883‑86. West Indies 1888‑94. Wrecked on Roncador Reef, Central America, 2 Feb 1894 (none lost). Lackawanna: Decomm 7 Apr 1885. Sold 30 Jul 1887. Lancaster South Atlantic Squadron 1885‑88, 1895‑99. European Squadron 1881‑85, 1888‑89. Rebuilt 1891. Asiatic Squadron 1892‑94. Out of comm 31 Dec 1897–5 May 1898. Station ship, Key West 1898. Gunnery training ship 1899. Housed over; receiving ship Philadelphia NYd 1903‑12. Stricken 31 Dec 1915. [1891: 10–5”RF, 2–5”BLR, 2–6 pdr; Complement: 265] Later history: Transferred to US Public Health Service, 1 Feb 1913 . Quarantine ship, Reedy Island, Del. 1913‑20, and New York 1920‑30. BU 1933. Marion: Asiatic Station 1891–95. Decomm 11 Dec 1897. California State Militia training ship, 1898‑1907. Stricken and sold 24 Jul 1907. [Armament: 6–9”SB, 1–8,” 1–60 pdr BLR, 1–3,” 2–20pdr]
Figure 1.3: The old sloop Lancaster housed over in use as a receiving ship at Philadelphia Navy Yard, in 1909. The masts and funnels of battleship Idaho are in the rear. Mohican: New engines 1885. South America and South Pacific 1885‑91. Bering Sea 1891‑92. Out of comm 16 Sep 1895–8 Feb 1898. School ship 1898. Station ship, Olongapo, Subic Bay 1905‑10. Submarine tender 1910‑13 and receiving ship Cavite, 1913‑1915. Decomm 21 Oct 1921, sold 4 Mar 1922 Omaha: Asiatic Squadron 1885‑91. Decomm 1891. Transferred to Marine Hospital Service. Quarantine ship, San Francisco. Stricken 10 Jul 1914, sold 17 Apr 1915. Ossipee: Asiatic Station 1884‑87. Decomm 12 Nov 1889. Sold 25 Mar 1891. Pensacola: Out of comm 23 May 1884 -4 Apr 1885. Modified to single funnel 1885. European Squadron 1885‑88. Pacific 1890‑92. Out of comm 18 Apr 1892 -22 Nov 1898. Training ship 1898‑99. Out of comm 3 May 1899–14 Jul 1901. Receiving ship, San Francisco 1901‑11. Decomm 6 Dec 1911, stricken 23 Dec 1911. Hulk destroyed by burning, May 1912 Quinnebaug: European Station 1879‑89. Decomm 3 Jul 1889. Stricken and sold 25 Mar 1891. Later history: Merchant barge 1892. Richmond: Out of comm 22 Aug 1884–20 Jan 1887. N. Atlantic 1887‑89. South Atlantic 1889‑90. Training ship 1890‑93. Receiving ship, Philadelphia NYd 1894‑03, and Norfolk NYd 1903‑19. Stricken 31 Jun 1919, sold 23 Jul 1919 and BU Philadelphia. [Armament: (1886) 12-–9” SB, 1-–8”R, 1-–60pdrBLR, 2-–20pdrBLR.] Shenandoah: South Pacific Squadron 1884‑86. Decomm 23 Oct 1886. Sold 30 Jul 1887. Swatara: Out of comm 27 Oct 1886 -1 Mar 1888. South Atlantic and Asiatic Station. Decomm 7 Feb 1891. Sold 2 Nov 1896. Ticonderoga: Sold 30 Jul 1887. Vandalia: Out of comm 14 Oct 1884–15 Feb 1886 (new boilers). Pacific Squadron 1886‑89. Wrecked in hurricane in Apia harbor, Samoa, 16 Mar 1889 (43 dead). Wachusett: Pacific Station 1880‑85. Decomm Sep 1885. Sold 30 Jul 1887 and BU. Wyoming: Practice ship, Naval Academy 1882‑92. Sold 9 May 1892.
Gunboats
Figure 1.2: The sloop Pensacola, built in 1861, at anchor in New York harbor during the 1890s.
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Adams: Out of comm 20 Sep 1884 -2 Nov 1885 (new boilers). Pacific Station 1878‑89. At Honolulu during revolution in Hawaii 1890. Out of comm 31 Jul 1890 -23 Mar 1892. Bering Sea 1892‑94. Out of comm 16 Nov 1894 -24 Dec 1895. Decomm 30 Apr 1898. Training ship 1902‑04. Station ship, Tutuila, Samoa 1904‑07. Training ship 1907‑17. Station ship, Delaware River, 1917–18. Decomm 5 Aug 1919. Sold 5 Aug 1920. Later history: Merchant Stefan Batory (Polish), 1920. BU 1921/22. Alert: Rammed by imperial yacht off Yokohama, 15 Apr 1882. Out of comm 31 Jul 1882- 8 Oct 1883. Asiatic Station 1883–86. Out of comm 23 Sep
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1886 -15 Jan 1887. Pacific Station 1887‑90. Out of comm 6 Feb -9 Oct 1890. Bering Sea 1891. Asiatic Station 1891‑93. Out of comm 23 Sep 1893- 2 Apr 1894. Pacific Squadron 1894‑98. Damaged in collision with m/v Condor at Guayaquil, Ecuador, 24 Sep 1895. Out of comm 4 Jun 1898- 11 May 1901. Training ship 1901‑03. Out of comm 10 Dec 190325 Jan 1912. Converted to submarine tender 1911 and comm 1 Jul 1912. Pacific fleet 1912‑17. Base and repair ship, Bermuda 1918. Pacific 1918‑21. Designated AS 4. Decomm 9 Mar 1922. Sold 25 Jul 1922. Alliance: North Atlantic Squadron 1881‑86. Civil War in Colombia 1895. Captured pirate Ambrose Light, 24 Apr 1885. Mediterranean 1885–86. South Atlantic Squadron 1887‑89. Out of comm 20 Aug 1889- 10 Jan 1890. Asiatic Station 1890‑92. Pacific Station 1892‑94. South Atlantic Squadron 1894. Out of comm 30 Jun 1894 -19 Jan 1895. Training ship 1895‑03. Station and store ship, Culebra Island, Puerto Rico, 1904‑11. Decomm 7 Jul 1911, stricken 9 Aug 1911, sold 13 Nov 1911. [Armament: 6–4”RF, 4–6pdr] Enterprise: Hydrographic survey cruise around the world 1883‑86. Out of comm 21 Mar 1886- 4 Oct 1887, 20 May 1890 -8 Jul 1890. Training ship Annapolis, 1891‑92. Maritime School Ship, Massachusetts 17 Oct 1892 -4 May 1909. Stricken 6 Aug 1909, sold 1 Oct 1909. Essex: Asiatic Station 1883‑89. Landed marines at Chemulpo, Korea, 19 Jun 1888. Training ship 1893‑1903, and on Great Lakes 1904‑30. Ohio Naval Militia 1904–16. Designated IX 10. † [Armament: 6–4”RF, 4–6pdr] Nipsic: South Atlantic Squadron 1883‑86. Station ship, Samoa 1888. Beached and severely damaged during hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 16 Mar 1889 (8 lost). Refloated and rebuilt in Hawaii, 1890. Decomm 2 Oct 1890. Prison ship, Puget Sound, 1892. Sold 13 Feb 1913. Later history: Merchant barge, 1913. Palos: Asiatic Station 1871‑93. Decomm Jul 1892. Sold at Nagasaki, Japan, 25 Jan 1893. Later history: Merchant Keiko Maru, 1893. Ranger: Surveying off Mexico and Pacific coast 1881‑89. Out of comm 14 Sep 1891- 26 Aug 1892. Bering Sea, fishery protection 1892‑94. Central America 1895. Out of comm 16 Nov 1895- 1 Nov 1899 and 11 Jun 1903- 30 Mar 1905. Asiatic Station 1905. Out of comm 21 Jun 1905–10 Aug 1908. Decomm 12 Dec 1908. Loaned to Massachusetts as school ship 26 Apr 1909. Renamed Rockport, 30 Oct 1917. Renamed Nantucket, 20 Feb 1918. † Later history: US Maritime Commission training ship Bay State 1940, renamed Emery Rice. BU 1958. Yantic: Michigan Naval Militia, 1898‑1917. Training ship, Great Lakes NTS, 1917–19. Stricken 24 Jul 1919 but reinstated and recomm 15 May 1921. Designated IX 32, 1921. †
Side Wheel Gunboats Monocacy: Asiatic Station. New boilers 1885. Boxer Rebellion 1900. Fired upon by Taku forts, 17 Jun 1900. Stricken 22 Jun 1903, sold in Japan, Nov 1903. [Armament: (1889) 4-–8”¢, 2-–60pdrBLR] Tallapoosa: Sunk in collision with schooner James S. Lowell off Vineyard Haven, Mass., 21 Aug 1884. Raised; recomm, 11 Jan 1886. South Atlantic Squadron 1886‑91. Sold at Montevideo, Uruguay, 3 Mar 1892.
Ships on the Navy List 1883
Figure 1.4: The ocean tug Leyden was built during the Civil War. May 1915. Station ship, Samoa 1915‑22. Designated YT 11, 1920. Decomm 7 May 1922, sold 22 May 1922. Jean Sands: Norfolk NYd, tug and salvage vessel 1864‑92. Sold 16 May 1892. Leyden: Portsmouth 1879‑97 and Newport 1897. Re-engined 1894. Served off Cuba 1898. Ran ashore in fog off Block Island, 21 Jan 1903 (none lost). Mayflower: Training ship, Annapolis. Stricken 23 Sep 1892. Sold 27 Dec 1893. Monterey: Mare Island NYd 1863‑92. Renamed Ivy, 3 Jan 1891. Stricken 7 Oct 1892 and BU. Nina: Yard tug 1883. Went aground off Gay Head, Mass., 13 Mar 1891, while towing Galena. Out of comm 8 Oct 1902–21 Mar 1903. Submarine tender 1903‑10. Missing in gale on voyage from Norfolk to Boston, 6 Feb 1910 (31 lost). Phlox: Practice ship, Naval Academy. Sold 1894. Pilgrim: Stricken 1 Jan 1889. Sold 25 Apr 1891. Pinta: Alaska patrol 1884‑97. Re-engined 1894. Decomm 4 Aug 1897. California Naval Militia, 1898‑1908. Stricken 2 Jan 1908. Rescue: Washington NYd 1865‑89. Sold 25 Mar 1891. Later history: Merchant Hercules 1891. Rocket: Boston NYd 1884‑99. Stricken 27 Oct 1899. Sold 28 Dec 1899. Speedwell: Stricken 19 Dec 1890. Sold 1 Aug 1894. Later history: Merchant barge Viola W. Tunis, 1894. Standish: Practice ship and station tug, Annapolis until 1921. NOTS 1918. Sold 5 Aug 1921. Later history: Merchant Margaret, 1921. se35 Triana: Newport, RI. Ran aground at Cuttyhunk Island, Mass., while assisting grounded Galena, 15 Mar 1891. Stricken 13 Apr 1891. Sold 2 May 1891.
Storeships Antietam: Sold 8 Sep 1888. Monongahela: Converted to supply ship, 1883. Storeship at Callao, Peru, 1884‑90. Full rigged ship 1890. Apprentice training ship 1891‑1904. Damaged in collision with bark Speranza at Funchal, Madeira, 15 Jan 1893. Storeship, Guantánamo, 1904‑08. Destroyed by fire at Guantánamo, 17 Mar 1908.
Tugs
Sailing Ships
Catalpa: Yard tug, New York. Sold 23 Jul 1894. Later history: Merchant barge Catalpa 1895. Cohasset: Yard tug, Newport, RI, 1882‑92. Sold 9 May 1892. Fortune: Out of comm 7 Jun 1879- 30 Mar 1887, 22 Apr 1891–15 Dec 1899. Gunnery training 1899‑1901. Out of comm 6 Jun 1901- 23 Oct 1902. Submarine tender Mare Island 1903‑12. Out of comm 28 Jun 1912- 22
Constellation: Receiving ship 1865‑1933 at Norfolk NYd, Philadelphia NYd, Annapolis and Newport. Designated IX 20. Renamed Old Constellation, 1 Dec 1917- 24 Jul 1925. † Constitution: Receiving ship, housed over, Portsmouth NYd, NH, 1884‑97, and Boston NYd 1897‑05. Partially restored as museum, 1905. Renamed
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Figure 1.5: The training ship Granite State at a pier in New York. She was laid down in 1818 as the ship-of-the-line Alabama, and launched as New Hampshire in 1864.
New Hampshire: Receiving ship, Norfolk NYd 1866‑76, also Port Royal, Norfolk and Newport, finally at New London, 1891‑92. Decomm 5 Jun 1892. NY Naval Militia, 1893‑20. ANF 1898. Renamed Granite State, 30 Nov 1904. Burned and sank at pier in Hudson River, 23 May 1921. Sold 19 Aug 1921. Hulk burned and sank in tow in Massachusetts Bay, Jul 1922. Portsmouth: Training ship 1878. NJ Naval Militia, 1895–1911. ANF 1898. Loaned to Marine Hospital Service 1911‑15. Stricken 12 Jul 1915 and sold. St. Louis: Receiving ship, League Island 1866–1894. Penn. Naval Militia, 1894. ANF 1898. Renamed Keystone State, 30 Nov 1904. Stricken 9 Aug 1906. Sold 5 Jun 1907, BU Philadelphia. St. Mary’s: School ship, New York, 1875‑1908. Stricken 14 Jun 1908. BU Boston. Santee: School ship, Naval Academy, Annapolis. Sank at her moorings at Annapolis, 2 Apr 1912. Hulk sold 29 Jul 1912. Saratoga: Training ship 1877‑1888. Decomm 5 Oct 1888. Marine school ship Philadelphia, 1890‑1907. Sold 14 Aug 1907, BU Revere, Mass. Vermont: Receiving ship, New York NYd. Stricken 18 Dec 1901, sold 17 Apr 1902, BU Eastport, Me. Name
Old Constitution, 1 Dec 1917- 24 Jul 1925. Designated IX 21. Preserved at Boston NYd, Mass. † Dale: Receiving ship, Washington, DC 1884. Maryland Naval Militia 1895. ABF 1898. Renamed Oriole, 30 Nov 1904. Sold 20 Dec 1921. Independence: Receiving ship, Mare Island NYd. Sold 3 Sep 1913, hulk burned to recover metal fittings, 20 Sep 1915. Jamestown: Out of comm 21 Sep 1881- 14 Feb 1882 and 31 Aug 1888- 13 Apr 1889. Training ship, Atlantic, 1882‑88. 1889‑92. Transferred to Treasury Dept., Marine Hospital Service, 9 Sep 1892. Quarantine ship Hampton Roads 1892‑1912. Stricken 4 Sep 1912. Destroyed by fire at Norfolk NYd, 3 Jan 1913.
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Builder
Despatch ex-America
Steers
Tonnage:
560 tons
Dimensions
174’ x 25’ x 12’4”
Machinery:
12 kts
Built
Acquired
Comm.
1873
Nov 1873
23 Nov 1873
Complement 81 Armament
3–20 pdr
Service record: Mediterranean 1877–79. Out of comm 9 Jul 1879- 8 Jun 1880. Practice ship, Annapolis 1880. Wrecked on Assateague Island, Va., 10 Oct 1891 (none lost).
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Capital Ships
The United States Navy was late in building modern capital ships, the first true battleships not being ordered until 1890. During the period following the Civil War, Congress gave the Navy a low priority, and it was not until 1883 that funds were provided for the first ships of the “New Navy.” The first “battleship,” the Maine, was authorized only in 1886. The design, essentially an armored cruiser, was taken from the Brazilian ironclad Riachuelo. Even then the Maine was not commissioned until 1895, delayed three years because delivery of her armor was late. Authorized at the same time was a smaller ship named Texas. Also adapted from a foreign design, this ship was already obsolete when completed in 1895.
In 1890 Congress authorized construction of three seagoing coastline battleships armed with four 13-inch guns in two turrets. Their design with a low freeboard was reminiscent of the monitors which had been so important during the Civil War. The Indiana class ships entered service in 1896 and were the pride of the U.S. Navy. They were more powerful than foreign contemporaries but were not particularly successful, with the armor too low when fully loaded and they rolled heavily until bilge keels were added. The larger Iowa, authorized as a “sea-going battleship,” was completed in 1897. Except for the Maine whose destruction at Havana was the casus belli for the Spanish-American War, these ships led the
Figure 2.1: The Sixth Battle Squadron at anchor off Brest, France. At left is Florida , in center Wyoming or Arkansas. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
Figure 2.2: The fleet at anchor at Guantanamo, Cuba sometime in the 1920s. Two battleships of the New Mexico class surrounded by flush-deck destroyers. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
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The New Navy, 1883-1922 Navy in that conflict. The Oregon, built on the Pacific coast, made a spectacular voyage around Cape Horn to join the fleet off Cuba. They were present at Santiago where the fleet overwhelmed the Spanish ships despite remarkably poor gunnery. The Kearsarge class authorized in 1895 introduced superposed turrets with the secondary battery in a turret seated over the main battery, a system used to save weight. The Illinois class of 1896 was similar in size and armament with new rapid-firing 6inch guns replacing the old 8-inch guns. The Maine class of 1898 reverted to 12-inch guns and better armor. The five ships of the Virginia class authorized after the war reintroduced superposed turrets despite objections. Because the turrets were on a single spindle, they could not be trained independently and they had problems with shell supply. The Connecticut class, first authorized in 1902, finally abandoned the superposed turrets and introduced the new 7-inch gun. They compared favorably with foreign contemporaries but were obsolete when completed, overshadowed by the revolutionary British battleship Dreadnought completed the same year. The two ships of the Mississippi class completed in 1908 were smaller and the Navy soon disposed of them by selling them to Greece in 1912. To this time, major warships carried heavy military masts with various platforms for observation and signals. In 1909 the Navy adopted the cagemast in battleships and armored cruisers, and by 1912 all military masts had been replaced. The cagemast was lighter and invulnerable to shellfire. It was also taller providing a greater range for lookouts and later for radio aerials. In the same period, conning towers were enlarged and bridges were cut down. In addition, the Navy changed its livery from white and buff to a more war-like gray. The first all-big-gun U.S. battleships were the South Carolina and Michigan, designed earlier but completed later than HMS Dreadnought. They were the first ships with all the main armament on the centerline and with superfiring turrets, attributes copied by other navies. Construction of dreadnoughts continued at a rate of about two per year. The Delaware class was a very successful design and the North Dakota was the first battleship built with turbine machinery. The Florida class introduced four shafts for propulsion followed by the Wyoming class with new 12-inch guns. The New York class, the first with 14-inch guns, reverted to reciprocating engines because builders refused the Navy’s standards. The Nevada class introduced “all-or-nothing” protection. This innovative class also introduced triple-turrets and oil fuel. The four turrets were arranged close to the center with heavy armor amidships, saving weight. The two ships were competitive sisters as to machinery. The Pennsylvania class of 1912, completed in 1915, were very good ships, with four triple turrets and geared turbines. The New Mexico class had new 14-inch guns and clipper bows. The New Mexico itself introduced turbo-electric drive with electric transmission for speed reduction between the engines and shafts. All succeeding capital ships of this period continued with this type of drive. The California and Colorado classes had clean hull lines clear of gunports. The Colorados were the first with 16-inch guns, in four twin turrets. The South Dakota class, ordered in 1917–18, were designed with four triple 16-inch gun turrets.
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A squadron of modern battleships which included Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, New York, Texas, and Wyoming, was sent to the North Sea to join the British Grand Fleet, as the Sixth Squadron, in 1917. The more modern ships, which used oil fuel, were not sent because of the shortage of oil in Britain. In late 1918, the Nevada, Oklahoma, and Utah were based at Berehaven in Ireland, to protect against the possibility of German battleships breaking out of the North Sea into the Atlantic. The pre-dreadnoughts were used as transports in 1919 to help return the Army to America. Following the end of the war, under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, construction of the fourth unit of the Colorado class, Washington, and all ships of the South Dakota class, was canceled. In 1916, the Navy ordered six battle cruisers of the Lexington class, huge ships, 874 feet long with four twin 16-inch gun turrets. They were radically redesigned following the Battle of Jutland, and again in 1918. These, too, were canceled under the Washington Treaty, but two of them, Lexington and Saratoga, were completed as the first aircraft carriers.
Battleships Maine Name Maine
Builder Brooklyn NYd
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
17 Oct 1888 18 Nov 1890 17 Sep 1895
Displacement 6,682 tons Dimensions
318’3” (wl) 324’4” (oa) x 57’2” x 21’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 8 S/E Scotch boilers, IHP 8,750, 17.45 knots
Endurance
4250/10
Complement 374 Armament
4–10”/30, 6–6”/30, 7–6 pdr, 8–1 pdr guns, 4–18” TT
Figure 2.3: The battleship Maine in 1896 in New York harbor. Notice the forward turret on the starboard bow; the other turret was aft on the port side.
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Capital Ships
Armor
7” to 12” sides, 8” turrets, 10” to 12” barbettes, 2” deck, 6” bulkheads, 10” CT
Notes: Authorized 1886 as armored cruiser and reclassified as second-class battleship in 1894. Two military masts and two funnels. Originally designed with three masts and bark rig, but mizzenmast removed in 1892. Main turrets sited en echelon at the sides. Adapted from design of the Brazilian Riachuelo. Essentially an armored cruiser. Completion was delayed three years by late delivery of armor. Designed to carry two 61-foot torpedo boats but only one was built and never installed. Service record: Sunk by internal explosion in coal bunker in Havana harbor, Cuba, 15 Feb 1898 (260 killed). Wreck refloated 12 Feb 1912 and sunk at sea, 16 Mar.
Texas Name Texas
Builder Norfolk NYd
Laid Down
Launched
Indiana Class No.
301’4” (wl) 308’10” (oa) x 64’1” x 22’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 4 D/E Scotch boilers, IHP 8,610, 17.8 knots
Endurance
3125/10
Complement 389 ; (1903) 428 Armament
2–12”/35, 2–6”/35, 4–6”/30, 12–6 pdr, 6–1 pdr guns, 4–18” TT; (1902) 6–6”/35, no TT
Armor
4.5” to 12” sides, 12” turrets, 12” barbettes, 2” to 3” deck, 6” bulkheads, 12” CT
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
BB 2 Massachusetts
Cramp
25 Jun 1891 10 Jun 1893 10 Jun 1896
BB 3 Oregon
Union IW
19 Nov 1891 26 Oct 1893 15 Jul 1896
7 May 1891 28 Feb 1893 20 Nov 1895
Displacement
10,288 tons, 11,688 f/1
Dimensions
350’11” (oa) 348’ (wl) x 69’3” x 24’ (Oregon: 351’2” (oa))
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 4 D/E Scotch boilers IHP 10,400, 16.8 knots; (1904) Indiana: & (1907) Massachusetts: 8 B&W boilers
Endurance
5640/10
Complement
473; (1903) 509; (1910) 653; (1918) 795
Armament
4–13”/35, 8–8”/35, 4–6”/40, 20–6 pdr, 6–1 pdr guns, 5–18” TT; Indiana: 4 TT (1910) 12–3”/50, 4–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr, no TT; (1918) only 4–3”/50
1 Jun 1889 28 Jun 1892 15 Aug 1895
Dimensions
Builder Cramp
Comm.
Displacement 6,315 tons ; (1903) 6,375 / 6,770 f/1
Name
BB 1 Indiana
Armor
8” to 18”sides, 17” & 6” turrets, 17” & 8” barbettes, 14” bulkheads, 5” casemates, 2.75” deck, 10” CT
Notes: Authorized 1890 as “sea-going coast-line battleships.” Had thicker armor and heavier gun power than foreign contemporaries. Very low freeboard and wet; rolled heavily before fitting of bilge keels, 1897. Armor was too low when fully loaded; not particularly successful. One military mast and two funnels.
Notes: Authorized 1886. Two military masts and one funnel, raised 1902. Adapted from a foreign design with speed sacrificed for firepower and was obsolete before completion. Bow and aft TT removed 1897. Service record: Ran aground at Galveston, Tex., 16 Feb 1897. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of Santiago forts, 6 and 16 Jun and 2 Jul 1898. Landing at Daiquiri, 22 Jun 1898 (1 killed). Santiago. Out of comm 3 Nov 1900–3 Nov 1902. Damaged by turret explosion, 19 Nov 1902. Decomm 11 Feb 1911. Converted to target ship, renamed San Marcos, 16 Feb 1911. Sunk in Tangier Sound, Md., by battleship New Hampshire, 21 Mar 1911; stricken, 10 Oct 1911. Hulk sold, Mar 1924.
Figure 2.5: The battleship Oregon (BB 3) as she looked in 1915 with cage mainmast.
Figure 2.4: Battleship Texas in 1895. The funnel was raised in 1902. The early ships of the New Navy were distinguished by the elaborate scrollwork on the bow.
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Figure 2.6: Battleship Massachusetts (BB 1) in 1901 underway with her deck crowded with crewmen.
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The New Navy, 1883-1922
Cage mainmast added 1910 (Massachusetts) and 1911, and secondary battery replaced. Main battery turrets were similar to those on monitors. Service records: 1 Indiana: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of San Juan, 12 May 1898 and of Santiago, 2 Jul 1898. Battle of Santiago. Out of comm 29 Dec 1903- 9 Jan 1906 and 23 May 1914 -24 May 1917. Sank m/v Dera in collision in Ambrose Channel, NY, Jan 1918. Decomm, 31 Jan 1919. Name canceled, 29 Mar 1919. Sunk as a target off Tangier Island, Md., 1 Nov 1920. Hulk sold 19 Mar 1924 and BU. Ships captured: bark Frasquito, barkentine Lorenzo, 5 May 1898. 2 Massachusetts: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of Santiago forts, 6 and 16 Jun and 2 Jul 1898. Damaged by explosion in aft 8-inch turret, 16 Jan 1903 (9 killed). Out of comm 8 Jan 1906- 2 May 1910 and 23 May 1914- 9 Jun 1917. Renamed Coast Battleship No.2 and decomm, 29 Mar 1919. Stricken, 22 Nov 1920. Sunk as a target by Army aircraft off Pensacola, 6 Jan 1921. 3 Oregon: Made historic 14,000-mile voyage from San Francisco to Florida around Cape Horn, 19 Mar-24 May 1898. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of Santiago forts, 6 and 16 Jun and 2 Jul 1898. Battle of Santiago. Asiatic Station 1899–1900, 1903–06. Philippine campaign. Damaged by grounding in straits of Pechili, China coast, 28 Jun 1900. Out of comm 27 Apr 1906 -29 Aug 1911. Decomm 12 Jun 1919. Rec IX 22, 4 Jan 1924 . †
Iowa No.
Name
BB 4 Iowa
Builder Cramp
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
11,340 tons, 12,647 f/1
Dimensions
362’5” (oa) 360’ (wl) x 72’2” x 24’
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 5 Scotch boilers (3 D/E, 2 S/E), IHP 11,100 , 17.08 knots
Endurance
5140/10
Complement
486; (1903) 520; (1910) 680; (1918) 830.
Armament
4–12”/35, 8–8”/35, 6–4”/40, 20–6 pdr, 4–1 pdr guns; 4 Howell 14.2” TT; (1910) 10–4,” 4–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr, no TT; (1918) 4–4”/40. 7” to 14” sides, 15” to 17,” 8” & 7” to 8” turrets, 15,” 8” & 6” barbettes, 5” casemates, 12” bulkheads, 2.75” deck,” 7” to 10” CT
Figure 2.7: Battleship Iowa (BB 4). Notice her tumblehome sides and unusual stern. Cage mainmast was added in 1911. Cruiser Minneapolis can be seen in distance at right.
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Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of San Juan 12 May 1898 and of Santiago forts, 6 and 16 Jun 1898. Battle of Santiago. Sailed around Cape Horn, 1898–99. Out of comm 30 Jun-23 Dec 1903. Damaged by explosion of 8-inch gun, 4 Feb 1904. Out of comm 23 Jul 1908- 2 May 1910 and 27 May 1914 -23 Apr 1917. Receiving ship, Philadelphia 1917. Training ship at Norfolk, 1918. Name canceled, 29 Mar 1919. Decomm, 31 Mar 1919. Renamed Coast Battleship No.4, 30 Apr 1919. Unclassified, IX 6, radio controlled target ship, 30 Sep 1920. †
Kearsarge Class No.
Name
BB 5 Kearsarge BB 6 Kentucky
Builder
Laid Down
Newport News 30 Jun 1896
Launched
Comm.
24 Mar 1898 20 Feb 1900
Newport News 30 Jun 1896 24 Mar 1898 15 May 1900
Displacement
11,540 tons, 12,320 f/1
Dimensions
375’4” (oa) 368’ (wl) x 72’2” x 23’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 5 Scotch boilers (3 D/E, 2 S/E), IHP 10,000, 16.8 knots; (1912) 8 Mosher boilers
Endurance
5316/10
Complement
553; (1910) 698; (1918) 836
Armament
4–13”/35, 4–8”/35, 14–5”/40, 20–6 pdr, 19–1 pdr guns; 4– 18” TT
5 Aug 1893 28 Mar 1896 16 Jun 1897
Displacement
Armor
Notes: Authorized 1892 as a “sea-going” battleship. Improved Indiana class, with decreased main battery and high forecastle. One military mast and two tall funnels; cage mainmast added 1911.
(1910) only 12–6 pdr, 4–1 pdr, no TT (Kearsarge): 1–18”TT above water (1918) only 8–5”/40, 2–3”/50AA. Armor
9.5” to 16.5” sides, 9” to 17” turrets, 12” to 15” barbettes, 10” & 12” bulkheads, 5” & 6”casemates, 3” to 5” slopes, 2.75” deck, 10” CT
Notes: Authorized 1895. Two military masts and two funnels. Superposed turrets introduced with 13” and 8” on same spindle which had many undesirable effects. Had many innovative electrical installations. Low freeboard but improved protection. Obsolescent when completed. Modernized 1909, bridge cut down, and cage masts and new boilers installed 1912. Service records: 5 Kearsarge: Damaged by powder explosion in 13-inch turret, off Cape Cruz, Cuba, 13 Apr 1906 (10 killed). Great White Fleet. Out of comm 4 Sep 1909 -23 Jun 1915. Decomm 10 May 1920. Rec AB 1, converted to crane ship, 5 Aug 1920. †
Figure 2.8: Battleship Kearsarge (BB 5) after 1912 with two cagemasts. Notice superposed turrets
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6 Kentucky: Philippine campaign. Asiatic Station 1900–04. Damaged in collision with USS Alabama at New York, 17 Jan 1906. Great White Fleet. Out of comm 28 Aug 1909- 4 Jun 1912, 31 May 1913–23 Jun 1915. Mexican Intervention 1914. Santo Domingo 1916. Decomm 29 May 1920. Conversion to crane ship (AB 2) canceled, 1920. Sold 23 Jun 1924, BU.
Illinois Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
BB 7 Illinois
Newport News 10 Feb 1897
4 Oct 1898 16 Sep 1901
BB 8 Alabama
Cramp
1 Dec 1896 18 May 1898 16 Oct 1900
BB 9 Wisconsin
Union IW
9 Feb 1897 26 Nov 1898 4 Feb 1901
Displacement
11,565 tons, 12,150 f/1
Dimensions
375’4” (oa) 368’ (wl) x 72’2” x 23’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 8 S/E Scotch boilers, IHP 11,300, 17 knots ; (1912) Illinois: 8 Mosher boilers.
Endurance
4190/10
Complement
536 ; (1910) 711; (1918) 832
Armament
4–13”/35, 14–6”/40, 16–6 pdr, 8–1 pdr guns, 4–18” TT; (1910) 9: 4–3”/50, 4–6 pdr, 1 TT; (1918) only 8–6”/40, 2–3”/50AA (or none), no TT
Armor
9.5” to 16.5” belt, 14” turrets, 10” & 15” barbettes, 12” bulkheads, 5.5” casemates, 2.75” deck, 10” CT
Notes: Authorized 1896. Two funnels abreast and two military masts; 8-inch guns replaced by 6-inch rapid firing guns, new turret design. Alabama’s engines broke down preventing her from going around the world with the fleet. Illinois and Wisconsin fitted with cage foremast in 1909 and new bridge. All had two cagemasts by 1911 and Illinois had new boilers. Service records: 7 Illinois: Damaged by grounding at Christiana, Norway, 14 Jul 1902. In collision with Missouri, 3 Mar 1903, and with Alabama in fog off Newport, RI, 31 Jul 1906. Great White Fleet. Out of comm 4 Aug 19092 Nov 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Decomm 15 May 1920. NY Naval Reserve 23 Oct 1921. Unclassified, IX 15, floating armory, 14 Feb 1924. † 8 Alabama: In collision with Kentucky at New York, 17 Jan 1906 and with Illinois in fog off Newport, RI, 31 Jul 1906. Out of comm 17 Aug 1909 -1 Jul 1912. Decomm 7 May 1920. Sunk as target by Army aircraft in Chesapeake Bay, 27 Sep 1921. Hulk sold 19 Mar 1924 and BU. 9 Wisconsin: Asiatic Fleet 1903–06. Out of comm 15 Nov 1906–1 Apr 1908. Great White Fleet. Out of comm 1910–12, 31 Oct 1913–23 Apr 1917. Decomm 15 May 1920. Sold 26 Jan 1922 and BU.
Maine Class No.
Figure 2.9: Battleship Wisconsin (BB 9) in 1909 with cage foremast and original military mainmast. Notice flag at halfmast.
Figure 2.10: Battleship Alabama (BB 8) with two cagemasts after 1912. Some of her secondary guns have been removed from the casemates.
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Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
BB 10 Maine
Cramp
15 Feb 1899 27 Jul 1901 29 Dec 1902
BB 11 Missouri
Newport News
BB 12 Ohio
Union IW
Displacement
12,500 tons, 13,500 f/1
Dimensions
393’11” (oa) 388’ (wl) x 72’2” x 23’10”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 24 Niclausse boilers (Maine), 12 Thornycroft boilers (others), IHP 16,000, 18 knots
7 Feb 1900 28 Dec 1901 1 Dec 1903 22 Apr 1899 18 May 1901 4 Oct 1904
(1910) Maine: 12 B&W Endurance
5660/10
2.11: Battleship Maine (BB 10) with two cagemasts. Guns removed from forward casemates. Notice her three prominent funnels and searchlights on the masts. She was named in honor of the first Maine sunk at Havana in 1898.
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Figure 2.12: Battleship Missouri (BB 11) in Auckland harbor during the cruise around the world, 1908. Notice identifying letters on bridge.
Complement
561; (1910) 811; (1918) 904
Armament
4–12”/40, 16–6”/50, 6–3”/50, 8–3 pdr, 6–1 pdr guns, 2–18” TT; (1918) only 8–6”/50, 2–3”/50AA, 2–18”TT.
Armor
7.5” to 11” belt, 8” to 12” turrets, 8” to 12” barbettes, 9” bulkheads, 6” casemates, 2” to 4” deck, 10” CT
Figure 2.13: Battleship Virginia with military masts and white hull. Notice superposed turrets.
Notes: Authorized 1898. Improved Alabama class with increased speed. Two military masts, three funnels. First US battleships with submerged TT. Better US-made Krupp armor design resulted in reduced armor thickness. . New 12” guns, water-tube boilers. Very wet in bad weather. Maine reboilered 1909. Completion delayed by changes in design and strikes. Missouri and Ohio received cage foremast 1910; cage mainmast fitted later. Maine refitted with two cagemasts 1911. Service records: 10 Maine: Great White Fleet. Out of comm 31 Aug 1909 -15 Jun 1911. Decomm 15 May 1920. Sold 23 Jan 1922 , BU Philadelphia. 11 Missouri: In collision with Illinois, 3 Mar 1903. Damaged by fire and explosion in aft turret at Pensacola, 13 Apr 1904 (31 killed). Great White Fleet. Out of comm 1 May 1910 -1 Jun 1911 and 9 Sep 1912–16 Mar 1914, 2 Dec 1914–15 Apr 1915, 18 Oct 1915–2 May 1916, fall 1916–23 Apr 1917. Training ship, Chesapeake Bay. C&TF 4/3278. Decomm 8 Sep 1919. Sold 26 Jan 1922 and BU Philadelphia. 12 Ohio: Asiatic Fleet 1905–07. Great White Fleet. Damaged by turret fire at Brooklyn NYd, 29 Jun 1911. Mexican Intervention 1914. C&TF 1/778. Decomm 31 May 1922. Sold 24 Mar 1923, BU.
Figure 2.14: Battleship Nebraska (BB 14) after World War I. Guns have been removed from the casemates in the hull. Notice heavier top on foremast. Machinery
(1916) 12 B&W (all) Endurance
4860/10
Complement
812 ; (1910) 925; (1918) 1078
Armament
4–12”/40, 8–8”/45, 12–6”/50, 12–3”/50, 12–3pdr, 8–1 pdr guns, 4–21”TT;
Virginia Class No.
Name
BB 13 Virginia
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Newport News 21 May 1902 5 Apr 1904
Comm. 7 May 1906
ex-New Jersey (7 Mar 1901) BB 14 Nebraska
Moran
4 Jul 1902
7 Oct 1904
1 Jul 1907
ex-Pennsylvania (7 Mar 1901) BB 15 Georgia
Bath
BB 16 New Jersey
Fore River
31Aug 1901 11 Oct 1904 24 Sep 1906 2 Apr 1902 10 Nov 1904 12 May 1906
ex-Virginia (7 Mar 1901) BB 17 Rhode Island
Fore River
1 May 1902 17 May 1904 19 Feb 1906
Displacement
14,948 tons, 16,094 f/1
Dimensions
441’3” (oa) 435’ (wl) x 76’2” x 23’9”
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2 screws, VTE, 12 B&W boilers (Virginia, New Jersey: 24 Niclausse), IHP 19,000, 19 knots;
(1918) no 6,” only 8–3”/50, 2–3”/50AA, TT. Armor
8” to 11” sides, 6.5” to 12” turrets, 4” to 10” barbettes, 6” casemates, 3” deck, 9” CT
Notes: Authorized 1899–1900. First design to incorporate lessons from the war of 1898. Two military masts, three funnels. Superposed turrets, reintroduced after much disagreement, caused excessive rolling. Increased protection and speed. Torpedo tubes added after construction began. Georgia and New Jersey fitted with two cagemasts 1909 and others cage foremasts. Second cagemast installed in all by 1911. Service records: 13 Virginia: Damaged in collision with m/v Monroe in Hampton Roads, 3 Nov 1906. Great White Fleet. Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 20 Mar 1916–5 Apr 1917. Convoy escort. C&TF 5/5784. Decomm 13 Aug
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1920. Stricken 12 Jul 1922. Sunk as target by Army aircraft off Cape Hatteras, 5 Sep 1923. 14 Nebraska: Great White Fleet. Mexican Intervention 1914. Sank m/v Mabel I. Meyers in collision off Cape Cod, 30 Jul 1915. Out of comm 1914–3 Apr 1917. Convoy escort. C&TF 4/4530. Decomm 2 Jul 1920. † 15 Georgia: Damaged by explosion in 8-inch turret off Cape Cod, 15 Jul 1907 (10 killed). Great White Fleet. Damaged in collision with Nebraska off Virginia Capes, 10 Dec and with collier off Old Cape Comfort, 18 Dec 1909. Went aground in Elizabeth River, Va., 5 Jan 1910. Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 27 Jan 1916 -6 Apr 1917. Convoy escort. C&TF 5/5869. Decomm 15 Jul 1920. † 16 New Jersey: Great White Fleet. Out of comm 2 May 1910–15 Jul 1911. Mexican Intervention 1914. C&TF 4/4675. Decomm 6 Aug 1920. Stricken 12 Jul 1922. Sunk as target by Army aircraft off Cape Hatteras, 5 Sep 1923. 17 Rhode Island: Went aground off Norfolk, Va., 5 May 1906. Damaged when rammed by m/v Guernsey at Newport News, 17 Jul 1906. Great White Fleet. Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 27 Apr 1915–25 Sep 1916. Convoy escort. C&TF 5/5303. Decomm 30 Jun 1920. †
Connecticut Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
BB 18 Connecticut
New York NYd 10 Mar 1903 29 Sep 1904 29 Sep 1906
BB 19 Louisiana
Newport News
BB 20 Vermont
Fore River
21 May 1904 31 Aug 1905 4 Mar 1907
BB 21 Kansas
NY Sbdg
10 Feb 1904 12 Aug 1905 18 Apr 1907
BB 22 Minnesota
Newport News 27 Oct 1903
7 Feb 1903 27 Aug 1904
BB 25 New Hampshire NY Sbdg
8 Apr 1905
2 Jun 1906 Armor
7” to 9” belt (18 & 19: 9” to 11”), 6” to 11” turrets, 6” to 11” barbettes, 6” bulkheads, 6” & 7” casemates, 3” deck, 9” CT (New Hampshire: 11” barbettes, 7” casemates and bulkheads)
9 Mar 1907
1 May 1905 30 Jun 1906 19 Mar 1908
Displacement
16,000 tons, 17,666 f/1
Dimensions
456’4” (oa) 450’ (wl) x 76’10” x 24’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 12 B&W boilers, IHP 16,500, 18 knots
Endurance
6620/10 (New Hampshire: 7590/10)
Complement
803; (1910) 1014; (1918) 1241
Armament
4–12”/40, 8–8”/45, 12–7”/45, 20–3”/50, 12–3 pdr, 8–1 pdr guns, 4–21”TT; (1918) only 6–7”/45, only 4/6–3”/50, 2–3”/50AA, TT
Figure 2.15: Battleship Vermont (BB 20) with two cagemasts before the war. The stripes on the funnels indicated squadron but are not very useful for identification as they were changed often. Compare her foremast with that of Nebraska.
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Figure 2.16: Battleship New Hampshire (BB 25) about 1910 still with military masts but grey paint. She was the only one of her class with rings on the funnels. The all-star jack at the bow indicates a ship in commission.
Notes: Authorized 1902–04. Superposed turrets abandoned, two military masts, three funnels. Introduced new 7-inch gun; 8-inch guns in turret. Best American pre-dreadnoughts but were obsolete when completed. They compared favorably with foreign contemporaries. New Hampshire had improved armor. Torpedo tubes added after completion 1909. Minnesota fitted with cage foremast 1909 and New Hampshire 1911. Cage mainmasts added later and all had two cagemasts by 1912. Connecticut fitted with AA guns in 1916. Casemate guns removed in 1918. Service records: 18 Connecticut: Great White Fleet (flagship). Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 19 Nov 1915–5 Apr 1917. C&TF 4/4861. Disabled at Guantánamo Sep 1920 and towed to Philadelphia. † 19 Louisiana: Carried President T. Roosevelt to inspect Panama Canal, Nov 1906. Great White Fleet. Went aground off Veracruz, Mexico, 28 Aug 1913. Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 22 Aug 1915–3 Oct 1916. Went aground near Norfolk, 6 Jul 1917. Convoy escort. C&TF 4/4714. Decomm 20 Oct 1920. † 20 Vermont: Great White Fleet. Repaired at Boston NYd, 9 Mar-23 Jun 1909. Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 19 Apr 1915- 21 Nov 1916. C&TF 4/4795. Decomm 30 Jun 1920. † 21 Kansas: Great White Fleet. Overhaul Dec 1912-May 1913. Mexican Intervention 1914. C&TF 5/7486. Decomm 16 Dec 1921. † 22 Minnesota: Great White Fleet. Mexican Intervention 1914. Damaged by mine off Fenwick LV, Del., 29 Sep 1918. (none dead) . C&TF 3/3955. Decomm 1 Dec 1921. 25 New Hampshire: In collision with m/v Commonwealth while at anchor at Newport, RI, 7 Jul 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Convoy escort. C&TF 4/4900. Decomm 21 May 1921. †
Mississippi Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
BB 23 Mississippi
Cramp
12 May 1904 30 Sep 1905
1 Feb 1908
BB 24 Idaho
Cramp
12 May 1904 9 Dec 1905
1 Apr 1908
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Figure 2.17: Battleship Idaho (BB 24) with a single cagemast, at Camden, New Jersey about 1908. Her hull is white with buff upperworks. She was sold to Greece in 1914. Displacement
13,000 tons, 14,465 f/1
Dimensions
382’ (oa) 375’ (bp) x 77’ x 24’8”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 8 B&W boilers, IHP 10,000, 17 knots
Endurance
5750/10
Complement
744
Armament
4–12”/40, 8–8”/45, 8–7”/45, 12–3”/50, 6–3pdr, 2–1 pdr, 2–21”TT
Armor
4” to 9” belt, 8” to 12” turrets, 7.5” to 10” barbettes, 7” bulkheads, 7”casemates, , 3” deck, 9” CT
Notes: Authorized 1904. Smaller Connecticut class with shorter range. Two funnels, one mast. Poor seaboats, not very successful and slow. Cage mainmast added in 1908. Cage foremasts fitted in 1910 (Mississippi) and 1912 (Idaho). Transferred to Greece at Villefranche, France. Service records: 23 Mississippi: Out of comm 1 Aug 1912–12 Jan 1914. Aeronautic station ship, Pensacola, 1913. Mexican Intervention 1914, launched nine reconnaissance flights. Decomm 21 Jul and trfd to Greece, 30 Jul 1914. Later history: renamed Kilkis. Sunk by German aircraft at Salamis, 10 Apr 1941. 24 Idaho: Sold to Greece, 30 Jul 1914. Later history: renamed Lemnos. Sunk by German aircraft at Salamis, 10 Apr 1941.
Figure 2.18: The first American dreadnought, South Carolina (BB 26), in Europe. First battleship with all main battery on the centerline and with superfiring turrets. Notes: Authorized 1905. Originally designed with 4–12” and 4–10” guns. Ram bow abandoned. First ships with all center-line armament. Superfiring turrets, designed to remain within tonnage limit, copied by other navies. Rolled heavily. Although originally planned with military masts, introduced the cage mast for height, invulnerability to shell fire. Designed with single caliber main armament before HMS Dreadnought, but construction not rushed. Service records: 26 South Carolina: Mexican Intervention 1914. Convoy escort. C&TF 4/4501. Decomm 15 Dec 1921. † 27 Michigan: Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 6 Jan 1916- 5 Apr 1917. Cage foremast collapsed in heavy sea off Cape Hatteras, 15 Jan 1918 (16 killed). C&TF 2/1052. Decomm 11 Feb 1922. †
Delaware Class No.
Name
BB 28 Delaware BB 29 North Dakota
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Newport News
11 Nov 1907 6 Feb 1909
Fore River
16 Dec 1907 10 Nov 1908 11 Apr 1910
Displacement
20,000 tons, 22,060 f/1
Dimensions
518’9” (oa) 510’ (bp) x 85’2” x 26’11”
4 Apr 1910
Dreadnoughts South Carolina Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
BB 26 South Carolina Cramp
18 Dec 1906 11 Jul 1908
1 Mar 1910
BB 27 Michigan
17 Dec 1906 26 May 1908
4 Jan 1910
NY Sbdg
Displacement
16,000 tons, 17,617 f/1
Dimensions
452’9” (oa) 450’ (bp) x 80’2” x 24’6”
Machinery
2-screws, VTE, 12 B&W boilers, IHP 17,600, 18 knots
Endurance
6950/10
Complement
869; (1918) 1300.
Armament
8–12”/45, 22–3”/50, 2–3pdr, 8–1 pdr, 2–21”TT; (1918): 8– 12,” 14–3,” +2–3”/50 AA, 2–21”TT
Armor
9” to 11” & 10” to 12” belt, 12” turrets, 8” to 10” barbettes, 10” to 8” casemates, 12” CT
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Figure 2.19: Battleship Delaware (BB 28) at the Coronation Review, 1911. Notice unusual arrangement of aft turrets.
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Machinery
2-screws, VTE, 14 B&W boilers, HP 25,000, 21 knots North Dakota: Curtis turbines, (1917) Parsons turbines, reduction gear
Endurance
6560/10; (Delaware 9750/10)
Complement
938; (1918) 1320
Armament
10–12”/45, 14–5”/50, 2–3 pdr, 4–1 pdr, 2–21” TT; (1918) +2–3”/50 AA
Armor
9” to 11” belt, 3” to 12” turrets, 4” to 10” barbettes, 10” bulkheads, 5”to 10” casemates, 11.5” CT
Notes: Authorized 1906–07. Very successful design with larger caliber secondary armament. Forward 5-inch casemate guns moved to superstructure after trials. Mainmast between funnels, five turrets. Competitive sisters in machinery, North Dakota was first US battleship with turbines, re-engined in 1916–17. North Dakota had experimental aircraft platform on “B” turret, 1919–20. Service records: 28 Delaware: Damaged by boiler explosion, 17 Jan 1911. Coronation Fleet Review, 1911. Mexican Intervention 1914. Grand Fleet 1917–18. † 29 North Dakota: Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 9 Sep 1916–27 Mar 1917. Gunnery training 1917–18. Collided with schooner T.K. Bentley off Cape Cod, 4 Jan 1922. †
Florida Class No.
Name
BB 30 Florida
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
New York NYd 9 Mar 1909 12 May 1910 15 Sep 1911
BB 31 Utah
NY Sbdg
Displacement
21,825 tons, 23,033 f/1
15 Mar 1909 23 Dec 1909 31 Aug 1911
Dimensions
521’6” (oa) 510’ (bp) x 88’2” x 28’6”
Machinery
4-screws, Parsons turbines, 12 B&W boilers SHP 28000, 20.75 knots
Endurance
5776/10
Complement
1001/ 1320
Armament
10–12/45,” 16–5”/51, 4–3 pdr, 2–1 pdr, 2–21” TT; (1918) -4– 5,” +2–3”/50AA.
Armor
9” to 11” belt, 12” turrets, 10” barbettes, 6.5” to 10” casemates, 11.5” CT
Notes: Authorized 1908. First battleships with four shafts, otherwise similar to Delaware class. Completion delayed by changes in design and failure to deliver turbine casings. Service records: 30 Florida: Mexican Intervention 1914. Grand Fleet 1917–18. † 31 Utah: Mexican Intervention 1914. Ireland 1918. Flag US forces Europe 1921–22. Went aground at Boston, 7 Jul 1921. †
Wyoming Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
BB 32 Wyoming
Cramp
9 Feb 1910 25 May 1911 25 Sep 1912
BB 33 Arkansas
NY Sbdg
25 Jan 1910 14 Jan 1911 17 Sep 1912
Displacement
26,000 tons, 27,243 f/1
Dimensions
562’ (oa) 554’ (bp) x 93’2” x 28’6”
Machinery
4-screws, Parsons turbines, 12 B&W boilers SHP 28000, 20.5 knots
Endurance
5190/12
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Figure 2.20: Battleship Arkansas (BB 33) after World War I. Notice the heavier cage masts and range finding markings. All six turrets were on the centerline; rangefinders have been placed on top of the superfiring turrets.
Complement
1063; (1918) 1522
Armament
12–12”/50, 21–5”/51, 4–3 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns, 2–21”TT; (1918) -5–5,” +2–3”/50AA
Armor
9” to 11” belt, 12” turrets, 11” barbettes, 6.5” to 11” casemates, 11.5” CT
Notes: Authorized 1909. Originally designed with combined turbines and reciprocating engines. New 12-inch gun in six turrets. Armor belt expanded. Service records: 32 Wyoming: Mexican Intervention 1914. Grand Fleet 1917–18. Pacific Fleet 1919–21. † 33 Arkansas: Mexican Intervention 1914. Grand Fleet 1917–18. Pacific Fleet 1919–21. †
New York Class No.
Name
BB 34 New York BB 35 Texas
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
New York NYd 11 Sep 1911 30 Oct 1912 15 Apr 1914 Newport News 17 Apr 1911 18 May 1912 12 Mar 1914
Displacement
27,000 tons, 28,367 f/1
Dimensions
573’ (oa) 565’ (bp) x 95’2” x 28’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 14 B&W boilers, IHP 28100, 21 knots
Endurance
7684/12
Complement
1052 / 1540
Armament
10–14”/45, 21–5”/51, 4–21”TT; (1916): 2–3”AA added, 5–5” removed.
Armor
10” to 12” belt, 14” turrets, 5” to 12” barbettes, 10” & 11” bulkheads, 6.5” to 11” casemates, 12” CT
Notes: Authorized 1910. First US battleships with 14-inch guns, originally designed with 15–12” in five turrets. Built with reciprocating engines when builders refused Navy standards for turbines. Texas fitted with flying off ramps on superfiring turrets, Mar 1919. Service records: 34 New York: Mexican Intervention 1914. Grand Fleet 1917–18. Pacific Fleet 1919–25. †
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but heavy armor amidships. Armored deck the length of citadel which was reduced by using only four turrets. This compact arrangement of four turrets set the standard for future US battleships; triple turret introduced. Two triple and two twin turrets. Oil-burning boilers. Service records: 36 Nevada: Ireland 1918. † 37 Oklahoma: Ireland 1918. †
Pennsylvania Class No.
Figure 2.21: Battleship New York (BB 34) in the Hudson River, New York, after the war. 35 Texas: Mexican Intervention 1914. Ran aground on Block Island, NY, 27 Sep 1917. Grand Fleet 1918. Pacific Fleet 1919–25. †
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
BB 38 Pennsylvania
Newport News 27 Oct 1913 16 Mar 1915 12 Jun 1916
BB 39 Arizona
New York NYd 16 Mar 1914 19 Jun 1915 17 Oct 1916
Displacement
31,400 tons, 32,567 f/1
Dimensions
608’ (oa) 600’ (bp) x 97’ x 28’10”
Machinery
4 screws, Parsons geared cruising turbines, 12 B&W boilers (Pennsylvania: Curtis), SHP 31500, 21 knots (Arizona: 34000)
Endurance
6070/12
Complement
1485
Armament
12–14”/45, 22–5”/51, 4–3”/50AA, 2–21”TT; (1918) 9–5” removed.
Nevada Class No.
Name
BB 36 Nevada BB 37 Oklahoma
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Fore River
4 Nov 1912 11 Jul 1914 11 Mar 1916
NY Sbdg
26 Oct 1912 23 Mar 1914 2 May 1916
Displacement
27,500 tons, 28,400 f/1
Dimensions
583’ (oa) 575’ (bp) x 95’2” x 28’6”
Machinery
Nevada: 2 screws, Curtis geared cruising turbines, 12 Yarrow boilers Oklahoma: 2 screws, VTE, 12 B&W boilers. Both: SHP 26500, 20.5 knots
Endurance
5195/12
Complement
1523
Armament
10–14”/45, 21–5”/51, 2–3”/50 AA, 2–21”TT
Armor
8” to 13.5” belt, 18” & 16” turrets, 13” barbettes, 8” to 13” bulkheads, 16” CT
Notes: Authorized 1911. First dreadnoughts of ‘second generation,’ with triple turrets, ‘all-or-nothing’ protection and oil fuel. No armor on main deck
Figure 2.22: Battleship Oklahoma (BB 37) at San Diego, 1921. Notice the combination of two- and three-gun turrets.
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Figure 2.23: Battleship Pennsylvania (BB 38), 1920s, flying twostar admiral’s flag. Notice anti-aircraft guns on top of X turret.
Figure 2.24: Battleship Pennsylvania shortly after completion.
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Armor
8” to 13.5” belt, 5” to 18” turrets, 5” to 13” barbettes, 8” to 13” bulkheads, 14” to 16” CT
Notes: Authorized 1912–13. Improved Nevada class with similar armor.
Tennessee Class No.
Name
BB 43 Tennessee
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
New York NYd 14 May 1917 30 Apr 1919
Comm. 3 Jun 1920
Pennsylvania fitted as fleet flagship. Excellent ships, steady gun platforms.
BB 44 California
Service records:
Displacement
32,300 tons, 33,190 f/1
38 Pennsylvania: Atlantic Fleet 1916. In collision with m/v Ticonderoga, 20 May
Dimensions
624’ (oa) 600’ (bp) x 97’3” x 30’3”
Machinery
4 screws, Westinghouse turbines, electric reduction gear; 8 B&W boilers. California: 8 Bur.Exp. boilers
1918. Flagship Combined Fleet 1921. † 39 Arizona: C&TF 1/238. Mediterranean 1919. †
Name
Builder
Laid Down
25 Oct 1916
9 Jan 1919 10 Aug 1921
SHP 26800, 21 knots (California: 28500)
New Mexico Class No.
Mare I NYd
Launched
Comm.
BB 40 New Mexico
New York NYd 14 Oct 1915 23 Apr 1917 20 May 1918
BB 41 Mississippi
Newport News 5 Apr 1915 25 Jan 1917 18 Dec 1917
BB 42 Idaho
NY Sbdg
Displacement
32,000 tons, 33,000 f/1
Dimensions
624’6” (oa) 600’ (bp) x 97’4” x 30’
Machinery
4 screws, 9 B&W boilers; SHP 32000 (New Mexico: 27500), 21 knots
20 Jan 1915 30 Jun 1917 24 Mar 1919
New Mexico: GE turbines, electric reduction gear Mississippi: Curtis geared cruising turbines. Idaho: Parsons geared cruising turbines. Endurance
5120/12
Complement
1485
Armament
12–14”/50, 22–5”/51, 4–3”/50AA guns, 2–21”TT; modified to 14–5”
Armor
8” to 13.5” belt, 18” turrets, 4.5 to 13” barbettes, 8” to 13.5” bulkheads, 16” CT
Endurance
20500/10
Complement
1053/ 1555
Armament
12–14”/50, 14–5”/51, 4–3”/50AA guns, 2–21”TT
Armor
8” to 13.5” belt, 5” to 18” turrets, 13” barbettes, 13.5” bulkheads, 16” CT
Notes: Authorized 1915. Repeat New Mexico class with hull line clear of gunports, increased elevation of main guns, two funnels. Heavier cage masts. Service records: 43 Tennessee: Damaged by generator explosion at New York, 23 Oct 1920. † 44 California: †
Colorado Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
BB 45 Colorado
NY Sbdg
29 May 1919 22 Mar 1921 30 Aug 1923
BB 46 Maryland
Newport News 24 Apr 1917 20 Mar 1920 21 Jul 1921
BB 47 Washington
NY Sbdg
BB 48 West Virginia
Newport News 19 Apr 1920 19 Nov 1921 1 Dec 1923
30 Jul 1919
1 Sep 1921
—
Displacement
32,600 tons, 33,590 f/1
Dimensions
624’ (oa) 600’ (bp) x 97’6” x 30’6”
Machinery
4 screws, Westinghouse turbines, electric reduction gear, 8 B&W boilers, SHP 289000, 21 knots
transmission for speed reduction between engines and shafts. New 14-
Endurance
21100/10
inch guns and clipper bows. Only New Mexico completed with 22 5-inch
Complement
1332
guns. Third ship paid for by sale of BB 23 and 24. Considered a highly
Armament
8–16”/45, 12–5”/51, 8–3”/50AA, 2–21” TT (Maryland 14–5”)
successful class.
Armor
8” to 13.5” belt, 5” to 18” turrets, 4.5” to 13” barbettes, 13.5” bulkheads, 16” CT
Notes: Authorized 1914. New Mexico first major ship with electric
Service records: 40 New Mexico: Atlantic Fleet. † 41 Mississippi: Atlantic Fleet. † 42 Idaho: †
Figure 2.25: Battleship New Mexico (BB 40) after the war. Notice clipper bow and clean hull lines with absence of casemate guns.
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Notes: Authorized 1916. Similar to California class with 16-inch guns in four turrets. Construction of Washington halted under the Washington Treaty 1922. Service records: 45 Colorado: †
Figure 2.26: Battleship Tennessee (BB 43), in Los Angeles harbor. Notice triple turrets, two thin funnels and heavy cagemasts.
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Figure 2.27: Battleship West Virginia (BB 48) following completion. The last American battleship completed until World War II. Notice twin turrets. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
46 Maryland: † 47 Washington: Canceled, 8 Feb 1922, 75.9% complete. Hull sunk as target, 25 Nov 1924. 48 West Virginia: †
Name
Builder
Battle Cruisers Lexington Class
South Dakota Class No.
Figure 2.28: The battleship Indiana (BB 50) under construction at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1922. The huge barbettes for her 16-inch guns dominate the scene. She was scrapped incomplete under the terms of the Washington Treaty.
Launched
Comm.
BB 49 South Dakota
New York NYd 15 Mar 1920
Laid Down
—
—
BB 50 Indiana
New York NYd
1 Nov 1920
—
—
BB 51 Montana
Mare I NYd
No.
Name
CC 1 Lexington
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Fore River
8 Jan 1921
—
—
ex-Constitution (10 Dec 1917)
1 Sep 1920
—
—
CC 2 Constellation
Newport News 18 Aug 1920
—
—
12 Jan 1920
—
—
CC 3 Saratoga
NY Sbdg
25 Sep 1920
—
—
BB 53 Iowa
Newport News 17 May 1920
—
—
CC 4 Ranger
Newport News 23 Jan 1921
—
—
BB 54 Massachusetts
Fore River
—
—
25 Sep 1920
—
—
25 Sep 1920
—
—
BB 52 North Carolina Norfolk NYd
4 Apr 1921
Displacement
43,200 tons
Dimensions
684’ (oa) 660’ (wl) x 106’ x 33’
Machinery
4 screws, West. turbines (Indiana, Montana: GE), electric reduction gearing, 16 B&W boilers, SHP 60000, 23 knots
Endurance
8000/10
Complement
1191
Armament
12–16”/50, 16–6”/53, 8–3”/50AA guns, 2–21” TT.
Armor
8” to 13.5” belt, 5” to 18” turrets, 4.5” to 13.5” barbettes, 8” to 13.5” bulkheads, 6” decks, 16” CT
ex-Lexington (10 Dec 1917) CC 5 Constitution
Phila.NYd
ex-Ranger (10 Dec 1917) CC 6 United States
Phila.NYd
Notes: Authorized 1917–18. Two cage masts, huge quadruple-trunked funnel and double-decked battery. New 16-inch gun in triple turrets. Construction halted under the Washington Treaty 1922. Canceled 17 Aug 1923 and BU. Service records: 49 South Dakota: Suspended, 8 Feb 1922, 38.5% complete. 50 Indiana: Suspended, 8 Feb 1922, 34.7% complete. 51 Montana: Suspended, 8 Feb 1922, 27.6% complete. 52 North Carolina: Suspended, 8 Feb 1922, 36.7% complete. 53 Iowa: Suspended, 8 Feb 1922, 31.8% complete. 54 Massachusetts: Suspended, 8 Feb 1922, 11.0% complete.
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Figure 2.29: Artist’s impression of the battle cruiser Lexington (CC 1) canceled in 1922. This was the final design with two massive funnels, four twin turrets. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
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First Design: Displacement
35,000 tons
Dimensions
874’ (oa) 850’ (wl) x 91’6” x 30’2”
Machinery
4 screws, GE turbo-electric drive (Constellation, Ranger: Westinghouse); 24 boilers, SHP 90,000, 35 knots
Endurance
12000/10
Complement
1,206
Armament
10–14”/55, 18–5”/51, 4–3”AA, 8–21”TT
Armor
5” belt; 5” bulkheads, 4 to 6” turrets, 5” barbettes, 2” 3rd deck, 3” to 5” CT
Final Design: Displacement
35,300 tons
Dimensions
874’ (oa) 850’ (bp) x 90’ x 31’3”
Machinery
4 screws, GE turbo-electric drive; (Constellation, Ranger: Westinghouse), 20 White-Forster boilers IHP 180,000, 33 knots.
Endurance
10000/10
Complement
1,242
Armament
8–16”/50, 16–6”/53, 4–3”/50AA guns, 8–21”TT
Armor
5” to 7.75” belt, 8” to 11” turrets, 5” to 9” barbettes, 7” bulkheads, 1.5” to 2” deck, 12” CT
Notes: Authorized 1916–18. Design changed twice but none completed. Construction halted under the Washington Treaty 1922. First design had seven funnels and two cagemasts; changed after Battle of Jutland to increase caliber of main armament and placement of boilers below the waterline. Second design had 20 boilers all below the waterline, five funnels. Final design included two huge trunked funnels and two cagemasts, clipper bow and cruiser stern. Service records: 1 Lexington: Reordered as aircraft carrier, CV 2, 1 Jul 1922. 2 Constellation: Suspended, 2 Aug 1922, 22.7% complete. 3 Saratoga: Reordered as aircraft carrier, CV 3, 1 Jul 1922. 4 Ranger: Suspended, 2 Aug 1922, 4.0% complete. 5 Constitution: Suspended, 2 Aug 1922, 13.4% complete. 6 United States: Suspended, 2 Aug 1922, 12.1% complete.
Monitors The stunning success of the monitors during the Civil War caused a mindset in the minds of many people that these ships should be the mainstay of the Navy. A number of Civil War monitors remained on the Navy List for many years, the last being stricken only in 1904. Despite being obsolete, the survivors were recommissioned in 1898 to protect coastal cities from attack by the Spanish Navy. Five double-turret wood-hull ironclad monitors built during the Civil War were kept on the Navy List in name although they were broken up in the 1870s and 1880s. As Congress would not authorize funds for new ships, new ships were built with new steel hulls under the subterfuge of repairs. Some naval officers continued to press the case for new monitors and the Monterey was built in the 1890s. An additional four monitors of the Arkansas class were authorized in 1898 for harbor defense, although the monitors’ unsuitability had been shown during the Spanish-American War. Two monitors, Monadnock and Monterey, crossed the Pacific to Manila in 1898.
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Figure 2.30: Monitor Monadnock (BM 3) at sea , 1898, on voyage from San Francisco to Manila. Notice water flowing over the deck in a calm sea. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph) It was found that the monitors’ low freeboard made them very suitable as submarine tenders, in which capacity most served during World War I. In 1920 monitors received the designation BM.
Puritan No.
Name
BM 1 Puritan
Builder Roach
Laid Down 1875
Launched
Comm.
6 Dec 1882 10 Dec 1896
Displacement
6,060 tons
Dimensions
295’8” (oa) 289’6” (wl) x 60’1” x 18’
Machinery
2 screws, horizontal compound, 8 boilers, IHP 3,700, 12.4 knots
Endurance
1047/10
Complement
230
Armament
4–12”/35, 6–4”/40, 6–6 pdr guns
Armor
6” to 14” sides, 8” turrets, 14” barbettes, 2” deck
Notes: Officially the old ship of 1864 rebuilt, suspended in 1876 because of design flaws. Original design of 10-inch guns in turrets replaced by 12-inch in barbettes. Completed at New York NYd. One military mast, iron hull. Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of Matanzas 27 Apr 1898. Out of comm 16 Apr-3 Jun 1903. D.C. Naval Militia 1904–09. Decomm 23 Apr 1910. Stricken 27 Feb 1913, Target B. Sold 26 Jan 1922.
Amphitrite Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Comm.
Harlan
BM 3 Monadnock
Continental
1874
19 Sep 1883 20 Feb 1896
BM 4 Terror
Cramp
1874
24 Mar 1883 15 Apr 1896
Roach
1874
5 Dec 1876 27 Oct 1891
BM 5 Miantonomoh
1874
Launched
BM 2 Amphitrite
7 Jun 1883 23 Apr 1895
Displacement
3,990 tons
Dimensions
Amphitrite: 262’9” (oa) 259’6” (wl) x 55’6” x 14’6” Miantonomoh: 260’3” (wl); Terror: 258’8” (wl); Monadnock: 262’3” (oa) 258’6” (wl)
Machinery
2 screws, inclined compound, 6 S/E boilers, IHP 1,600, 10.5 knots (Monadnock: HTE, 4 S/E boilers, IHP 3,000) (1910) 4 Scotch boilers S/E (Amphitrite: 4 B&W)
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Monterey No.
Name
BM 6 Monterey
Figure 2.31: Monitor Amphitrite (BM 2) in 1896.
Endurance
1370/10
Complement
175; (1918) 245
Armament
4–10”/30, 4–6 pdr, 2–3 pdr guns. (Amphitrite, Monadnock: also 2–4’); (1903) Terror: + 4–4”/40; (1918) only 2–4”/40, 4–6 pdr
Armor
4” to 7” sides, 11.5” turrets, 1.75” deck, 9” CT (Amphitrite, Monadnock: 5” to 9” sides, 7.5” turrets, 11.5” barbettes)
Notes: Officially these were old ships built in 1865 and “repaired.” Iron hulls. Obsolete when built. Hull of Monadnock built by Continental in Brooklyn and shipped in pieces to Vallejo, Cal. Redesigned in 1886 with 10-inch guns. Poor sea boats.
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
20 Dec 1889 28 Apr 1891 13 Feb 1893
Displacement
4,084 tons
Dimensions
260’11” (oa) 256’ (wl) x 56’ x 14’10”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 4 Ward & 2 S/E boilers, IHP 5,244, 13.6 knots (Later 4 B&W boilers)
Endurance
1351/10
Complement
195; (1918) 250
Armament
2–12”/35, 2–10”/30, 6–6 pdr, 4–1 pdr guns
Armor
5” to 13” sides, 8” & 7.5” turrets, 13” & 11.5” barbettes, 2.5” deck
Notes: Authorized 1887 for west coast defense. Originally designed with 1–16” BLR (110 tons), 1–12” BLR and 1–15” dynamite gun in bow, with big guns in barbettes with 16” and 14” armor. This battery was too heavy and lighter guns were substituted. Poor sea boat, too slow. Reboilered at Hong Kong 1900. Service record: Damaged in collision with m/v Transit while at anchor off Seattle, 12 Apr 1896. Voyaged to Mexico and Peru 1895. Crossed Pacific to Philippines 1898. Philippine campaign. Bombardment and capture of Manila, 13 Aug 1898. Out of comm 15 Dec 1904–28 Sep 1907. Towed to Hawaii 1917. Station ship Pearl Harbor 1917–21. Decomm 27 Aug 1921. Sold 25 Feb 1922 and BU Oakland, Cal.
Coast Defense Vessel Name (unnamed)
Builder Union IW
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
1889
never
never
Displacement 4,486 tons Dimensions
256’ (wl) x 59’ x 16’
Machinery
2 screws, VITE, 2 S/E boilers, HP 5,400, 16 knots
Armament
1–16,” 1–12,” 6–4,” 3–9pdr, 2–6pdr, 4–3pdr guns, 1–15” dynamite gun
Armor
6” to 16” sides, 16” and 12” turrets, 7” CT
Service record: 2 Amphitrite: completed at Norfolk NYd. Recomm 2 Oct 1897. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of San Juan 12 May 1898. Out of comm 30 Nov 1901- 1 Dec 1902. Decomm 3 Aug 1907. Missouri Naval Militia, 1910–12, Louisiana Naval Militia, 1912–16. Aground in hurricane at New Orleans, 30 Sep 1915. Connecticut Naval Militia, 1916–17. Damaged in collision in fog with m/v Manchuria, 13 Jun 1917 and with British m/v British Isles, 14 Dec 1917 in New York harbor. Decomm 31 May 1919. Stricken 24 Jul 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920. Later history: used as hotel at Beaufort, SC. Used as barracks ship at Elizabeth City, NC, 1943. BU 1952 Fairfield, Md. Ships captured: schr Almansa 25 Apr 1898, Ambrosio Bolivar 26 Apr 1898, Guido 27 Apr 1898. 3 Monadnock: completed at Mare Island NYd. Asiatic Station from 1898. Philippine campaign. Out of comm 10 Mar 1909 -20 Apr 1911. Submarine tender 1912–19. Decomm 24 Mar 1919. Unclassified, IX 17, 1921. Stricken 2 Feb 1923, sold 24 Aug 1923. 4 Terror: Accepted 1887and completed at New York NYd. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of San Juan, 12 May 1898. Out of comm 25 Feb 1899–1901, recomm as practice ship. Decomm 8 May 1906. Stricken 31 Dec 1915 , Target D. Sold 10 Mar 1921. 5 Miantonomoh: completed at New York NYd. Out of comm 20 Nov 1895 -10 Mar 1898. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Out of comm 8 Mar 1899 -9 Apr 1907. Maryland Naval Militia 1906–07. Decomm 21 Dec 1907. Stricken 15 Dec 1915, Target C. Sold 20 Jan 1922.
Builder Union IW
Note: Although authorized in 1887 and ordered, this ship was never built. Note: An armored cruising monitor was authorized in 1890 but never built. It was to displace 3,130 tons and have an armament of 2–10,” 1–6” guns and 1– 15” dynamite gun and 10” armor. Canceled on 2 Mar 1891 after it was found the cost of the design exceeded the funds appropriated. This vessel was never named or ordered.
Figure 2.32: The coast defense vessel authorized in 1890 but never built.
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Arkansas Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
BM 7 Arkansas
Newport News
14 Nov 1899 10 Nov 1900 28 Oct 1902
BM 8 Nevada
Bath
17 Apr 1899 24 Nov 1900 5 Mar 1903
BM 9 Florida
Nixon
23 Jan 1899 30 Nov 1901 18 Jun 1903
BM 10 Wyoming
Union IW
11 Apr 1899
8 Sep 1900
Cheyenne, 1 Jan 1909. Out of comm 13 Nov 1909–11 Jul 1910. Converted to submarine tender Aug 1913. Washington Naval Militia 1911–13. Mexico 1914. Out of comm 23 Oct 1919–22 Sep 1920. In collision with m/v Bramell Point off Philadelphia, 29 Sep 1920. Designated Unclassified, IX 4, 1 Jul 1921. Training ship, Baltimore. †
8 Dec 1902
Armored Ram Katahdin
Displacement
3,200 tons, 3,225 f/1
Dimensions
255’1” (oa) 252’ (wl) x 50’ x 12’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, Arkansas: 4 Thornycroft boilers, Nevada: Mosher, Florida: Niclausse, Wyoming: 4 B&W.
Katahdin
(1918) Nevada: 4 Niclausse, Florida: 4 Mosher. IHP 1739, 12 knots.
Dimensions
250’9” (wl) x 43’5” x 15’
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 2 D/E & 1 S/E Scotch boilers, IHP 5,068 , 16.1 knots
Endurance
1000/10
Endurance
2360/10
Complement
222; (1918) 243
Armament
2–12”/40, 4–4”/50, 3–6 pdr guns ; (1918) +1–3”/50AA
Armor
5” to 11” sides, 9” to 10” turrets, 9” to 11” barbettes, 1.5” deck
Notes: Authorized 1898, for harbor defense. Wyoming was first USN ship converted to oil fuel, 1908. Obsolete when authorized, later used as submarine tenders. Service records: 7 Arkansas: Renamed Ozark, 2 Mar 1909. D.C. Naval Militia 1910–13. Converted to submarine tender 1913. Mexican Intervention 1914. Decomm 20 Aug 1919. Sold 26 Jan 1922. 8 Nevada: Out of comm 19 Aug 1906–14 May 1909. Renamed Tonopah, 2 Mar 1909. Converted to submarine tender, 1914. . Out of comm 30 Apr 1915–5 May 1917. Azores 1918. Mediterranean 1919. Decomm 21 Oct 1919. Sold 26 Jan 1922 and BU. 9 Florida: Practice ship USNA 1907. Out of comm 6 Jan–21 May 1908, 19 Jun 1908–1 Aug 1910. Ordnance experiments 1908 and 1910. Renamed Tallahassee, 20 Jun 1908. Submarine tender Nov 1914. Canal Zone, Virgin Islands and Bermuda 1917–18. Out of comm 24 Mar 1919–3 Aug 1920. Unclassified, IX 15, 1 Jul 1921. Decomm 24 Mar 1922. Sold 25 Jul 1922. 10 Wyoming: At La Palma, Panama, during Panamanian independence, Dec 1903-Apr 1904. Out of comm 29 Aug 1905 -8 Oct 1908. Renamed
Figure 2.33: The monitor Florida (BM 9) in 1904, later renamed Tallahassee.
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Name
Builder
Laid Down
Bath
Jul 1891
Launched
Comm.
3 Feb 1893
20 Feb 1896
Displacement 2,155 tons, 2,383 f/1
Complement 97 Armament
4–6 pdr guns
Armor
3” to 6” sides, 6” slopes, 2” deck
Notes: Experimental harbor defense ram. Authorized 1889. Similar to HMS Polyphemus. A failure, too slow for ramming. Service record: Out of comm 17 Apr 1897–10 Mar 1898 Decomm 8 Oct 1898. Stricken 9 Jul 1909 , Target A. Sunk as target in Rappahannock River, Sep 1909.
Aircraft Carrier Langley No.
Name
CV 1 Langley
Builder Mare I NYd
Laid Down
Launched
18 Oct 1911 24 Aug 1912
Comm. 20 Mar 1922
ex-Jupiter (AC 3) (21 Apr 1920) Displacement
12,700 tons
Dimensions
542’ (oa) 520’ (bp) x 65’ x 18’10”
Figure 2.34: The armored ram Katahdin.
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Machinery
2 screws, GE turbo-electric drive, 3 D/E boilers, SHP 7152, 15 knots
Complement
341
Armament
4–5”/51 guns, 55 aircraft
Notes: Former collier (see p. 132), conversion authorized 11 Jul 1919 and converted at Norfolk NYd. Two hinged funnels one on each side of flight deck. Service record: † CV 2 Lexington ex-CC 1, battle cruiser being converted under construction. † CV 3 Saratoga ex-CC 3, battle cruiser being converted under construction. †
Figure 2.35: The aircraft carrier Langley (CV 1) with the fleet, with a New Mexico class battleship at right. The flight deck was built over the hull of the collier Jupiter.
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Cruisers
Construction of the “New Navy” started in 1883 with three protected cruisers, Atlanta, Boston and Chicago, all with masts and sails in addition to their propulsive machinery. Obsolescent when built, they were later reconstructed. During the 1880s, thirteen more protected cruisers of various designs were built, becoming the nucleus of the Navy with which the service learned how to use the new ships. Among these was the Olympia, designed as a commerce raider, and Admiral Dewey’s flagship at Manila Bay. The commerce-destroyers Columbia and Minneapolis were faster than any large ship afloat when built. Two fine armored cruisers were built, New York and Brooklyn. These cruisers and the first five battleships made up the fleet which defeated the Spanish in 1898. To make up for the shortage of cruisers, eleven large steamers were fitted out and armed as auxiliary cruisers.
Two cruisers under construction in England were purchased in 1898. The small “peace” cruisers of the Denver class and the larger St. Louis class were built after the war. Ten armored cruisers of the Pennsylvania and Tennessee classes were completed during the period 1905–1908. These massive ships sacrificed armor and gunpower for speed. They were longer and larger than contemporary battleships and were very successful, but quickly became obsolete. Some of them were fitted with experimental flying off platforms for aircraft during 1916–1917. Three scout cruisers of the Chester class were built in 1907. They were experimental vessels with different machinery. The U.S. Navy entered the war in 1917 with no modern cruisers. The later ships were used as convoy escorts. The armored cruisers were used as transports to return the troops in 1919. Olympia was active in the Mediterranean and North Russia, and the Brooklyn was in Vladivostok. In 1917 ten ships of the Omaha class were authorized but these were not completed until the 1920s. In 1920 armored cruisers were designated CA and the other cruisers CL.
Armored Cruisers CA 1 Maine (redesignated battleship before completion)
NEW YORK No.
Name
CA 2 New York
Figure 3.1: The protected cruiser Olympia (C 6) on her arrival in New York harbor from the Far East, October 1899. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
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Builder Cramp
Laid Down
Launched
30 Sep 1890 2 Dec 1891
Comm. 1 Aug 1893
Displacement
8,200 tons, 8,900 f/1
Dimensions
384’ (oa) 380’6” (wl) x 64’10” x 23’3”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 6 D/E & 2 S/E Scotch boilers, IHP 17,400 , 21 knots; (1905) 12 B&W boilers.
Endurance
4500/10
Complement
556
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Figure 3.2: The armored cruiser New York (CA 2), 1894, in New York harbor.
Armament
6–8”/35, 12–4”/40, 8–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns; 3–18” TT; (1905) 4–8”/45, 10–5”/50, 8–3”/50, 4–3 pdr, no TT; (1917)
Figure 3.3: The armored cruiser Brooklyn (CA 3) in 1897, as built. Notice her distinctive three tall funnels and pronounced slope on side, or tumblehome.
2–3”/50AA added, 2–5” removed. Armor
4” to 5” sides, 5.5” gun houses, 10” barbettes, 6” slopes, 3” deck, 7.5” CT Notes: Authorized 1888. Originally designed with two funnels, completed with three. Two twin turrets and two 8-inch guns amidships. Best of its type when built, very seaworthy. Set world’s speed record on trials, 21.09 knots, May 1893. Major refit in 1905, reboilered and rearmed, military masts replaced with poles, funnels raised, searchlight platforms added. AA guns added 1917. Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of San Juan, 12 May 1898 (1 killed). Bombardment of Santiago forts, 6 and 16 Jun 1898. Asiatic Stn 1899–1903. Philippine campaign. Out of comm 31 Mar 1905- 15 May 1909. Asiatic Stn 1910–16. Renamed Saratoga, 16 Feb 1911. Renamed Rochester, 1 Dec 1917. Convoy escort 1918. C&TF 1/317. † Ships captured: Pedro1, 22 Apr 1898; bark Carlos F. Royes, 17 May 1898.
Brooklyn No.
Name
CA 3 Brooklyn
Builder Cramp
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
2 Aug 1893
2 Oct 1895
1 Dec 1896
Displacement
9,215 tons, 10,068 f/1
Dimensions
402’7” (oa) 400’6” (wl) x 64’8” x 24’
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 5 D/E & 2 S/E Scotch boilers, IHP 18,700, 21.9 knots
Endurance
5110/10
Complement
516; (1903) 718; (1910) 572
Armament
8–8”/35, 12–5”/40, 12–6 pdr, 4–1 pdr guns; 4–18” TT; (1910) no TT; (1918) only 8–5”/40, 2–3”/50AA, 4–6 pdr guns.
Armor
3” sides, 5.5” gun houses, 8” & 4” barbettes, 6” slopes, 3” deck, 8.5” CT Notes: Authorized 1892. Improved New York. Two military masts, three tall funnels. Design showed French influence, arrangement of primary battery (4 twin turrets), great freeboard forward, pronounced tumblehome. Modernized 1909. 1. Later USS Hector. Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of Santiago forts, 6 and 16 Jun and 2 Jul 1898. Battle of Santiago (1 killed). Asiatic Stn 1899–02.
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Boxer Rebellion. Philippine campaign. Ran aground off New Bedford, Mass., 3 Sep 1902. Out of comm 7 Oct 1902–7 Jun 1903 and 23 Jun 1908 -9 May 1915. European Sqn 1903–04. Carried body of John Paul Jones from France to Annapolis, 8–22 Jul 1905. Asiatic Stn 1915–20. Siberia 1917–19. Damaged by explosion of coal dust at Yokohama, 9 Dec 1919 (10 killed) and of gasoline engine at Kobe, 18 Dec 1919 (7 killed). Decomm 9 Mar 1921. Stricken 20 Dec 1921, sold, BU San Francisco.
Pennsylvania Class No.
Name
CA 4 Pennsylvania
Builder Cramp
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
7 Aug 1901 22 Aug 1903 9 Mar 1905
ex-Nebraska (Mar 1901) CA 5 West Virginia
Newport News
16 Sep 1901 18 Apr 1903 23 Feb 1905
CA 6 California
Union IW
7 May 1902 28 Apr 1904 1 Aug 1907
CA 7 Colorado
Cramp
25 Apr 1901 25 Apr 1903 19 Jan 1905
CA 8 Maryland
Newport News
29 Oct 1901 12 Sep 1903 18 Apr 1905
CA 9 South Dakota
Union IW
30 Sep 1902 21 Jul 1904 27 Jan 1908
Displacement
13,680 tons, 15,138 f/1
Dimensions
504’ (oa) 502’ (wl) x 69’6” x 24’1”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 16 B&W boilers; Pennsylvania, Colorado: 32 Niclausse boilers, IHP 23,000, 22 knots
Endurance
5000/10
Complement
878 ; (1918) 1061
Armament
4–8”/45, 14–6”/50, 18–3”/50, 12–3pdr, 8–1 pdr guns, 2–18” TT; (1910) 4–8”/45, same.;
(1914) Pennsylvania, Colorado: 12 B&W & 8 composite .
(1918) only 4–6”/50, 10–3”/50, 2–3”/50AA, TT; (1924) 4– 8”/45, 4–6”/50, 10–3”/50, 2–3”/50AA, TT Armor
5” to 6” belt, 6” gun houses, 6”barbettes, 4” bulkheads, 2” to 4” deck, 9” CT Notes: Authorized 1899–1900. Comparable to light battleships. Two military masts; main armament all on centerline. Armor and gunpower sacrificed for
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increase in speed. Design and protection similar to contemporary battleships. Huntington had catapult fitted 1916–17. 8-inch guns replaced, 1909. Cage mast replaced military foremast and bridge rebuilt, 1910–11. Casemate guns (secondary armament) removed 1917. All renamed to provide names for new battleships. Service records:
Figure 3.4: The armored cruiser South Dakota (CA 9) in Puget Sound, about 1909, as built with original military masts.
4 Pennsylvania: Asiatic Sqn 1906–07. Eugene Ely made first airplane landing on a ship, 18 Jan 1911. Out of comm 1 Jul 1911–30 May 1913. Renamed Pittsburgh, 27 Aug 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Flagship, Pacific Fleet 1917–18; lost 58 dead in influenza epidemic Oct 1918. Haiti 1919–20. Went aground near Libau, Latvia, 9 Sep 1920; refloated 11 Sep. Decomm 15 Oct 1921. † 5 West Virginia: Asiatic Sqn 1905–07. Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 1915–20 Sep 1916, major refit. Catapult added, carried four ThomasMorse pontoon seaplanes, 1916; removed Oct 1917. Renamed Huntington, 11 Nov 1916. Carried US delegation (Col. Edward House, Gen. T.H.Bliss, Adm. W.S. Benson) to England, Nov 1917. Convoy escort 1918. C&TF 6/11913. Decomm 1 Sep 1920 † 6 California: Asiatic Stn 1909–10, 1912. Renamed San Diego, 1 Sep 1914. Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 24 May 1916- 30 Dec 1916. Sunk by mine off Fire Island, NY, 19 Jul 1918 (6 killed). 7 Colorado: Asiatic Sqn 1906–07, 1909–10, 1911–12. Nicaragua 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Renamed Pueblo, 9 Nov 1916. C&TF 6/10136. Decomm 22 Sep 1919. † 8 Maryland: Asiatic Sqn, 1906–07. Hit by torpedo and damaged during maneuvers off San Pedro, Cal., 24 Apr 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Renamed Frederick, 9 Nov 1916. Ran aground off Atlantic coast of South America, Jan 1918. Convoy escort 1918. C&TF 6/9659. Decomm 14 Feb 1922. † 9 South Dakota: Mexican Intervention 1914. C&TF 2/3463. Flagship, Asiatic Fleet 1919–26. Siberia 1920. Renamed Huron, 7 Jun 1920. †
Tennessee Class Laid Down
Launched
CA 10 Tennessee
No.
Name
Cramp
Builder
20 Jun 1903
3 Dec 1904 17 Jul 1906
CA 11 Washington
NY Sbdg
23 Sep 1903 18 Mar 1905 7 Aug 1906
CA 12 North Carolina Newport News 21 Mar 1905 6 Oct 1906
Figure 3.5: The armored cruiser Huntington (CA 5) , formerly West Virginia, on June 23, 1917, at Pensacola during balloon and aircraft trials. Notice balloon, seaplane near mast and flying off platform.
Figure 3.6: The armored cruiser Pittsburgh (CA 4) flying four-star admiral’s flag, probably in 1915.
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CA 13 Montana
Comm.
7 May 1908
Newport News 29 Apr 1905 15 Dec 1906 21 Jul 1908
Displacement
14,500 tons, 15,712 f/1
Dimensions
504’5” (oa) 502’ (bp) x 72’10” x 25’
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 16 B&W boilers, SHP 23,000, 22 knots
Endurance
5420/10
Figure 3.7: The armored cruiser Montana (CA 13) at the time of the war. In 1920 she was renamed Missoula. Picture by Moser.
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Figure 3.8: The armored cruiser North Carolina (CA 12) as built with two military masts, about 1908, in the Delaware River. She was renamed Charlotte in 1920.
Complement
950 ; (1918) 1088.
Armament
4–10”/40, 16–6”/50, 22–3”/50, 12–3 pdr, 4–21”TT; (1918) only 4–6”/50, 10–3”/50, 2–3”/50AA, TT
5” belt, 7” to 9” gun houses, 7” barbettes, 5” bulkheads, 3.5” slopes, 1” deck, 9” CT Notes: Authorized 1902–04. Improved Pennsylvania class with increased armor and armament. Two military masts, four funnels. Foremast replaced with cage mast and bridge modernized, 1911–12. North Carolina was first ship fitted with aircraft catapult, 1915 and Washington 1916, removed 1917.
Figure 3.9: The first ship of the New Navy, the protected cruiser Atlanta, at New York, 1891. The gunboat Yorktown is at right. Notice the masts with full rigging; she was designed to use sails if necessary.
Armor
Service records: 10 Tennessee: Out of comm 15 Jun 1911- Nov 1912. Mediterranean 1912–14. Haiti 1915. Renamed Memphis, 25 May 1916. Santo Domingo 1916. Wrecked by tsunami wave in Santo Domingo harbor, 29 Aug 1916 (40 dead). Stricken 17 Feb 1917. Sold 17 Jan 1922. BU in situ 1937. 11 Washington: Pacific 1907–09. Far East 1909. Atlantic 1910- Cuba 1912. Out of comm 9 Jul 1912–23 Apr 1914. Mexican Intervention 1914. Santo Domingo 1914. Haiti 1915. Out of comm Mar 1916–9 Nov 1916. Renamed Seattle, 9 Nov 1916. Convoy escort 1917–18. C&TF 6/9397. Decomm 14 Feb 1921. † 12 North Carolina: Mediterranean 1915. First ship to launch a plane by catapult while underway, 5 Nov 1915. C&TF 6/8962. Renamed Charlotte, 7 Jun 1920. Decomm 18 Feb 1921. † 13 Montana: Mediterranean 1908. Carried President Taft to Panama, Nov 1910. Out of comm 26 Jul 1911–11 Nov 1912, modernized. Mediterranean 1912–13. Mexican Intervention 1914. C&TF 6/8800. Renamed Missoula, 7 Jun 1920. Decomm 2 Feb 1921. †
Protected Cruisers
Builder
Armor
2” barbettes, 1” gunshields, 1.5” deck, CT 2”
Notes: Authorized 1883. Brig rig, two tall funnels. Partially protected, slow. Obsolescent when built. Completed at Brooklyn NYd when John Roach went bankrupt. Atlanta reconstructed 1897–99, rerigged as schooner, reboilered; Boston in 1907. Service records: Atlanta: In collision with USS Jamestown in Hampton Roads, 2 Dec 1891. Out of comm 18 Jul 1893–2 Apr 1894 and 28 Sep 1895 -15 Sep 1900 (for overhaul). Landed party at Boca del Toro, Colombia, Mar 1895. Decomm 11 Sep 1905. Barracks ship Norfolk NYd. Decomm 23 Mar 1912. Stricken 24 Apr 1912, sold 14 Sep 1912. BU Rotterdam. Boston: Landed marines at Honolulu, 16 Jan 1893. Out of comm 4 Nov 189315 Nov 1895. Asiatic Sqn 1896–99. Manila Bay. Bombardment and capture of Manila, 13 Aug 1898. Philippine campaign. Out of comm 15 Sep 1899—11 Aug 1902. Went aground off Bellingham, Wash., 6 Dec 1905. Decomm 10 Jun 1907. Oregon Naval Militia 1911–16. Unclassified 17 Sep 1910. Stricken 3 May 1917. Loaned to USSB, May 1917-Jun 1918 and registered as merchant Boston. Reacquired for conversion to hospital ship, 18 Jun 1918. RS Yerba Buena, Cal., 1918– 46. Designated IX 2, 1920. †
Launched
Comm.
8 Nov 1883
9 Oct 1884
19 Jul 1886
Chicago
Roach
15 Nov 1883 4 Dec 1884
2 May 1887
Displacement
4,500 tons, (1903) 5,000 tons, 5,273 f/1
Dimensions
334’4” (oa) 325’ (wl) x 48’2” x 19’
Machinery
2 screws, compound engines, IHP 5,084, 15.3 knots.
Roach
Boston
Roach
Displacement
3,000 tons, 3,180 f/1 and 3,035 tons, 3,195 f/1
Dimensions
288’6” (oa) 277’5” (bp) 271’3” (wl) x 42’1” x 16’10”
Machinery
1 screw, horizontal compound, 8 Scotch boilers, IHP 4,030, 13 knots
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2–8”/30, 6–6”/30, 2–6 pdr, 2–3pdr, 6–1 pdr guns; RF guns fitted in Atlanta 1895, Boston 1907.
Laid Down
Atlanta
Endurance
278
Armament
Chicago
Atlanta Class Name
Complement
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
29 Dec 1883 5 Dec 1885 17 Apr 1889
(1899) inclined TE, 14 B&W boilers, IHP 5,248, 14 knots; (1910) Scotch (4 S/E) & 6 B&W boilers
Atlanta: 1897 VTE, IHP 3,500.
Endurance
4950/10
3400/10
Complement
409; (1903) 471
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Newark No. 1
Name Newark
Builder Cramp
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
12 Jun 1888 19 Mar 1890 2 Feb 1891
Displacement
4,098 tons, 4,592 f/1
Dimensions
327’7” (oa) 311’7” (wl) x 49’2” x 18’9”
Machinery
2 screws, HTE, Scotch boilers, IHP 9,900, 18 knots
Endurance
3922/10
Complement
383
Armament
12–6”/30, 4–6 pdr, 4–1 pdr, 6–14”TT; (1903) 12–6”/40, 6– 14 pdr, 6–6 pdr. ; (1910) 12–6,” 6–3,” 6–3 pdr, 4–1 pdr.
Armor 2” gunshields, 2” to 3” decks, 3” CT Notes: Authorized 1885. Three-mast schooner rig. Torpedo tubes never mounted. Modernized 1901, yards and topmasts removed; two masts, new RF battery. Last U.S. warship designed with sail.
Figure 3.10: The protected cruiser Chicago, as built with three masts and full rigging, 1891. J.S. Johnston photo.
Service record: Mediterranean 1892–93. Out of comm 6 Mar 1897–23 May 1898. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Santiago. Asiatic Sqn 1899–1901. Boxer Rebellion. Philippine campaign. Rebuilt at Boston NYd, out of comm 29 Jul 1901–3 Nov 1902 and 9 Nov 1906- 23 Mar 1908. Decomm 16 Jun 1912. Stricken 26 Jun 1912, to US Public Health Service as quarantine hulk. Returned 7 Jul 1926. Sold 7 Sep 1926 and BU.
Charleston No. 2
Figure 3.11: The protected cruiser Chicago after being rebuilt, about 1900. Her old masts and rigging have been removed and the original funnels have been replaced with two thin tall pipes.
Armament
Name
Builder
Charleston
Union IW
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
20 Jan 1887 19 Jul 1888 26 Dec 1889
Displacement
3,730 tons
Dimensions
320’ (oa) 312’7” (wl) x 46’2” x 18’7”
Machinery
2 screws, horizontal compound, 6 boilers, IHP 5,000, 18.2 knots
Endurance
2990/10
Complement
360
Armament
2–8”/35, 6–6”/30, 4–6 pdr, 2–3 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns, 4–14” TT
Armor 2” gunhouses, 2” to 3” deck, 2” CT Notes: Authorized 1885. Two military masts. Smaller Newark, a mixture of foreign designs. Similar to Armstrong-built Japanese Naniwa. Last US warship with compound engines. TT never mounted.
4–8”/30, 8–6”/30, 2–5”/30, 2–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns; (1898) 4–8”/35, 14–5”/40; (1916) 8–5”/40, 6–4”/40 ; (1918) 4–5”/51, 2–3”/AA
Armor
1.5” decks, 3” CT
Notes: Authorized 1883. Three-mast bark rig. Designed as a commerce destroyer, but too slow. Refitted 1895–98, new engines, funnels raised, sails removed. Mainmast removed, two pole masts 1902. Secondary battery replaced. Service record: Slightly damaged in collision with m/v Azov at Antwerp, Belgium, 11 Jul 1894. Out of comm 1 May 1895- 1 Dec 1898 and 3 Dec 1903– 15 Aug 1904, Went aground in San Francisco harbor, 17 Aug 1905. Out of comm 27 Aug 1908–14 May 1909 and 28 Aug 1909–6 Apr 1917. Massachusetts Naval Militia 1910–16. Pennsylvania Naval Militia 1916–17. Flagship, submarine force, 1917–23. Designated CA 14, 17 Jul 1920, then CL 14. †
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Figure 3.12: The armored cruiser Newark (C 1) as built in 1891. She was the last U.S. warship designed with sail, removed by 1901.
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Service record: Out of comm 27 Jul 1896–5 May 1898. Took possession of Guam, 21 Jun 1898. Bombardment and capture of Manila, 13 Aug 1898. Philippine campaign, 1899. Wrecked on Camiguin Island, north of Luzon, 2 Nov 1899 (none lost).
Baltimore No. 3
Name Baltimore
Builder Cramp
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
5 May 1887
6 Oct 1888
7 Jan 1890
Displacement
4,413 tons, 5,436 f/1
Dimensions
335’ (oa) 327’6” (wl) x 48’7” x 19’6”
Machinery
2 screws, HTE, Scotch boilers, IHP 10,000, 20 knots; (1910) B&W boilers
Endurance
3838/10 ; (1910) 5544/10
Complement
386
Armament
4–8”/35, 6–6”/30, 4–6 pdr, 2–3 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns, 5–14” TT; (1902) 12–6”/40, 6–14pdr, 6–3 pdr;
Figure 3.14: The protected cruiser Philadelphia (C 4) in Hawaii for the ceremony of annexation, 1898. Her steel masts have been replaced. She had a short career of only twelve years.
(1910) 12–6,” 6–3,” 6–3pdr, 4–1 pdr Armor 2” gunhouses, 2.5” to 4” decks, 3” CT Notes: Authorized 1886. Two military masts replaced in 1903 with two pole masts. Design based on Armstrong design for Spanish cruiser. TT never mounted. Rearmed and reconstructed 1901. Good sea boat, fast. Service record: Carried remains of John Ericsson to Sweden, Aug 1890. Protected American citizens by landing marines at Valparaiso, Chile, 28 Aug 1891. Out of comm 17 Feb 1896–12 Oct 1897. Asiatic Sqn 1898–1900. Battle of Manila Bay. Bombardment and capture of Manila, 13 Aug 1898. Philippine campaign. Out of comm 27 Sep 19006 May 1903 and 15 May 1907–20 Jan 1911. Converted to minelayer at Charleston NYd, 1913–14. Recomm 8 Mar 1915. Designated CM 1, 30 Sep 1916. Laid mines north of Ireland Apr 1918. Laid North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918. Pacific Fleet 1919–22. Decomm 15 Sep 1922. †
Machinery
2 screws, HTE, 4 Scotch boilers, IHP 10,500, 19.7 knots
Endurance
5151/10
Complement
384
Armament
12–6”/30, 4–6 pdr, 4–3 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns, 4–14” TT
Armor
2” gunshields, 2.5” to 4” decks, 3” CT
Notes: Authorized 1887. Two mast schooner rig. Original steel masts with fighting tops replaced by wood spars. Hull duplicate of Baltimore. TT never mounted. Service record: Pacific 1893–97. Out of comm 18 Dec 1897–9 Jul 1898. Represented US at annexation of Hawaii, 12 Aug 1898. Landed sailors at Samoa, Mar 1899 (4 killed). Decomm 22 Sep 1902. Housed over, May 1904, receiving ship, Puget Sound. Unclassified, IX 24, 17 Sep
Philadelphia No. 4
Name Philadelphia
1910. † Builder Cramp
Laid Down
Launched
22 Mar 1888 7 Sep 1889
Displacement
4,324 tons, 5,305 f/1
Dimensions
335’ (oa) 327’6” (wl) x 48’7” x 19’2”
Comm. 28 Jul 1890
San Francisco No. 5
Name San Francisco
Builder Union IW
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
14 Aug 1888 26 Oct 1889 15 Nov 1890
Displacement
4,868 tons, 5,169 f/1.
Dimensions
324’6” (oa) 310’ (wl) x 49’2” x 18’9”
Machinery
2 screws, HTE, Scotch boilers, IHP 9,900, 19.5 knots; (1910) B&W boilers
Endurance
3624/10
Complement
383
Armament
12–6”/30, 4–6 pdr, 4–3 pdr, 4–1 pdr, 6–14”TT; (1903) 12– 6,”10–6pdr; (1910) 8–5,” 10–6 pdr, 4–1 pdr,
Armor
2” gunshields, 2” to 3” decks, 3” CT
Notes: Authorized 1887. Three-mast schooner rig. Reproduced hull of Newark with rearranged armament. Reconstructed 1899. Service record: South Pacific Sqn 1891–92. Landed marines at Valparaiso, Chile, 28 Aug 1891. European Sqn 1895–98, 1902–04. Out of comm 25 Oct 1898- 2 Jan 1902, reconstructed. Decomm 31 Dec 1904. Ordered
Figure 3.13: The protected cruiser Baltimore (C 3) in 1893 with small military masts. She was rebuilt in 1901 and later converted to a minelayer.
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converted to minelayer, 1908; recomm 21 Aug 1911. Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 6 Jun 1916–18 Oct 1916. Designated CM 2, 16 Sep 1916. Laid North Sea Mine Barrage 1918. Decomm 24 Dec 1921. †
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Service record: Asiatic Fleet 1895–99. Battle of Manila Bay (flagship of Adm. George Dewey). Bombardment and capture of Manila, 13 Aug 1898. Philippine campaign. Out of comm 8 Nov 1899- Jan 1902, 2 Apr 1906– 1916. Damaged by grounding off Portland, Me., 28 Aug 1904. Santo Domingo 1916. North Russia 1918. Adriatic 1919. Designated CA 15, 17 Jul 1920, then CL 15. Carried body of Unknown Soldier from France, 25 Oct 1921. Decomm 9 Dec 1922. †
Cincinnati Class No.
Figure 3.15: The protected cruiser San Francisco (C 5) in 1898, painted grey.
Olympia No. 6
Name Olympia
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Union IW
17 Jun 1891
5 Nov 1892
5 Feb 1895
Displacement
5,870 tons, 6,558 f/1
Dimensions
344’1” (oa) 340’ (wl) x 53’ x 21’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 4 D/E & 2 S/E Scotch boilers, IHP 13,500, 20 knots
Endurance
4600/10
Complement
450
Armament
4–8”/35, 10–5”/40, 14–6 pdr, 7–1 pdr guns, 6–18” TT; (1910) 2–7,” 10–5,” 14–6 pdr, 4–1 pdr, no TT; (1918) 10–5”/51, 2–1 pdr guns.
Armor 3.5” to 4.5” gunhouses , 4” barbettes, 2” to 4.75” decks Notes: Authorized 1888. Two-mast schooner rig. Designed as commerce raider. A fast, excellent ship with main battery in turrets. Reconstructed 1901– 03, rearmed 1918.
Figure 3.16: The protected cruiser Olympia (C 6) at anchor in Manila Bay. She is flying the four-star flag of Admiral Dewey. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
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Name
Builder
7
Cincinnati
New York NYd
8
Raleigh
Norfolk NYd
Laid Down Jan 1890
Launched
Comm.
10 Nov 1892 16 Jun 1894
19 Dec 1889 31 Mar 1892 17 Apr 1894
Displacement
3,213 tons, 3,562 f/1 ; (1910) 3,183 tons, 3339 f/1
Dimensions
305’10” (oa) 300’ (wl) x 42’ x 18’
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 8 B&W boilers, IHP 10,000, 19 knots; (1901) new VTE, IHP 8,500, 18 knots.
Endurance
4560/10; Raleigh: 2940/10
Complement
314
Armament
1–6”/40, 10–5”/40, 8–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns, 4 TT; (1903): 11– 5”/40; (1918) 9–5”/40, 4–6 pdr, no TT
Armor 4” sponsons, 1” to 2.5” decks, CT 2” Notes: Authorized 1888. Two-mast schooner rig. Engines were inadequate; replaced with smaller power plants 1901–2. Cincinnati: one mast, 1903. Probably were to be designated classified PG 25–26, numbers not used. Service records: 7 Cincinnati: Damaged by coal bunker fire at Key West, Fla., 11 Dec 1895. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Ran aground in Santiago harbor, 18 Dec 1898. Out of comm 14 Feb 1899- 2 Dec 1901 for refit at New York NYd . Caribbean, 1901–03. Asiatic Sqn 1903–07. Out of comm 12 Oct 190711 Oct 1911. Asiatic Sqn 1911–1917. Struck reef in Subic Bay, Philippines, 7 Jul 1912. Gulf of Mexico 1918–19. Decomm 20 Apr 1919. Stricken 4 Aug 1921 and sold, BU. 8 Raleigh: Mediterranean 1897–98. Manila Bay 1898. Bombardment and capture of Manila, 13 Aug 1898. Went aground in Charleston harbor, May 1899. Out of comm 10 Jun 1899- 5 Jan 1903. Asiatic Sqn 1903–07. Out of comm 12 Oct 1907- 21 Feb 1911. Mexican Intervention 1914. South Atlantic 1918. Out of comm 21 Apr 1919. Stricken and sold 5 Aug 1921, BU Philadelphia. Ships captured: steamer Dauntless and tender R.L. Mabey off Cuba, 21 Oct 1896.
Figure 3.17: The protected cruiser Raleigh (C 8) in 1895.
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Armament
2–6”/40, 8–5”/40, 6–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns, 2–18”TT; (1895) 6” replaced by 5”; (1918) only 8–4”/40
Armor .31” to .43” decks, CT 2” Notes: Unprotected cruisers or large gunboats. Authorized 1888. Two-mast schooner rig. Originally planned with larger power plant, 10,000 HP Service records:
Figure 3.18: The protected cruiser Cincinnati (C 7) in camouflage paint, at New Orleans, 1919. Raleigh had two masts. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
Montgomery Class No. 9
Name Montgomery
Builder Columbian
Laid Down Feb 1890
Launched
Comm.
9 Montgomery: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of San Juan, 12 May 1898. Out of comm 15 Sep 1900–15 May 1902 and 15 Sep 1904- 2 Jan 1908; recomm as torpedo practice ship, disarmed except for various TT. Maryland Naval Militia, 1914–18. Renamed Anniston, 14 Mar 1918. Decomm 16 May 1918. Stricken 25 Aug 1919, sold 14 Nov 1919. Ships captured: bark Frasquito and barkentine Lorenzo, 5 May 1898. 10 Detroit: Brazil Stn 1893–94. Asiatic Stn 1894–97. Bombardment of San Juan, 12 May 1898. Out of comm 23 May 1900–23 Sep 1902. Decomm 1 Aug 1905. Stricken 12 Jul 1910, sold 22 Dec 1910. Ship captured: Catalina, 24 Apr 1898. Later history: Merchant schooner Detroit. s/e 1916. 11 Marblehead: Europe and Mediterranean 1895–96. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Attack on Cienfuegos, 11 May 1898 (1 killed). Bombardment of Santiago forts, 6 Jun 1898. Out of comm 30 Apr 1900–10 Nov 1902 and 1 Oct 1906–31 Mar 1910. California Naval Militia 1910–16. Oregon Naval Militia 1916–17. Recomm 6 Apr 1917. Decomm 21 Aug 1919. Designated PG 27, 1 Jul 1920. Stricken 5 Aug 1921 and sold. Ship captured: Adula, 30 Jun 1898.
Columbia Class
5 Dec 1891 21 Jun 1894
No. 12
Columbia
13
Minneapolis
10
Detroit
Columbian
Feb 1890
28 Oct 1891 20 Jul 1893
11
Marblehead
City Point
Oct 1890
11 Aug 1892 2 Apr 1894
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Cramp
30 Dec 1890 26 Jul 1892 23 Apr 1894
Cramp
16 Dec 1891 12 Aug 1893 13 Dec 1894
Displacement
2,089 tons, 2,270 f/1
Displacement
Dimensions
269’6” (oa) 257’(wl) x 37’ x 14’7”
Dimensions
413’1” (oa) 411’7” (wl) x 58’2” x 22’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 3 D/E & 2 s/w Scotch boilers, IHP 5,400, 18.4 knots (Montgomery: 6 Almy boilers)
Machinery
3 screws, VTE, 10 Scotch boilers, IHP 18,500 & 20,800, 22.8 & 23 knots (8 D/E & 2 S/E boilers)
Endurance
3126/10
Endurance
6338/10
274
Complement
477
Armament
1–8”/40, 2–6”/40, 8–4”/40, 12–6 pdr, 4–1 pdr guns, 4–18” TT (Columbia 4–14”TT);
Complement
Figure 3.19: The cruiser Montgomery (C 9) in white and buff livery probably before 1898.
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7,375 tons, 8,442 & 8,878 f/1 1910: 8,270 f/1
Figure 3.20: The “commerce raider” Columbia (C 12) in 1895. Her sister Minneapolis had two funnels.
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(1910) 1–6” replaced 8,” TT removed; (1918) 3–6”/45, 4– 4”/40, 2–3”/50AA guns, no TT Armor 1.5”- 4” decks Notes: Authorized 1890–91. Four and two funnels respectively. Two-mast schooner rig. High-speed commerce destroyers with faster speed than any cruiser or liner afloat. Originally proposed with three funnels and 4–6” guns. Service records: 12 Columbia: Damaged by striking sunken wreck near Philadelphia, Jun 1893. Out of comm 13 May 1897–15 Mar 1898. Damaged in collision with British m/v Foscolia off Fire Island, NY, 28 May 1898. Out of comm 31 Mar 1899–31 Aug 1902 and 3 May 1907–22 Jun 1915. Convoy escort 1918. Designated CA 16, 17 Jul 1920. Decomm 29 Jun 1921. Renamed Old Columbia, 17 Nov 1921. Stricken 26 Jan 1922 and sold, BU Philadelphia. 13 Minneapolis: Out of comm 18 Aug 1898–23 Apr 1902, 2 Jun 1903–5 Oct 1905, 17 Nov 1906–26 May 1909 and 1 Jul 1911- 2 Jul 1917. Convoy escort, 1918. Designated CA 17, 17 Jul 1920. Decomm 15 Mar 1921. Stricken 5 Aug 1921 and sold.
New Orleans Class No.
Name New Orleans
Builder Armstrong
Laid Down 6 Feb 1896
Launched
Comm.
4 Dec 1896 18 Mar 1898
Service records: New Orleans: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of Santiago forts, 6 and 16 Jun 1898. Asiatic Fleet 1900–04. Boxer Rebellion 1900. Philippine campaign. Out of comm 6 Feb 1905–15 Nov 1909. Asiatic Sqn 1910– 12. Mexican Intervention 1914. Convoy escort 1917. Siberia 1919–22. Designated PG 34, 7 Jul 1920, then CL 22, 8 Aug 1921. Decomm 16 Nov 1922. † Ship captured: Olinde Rodriguez (French), 17 Jul 1898. Albany: Comm at Newcastle, England. Asiatic Fleet 1900–01, 1903–04. Philippine campaign. Europe 1901. Out of comm 16 Jun 1904–10 Jun 1907 and 23 Dec 1913–17 Apr 1914. Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 4 Dec 1914–12 May 1916. Oregon/Washington Naval Militias, 1915–16. Convoy escort 1917–18. Siberia 1919. Asiatic Fleet 1920–22. Designated PG 36, 7 Jul 1920, then CL 23, 8 Aug 1921. †
Denver Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
14
Denver
Neafie
28 Jun 1900 21 Jun 1902 17 May 1904
15
Des Moines
Fore River
28 Aug 1900 20 Sep 1902 5 Mar 1904
16
Chattanooga
Crescent
29 Mar 1900 7 Mar 1903 11 Oct 1904
17
Galveston
Trigg
19 Jan 1901 23 Jul 1903 15 Feb 1905
18
Tacoma
Union IW
27 Sep 1900
19
Cleveland
Bath
1 Jun 1900 28 Sep 1901 2 Nov 1903
2 Jun 1903 30 Jan 1904
ex-Amazonas (16 Apr 1898)
Displacement
3,215 tons, 3,514 f/1
Albany
Dimensions
308’9” (oa) 292’ (wl) x 44’1” x 15’9”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 6 B&W boilers, IHP 4,700, 16.5 knots
Displacement 3,769 tons, 4,001 f/1 ; (1910) 3,430 tons, 3,954 f/1
Endurance
2300/10
Dimensions
354’5” (oa) 346’ (wl) x 43’9” x 16’10”
Complement
327
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, cyl.boilers, IHP 7500, 20 knots (4 D/E boilers)
Armament
Endurance
4682/10
10–5”/50, 8–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns; (1918) 8–5”/50, 6–6 pdr guns + 1–3”/50AA
Armstrong 27 Nov 1897 14 Jan 1899 29 May 1900
ex-Almirante Abreu
Complement 356 Armament
6–6”/50, 4–4.7”/50, 10–6 pdr, 4–1 pdr guns, 3–18”TT; (1910) 10–5,” 10–3pdr, 2–1 pdr; (1918) 8–5”/50, 2–3 pdr guns. + 1–3”/50AA (A)
Armor 4.5” battery, 1.25” to 3” deck, 4” CT Notes: Purchased from Brazil 16 Mar 1898 before completion. Brazilian Barroso and Chilean Ministro Zenteno were of same class. Refitted and rearmed with US guns and military masts removed, 1904–07. Completion of Albany delayed by fire at shipbuilder.
Figure 3.21: The protected cruiser New Orleans, about 1908. Her sistership Albany had thicker funnels. They were built in England for Brazil.
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Armor 5/16”-2 ½” deck Notes: Authorized 1899. Two-mast schooner rig. Designed for peacetime service on foreign stations in tropical areas such as the Caribbean. Large gunboats, called “Peace Cruisers,” but insufficient armament and too slow. Service records: 14 Denver: Asiatic Stn 1907–10. Out of comm 12 Mar 1910–15 Jul 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Convoy escort 1917–18. In collision with
Figure 3.22: The cruiser Cleveland (C 19), one of six small cruisers built for service in tropical areas such as the Caribbean.
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m/v Texan, 14 Jan 1918. Designated PG 28, 7 Jul 1920, CL 16, 8 Aug 1921. † 15 Des Moines: Out of comm 6 Dec 1911–3 Sep 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Mediterranean 1915–17. Convoy escort 1917–18. North Russia, 1919. Designated PG 29, 7 Jul 1920, CL 17, 8 Aug 1921. Decomm 9 Apr 1921. † 16 Chattanooga: Completed at New York NYd. Out of comm 17 Sep 1910–21 Apr 1914. Mexican Intervention 1914. Convoy escort 1917–18. Flagship US Naval Forces Europe 1919 and in Turkish waters 1920–21. Designated PG 30, 7 Jul 1920, CL 18, 8 Aug 1921. Decomm 19 Jul 1921. † 17 Galveston: Completed at Norfolk NYd. Mediterranean 1905–06. Asiatic Stn 1906–10, 1913–17. Out of comm 21 Feb 1910- 29 Jun 1912. Europe 1918–19. Designated PG 31, 7 Jul 1920, CL 19, 8 Aug 1921. † 18 Tacoma: Europe 1905. Mediterranean 1906. Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm Apr 1914–1 Dec 1916. Sank SC-132 in collision off Barnegat Lt, NJ, 5 Jun 1918. Designated PG 32, 7 Jul 1920, CL 20, 8 Aug 1921. † Ship captured: Filibuster steamer Hornet at Truxillo, Honduras, Feb 1911. 19 Cleveland: Asiatic Sqn 1907–10. Out of comm 3 Aug 1910–31 Aug 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Convoy escort 1917–18. Designated PG 33, 7 Jul 1920, CL 21, 8 Aug 1921. Went aground at Cartagena, Colombia, 9 Nov 1920. †
St. Louis Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
6 May 1905 18 Aug 1906
20
St. Louis
Neafie
31 Jul 1902
21
Milwaukee
Union IW
30 Jul 1902 10 Sep 1904 11 Dec 1906
22
Charleston
Newport News 30 Jan 1902 23 Jan 1904 17 Oct 1905
Displacement
9,685 tons, 10,839 f/1
Dimensions
426’6” (oa) 424’ (wl) x 66’ x 22’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 16 B&W boilers, IHP 21,000, 22 knots
Complement
564
Armament
14–6”/50, 18–3”/50, 12–3pdr, 12–1 pdr; (1910) only 4–3 pdr; (1918) 12–6”/50, 4–3”/50, 2–3”/50AA guns
Armor
4” belt, 4” battery, 2” to 3” deck, 3” bulkheads, 3” to 5” CT
Figure 3.24: The cruiser Milwaukee (C 21) ashore near Eureka, California, January 13, 1917. She was trying to aid the grounded submarine H-3 and became a total loss. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph) Notes: Authorized 1900. Similar to Pennsylvania class with cutdown armor. Too lightly armed for their size. Service records: 20 St. Louis: Out of comm 3 May 1910- 7 Oct 1911 and 17 Feb 1916–6 Apr 1917. Oregon Naval Militia 1912–13. Convoy escort 1917–18. C&TF 6/8437. Designated CA 18, 17 Jul 1920. Mediterranean 1920–21. Evacuation of Sevastopol, Crimea, Nov 1920. Decomm 3 Mar 1922. † 21 Milwaukee: Out of comm 3 May 1910–17 Jun 1913. Mexican Intervention 1914. Wrecked off Eureka, Cal. while attempting to assist grounded submarine H-3, 13 Jan 1917 (hull broke in two, Nov 1918). 22 Charleston: Explosion in 3-inch gun at Olongapo, Luzon, 27 Mar 1910 (8 killed). Out of comm 8 Oct 1910–14 Sep 1912. C&TF 5/7704. Designated CA 19, 17 Jul 1920. †
Scout Cruisers Chester Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
CS 1
Chester
Bath
25 Sep 1905 26 Jun 1907 25 Apr 1908
CS 2
Birmingham
Fore River
14 Aug 1905 29 May 1907 11 Apr 1908
CS 3
Salem
Fore River
28 Aug 1905 27 Jul 1907
1 Aug 1908
Displacement
3,750 tons, 4,687 f/1
Dimensions
423’1” (oa) 420’ (wl) x 47’1” x 18’9”
Machinery
Chester: 4 screws, Parsons turbines, IHP 16,000, 26.5 knots Birmingham: 2 screws, VTE, IHP 15,670, 24 knots Salem: 2 screws, Curtis turbines, SHP 17,400, 25.9 knots; (1917) GE turbines, reduction gear, SHP 20,000. 12 Fore River boilers, except Chester: 12 Normand.
Figure 3.23: The protected cruiser Charleston (C 22) at San Diego, about 1921. This class was too lightly armed for its size.
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Endurance
Chester: 3850/18.6; Birmingham: 4150/18.6; Salem: 3300/18.6
Complement
373
Armament
2–5”/50, 6–3”/50, 2–3 pdr guns, 2–21” TT; (1917) 4–5”/51, 2–3”/50, 1–3”/50AA guns, TT
Armor
2” belt, 1” to 2” deck
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Figure 3.25: The scout cruiser Chester (CL 1) with collier Proteus (AC 9) astern.
CL 5 Milwaukee
Todd (Tacoma) 28 Dec 1918 24 Mar 1921 20 Jun 1923
CL 6 Cincinnati
Todd (Tacoma) 15 May 1920 23 May 1921
1 Jan 1924
CL 7 Raleigh
Beth (Quincy)
16 Aug 1920 25 Oct 1922
6 Feb 1924
CL 8 Detroit
Beth (Quincy)
10 Nov 1920 29 Jun 1922 31 Jul 1923
CL 9 Richmond
Cramp
16 Feb 1920 29 Sep 1921
CL 10 Concord
Cramp
29 Mar 1920 15 Dec 1921 3 Nov 1923
CL 11 Trenton
Cramp
18 Aug 1920 16 Apr 1923 19 Apr 1924
CL 12 Marblehead
Cramp
4 Aug 1920
9 Oct 1923
8 Sep 1924
CL 13 Memphis
Cramp
14 Oct 1920 17 Apr 1924
4 Feb 1925
2 Jul 1923
Displacement
7,050 tons, 9,300 f/1
Dimensions
555’6” (oa) 550’ (wl) x 55’4” x 20’
Machinery
4 screws, 4–6 Westinghouse Parsons turbines, reduction gear; except 9–13: Parsons; 7–8: Curtis; 12 Yarrow boilers except CL 9–13: White-Forster; SHP 90000, 34 knots
Endurance
10,000/15
Complement
458
Armament
12–6”/53, 4–3”/50AA, 2–3 pdr, 10–21”TT
Armor 3” belt, 1.5” upper deck Notes: Authorized 1917–19 as CS 4–13. CL 7–8 originally ordered from Union IW. CL 4–6 built at Seattle C&DD and completed by Todd. Original designed armament was 8–6”/53, 2–3”AA guns, 4–21”TT. 6-inch gun positions rearranged to make room for catapults. Designed as scouts but quickly used as flotilla leaders. TT sited on main deck in ports were very wet and removed. Service records: 4 Omaha: † 5 Milwaukee: † 6 Cincinnati: † 7 Raleigh: † 8 Detroit: † 9 Richmond: † 10 Concord: † 11 Trenton: † 12 Marblehead: † 13 Memphis: †
Figure 3.26: The scout cruiser Salem (CL 3) at San Diego, 1921. One of three sisters designed to test different engineering systems. Notes: Authorized 1904. Moderate speed with high endurance. Experimental class with differing machinery. Results showed the need for gearing between the turbine and propeller shaft. Rolled heavily in high seas. Salem received new engines Apr-Jul 1917. Rec CL, 8 Aug 1921. Served as flagships of destroyer squadrons. Service records: 1 Chester: Out of comm 15 Dec 1911–5 Nov 1913 and 12 Dec 1914–4 Apr 1915. Mexican Intervention 1914. Mediterranean 1916. Out of comm 10 May 1916–24 Mar 1917. Gibraltar, 1917–18. Decomm 10 Jun 1921.† 2 Birmingham: Eugene Ely made first takeoff by an airplane from a warship, 14 Nov 1910. Out of comm 27 Jun 1911–1 Oct 1913. Mexican Intervention 1914. Gibraltar 1918. † 3 Salem: Damaged in storm in North Atlantic, 6 Jan 1912 (2 dead). Out of comm 30 Mar 1913–23 Apr 1914. Mexican Intervention 1914. Santo Domingo 1916. Out of comm 2 Dec 1916–25 Jul 1917. Convoy escort 1917–18. Decomm 16 Aug 1921.†
Auxiliary Cruisers Merchant ships acquired and converted for the Spanish-American War, 1898.
Prairie Class Name Buffalo
CL 4 Omaha
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Acquired
Comm.
Dixie
Newport News
6 Oct 1892 15 Apr 1898 19 Apr 1898
ex-El Rio Prairie
Cramp
27 Sep 1890
6 Apr 1898 14 Apr 1898
Newport News
14 Jun 1892
6 Apr 1898 14 Apr 1898
Newport News
16 Mar 1892 6 Apr 1898 13 Apr 1898
ex-El Sol Yankee ex-El Norte ex-El Sud
Omaha Class Name
Launched
31 May 1893 11 Jul 1898 22 Sep 1898
ex-Nictheroy (1898), ex-El Cid (1893)
Yosemite
No.
Builder Newport News
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Todd (Tacoma) 12 Dec 1918 14 Dec 1920 24 Feb 1923
Tonnage
4,659 GRT, 6,114 disp
Dimensions
406’1” (oa) 391’6” (bp) x 48’2” x 19’5”
Machinery
1 screw, VITE, 3 D/E boilers, IHP 3,800, 14.5 knots
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Figure 3.27: The auxiliary cruiser Dixie at New York, July 1901.
Dixie: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Landings at Ponce, Puerto Rico, 27 Jul 1898. Decomm 7 Mar 1899, loaned to War Dept as transport to 15 Nov 1899. Training ship 1899. Out of comm 21 Jul 1902–1 Oct 1903, 23 Oct 1905–2 Jun 1906, and 1 Nov 1907–2 Feb 1909. Torpedo boat tender 1909. Mexican Intervention 1914. Santo Domingo 1916. Queenstown 1917–18. Designated AD 1. Decomm 30 Jun 1922. Sold 25 Sep 1922 and BU. Ships captured: schr Three Bells, 6 Jul 1898, sloop Pilgrim and Greenan Castle, 7 Jul 1898. Prairie: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Out of comm 15 Mar 1899–9 Nov 1901, NY Naval Militia 1899–1901. Out of comm 14 Jun 1905–26 Sep 1906. Transport 1906. Mexican Intervention 1914. Haiti 1915. Santo Domingo 1916. Converted to destroyer tender 1917. Designated AD 5. Decomm 22 Nov 1922. Sold 22 Jun 1923, BU Oakland, Cal. Yankee: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of Santiago forts, 6 Jun 1898. Out of comm 16 Mar 1899–1 May 1903. Transport. Out of comm 25 Sep 1905–15 Jun 1908. Went aground in Buzzards Bay, Mass. 23 Sep 1908, refloated but foundered in tow, 4 Dec. Stricken 17 Apr 1912. Ships captured: Jacinto, Luz, Massuelita, Armistead, Nemesia, 25 Jun 1898; Marie (Nor) and Burton (Br), 3 Aug 1898. Yosemite: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of San Juan, 28 Jun 1898. Station ship Guam 1899. Philippine campaign. Blown from anchorage by hurricane at Guam and scuttled after two days fighting storm, 15 Nov 1900.
Badger Name Badger
Builder Roach
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
12 Oct 1889 19 Apr 1898 22 Apr 1898
ex-Yumuri (1898) Tonnage
3,496 GRT, 4,784 D
Dimensions
329’7” (bp) x 43’2” x 18’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VITE, IHP 3,200, 6 boilers, IHP 3,200, 16 knots
Complement
235
Armament
6–5”/40, 6–3 pdr
Notes: Acquired from Ward Line.
Figure 3.28: The auxiliary cruiser Yankee, May 2, 1898. Notice the 5-inch guns in the gunports. She was lost in 1908.
Complement
285
Armament
Buffalo: 2–5”/40, 4–4”/40, 6–6 pdr; 1 dynamite gun; (1900) 2–6 pdr; (1918): 6–4”/40, 4–3 pdr Dixie: 10–6”/40, 6–6 pdr; (1899) 8–5”/40, 4–6 pdr; (1918) 10–3”/50, 2–6 pdr Prairie: 10–6”/40, 6–6 pdr; (1900) 8–6”/40; (1918) 8–3”/50, 2–1 pdr Yosemite: 10–5”/40, 6–6 pdr
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Decomm 31 Oct 1899. Stricken 23 Mar 1900. To War Dept 7 Apr 1900. Ships captured: Humberto Rodriguez, San Fernando, brig Sofi, 26 Jul 1898. Later history: Army transport Lawton. Returned to Navy, 12 Nov 1902, as Lawton, transport. Stricken 24 Apr 1907. Sold 5 Jun 1907. Merchant Rose City, barge Rose Isle 1930.
Panther Name Panther
Builder Cramp
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
19 Oct 1889 19 Apr 1898 22 Apr 1898
ex-Venezuela Tonnage
2,843 GRT, 4,260 disp
Dimensions
312’1” (bp) x 40’2” x 18’2”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 4 S/E boilers, IHP 3200, 13 knots
Service records:
Complement
298
Buffalo: Purchased from Brazil. Out of comm 3 Jul 1899–2 Apr 1900. Boxer Rebellion. Out of comm Apr 1905–17 Nov 1906. Used as transport. Mexican Intervention 1914. Transport 1906–15. Out of comm 27 Jan 1915–29 Nov 1915. Converted to destroyer tender, recomm Jun 1918. Gibraltar, Azores, 1918. Designated AD 8. Pacific Fleet 1920–22. †
Armament
6–5”/40, 2–4”/40, 6–3 pdr; (1900) 3–3”; (1918) 4–3”/50
Yankee: 10–5”/40, 6–6 pdr Notes: Built for Southern Pacific Co. Buffalo completed as auxiliary cruiser in Brazilian Navy with dynamite gun.
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Notes: Iron hull. Purchased from Red “D” Line. Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Out of comm 20 Oct 1899–19 Jun 1902. Training ship 1902. Out of comm 21 Oct 1903–18 Nov 1907. Recomm as repair ship. Brest 1917–18. Designated AD 6. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. Decomm 16 May 1922. Sold 24 Mar 1923. BU Philadelphia.
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Harvard Class Name Harvard
St. Louis Class Builder
Thomson
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
15 Mar 1888
Apr 1898
26 Apr 1898
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
St. Paul
Cramp
10 Apr 1895 12 Mar 1898 20 Apr 1898
St. Louis
Cramp
12 Nov 1894 22 Apr 1898 24 Apr 1898
Tonnage
11,629 grt.
ex-Paris, ex-City of Paris
Dimensions
535’6” (bp) x 63’ x 27’5”
Tonnage
10,669 GRT
Machinery
Dimensions
565’ (oa) 517’ (bp) x 63’3” x 28’
2 screws, VQE, 6 D/E & 4 S/E boilers, IHP 20000, 19.25 knots
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 6 (4) D/E and 4 S/E boilers, IHP 20000, 20.7 knots
Complement
281
Armament
St. Paul: 6–5”/40, 6–6 pdr. St. Louis: 4–5”/40, 8–6 pdr
ex-New York, ex-City of New York Yale
Thomson
23 Oct 1888 27 Apr 1898 2 May 1898
Complement
406
Notes: International Navigation Co.
Armament
Harvard: 8–5”/50, 8–6 pdr. Yale: 8–5”/40, 4–3 pdr
Service records:
Notes: Chartered from International Navigation Co. Service records: Harvard: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Decomm and returned, 2 Sep 1898, Later history: Merchant New York. Reacquired as transport, 1917. (See p. 141) Yale: Puerto Rico and Cuba 1898. Decomm and returned, 2 Sep 1898. Ship captured: Rita2, 8 May 1898. Later history: Merchant Paris, renamed Philadelphia 1901. Reacquired as transport 1917. (See p. 141)
St. Paul: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Damaged Spanish torpedo boatTerror in action off San Juan, 22 Jun 1898. Decomm 2 Sep 1898 and returned. Ship captured: Restormel, 25 May 1898. Later history: Merchant St. Paul. Reacquired as transport, 1918. (see p. 142) St. Louis: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Severed underwater cables between Cuba and foreign ports. Decomm 2 Sep 1898 and returned. Ship captured: sloop Wary, 1 Jul 1898. Later history: Merchant St. Louis. Reacquired as transport, 1918. (See p. 142)
The German auxiliary cruisers Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Friedrich which were interned in 1915 were taken into the U.S. Navy in 1917 as auxiliary cruisers renamed Von Steuben and De Kalb, but not used as such and converted to transports. (See p. 140, 145) 2.
Later USAT Burnside.
Figure 3.29: The auxiliary cruiser Yale during the SpanishAmerican War. As the passenger liner City of Paris of the Inman Line, she broke the trans-Atlantic record in 1889. Compare this picture with transport Harrisburg on page 141.
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Torpedo Boats
The invention of the torpedo in the 1870s created a revolution in the world’s navies. Earlier, the word torpedo had been used to define an explosive device fixed under the water or mounted on the end of a long spar. In 1867, Robert Whitehead devised a new weapon, a selfpropelled missile that could travel toward its target carrying an explosive charge in its head. Within ten years, torpedoes had been supplied to most navies. The “torpedo boat” was developed to launch this weapon, and soon hundreds were being built by major and minor navies. The first use in combat occurred in 1877 in the action between HMS Shah and the Peruvian Huascar. Torpedo boats were small and fast, designed to attack the capital ships of the fleet and evade the escorts. The first torpedo boat of the U.S. Navy was a fast yacht named Stiletto purchased in 1887 as an experiment. In the same year, the Navy ordered its first true torpedo boat. Named Cushing for the famous Civil War hero who destroyed the Confederate ironclad Albemarle using a spar torpedo, this boat did not enter service until 1890. It was followed by a variety of boats that entered service between 1894 and 1901. Seven were in service during the Spanish-American War and served off Cuba. Two foreign boats were purchased at that time Altogether thirty-three boats were built, of varying sizes and power, from the small Talbot class to the seagoing Farragut and Stringham. They were in full commission on few occasions and spent most of their time in reserve or in training. On August 1, 1918, the surviving boats were redesignated “Coast Torpedo Boats” and given numbers instead of their original names.
Displacement
31 tons
Dimensions
88’6” (wl) x 11’ x 3’
Machinery
1 screw, vertical, Almy watertube boiler, IHP 359, 18.2 knots
Complement
5
Armament
2 Howell TT
Notes: Built as a yacht and purchased as an experimental boat 1887. Wood hull. First torpedo boat capable of launching self-propelled torpedoes. Service record: Newport, RI. Stricken 27 Jan 1911. Sold 18 Jul 1911 and BU East Boston.
Cushing No.
Name
TB 1 Cushing Displacement
Builder Herreshoff
Laid Down Apr 1888
Launched
Comm.
23 Jan 1890 22 Apr 1890
105 tons, 142 f/1
Torpedo Boats Stiletto Name Stiletto
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Builder Herreshoff
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
1885
1886
Jul 1887
Figure 4.1: The USS Stiletto, a yacht purchased as an experimental torpedo boat in 1887. Photo taken about 1908.
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Figure 4.3: The torpedo boat Rodgers (TB 4) about 1910.
Figure 4.2: The torpedo boat Cushing (TB 1) in 1890. She served effectively in the blockade of Cuba in 1898.
Machinery
2 screws, VQE; (1910) VTE; Mosher boilers, IHP 2,000, 24.5 knots
Endurance
1235/14
Complement
24
Armament
3–18” TT, 3–1 pdr guns
Notes: Authorized 1894. Modified Ericsson type. Re-engined 1910. Service records: Dimensions
138’9” (wl) x 14’3” x 4’10”
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, Thornycroft boilers, IHP 1,700, 22.5 knots
Complement
23
Armament
3–18” TT, 3–1 pdr guns
Notes: Authorized 1886. First ship in Navy with quadruple-expansion engines. Effective only in smooth waters. Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Captured 4 small vessels off Piedras Cay, Cuba, 7 Aug 1898. Decomm 8 Nov 1898. Stricken 6 Apr 1912. Used as target. Sunk 24 Sep 1920. Ship captured: schr Jover Genard, 11 Aug 1898.
Ericsson No.
Name
TB 2 Ericsson
Builder Iowa
Laid Down
Launched
3 Foote: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Out of comm 28 Oct 1898 -9 Nov 1900 and 6 Mar 1901–7 Apr 1917. North Carolina Naval Militia 1911–15. Renamed CTB-1, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 28 Mar 1919. Stricken 28 Oct 1919, sold 19 Jul 1920. Ship captured: schr Tres Hermanos, 24 Apr 1898. 4 Rodgers: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Decomm 1 Nov 1906. Massachusetts Naval Militia 1910–16. In collision with m/v Governor Dingley at Portland, Me., 14 Jul 1914. Renamed CTB-2, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 12 Mar 1919. Stricken 28 Oct 1919, sold 19 Jul 1920 and BU Newburgh NY. 5 Winslow: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Disabled during action at Cardenas, 11 May 1898 (5 killed). Out of comm 7 Sep 1898- 30 Jun 1901. Torpedo training 1901–04. Collided with ferry America at New York, 22 Dec 1903. Reserve 1904–06. Massachusetts. Naval Militia 1909. Decomm 12 Jul 1910 and stricken. Sold Jan 1911.
Comm.
21 Jul 1892 12 May 1894 18 Feb 1897
Porter Class
Displacement
120 tons, 170 f/1
Dimensions
149’7” (wl) x 15’6” x 4’9”
No.
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, Thornycroft boilers, IHP 1,800, 24 knots
TB 6 Porter
Endurance
984/14
Complement
23
Displacement
165 tons
Armament
3–18” TT, 4–1 pdr guns
Name
TB 7 DuPont
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Herreshoff
Feb 1896
9 Sep 1896 20 Feb 1897
Herreshoff
Feb 1896
30 Mar 1897 23 Sep 1897
Dimensions
175’ (wl) x 17’8” x 4’8”
Notes: Authorized 1890. Modified Cushing.
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 3 Normand boilers, IHP 3400 , 28 knots
Service record: Damaged while fitting out at New York, 8 Aug 1896. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Santiago. Out of comm 21 Sep 1898- Dec 1900. Decomm 5 Apr and stricken, 6 Apr 1912, sunk as target.
Complement
32
Armament
3–18” TT, 4–1 pdr guns
Notes: Authorized 1895. Designed by Herreshoff. Fast and reliable.
Ships captured: schr Perdita, 23 Apr 1898; Adula 30 Jun 1898.
Service records:
Foote Class Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
TB 3 Foote
No.
Name
Columbian
Builder
1 May 1896
1 Oct 1896
7 Aug 1897
TB 4 Rodgers
Columbian
6 May 1896 10 Nov 1896 2 Apr 1898
TB 5 Winslow
Columbian
8 May 1896
Displacement
142 tons, 180 f/1
Dimensions
160’ (wl) x 16’ x 5’
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6 Jan 1897 29 Dec 1897
6 Porter: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of San Juan, 12 May 1898. Out of comm 5 Nov 1898- 10 Oct 1899, 21 Dec 1900–31 Jan 1908 and 1 Jul 1908–14 May 1909. Rammed cruiser Montgomery at Brooklyn NYd, 16 Dec 1900. Stricken 7 Nov 1912, sold 30 Dec 1912. Ships captured: schr Sofia, 23 Apr 1898, schr Matilda, 24 Apr 1898. 7 DuPont: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Out of comm 8 Nov 1898- 14 May 1909 and Nov 1909- 9 Apr 1917. Damaged in collision with wharf at Newport, RI, 6 Jun 1900. North Carolina Naval Militia 1910–11. Massachusetts Naval Militia 1914–17. Renamed CTB-3, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 8 Mar 1919. Stricken 28 Oct 1919, sold 19 Jul 1920.
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Farragut No.
Name
TB 11 Farragut
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Union IW
23 Jul 1897
16 Jul 1898
5 Jun 1899
Displacement
279 tons, 340 f/1
Dimensions
213’6” (wl) x 20’7” x 6’
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 3 Thornycroft boilers, IHP 5,600, 30 knots
Complement
62
Armament 2–18” TT, 4–6 pdr guns. Notes: Authorized 1896. Seagoing torpedo boat. Ram bow. Often referred to as a destroyer because of heavy gun armament. Service record: Out of comm 4 Sep 1902- 28 Mar 1908, 18 Sep 1909–10 May 1911 and 1 Jul 1912- 14 Apr 1917. California Naval Militia, 1915–17. Canal Zone 1917–18. Renamed CTB-5, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 13 Mar 1919. Stricken May 1919, sold 9 Sep 1919.
Figure 4.4: The torpedo boat Porter (TB 6), 1897. Notice the torpedo tube amidships.
Rowan No.
Name
TB 8 Rowan
Builder Moran
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
22 Jun 1896
8 Apr 1898
1 Apr 1899
Displacement
210 tons
Dimensions
170’ (wl) x 17’ x 5’11”
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 3 Mosher boilers, IHP 3,200 , 26 knots
Complement
32
Armament 3–18” TT, 4–1 pdr guns; (1910) 2–18” TT Notes: Authorized 1895. Built as comparison with Porter class.
Davis Class Laid Down
Launched
TB 12 Davis
No.
Name
Wolff & Zwicker
Builder
2 Mar 1897
4 Jun 1898 10 May 1899
Comm.
TB 13 Fox
Wolff & Zwicker
4 Mar 1897
4 Jul 1898
8 Jul 1899
Displacement
154 tons
Dimensions
146’ (wl) x 15’4” x 5’10”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers, IHP 1,750, 22.5 knots
Complement
23
Armament 3–18” TT, 3–1 pdr Notes: Authorized 1896. Service records:
Service record: Out of comm 1 May 1899- 23 Apr 1908. Decomm 28 Oct and stricken 29 Oct 1912, used as target. Sold 3 Jun 1918.
12 Davis: Damaged by boiler explosion on trials at Astoria, Ore., 20 Oct 1898 (3 killed). Out of comm 5 Jun 1899- 23 Mar 1908, 28 Oct 1909–1 Nov 1910. Decomm 28 Mar 1913. Stricken 12 Nov 1913, sold 21 Apr 1920.
Dahlgren Class No.
Name
TB 9 Dahlgren
Builder Bath
TB 10 T.A.M.Craven
Bath
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
11 Dec 1897 29 May 1898 16 Jun 1900 6 Dec 1897 25 Sep 1899
9 Jun 1900
Displacement
146 tons
Dimensions
151’(oa) 147’ (wl) x 16’4” x 4’7”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 2 Normand boilers, IHP 4,200, 30.5 knots
Complement
28
Armament 2–18” TT, 4–1 pdr Notes: Authorized 1896. Normand design, similar to French Forbin. Service records: 9 Dahlgren: Out of comm 20 Oct 1900 -19 Nov 1902 and 22 Dec 1903–1 Apr 1917, fitted for minesweeping. Damaged in collision with torpedo boat Craven at Newport, RI, 16 Oct 1901. Renamed CTB-4, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 11 Mar 1919. Stricken 18 Oct 1919, sold 19 Jul 1920. 10 T.A.M.Craven: Out of comm 5 Dec 1900–24 Oct 1902. Damaged in collision with torpedo boat Dahlgren at Newport, RI, 16 Oct 1901. Decomm 22 Dec 1903. Renamed Craven, 1910. Damaged by boiler explosion off Savannah, Ga., 10 Sep 1913 (2 killed), not repaired. Decomm 14 Nov 1913 and stricken, sunk as target.
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Figure 4.5: The large torpedo boat Farragut (TB 11) off Mare Island Navy Yard in 1899.
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13 Fox: Out of comm 1906 -23 Mar 1908 and 7 Jan 1909–1 Nov 1910. Decomm 5 Jul 1913. Washington Naval Militia, 1913–16. Stricken 31 Aug 1916, sold 31 Aug 1920. Later history: merchant Ace 1921. Abandoned 1928.
Morris No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
TB 14 Morris
Herreshoff
17 Nov 1897 13 Apr 1898 11 May 1898
Displacement
104 tons, 124 f/1
Dimensions
138’3” (wl) x 15’6” x 4’3”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 2 Normand boilers, IHP 1,750, 22.5 knots
Complement
25
Armament
3–18” TT, 4–1 pdr
Figure 4.6: The large torpedo boat Stringham (TB 19), 1907. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
Notes: Authorized 1896.
Complement
59
Service record: Renamed CTB-6, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 24 Mar 1919. Unclassified yardcraft as torpedo range tender. Stricken 24 Jan 1924, sold 10 Oct 1924.
Armament
2–18” TT, 7–6 pdr guns; (1903): 4–6 pdr
Talbot Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
TB 15 Talbot
Herreshoff
8 Apr 1897 14 Nov 1897 4 Apr 1898
TB 16 Gwin
Herreshoff
14 Apr 1897 15 Nov 1897 4 Apr 1898
TB 17 Mackenzie
Hillman
15 Apr 1897 19 Feb 1898 1 May 1899
TB 18 McKee
Columbian
11 Sep 1897 5 Mar 1898 16 May 1898
Displacement
46 tons, 58 f/1 (17–18: 65 tons, 75 f/1)
Dimensions
99’6” (wl) x 12’6 x 3’3”
Notes: Authorized 1897. Larger than many foreign destroyers, but was actually a seagoing torpedo boat. In full commission only briefly. Completion delayed by “inability to secure successful trial.” Re-engined prior to acceptance. Service record: Boiler explosion at Newport, RI, 22 Jul 1901. Comm 30 Oct 1906. Out of comm 31 Jan-1 Jul 1908, 19 Nov 1908–14 Aug 1909, 30 Nov 1909–21 Nov 1913. Practice ship, Annapolis, 1910–13. Stricken 26 Nov 1915, sold 18 Mar 1923.
Goldsborough No.
Name
Builder
Launched
14 Jul 1898
29 Jul 1899 10 Jun 1901
Comm.
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 Normand boiler, IHP 850, 20 knots (Mackenzie, McKee: 2 Thornycroft boilers)
Complement
15
Displacement
255 tons
2–18” TT, 1–1 pdr
Dimensions
198’ (wl) x 20’7” x 6’10”
Notes: Authorized 1896.
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 3 Thornycroft boilers, IHP 6,000, 30 knots
Service records:
Complement
56
15 Talbot: Damaged in collision with tug Uncas off Florida, 2 Aug 1898. Out of comm 20 Feb 1904- 31 Aug 1906. Ferryboat at Indian Head, Md., 1911. Stricken 1 May 1912. Rec YFB 3, renamed Berceau, 11 Apr 1918. Out of service 18 Jun 1940. Sold 18 Jul 1944 and BU. 16 Gwin: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Damaged in collision with torpedo boat Dahlgren at Newport, RI, 5 Sep 1900. TS, Annapolis. Out of comm 10 Jul 1903- Jun 1908. Experimental torpedo vessel, 1908–14. Decomm 18 Apr 1914, ferryboat, Newport, RI. Renamed Cyane, 11 Apr 1918. Rec YFB 4, 17 Jul 1920. Stricken 30 Apr 1925, sold 24 Sep 1925 and BU. Ship captured: schr Jover Genard, 11 Aug 1898. 17 Mackenzie: Out of comm 31 May 1899- 7 Nov 1902. Decomm 15 Apr 1912. Florida Naval Militia 1912–14. Stricken 10 Mar 1916, used as target. 18 McKee: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Out of comm 22 Dec 1903–6 Aug 1904. Decomm 29 Jan 1912. Stricken 6 Apr 1912, used as target. Sunk near Craney Island, Va., 24 Sep 1920. Ship captured: schr Jover Genard, 11 Aug 1898.
Armament
2–18” TT, 4–6 pdr guns
Armament
Stringham No.
Name
TB 19 Stringham
Builder Harlan
Laid Down
Launched
21 Mar 1898 10 Jun 1899
Comm. 7 Nov 1905
Displacement
340 tons. 401 f/1
Dimensions
232’4” (oa) 225’ (wl) x 22’ x 6’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 4 Thornycroft boilers, IHP 7,200, 30 knots
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Laid Down
TB 20 Goldsborough
Notes: Authorized 1897. Failed acceptance trials and re-engined. Hull damaged by broken shaft 1901. Not fully commissioned until 1908. . Service record: Damaged in collision with wharf, Puget Sound, 15 Nov 1901. Out of comm 26 Mar 1914–7 Apr 1917. Oregon Naval Militia, 1914–17. Renamed CTB-7, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 12 Mar 1919. Sold 8 Sep 1919.
Bailey No.
Name
TB 21 Bailey
Builder Gas Engine
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
30 Apr 1898 5 Dec 1899 10 Jun 1901
Displacement
280 tons, 378 f/1
Dimensions
205’ (wl) x 19’2” x 6’10”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 4 Seabury (1910: Normand) boilers, IHP 5,600, 30.1 knots
Complement
56
Armament
2–18” TT, 4–6 pdr guns
Notes: Authorized 1897. Service record: Out of comm 14 Jun 1902 -1 Jun 1910 and Oct 1911- 6 Feb 1917. Damaged by boiler explosion in Chesapeake Bay, 12 Jun 1915. Renamed CTB-8, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 18 Mar 1919. Stricken 28 Oct 1919, sold 10 Mar 1920.
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Somers No.
Name
TB 22 Somers
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
1893
1897
28 Mar 1898
Schichau
Displacement
150 tons
Dimensions
149’3” (wl) x 17’6” x 5’10”
Machinery
1 screw, VQE, 1 locomotive boiler, IHP 1,900, 17.5 knots
Complement
21
Armament
2–18” TT + 1 submerged, 4–1 pdr guns
Notes: Purchased 1898. Built as a speculation (Yard No. 450) and purchased 25 Mar 1898 by USN. Laid up at Falmouth, England. Arrived in New York on board m/v Manhattan, 2 May 1899. Service record: Decomm Oct 1900. Maryland Naval Militia, 1909–14. Illinois Naval Militia, 1914–18. Renamed CTB-9, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 22 Mar 1919. Stricken 7 Oct 1919, sold 19 Jul 1920 and BU.
Blakeley Class
Manley No.
Figure 4.7: The torpedo boat Barney (TB 25) off Camden, New Jersey, about 1908. Her French design is evident with very short forecastle. Notice torpedo tubes between the funnels. (Norman Polmar Collection).
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
TB 27 Blakeley
Lawley
12 Jan 1899 22 Nov 1900 27 Dec 1904
TB 28 DeLong
Lawley
24 Jan 1899 23 Nov 1900 27 Oct 1902
TB 29 Nicholson
Nixon
6 Dec 1898 23 Sep 1901 10 Jan 1905
TB 30 O’Brien
Nixon
29 Dec 1898 24 Sep 1900 15 Jul 1905
TB 31 Shubrick
Trigg
11 Mar 1899 31 Oct 1899 31 May 1901
TB 32 Stockton
Trigg
18 Mar 1899 27 Dec 1899 16 Nov 1902
TB 33 Thornton
Trigg
16 Mar 1899 15 May 1900
9 Jun 1902
Notes: Built as a speculation and purchased by USN, 1898.
TB 34 Tingey
Columbian
29 Mar 1899 25 Mar 1901
7 Jan 1904
Service record: ANF, not comm. Training ship, Annapolis, 1899–1914. Stricken
TB 35 Wilkes
Gas Engine
2 Apr 1914. Ferry at Annapolis. Renamed Levant, 11 Apr 1918. Sold 21 Apr
Displacement
TB 23 Manley
Yarrow
about 1894 13 Apr 1898
Displacement
30 tons
Dimensions
60’8” (wl) x 9’5” x 2’10”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, IHP 250, 17 knots
Complement
5
Armament
none
never
1920.
3 Jun 1899 28 Sep 1901 18 Sep 1902
196 tons, 262 f/1; Nicholson, O’Brien: 218 tons; Shubrick, Stockton, Thornton: 200 tons, 269 f/1;. Tingey: 165 tons, 261 f/1
Bagley Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Dimensions
175’1” (wl/oa) x 17’8” x 5’10”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 3 Thornycroft boilers, IHP 3,000, 26 knots;. Blakeley, DeLong: 3 Normand; Nicholson, O’Brien: Mosher boilers; Wilkes: Seabury.
Comm.
TB 24 Bagley
Bath
4 Jan 1900 25 Sep 1900 18 Oct 1901
TB 25 Barney
Bath
TB 26 Biddle
Bath
Displacement
175 tons, 210 f/1
Dimensions
157’4” (oa) 157’ (wl) x 17’7” x 4’11”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 2 Normand boilers, IHP 4,200, 29.1 knots
Endurance
3000/14
Complement
28
Armament
3–18” TT, 3–1 pdr
3 Jan 1900
28 Jul 1900 21 Oct 1901
21 Feb 1900 18 May 1901 26 Oct 1901
Notes: Authorized 1898. Modified Dahlgren class, Normand design. Bagley and Barney exceeded designed speed on trials. Service records: 24 Bagley: Out of comm 19 Feb 1903–14 Sep 1907 and 13 Mar 1914- 29 Mar 1917. Annapolis 1907–14. Renamed CTB-10, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 12 Mar 1919. Sold 9 Apr 1919. 25 Barney: Out of comm 19 Feb 1903–1 Jul 1908 and 13 Mar 1914- 1 Sep 1917. DC Naval Militia 1915. Renamed CTB-11, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 11 Mar 1919. Stricken 28 Oct 1919, sold 19 Jul 1920. 26 Biddle: Out of comm 16 Feb 1903–14 May 1909 and 18 Nov 1909–6 Apr 1917. Pennsylvania Naval Militia 1915. Renamed
Endurance
1755/14
Complement
28
Armament 3–18” TT, 3–1 pdr Notes: Authorized 1898. Nicholson and O’Brien were 99 and 98% complete when Crescent SY closed (11 Aug 1903) and they were towed to New York NYd for completion, Oct 1903. Service records: 27 Blakeley: Damaged in collision with Whipple at Norfolk, Va., 13 Jun 1907. Damaged by own torpedo at Pensacola, 30 Mar 1908. Out of comm 19 Jun 1907- 13 Jan 1908, late 1908–6 May 1909 and 17 Mar 1914 -7 Apr 1917. Renamed CTB-13, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 8 Mar 1919. Stricken . . . May 1919, sold 10 Mar 1920. 28 DeLong: Out of comm 4 Nov 1902- 2 Jul 1906 and 7 Aug 1909–7 Apr 1917, fitted as minesweeper. Halifax, NS, 1918. Renamed CTB-14, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 8 Mar 1919. Stricken 7 Oct 1919, sold 19 Jul 1920. 29 Nicholson: Stricken 3 Mar 1909, used as Target No.6. 30 O’Brien: Stricken 3 Mar 1909, used as Target No.5. 31 Shubrick: Laid up after trials. Out of comm 21 Nov 1901–18 Jul 1902, 29 Nov 1902–8 Jul 1905. Damaged in collision off Newport, RI, 22 Nov 1907. Out of comm 30 Nov 1909 -1 Apr 1917. Renamed CTB-15, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 23 Apr 1919. Stricken 28 Oct 1919, sold 10 Mar 1920 and BU Newburgh, NY.
CTB-12. 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 12 Mar 1919. Stricken 28 Oct 1919, sold 19 Jul 1920.
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32 Stockton: Broke down on trials twice. Out of comm 16 Nov 1901–7 Jun 1902, 16 Feb-11 Jun 1903. Decomm 14 Nov and stricken 15 Nov 1913. Sunk as target, Sep 1916. 33 Thornton: Out of comm 16 Feb 1903–19 Jun 1905, 21 Jul 1905–19 Jun 1907,
CTB-1
ex-Foote
TB 3
CTB-10
ex-Bagley
TB 24
CTB-2
ex-Rodgers
TB 4
CTB-11
ex-Barney
TB 25
22 Dec 1909–7 Apr 1917. Converted to minesweeper, 1917. Damaged
CTB-3
ex-DuPont
TB 7
CTB-12
ex-Biddle
TB 26
in collision with USS Joseph F. Bellows in Hampton Roads, 8 Apr 1918,
CTB-4
ex-Dahlgren TB 9
CTB-13
ex-Blakeley
TB 27
and decomm 11 May 1918. Renamed CTB-16, 1 Aug 1918. Stricken 12
CTB-5
ex-Farragut TB 11
CTB-14
ex-DeLong
TB 28
May 1919, sold 28 Aug 1920.
CTB-6
ex-Morris
TB 14
CTB-15
ex-Shubrick
TB 31
CTB-7
ex-Goldsborough TB 20
CTB-16
ex-Thornton TB 32
CTB-8
ex-Bailey
CTB-17
ex-Tingey
34 Tingey: Out of comm 1904- 7 Apr 1917. Damaged by boiler explosion at sea off Charleston, SC, 3 Oct 1911 (3 killed). Renamed CTB-17, 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 30 Jan 1919. Stricken 28 Oct 1919, sold 10 Mar 1920. 35 Wilkes: Mostly in reserve. Recomm 1906–07. Out of comm 30 May 1907–23 Nov 1908. Stricken 15 Nov 1913, sunk as target, 1914.
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Coast Torpedo Boats
TB 21
TB 33
CTB-9 ex-Somers TB 22 Notes: The surviving torpedo boats were given numbers and renamed, 1 Aug 1918, to free the names for new destroyers.
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5
Destroyers
To defend against the torpedo boat, larger ships called “torpedo boat destroyers” were built. Eventually these grew larger and the “torpedo boat” was dropped from the terminology. The first American torpedo-boat destroyers were the sixteen ships of the Bainbridge class first completed in 1902. They were small and too slow and differed greatly in characteristics. No more destroyers were completed until 1909 when the five ships of the Smith class appeared using turbine engines. They were followed by the Paulding class, the first oil-burners. The introduction of turbine engines and oil fuel gave destroyers greater speed and range. They grew in size and were able to perform a greater variety of duties. When the United States entered the war in 1917, fifty-two modern destroyers were in service, and the arrival in May in Queenstown, Ireland, of the Conyngham, Davis, McDougal, Porter, Wadsworth, and Wainwright was an occasion for celebration in war-weary Britain. Queenstown became the major base for American destroyers in the Atlantic convoy war that followed, escorting the convoys bringing the army to France through the U-boat gauntlet. Not a single soldier was lost to enemy action on the trip over. Although many antisubmarine actions were fought, a type of warfare then in its early and experimental stages, only one U-boat sinking can be definitely credited to an American destroyer, the Fanning. In 1915 six experimental destroyers with differing machinery and rig were authorized, which became the forerunners of the large “flush-deck” class. From these ships, the design of the flushdeck destroyer evolved, whose four-funneled silhouette became symbolic of the Navy of the 1920s and 1930s. The ships of the Wickes and Clemson classes, of which 267 were built, were rushed into service. The first units were commissioned by late 1917 and many served in combat during the war in the North Atlantic. They were big and sturdy, built to two standardized plans. After the war, construction of flush-deckers continued, albeit at a slower pace, the last completed in 1921. With naval appropriations severely cut, many were commissioned with
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reduced complements and held in reserve. Under the terms of the London Disarmament Treaty of 1930, ninety-two flushdeck destroyers were scrapped, twenty-four of which had never served in full commission. The earlier types were all put into reserve, but some were used by the Coast Guard in the 1920s to fight against “rum-runners.” In 1920 destroyers received the designation DD. The designation DL was to mean “destroyer leader” but it was never used in practice.
Bainbridge Class Machinery
2 screws, VITE, 4 Thornycroft boilers, IHP 8,000, 28 knots
(Stewart: 4 Seabury boilers,
Lawrence, MacDonough: 4 Normand) Endurance
1500/10
Figure 5.1: The destroyer Trippe (DD 33) in dazzle camouflage. Notice number 33 below the bridge. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
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Figure 5.3: The destroyer Paul Jones (DD 10) in dazzle camouflage, off Old Point Comfort, Virginia, 1917.
Figure 5.2: The destroyer Stewart (DD 13) at San Diego.
Complement
75; (1918) 87
Armament
2–3”/50, 6–6 pdr guns, 2–18” TT; (1918) only 4–6 pdr.
Notes: Authorized 1898. Built as a reaction to use of Spanish destroyers during the Spanish-American War. Rated as Coast Torpedo Vessels 1916. Not generally satisfactory. They were insufficiently strengthened against wave action and vibrations and did not attain desired speed.
No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Decomm 29 Jul 1919. Stricken 15 Sep 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920, BU Philadelphia. 11 Perry: Mexican Intervention 1914. Decomm 2 Jul 1919. Stricken 15 Sep 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920, BU Philadelphia. 12 Preble: Ran aground north of Santa Barbara, Cal., 6 Oct 1906. Out of comm 23 Feb-17 Sep 1909, 19 Jun 1913–23 Apr 1914, 25 Oct 1916–3 Apr 1917. Mexican Intervention, 1914. Decomm 11 Jul 1919. Stricken 15 Sep 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920, BU Philadelphia. 13 Stewart: Damaged in collision with Paul Jones off Santa Barbara, Cal., 11 Jan 1911. Damaged by steam explosion off San Diego, 23 May 1913 (2 killed). Mexican Intervention 1914. Damaged by grounding at Bermuda, 16 Aug 1917. Escort and patrol, Brest, 1918. Damaged in collision with merchant ship, 16 Apr 1918. Damaged U-108 by depth charge attack, 23 Apr 1918. Decomm 9 Jul 1919. Stricken 15 Sep 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920, BU Philadelphia.
DD 1 Bainbridge
Neafie
15 Aug 1899 27 Aug 1901 24 Nov 1902
DD 2 Barry
Neafie
2 Sep 1899 22 Mar 1902 24 Nov 1902
DD 3 Chauncey
Neafie
2 Dec 1899 26 Oct 1901 20 Nov 1902
DD 4 Dale
Trigg
12 Jul 1899
DD 5 Decatur
Trigg
26 Jul 1899 26 Sep 1900 19 May 1902
No.
Harlan
2 Feb 1899 24 Apr 1902 23 Sep 1903
Harlan
22 Feb 1899 21 Jun 1902 20 May 1903
24 Jul 1900 24 Oct 1902
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
DD 10 Paul Jones
Union IW
20 Apr 1899 14 Jun 1902 19 Jul 1902
DD 6 Hopkins
DD 11 Perry
Union IW
19 Apr 1899 27 Oct 1900
DD 7 Hull
DD 12 Preble
Union IW
21 Apr 1899 2 Mar 1901 21 Jun 1902
Displacement
408 tons, 568 f/1
DD 13 Stewart
Gas Engine
24 Jan 1900 10 May 1902 17 Dec 1902
Dimensions
248’8” (oa) 244’ (wl) 238’9” (bp) x 24’6” x 6’
4 Sep 1902
Displacement
420 tons, 630 f/1
Notes: Turtleback forecastle, two widely spaced pairs of funnels.
Dimensions
250’3” (oa) 245’ (wl) x 23’5” x 6’6”
Service records:
Notes: Bureau design with raised forecastle and two widely spaced pairs of funnels. DD 1–5 sailed to Philippines via Suez Canal 1903. Service records: 1 Bainbridge: Asiatic Stn 1904–17. Out of comm 17 Jan 1907–24 Apr 1908. Convoy escort 1918. Decomm 3 Jul 1919. Stricken 15 Sep 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920, BU Philadelphia. 2 Barry: Asiatic Stn 1904–17. Philippine campaign. Out of comm 2 Apr-21 Dec 1908. Gibraltar 1917–18. Decomm 28 Jun 1919. Stricken 15 Sep 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920, BU Philadelphia. 3 Chauncey: Asiatic Stn 1904–17. Philippine campaign. Out of comm 3 Dec 1905–12 Jan 1907. St. Nazaire 1917. Sunk in collision with m/v Rose 110 miles west of Gibraltar, 19 Nov 1917 (21 dead). 4 Dale: Asiatic Stn 1904–17. Out of comm 5 Dec 1905–10 Jul 1907. Gibraltar 1917– 18. Decomm 9 Jul 1919. Stricken 15 Sep 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920, BU Philadelphia. 5 Decatur: Damaged in collision with destroyer Barry in Oyster Bay, NY, 17 Aug 1903. Asiatic Stn 1904–17. Out of comm 18 Feb 1909–22 Dec 1910. Damaged by explosion at Cavite, PI, 9 Sep 1915. Gibraltar 1917–18. Decomm 20 Jun 1919. Stricken 15 Sep 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920, BU Philadelphia. 10 Paul Jones: Ran aground near Sitka, Alaska, 5 Aug 1909. Rammed destroyer Stewart during maneuvers, 11 Jan 1911. Mexican Intervention, 1914. Almost foundered after springing leak off Bermuda, 23 Jan 1918.
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Comm.
6 Hopkins: Damaged by boiler explosion at San Diego, 15 Feb 1910 (1 killed). Mexican Intervention 1914. Decomm 20 Jun 1919. Stricken 2 Oct 1919, sold 7 Sep 1920, BU Tampa. 7 Hull: Out of comm 30 Sep 1905–14 Nov 1906 and 30 Oct 1912- 3 Apr 1917. Decomm 7 Jul 1919. Stricken 7 Jul 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920, BU Philadelphia. No.
Name
DD 8 Lawrence DD 9 MacDonough
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Fore River
10 Apr 1899 7 Nov 1900 14 Apr 1903
Fore River
21 Apr 1899 24 Dec 1900
Displacement
430 tons, 519 f/1 1918: 400 tons, 505 f/1
Dimensions
246’3” (oa) 240’10” (wl) x 22’3” x 6’8”
Armament
7–6pdr guns, 2–18”TT.
5 Sep 1903
Notes: Four closely spaced funnels, turtleback forecastle. Least successful of the class, unable to carry 3-inch guns. Service records: 8 Lawrence: Damaged in collision with m/v Olivette, 7 Jul 1903. Damaged by fire at Norfolk, 12 Nov 1903. In collision with gunboat Nashville in Mississippi River, 29 May 1904. Damaged in collision with destroyer Worden off Norfolk, 8 Jan 1906. Out of comm 14 Nov 1906–27 Jul 1907. Mexican Intervention 1914. Caribbean 1917–18. Decomm 20 Jun 1919. Stricken 15 Sep 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920, BU Philadelphia.
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Preston: 4 Thornycroft boilers; Flusser, Reid: 4 Normand boilers Endurance
2800/10
Complement
89; (1918) 107
Armament 5–3”/50 guns, 3–18” TT; (1918) 4–3”/50, 6–18”TT Notes: Authorized 1906–07. Known as “Flivvers,” four funnels. Smith and Lamson had unusual funnel arrangement with center pair close together; Flusser and Reid funnels in two pairs. Service records:
Figure 5.4: The destroyer Lawrence (DD 8), at San Diego, 1911. The least successful of the first destroyer class, too small to carry 3-inch guns. 9 MacDonough: Out of comm 16 May 1907–21 Nov 1908. Decomm 3 Sep 1919. Stricken 7 Nov 1919, sold 10 Mar 1920, BU Newburgh, NY. No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
DD 14 Truxtun
Maryland
13 Nov 1899 15 Aug 1901 11 Sep 1902
DD 15 Whipple
Maryland
13 Nov 1899 15 Aug 1901 21 Oct 1902
DD 16 Worden
Maryland
13 Nov 1899 15 Aug 1901 31 Dec 1902
Displacement
17 Smith: Azores 1917, Brest 1917–18. Decomm 2 Sep 1919. Used as bombing target, Sep 1920. Sold 20 Dec 1921 and BU Philadelphia. 18 Lamson: Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 9 Jun 1915–22 Mar 1917. Santo Domingo 1916. Brest 1917–18. Decomm 15 Jul 1919. Stricken 25 Sep 1919, sold 21 Nov 1919, BU New London. 19 Preston: Santo Domingo 1916. Azores, Brest, 1917–18. Decomm 17 Jul 1919. Stricken 25 Sep 1919, sold 21 Nov 1919, BUNew London. 20 Flusser: Mexican Intervention 1914. Santo Domingo 1916. Azores, Brest, 1917–18. Decomm 14 Jul 1919. Stricken 25 Sep 1919, sold 21 Nov 1919, BU New London. 21 Reid: Out of comm 24 May 1912–2 Aug 1915. Mexican Intervention 1914. Santo Domingo 1916. Azores 1917, Brest 1917–18. Damaged in collision with USS W.T.James off Brest, 23 Oct 1918. Decomm 31 Jul 1919. Stricken 25 Sep 1919, sold 21 Nov 1919, BU New London.
433 tons, 610 f/1
Dimensions 259’6” (oa) 248’ (wl) x 22’3” x 6’ Notes: Turtleback forecastle, two widely spaced pairs of short funnels. A successful design. Service records: 14 Truxtun: Out of comm 21 Jun 1906–18 Nov 1907 and 1 Jun-12 Oct 1912. Mexican Intervention, 1914. Out of comm Jul 1916–18 Feb 1917. Escort and patrol, France, 1917–18. Decomm 18 Jul 1919. Stricken 15 Sep 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920. Later history: merchant Truxtun. Burned at Aux Cayes, Haiti, 5 Sep 1938, rebuilt. BU 1956. 15 Whipple: Damaged in collision with destroyer Stewart in Gardiners Bay, Me., 8 Jul 1905. Out of comm 5 Sep 1905–16 Jul 1906. Rammed torpedo boat Blakeley in collision at Norfolk, 13 Jun 1907. Out of comm 1 May 1912–12 Dec 1913. Mexican Intervention, 1914. Escort and patrol, Azores and France, 1917–18. Decomm 7 Jul 1919. Stricken 15 Sep 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920. Later history: merchant Whipple. BU 1956. 16 Worden: Out of comm 18 Nov 1907-May 1909, Nov 1909–1912. Pennsylvania Naval Militia 1912. Used as submarine tender 1914–17. Escort and patrol, Brest, 1918. Decomm 13 Jul 1919. Stricken 15 Sep 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920. Later history: merchant Worden. Torpedoed and sunk by U-109 off Cape Canaveral, 1 May 1942; salved. BU 1956.
Paulding Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
DD 22 Paulding
Bath
24 Jul 1909 12 Apr 1910 29 Sep 1910
DD 23 Drayton
Bath
19 Aug 1909 22 Aug 1910 29 Oct 1910
DD 24 Roe
Newport News
18 Jan 1909 24 Jul 1909 17 Sep 1910
DD 25 Terry
Newport News
8 Feb 1909 21 Aug 1909 18 Oct 1910
DD 26 Perkins
Fore River
22 Mar 1909 9 Apr 1910 18 Nov 1910
DD 27 Sterett
Fore River
22 Mar 1909 12 May 1910 15 Dec 1910
DD 28 McCall
NY Sbdg
8 Jun 1909
DD 29 Burrows
NY Sbdg
19 Jun 1909 23 Jun 1910 21 Feb 1911
DD 30 Warrington
Cramp
21 Jun 1909 18 Jun 1910 20 Mar 1911
DD 31 Mayrant
Cramp
22 Apr 1909 23 Apr 1910 12 Jul 1911
4 Jun 1910 23 Jan 1911
Smith Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
DD 17 Smith
Cramp
18 Mar 1908 20 Apr 1909 26 Nov 1909
DD 18 Lamson
Cramp
18 Mar 1908 16 Jun 1909 10 Feb 1910
DD 19 Preston
NY Sbdg
28 Apr 1908 14 Jul 1909 24 Dec 1909
DD 20 Flusser
Bath
3 Aug 1908 20 Jul 1909 28 Oct 1909
DD 21 Reid
Bath
3 Aug 1908 17 Aug 1909 3 Dec 1909
Displacement
700 tons, 902 f/1
Dimensions
293’10” (oa) 289’ (wl) x 26’ x 8’
Machinery
3 screws, Parsons turbines, 4 Mosher boilers, IHP 10,000 28 knots;
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Figure 5.5: The destroyer Patterson (DD 36) of the Paulding Class. Ten of this class had three funnels. Notice waist guns and torpedo tubes aft of funnels.
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Figure 5.6: The destroyer Burrows (DD 29), a four-stack version of the Paulding class.
DD 32 Monaghan
Newport News
1 Jun 1910 18 Feb 1911 21 Jun 1911
DD 33 Trippe
Bath
DD 34 Walke
Fore River
DD 35 Ammen
NY Sbdg
29 Mar 1910 20 Sep 1910 23 May 1911
DD 36 Patterson
Cramp
27 Apr 1910 29 Apr 1911 11 Oct 1911
DD 37 Fanning
Newport News
29 Apr 1911 11 Jan 1912 21 Jun 1912
DD 38 Jarvis
NY Sbdg
1 Jul 1911
3 Apr 1912 22 Oct 1912
DD 39 Henley
Fore River
17 Jul 1911
3 Apr 1912
DD 40 Beale
Cramp
8 May 1911 30 Apr 1912 30 Aug 1912
DD 41 Jouett
Bath
7 Mar 1911 15 Apr 1912 25 May 1912
DD 42 Jenkins
Bath
24 Mar 1911 29 Apr 1912 15 Jun 1912
Displacement
742 tons, 887 f/1
Dimensions
293’10” (oa) 289’ (wl) x 26’1” x 8’4”
Machinery
2 screws (Warrington, Mayrant, Henley, Perkins, Sterett, Walke) Henley: 4 Yarrow boilers, Perkins, Sterett, Walke: Curtis turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers; Warrington, Mayrant: ZoellyFoster turbines, White-Forster boilers
12 Apr 1910 20 Dec 1910 23 Mar 1911 5 Mar 1910
3 Nov 1910
22 Jul 1911
6 Dec 1912
3 screws, Parsons turbines, boilers: Paulding, Drayton, Jouett, Jenkins: 4 Normand; Roe, Terry, McCall, Burrows, Monaghan, Ammen, Fanning, Jarvis: 4 Thornycroft; Trippe: Mosher (1918: 4 Normand); Patterson, Beale: 4 White-Forster; All: SHP 12,000, 29.5 knots (1915) Mayrant, Henley: 2 Westinghouse turbines, reduction gear, 4 White-Forster, SHP 13000) Endurance
3,000/16
Complement
89; (1918) 110
Armament
5–3”/50 guns, 6–18” TT; (1918) 4–3”/50, 6–18”TT
Notes: Authorized 1908 (22–31), 1909 (32–36) and 1910 (37–42). Designed to protect battleships. Oil-burners, very successful class. Roe, Terry, Perkins, Sterett, Warrington, Mayrant, Monaghan, Walke, Patterson and Fanning had three funnels. Twin torpedo tubes adopted. Called “flivvers.” Henley and Mayrant reengined 1916. Service records: 22 Paulding: Went aground at Lynn Haven, NC, 27 Oct 1914. Mexican Intervention 1914. Queenstown, 1917–18. Decomm . . . Aug 1919. † 23 Drayton: Mexican Intervention 1914. Queenstown, Brest, 1917–18. Decomm 17 Nov 1919. † 24 Roe: Damaged in collision with destroyer Monaghan at Key West, 25 Mar 1916. Brest 1917–18. Decomm 1 Dec 1919. †
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Figure 5.7: The destroyer Henley (DD 39) in vivid dazzle camouflage, 1918. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph) 25 Terry: Went aground on Gardiner’s Island, NY, 18 Sep 1913. Mexican Intervention 1914. Santo Domingo 1916. Struck reef and sank in Puerto Plata harbor, Santo Domingo, 10 Jun 1916, refloated and repaired. Escort and patrol, Queenstown, 1918. Decomm 13 Nov 1919. † 26 Perkins: Queenstown 1917. Decomm 5 Dec 1919. † 27 Sterett: Mexican Intervention 1914. Santo Domingo 1916. Queenstown 1917–18. Decomm 9 Dec 1919. † 28 McCall: Went aground at Lynn Haven, NC, 27 Oct 1914. Queenstown 1917–18. Collided with m/v Comanche at New York, 3 Dec 1917. Decomm 12 Dec 1919. † 29 Burrows: Mexican Intervention 1914. Queenstown, 1917–18. Damaged by fire, 18 Jan 1918 (2 killed). Decomm 12 Dec 1919. † 30 Warrington: Lost stern in collision with schooner off Virginia Capes, 27 Dec 1911. Repairing until 2 Dec 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Convoy escort, Queenstown & Brest, 1917–18. Decomm 31 Jan 1920. † 31 Mayrant: Out of comm 20 May 1915- 2 Feb 1918, re-engined. Decomm 12 Dec 1919. † 32 Monaghan: Mexican Intervention 1914. Damaged in collision with destroyer Roe at Key West, 25 Mar 1916. Decomm 4 Nov 1919. † 33 Trippe: Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 19 Nov 1916–22 Mar 1917. Escort and patrol, Queenstown, 1917–18. Decomm 6 Nov 1919. † 34 Walke: Collided with pier at Newport, RI, 27 Aug 1911. Damaged by turbine explosion during trials off Newport, RI, 1 Oct 1912 (3 killed). Mexican Intervention 1914. Repairing at Charleston, SC, 1 Nov 1915-Feb 1916, Dec 1917-Mar 1918. Escort and patrol, Brest and Queenstown, 1917. Convoy escort, New York, 1918. Decomm 12 Dec 1919. † 35 Ammen: Struck submerged object off Barnegat, NJ, 5 Oct 1913. Mexican Intervention 1914. Queenstown, 1917–18. In collision with m/v Herman Frasch, 2 Jun 1917. Damaged in gale off Ireland, 16 Dec 1917. Decomm 11 Dec 1919. † 36 Patterson: Went aground off Newport, RI, 7 Oct 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Queenstown, 1917–18. Damaged in collision with tug Dreadful at Berehaven, 1 Jan 1918. Decomm Jan 1919. † 37 Fanning: Struck submerged object off New York, 18 Jul 1913. Mexican Intervention 1914. Conducted fueling-at-sea tests with collier Jason, Oct 1916. Queenstown, 1917–18. Sank German submarine U-58 off Ireland, 17 Nov 1917. Decomm 24 Nov 1919. † 38 Jarvis: Mexican Intervention 1914. Queenstown, Brest, 1917–18. Damaged in collision with destroyer Benham off France, Jul 1918. Decomm 26 Nov 1919. † 39 Henley: Mexican Intervention 1914. Re-engined 19 Jun 1915–22 Mar 1917. In collision with m/v Edward L. Doheny off New York , 14 Jul 1918. Decomm 12 Dec 1919. † 40 Beale: Damaged in collision with barge in Delaware River, 4 Oct 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Queenstown, 1918. Decomm 25 Oct 1919. †
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41 Jouett: Mexican Intervention 1914. Decomm 24 Nov 1919. † 42 Jenkins: Went aground at Lynn Haven, NC, 27 Oct 1914. Mexican Intervention 1914. Recomm 22 Mar 1917. Queenstown, 1917–18. Damaged in collision with HMS Laburnum off Ireland, 11 Jun 1917. Decomm 31 Oct 1919. †
Cassin Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
DD 43 Cassin
Bath
1 May 1912 20 May 1913 9 Aug 1913
DD 44 Cummings
Bath
21 May 1912 6 Aug 1913 19 Sep 1913
DD 45 Downes
NY Sbdg
27 Jun 1912
8 Nov 1913 11 Feb 1915
DD 46 Duncan
Fore River
17 Jun 1912
5 Apr 1913 30 Aug 1913
DD 47 Aylwin
Cramp
7 Mar 1912 23 Nov 1912 17 Jun 1914
DD 48 Parker
Cramp
11 Mar 1912 8 Feb 1913 30 Dec 1913
DD 49 Benham
Cramp
14 Mar 1912 22 Mar 1913 20 Jan 1914
DD 50 Balch
Cramp
7 May 1912 21 Dec 1912 26 Mar 1914
Displacement
1,020 tons, 1,139 f/1; Downes: 1,072 tons, 1,190 f/1; Duncan: 1,014 tons, 1,133 f/1; 47–50: 1,036 tons, 1,165 f/1
Dimensions
305’3” (oa) 300’ (bp) x 30’4” x 9’3”
Machinery
2 screws, SHP 16,000, 29 knots Cassin, Cummings: Parsons turbines and compound engines, 4 Normand boilers; Downes, Duncan: Curtis turbines and 2 compound engines; 4 Thornycroft (Downes) and 4 Yarrow boilers (Duncan); Aylwin, Parker, Benham, Balch: Cramp turbines, 2 compound engines, 4 White-Forster boilers
Complement
45 Downes: New machinery installed 4 Oct 1915–26 May 1917 at Philadelphia. Queenstown, 1917–18. Out of comm 31 May 1919–12 May 1921. Decomm 6 Jun 1922. † 46 Duncan: New machinery installed, 24 Oct 1914–22 Jan 1916 at Boston. Queenstown, 1917–18. Decomm 9 Aug 1921. † 47 Aylwin: Damaged by boiler explosion at Norfolk, Va., 6 Apr 1914 (1 killed). Out of comm 20 Apr 1914–25 May 1915. Queenstown 1918. Decomm 23 Feb 1921. † 48 Parker: Queenstown and Plymouth, 1917–18. Decomm 6 Jun 1922. † 49 Benham: Out of comm 24 Jul-21 Dec 1914. Damaged by fire at Newport, RI, 28 Oct 1916. Queenstown and Brest, 1917–18. Damaged in collision with HMS Zinnia, 21 Aug 1917. Decomm 7 Jul 1922. † 50 Balch: Mexican Intervention 1914. Queenstown, 1917–18. Decomm 20 Jun 1922. †
O’Brien Class Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
DD 51 O’Brien
No.
Name
Cramp
8 Sep 1913
20 Jul 1914
23 May 1915
DD 52 Nicholson
Cramp
8 Sep 1913 19 Aug 1914 30 Apr 1915
DD 53 Winslow
Cramp
1 Oct 1913 11 Feb 1915
DD 54 McDougal
Bath
29 Jul 1913 22 Apr 1914 16 Jun 1914
DD 55 Cushing
Fore River
23 Sep 1913 16 Jan 1915 21 Aug 1915
DD 56 Ericsson
NY Sbdg
10 Nov 1913 22 Aug 1914 14 Aug 1915
7 Aug 1915
Displacement
1,050 tons, 1,171 f/1; McDougal: 1,020 tons, 1,139 f/1
Dimensions
305’3” (oa) 300’ (bp) x 30’4” x 9’5”
Machinery
2 screws, all: SHP 17,000, 29 knots O’Brien, Nicholson, Winslow: Cramp turbines and 2 compound engines, 4 White-Forster boilers; McDougal, Ericsson: Parsons turbines and compound engine, 4 Normand (McDougal) and 4 Thornycroft (Ericsson) boilers; Cushing: Curtis turbines and 2 geared cruising turbines, 4 bureau modified Yarrow boilers
128
Armament 4–4”/50, 8–18”TT. Notes: Authorized 1911. Downes and Duncan re-engined 1915–17. Service records: 43 Cassin: Mexican Intervention 1914. Queenstown, 1917–18. Torpedoed by U-105 off Mine Head, Ireland, 15 Oct 1917 (1 dead). Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † 44 Cummings: Mexican Intervention 1914. Damaged by explosion and fire off Newport, RI, 5 Oct 1915 (1 killed). Queenstown, 1917–18. Decomm 23 Jun 1922. †
Builder
Complement
126
Armament 4–4”/50 guns, 8–21” TT Notes: Authorized 1912. Adopted 21” tubes, carried no reloads. Same size hull as previous class. Service records: 51 O’Brien: Queenstown, Brest, 1917–18. Decomm 9 Jun 1922. † 52 Nicholson: Queenstown, Brest, 1917–18. Out of comm 27 Nov 1919- May 1921. Decomm 26 May 1922. †
Figure 5.8: The destroyer Downes (DD 45) of the Cassin class. Some destroyers started wearing large numbers on the bow before the war.
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Figure 5.9: The destroyer O’Brien (DD 51), namesake of her class.
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53 Winslow: Convoy escort, Queenstown, 1917–18. Haiti 1919–20. Decomm 5 Jun 1922. † 54 McDougal: Queenstown, Brest, 1917–18. Damaged in collision with m/v Glenmorag in Irish Sea, 4 Feb 1918. Decomm 26 May 1922. † 55 Cushing: Queenstown, Brest, 1917–18. Damaged U-105 by depth charges, 23 Apr 1918. Decomm 7 Aug 1920. † 56 Ericsson: Queenstown, Brest, 1917–18. Decomm 16 Jun 1922. †
62 Wainwright: Escort and patrol, Queenstown, 1917–18. Damaged in collision with m/v Chicago City at Queenstown, 24 Nov 1917. Went aground in storm at Brest, 1 Nov 1918. Decomm 19 May 1922. †
Sampson Class No.
Tucker Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
DD 63 Sampson
Fore River
21 Apr 1915 4 Mar 1916 27 Jun 1916
DD 64 Rowan
Fore River
10 May 1915 23 Mar 1916 22 Aug 1916
DD 65 Davis
Bath
7 May 1915 15 Aug 1916 5 Oct 1916
Bath
10 May 1915 5 Dec 1916 24 Jan 1917 11 Mar 1915 18 May 1916 10 Nov 1916
DD 57 Tucker
Fore River
9 Nov 1914
4 May 1915 11 Apr 1916
DD 66 Allen
DD 58 Conyngham
Cramp
27 Jul 1914
8 Jul 1915
DD 67 Wilkes
Cramp
24 Feb 1914 26 Aug 1915 17 Apr 1916
DD 68 Shaw
Mare I NYd
1,111 tons, 1,225 f/1; Davis, Allen: 1,071 tons, 1,185 f/1
DD 59 Porter
Cramp
21 Jan 1916
7 Feb 1916
9 Dec 1916
9 Apr 1917
DD 60 Wadsworth
Bath
23 Feb 1914 29 Apr 1915 23 Jul 1915
Displacement
DD 61 Jacob Jones
NY Sbdg
3 Aug 1914 29 May 1915 10 Feb 1916
Dimensions
315’3” (oa) 310’ (bp) x 29’11” x 9’6”
DD 62 Wainwright
NY Sbdg
1 Sep 1914 12 Jun 1915 12 May 1916
Machinery
2 screws, Parsons turbines, geared cruising, except Sampson, Rowan: Curtis turbines, geared cruising, 4 Yarrow boilers (Sampson, Rowan); Normand (Davis, Allen), White-Forster (Wilkes), Thornycroft (Shaw).
Displacement
1,090 tons, 1,205 f/1; Wadsworth: 1,060 tons, 1,174 f/1; Wainwright: 1,150 tons, 1,265 f/1
Dimensions
315’3” (oa) 310’ (bp) x 29’11” x 9’4”
Machinery
2 screws, SHP 17,000, 29.5 knots Tucker: Curtis turbines, geared cruising, 4 Yarrow boilers ; Conyngham, Porter, Jacob Jones, Wainwright: Parsons turbines, geared cruising, 4 White-Forster boilers (Conyngham, Porter), 4 Thornycroft boilers (Jacob Jones, Wainwright); Wadsworth: Parsons turbines, reduction gear, 4 Normand boilers
Endurance
5640/14
Complement
126
Armament 4–4”/50 guns, 8–21”TT Notes: Authorized 1913. First ships in USN with geared turbines. Wadsworth was first destroyer with main turbines geared to the propeller shafts. Service records: 57 Tucker: Escort and patrol, Queenstown and Brest, 1917–18. Decomm 16 May 1921. † 58 Conyngham: Queenstown, 1917–18. Ran aground west of Kinsale, Ireland, 23 May 1918. Decomm 23 Jun 1922. † 59 Porter: Queenstown, Brest, 1917. Damaged U-108 in convoy, 28 Apr 1918. Decomm 23 Jun 1922. † 60 Wadsworth: Escort and patrol, Queenstown and Brest, 1917. Decomm 3 Jun 1922. † 61 Jacob Jones: Queenstown, 1917. Torpedoed and sunk by U-53 off Scilly Is., 6 Dec 1917 (64 killed).
Figure 5.10: The destroyer Conyngham (DD 58) of the Tucker class, in dazzle camouflage, 1917. Notice the number just below the bridge.
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SHP 17,000. 29.5 knots Endurance
4300/14
Complement
130
Armament 4–4”/50, 2–1 pdr AA, 12–21”TT Notes: Authorized 1914. Triple TT. First with AA guns. Service records: 63 Sampson: Damaged in collision with bark Quevilly off Sandy Hook, NJ, 27 Jan 1917. Queenstown, 1917–18. Decomm 15 Jun 1921. † 64 Rowan: Queenstown, 1917–18. Haiti 1919–20. Decomm 19 Jun 1922. † 65 Davis: Queenstown, 1917–18. Decomm 20 Jun 1922. † 66 Allen: Fell over in drydock at Philadelphia, 10 May 1917 (1 dead). Queenstown, 1917–18. Decomm 22 Jun 1922. † 67 Wilkes: Escort and patrol, Queenstown, 1917. Decomm 5 Jun 1922. † 68 Shaw: Queenstown, 1917–18. Lost bow in collision with m/v Aquitania southwest of Portland, England, 9 Oct 1918 (16 killed). Decomm 21 Jun 1922. †
Figure 5.11: The destroyer Shaw (DD 68), of the Sampson class, in dazzle paint 1918. She was seriously damaged in a collision with the Cunard liner Aquitania, October 1918.
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Caldwell Class No.
Name
Builder
Wickes Class Laid Down
Launched
9 Dec 1916 10 Jul 1917
Comm.
No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
26 Jun 1917
25 Jun 1918
31 Jul 1918
1 Sep 1917
25 Jul 1918
24 Aug 1918
1 Nov 1917
17 Sep 1918
30 Sep 1918
DD 69 Caldwell
Mare I NYd
1 Dec 1917
DD 75 Wickes
Bath
DD 70 Craven
Norfolk NYd 20 Nov 1917 29 Jun 1918 19 Oct 1918
DD 76 Philip
Bath
DD 71 Gwin
Seattle
21 Jun 1917 22 Dec 1917 18 Mar 1920
DD 77 Woolsey
Bath
DD 72 Conner
Cramp
16 Oct 1916 21 Aug 1917 12 Jan 1918
DD 78 Evans
Bath
28 Dec 1917
30 Oct 1918 11 Nov 1918
DD 73 Stockton
Cramp
16 Oct 1916 17 Jul 1917 26 Nov 1917
DD 79 Little
Fore River
18 Jun 1917
11 Nov 1917
6 Apr 1918
DD 74 Manley
Bath
22 Aug 1916 23 Aug 1917 15 Oct 1917
DD 80 Kimberly
Fore River
21 Jun 1917
4 Dec 1917
26 Apr 1918
Displacement
1,125 tons, 1,187 f/1; Gwin, Conner, Stockton: 1,228 f/1
DD 81 Sigourney
Fore River
25 Aug 1917
Dimensions
315’6” (oa) 310’ (bp) x 30’8” x 8’
DD 82 Gregory
Fore River
25 Aug 1917
27 Jan 1918
1 Jun 1918
Machinery
2 screws, Parsons turbines, reduction gear, except Caldwell: GE Curtis turbines, reduction gear.
DD 83 Stringham
Fore River
19 Sep 1917
30 Mar 1918
2 Jul 1918
DD 84 Dyer
Fore River
26 Sep 1917
13 Apr 1918
1 Jul 1918
Caldwell, Craven: 4 Thornycroft boilers, Gwin: 4 Yarrow, Manley: Normand.;
DD 85 Colhoun
Fore River
19 Sep 1917
21 Feb 1918
13 Jun 1918
DD 86 Stevens
Fore River
20 Sep 1917
13 Jan 1918
24 May 1918
Conner, Stockton: 3 screws, 4 White Forster boilers
DD 87 McKee
Union IW
29 Oct 1917
3 Mar 1918
7 Sep 1918
All SHP 18,500, 30 knots.
DD 88 Robinson
Union IW
31 Oct 1917
28 Mar 1918 19 Oct 1918
Endurance
2500/20
DD 89 Ringgold
Union IW
20 Oct 1917
14 Apr 1918 14 Nov 1918
Complement
100
DD 90 McKean
Union IW
12 Feb 1918
Armament 4–4”/50, 2–1 pdr AA (repl by 3”/23), 8–21” TT Notes: Authorized 1915. Experimental types with different machinery and rig. Cutaway sterns, flush-deck hull. Gwin, Conner, Stockton had three funnels. Stockton had twin 4-inch mount forward, removed 1921. Service records: 69 Caldwell: Queenstown 1918. Decomm 27 Jun 1922. † 70 Craven: Decomm 15 Jun 1922. † 71 Gwin: Decomm 28 Jun 1922. † 72 Conner: Brest, 1918. Decomm 21 Jun 1922. † 73 Stockton: Queenstown 1918. Damaged in collision with m/v Slieve Bloom, which sank, near South Sark Light, Anglesey, 30 Mar 1918. Decomm 26 Jun 1922. † 74 Manley: Queenstown, 1917–18. Damaged by accidental explosion of depth charges off Queenstown after collision with m/v Montague, 19 Mar 1918 (34 dead). Mediterranean 1919. Decomm 14 Jun 1922. †
Displacement
16 Dec 1917 14 May 1918
4 Jul 1918
25 Feb 1919
DD 75–78, 93–94, 135–141: 1,154 tons, 1,247 f/1 DD 113–118, 142–160: 1,165 tons, 1,247 f/1 DD 79–92, 95–112, 161–180: 1,185 tons, 1,278 f/1 DD 119–134, 181–185: 1,215 tons, 1,306 f/1
Dimensions
314’4” (oa) 310’ (bp) x 30’11” x 9’
Figure 5.13: The destroyer Tattnall (DD 125) at San Diego, 1921.
Figure 5.12: The destroyer Conner (DD 72), one of the experimental ships of the Caldwell class, 1918. One of three ships of the class with three funnels.
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Figure 5.14: The destroyer Howard (DD 179) at San Diego, 1921.
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Machinery
2 screws, Parsons geared turbines (75–78, 93–94, 113–118, 125–160), Curtis (79–86, 95–112, 119–124, 161–180, 181– 185), GE (87–92), 4 Normand boilers (75–78, 93–94, 131– 141), Yarrow (79–92, 95–112, 161–180), White-Forster (113–118, 142–156), Thornycroft (119–130, 157–160, 181– 185); SHP 27,000, 35 knots.
Endurance
2500/20
Complement
114
Armament 4–4”/50, 2–1 pdr AA guns, 12–21”TT 113: also 2–3”/23AA Notes: Authorized 1916–1917. Modified version of Caldwell class with increased designed speed. Two basic designs, by Bath (Parsons turbines) and Bethlehem (Yarrow and Curtis turbines). Yarrow boilers deteriorated and most such units scrapped after 1929. Ships built to Bethlehem design (built by Fore River, Union IW) were not as successful in steaming endurance as others built to Bath design. Rizal built at the expense of the Philippines government to be manned by Filipino crew. Various units later converted to minelayers (DM), minesweepers (DMS) and transports (APD). Service records: 75 Wickes: Convoy escort 1918. Damaged in collision off New York, 23 Oct 1918. In collision with German m/v Ljusne Elf at Hamburg, 3 Mar 1919. Decomm 15 May 1922. † 76 Philip: Convoy escort 1918. Decomm 29 May 1922. † 77 Woolsey: Convoy escort 1918. Out of comm 31 May-20 Oct 1920. Cut in two by collision with m/v Steel Inventor and sank off Pacific coast of Panama, 26 Feb 1921 (16 dead). 78 Evans: Decomm 29 May 1922. † 79 Little: Brest 1918. Decomm 5 Jul 1922. † 80 Kimberly: Queenstown 1918. Decomm 30 Jun 1922. † 81 Sigourney: Brest 1918. Decomm 26 Jun 1922. † 82 Gregory: Brest 1918. Mediterranean 1919. Decomm 7 Jul 1922. † 83 Stringham: Convoy escort 1918. Decomm 2 Jun 1922. † 84 Dyer: Gibraltar 1918. Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † 85 Colhoun: Convoy escort 1918. Decomm 28 Jun 1922. † 86 Stevens: Queenstown 1918. Decomm 19 Jun 1922. † 87 McKee: Decomm 16 Jun 1922. † 88 Robinson: Decomm 3 Aug 1922. † 89 Ringgold: Decomm 17 Jun 1922. † 90 McKean: Decomm 19 Jun 1922. † Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
DD 91 Harding
No.
Name
Union IW
12 Feb 1918
4 Jul 1918
24 Jan 1919
DD 92 Gridley
Union IW
1 Apr 1918
4 Jul 1918
8 Mar 1919
DD 93 Fairfax
Mare I NYd
DD 94 Taylor
Mare I NYd
DD 95 Bell
Fore River
DD 96 Stribling
Fore River
DD 97 Murray
DD 108 Williams
Union IW
25 Mar 1918
4 Jul 1918
1 Mar 1919
DD 109 Crane
Union IW
7 Jan 1918
4 Jul 1918
18 Apr 1919
DD 110 Hart
Union IW
8 Jan 1918
4 Jul 1918 26 May 1919
DD 111 Ingraham
Union IW
12 Jan 1918
4 Jul 1918 15 May 1919
DD 112 Ludlow
Union IW
7 Jan 1918
9 Jun 1918 23 Dec 1918
DD 113 Rathburne
Cramp
12 Jul 1917 27 Dec 1917 24 Jun 1918
DD 114 Talbot
Cramp
12 Jul 1917 20 Feb 1918 20 Jul 1918
DD 115 Waters
Cramp
26 Jul 1917
DD 116 Dent
Cramp
30 Aug 1917 23 Mar 1918 9 Sep 1918
3 Mar 1918
8 Aug 1918
91 Harding: Seaplane tender, 1919–21. Decomm 1 Jul 1922. † 92 Gridley: Decomm 22 Jun 1922. † 93 Fairfax: Brest 1918. Decomm 19 Jun 1922.† 94 Taylor: Decomm 21 Jun 1922. † 95 Bell: Convoy escort 1918. Decomm 21 Jun 1922. † 96 Stribling: Gibraltar 1918. Rec DM 1, 17 Jul 1920. Decomm 26 Jun 1922. † 97 Murray: Went aground on rocks off Brest, 3 Dec 1918. Rec DM 2, 17 Jul 1920. Decomm 1 Jul 1922. † 98 Israel: Mediterranean 1918–19. Rec DM 3, 17 Jul 1920. Decomm 7 Jul 1922. † 99 Luce: Gibraltar, 1918. Mediterranean 1918–19. Rec DM 4, 17 Jul 1920. Decomm 30 Jun 1922. † 100 Maury: Mediterranean 1918–19. Rec DM 5, 17 Jul 1920. † 101 Lansdale: Mediterranean 1918–19. Rec DM 6, 17 Jul 1920. Decomm 25 Jun 1922. † 102 Mahan: Rec DM 7, 17 Jul 1920. † 103 Schley: Mediterranean 1919. Decomm 1 Jun 1922. † 104 Champlin: Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † 105 Mugford: Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † 106 Chew: Decomm 1 Jun 1922. † 107 Hazelwood: Decomm 7 Jul 1922. † 108 Williams: Mediterranean, 1919. Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † 109 Crane: Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † 110 Hart: Rec DM 8, 17 Jul 1920. Asiatic Fleet 1920–30. † 111 Ingraham: Rec DM 9, 17 Jul 1920. Decomm 29 Jun 1922. † 112 Ludlow: Rec DM 10, 17 Jul 1920. † 113 Rathburne: Convoy escort 1918. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. † 114 Talbot: Convoy escort 1918. Decomm 31 Mar 1923. † 115 Waters: Convoy escort 1918. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. Decomm 28 Dec 1922. † 116 Dent: Convoy escort 1918. Damaged by torpedo during maneuvers off Los Angeles, 16 Jun 1921. Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
DD 117 Dorsey
Cramp
18 Sep 1917
9 Apr 1918
16 Sep 1918
10 Jul 1917 15 Dec 1917 6 Apr 1918
DD 118 Lea
Cramp
18 Sep 1917 29 Apr 1918
2 Oct 1918
15 Oct 1917 14 Feb 1918
DD 119 Lamberton
Newport News
1 Oct 1917 30 Mar 1918 22 Aug 1918
16 Nov 1917 20 Apr 1918 31 Jul 1918
DD 120 Radford
Newport News
2 Oct 1917
5 Apr 1918
30 Sep 1918
14 Dec 1917 29 May 1918 16 Aug 1918
DD 121 Montgomery
Newport News
2 Oct 1917 23 Mar 1918
26 Jul 1918
Fore River
22 Dec 1917
DD 122 Breese
Newport News
10 Nov 1917 11 May 1918 23 Oct 1918
DD 98 Israel
Fore River
26 Jan 1918 22 Jun 1918 13 Sep 1918
DD 123 Gamble
Newport News
12 Nov 1917 11 May 1918 29 Nov 1918
DD 99 Luce
Fore River
9 Feb 1918 29 Jun 1918 11 Sep 1918
DD 124 Ramsay
Newport News
21 Dec 1917
8 Jun 1918
15 Feb 1919
DD 125 Tattnall
NY Sbdg
1 Dec 1917
5 Sep 1918
26 Jun 1919
9 Jan 1918
1 Jun 1918
8 Jun 1918 21 Aug 1918
ex-Schley (4 Dec 1917)
Name
Builder
DD 100 Maury
Fore River
26 Feb 1918
23 Sep 1918
DD 126 Badger
NY Sbdg
DD 101 Lansdale
Fore River
20 Apr 1918 21 Jul 1918 26 Oct 1918
DD 127 Twiggs
NY Sbdg
23 Jan 1918 28 Sep 1918
28 Jul 1919
DD 102 Mahan
Fore River
4 May 1918
4 Aug 1918 24 Oct 1918
DD 128 Babbitt
NY Sbdg
19 Feb 1918 30 Sep 1918
24 Oct 1919
DD 103 Schley
Union IW
29 Oct 1917 28 Mar 1918 20 Sep 1918
DD 129 DeLong
NY Sbdg
21 Feb 1918 29 Oct 1918
20 Sep 1919
DD 104 Champlin
Union IW
31 Oct 1917
7 Apr 1918 11 Nov 1918
DD 130 Jacob Jones
NY Sbdg
21 Feb 1918 20 Nov 1918 20 Oct 1919
DD 105 Mugford
Union IW
20 Oct 1917 14 Apr 1918 25 Nov 1918
DD 131 Buchanan
Bath
29 Jun 1918
2 Jan 1919
20 Jan 1919
DD 106 Chew
Union IW
2 Jan 1918 26 May 1918 12 Dec 1918
DD 132 Aaron Ward
Bath
1 Aug 1918 10 Apr 1919
21 Apr 1919
DD 107 Hazelwood
Union IW
24 Dec 1917 22 Jun 1918 20 Feb 1919
DD 133 Hale
Bath
7 Oct 1918
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29 May 1919 12 Jun 1919
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DD 134 Crowninshield Bath
5 Nov 1918
24 Jul 1919
6 Aug 1919
DD 161 Palmer
Fore River
DD 135 Tillman
Charleston NYd 29 Jul 1918
7 Jul 1919
30 Apr 1921
DD 162 Thatcher
Fore River
8 Jun 1918 31 Aug 1918 14 Jan 1919
DD 136 Boggs
Mare I NYd
15 Nov 1917 25 Apr 1918
23 Sep 1918
DD 163 Walker
Fore River
19 Jun 1918 14 Sep 1918 31 Jan 1919
DD 137 Kilty
Mare I NYd
15 Dec 1917 25 Apr 1918 17 Dec 1918
DD 164 Crosby
Fore River
23 Jun 1918 28 Sep 1918 24 Jan 1919
DD 138 Kennison
Mare I NYd
14 Feb 1918
8 Jun 1918
2 Apr 1919
DD 165 Meredith
Fore River
26 Jun 1918 22 Sep 1918 29 Jan 1919
DD 139 Ward
Mare I NYd
15 May 1918
1 Jun 1918
24 Jul 1918
DD 166 Bush
Fore River
DD 167 Cowell
Fore River
15 Jul 1918 23 Nov 1918 17 Mar 1919
13 Sep 1919
DD 168 Maddox
Fore River
20 Jul 1918 27 Oct 1918 10 Mar 1919
7 Nov 1919
DD 169 Foote
Fore River
7 Aug 1918 14 Dec 1918 21 Mar 1919
ex-Cowell (20 May 1918) DD 140 Claxton
Mare I NYd
DD 141 Hamilton
Mare I NYd
DD 142 Tarbell
Cramp
25 Apr 1918 15 Jan 1919 8 Jun 1918
15 Jan 1919
Name
DD 143 Yarnall
Builder Cramp
4 Jul 1918
27 Oct 1918 19 Feb 1919
31 Dec 1917 28 May 1918 27 Nov 1918
117 Dorsey: Convoy escort 1918. † 118 Lea: Decomm 22 Jun 1922. † 119 Lamberton: Decomm 30 Jun 1922. † 120 Radford: Decomm 9 Jun 1922. † 121 Montgomery: Decomm 6 Jun 1922. † 122 Breese: Decomm 17 Jun 1922. † 123 Gamble: Decomm 17 Jun 1922. † 124 Ramsay: Decomm 30 Jun 1922. † 125 Tattnall: Mediterranean 1919–20. Evacuation of Tuapse, Russia, 1 Apr 1920. Decomm 15 Jun 1922. † 126 Badger: Decomm 27 May 1922. † 127 Twiggs: Decomm 24 Jun 1922. † 128 Babbitt: Decomm 15 Jun 1922. † 129 DeLong: Wrecked in Half Moon Bay, Cal., 1 Dec 1921, refloated. Decomm 18 Mar 1922. Hulk sold 25 Sep 1922. 130 Jacob Jones: Decomm 24 Jun 1922. † 131 Buchanan: Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † 132 Aaron Ward: Decomm 17 Jun 1922. † 133 Hale: Mediterranean 1919–20. Decomm 22 Jun 1922. † 134 Crowninshield: Decomm 7 Jul 1922. † 135 Tillman: Decomm 3 Jul 1922. † 136 Boggs: Decomm 29 Jun 1922. † 137 Kilty: Decomm 5 Jun 1922. † 138 Kennison: Decomm 17 Jun 1922. † 139 Ward: Decomm 21 Jul 1921. † 140 Claxton: Decomm 18 Jun 1922. † 141 Hamilton: Decomm 20 Jul 1922. † 142 Tarbell: Asiatic Fleet 1920–21. Decomm, 8 Jun 1922. † No.
29 May 1918 18 Aug 1918 22 Nov 1918
Laid Down
Launched
143 Yarnall: Decomm 29 May 1922. † 144 Upshur: Decomm 15 May 1922. † 145 Greer: Asiatic Fleet 1920–21. Decomm 22 Jun 1922. † 146 Elliot: Decomm 22 May 1922. † 147 Roper: Mediterranean 1919–20. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. Decomm 14 Dec 1922. † 148 Breckinridge: Decomm 20 Jun 1922. † 149 Barney: Decomm 30 Jun 1922. † 150 Blakeley: Decomm 29 Jun 1922. † 151 Biddle: Decomm 20 Jun 1922. † 152 Dupont: Mediterranean 1919–20. Evacuation of Tuapse, Russia, 1 Apr 1920. Decomm 19 Apr 1922. † 153 Bernadou: Decomm 1 Jul 1922. † 154 Ellis: Decomm 17 Jun 1922. † 155 Cole: Decomm 10 Jul 1922. † 156 J.Fred Talbott: † 157 Dickerson: Decomm 25 Jun 1922. † 158 Leary: Decomm 29 Jun 1922. † 159 Schenck: Decomm 29 Jun 1922. † 160 Herbert: Decomm 27 Jun 1922. † 161 Palmer: Decomm 31 May 1922. † 162 Thatcher: Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † 163 Walker: Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † 164 Crosby: Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † 165 Meredith: Decomm 28 Jun 1922. † 166 Bush: Decomm 21 Jun 1922. † 167 Cowell: Decomm 27 Jun 1922. † 168 Maddox: Decomm 14 Jun 1922. † 169 Foote: Decomm 6 Jul 1922. †
Comm.
12 Feb 1918 19 Jun 1918 29 Nov 1918
DD 144 Upshur
Cramp
10 Feb 1918
DD 145 Greer
Cramp
24 Feb 1918 1 Aug 1918 31 Dec 1918
4 Jul 1918 23 Dec 1918
DD 146 Elliot
Cramp
23 Feb 1918
DD 147 Roper
Cramp
DD 148 Breckinridge DD 149 Barney
No.
Name
DD 170 Kalk
Builder Fore River
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
17 Aug 1918 21 Dec 1918 29 Mar 1919
ex-Rodgers (23 Dec 1918) DD 171 Burns
Union IW
15 Apr 1918
19 Mar 1918 17 Aug 1918 15 Feb 1919
DD 172 Anthony
Union IW
18 Apr 1918 10 Aug 1918 19 Jun 1919
Cramp
11 Mar 1918 17 Aug 1918 27 Feb 1919
DD 173 Sproston
Union IW
20 Apr 1918 10 Aug 1918 12 Jul 1919
Cramp
26 Mar 1918 5 Sep 1918 14 Mar 1919
DD 174 Rizal
Union IW
26 Jun 1918 21 Sep 1918 28 May 1919
DD 150 Blakeley
Cramp
26 Mar 1918 19 Sep 1918 8 May 1919
DD 175 Mackenzie
Union IW
4 Jul 1918
DD 151 Biddle
Cramp
22 Apr 1918
DD 176 Renshaw
Union IW
8 May 1918 21 Sep 1918 31 Jul 1919
DD 152 DuPont
Cramp
2 May 1918 22 Oct 1918 30 Apr 1919
DD 177 O’Bannon
Union IW
12 Nov 1918 28 Feb 1919 27 Aug 1919
DD 153 Bernadou
Cramp
4 Jun 1918
DD 178 Hogan
Union IW
25 Nov 1918 12 Apr 1919
DD 154 Ellis
Cramp
25 Jun 1918 30 Nov 1918
DD 179 Howard
Union IW
9 Dec 1918 26 Apr 1919 29 Jan 1920
DD 155 Cole
Cramp
25 Jun 1918 11 Jan 1919 19 Jun 1919
DD 180 Stansbury
Union IW
9 Dec 1918 16 May 1919
DD 156 J.Fred Talbott
Cramp
DD 181 Hopewell
Newport News 19 Jan 1918
8 Jun 1918 21 Mar 1919
DD 157 Dickerson
NY Sbdg
25 May 1918 12 Mar 1919 3 Sep 1919
DD 182 Thomas
Newport News 23 Mar 1918
4 Jul 1918
DD 158 Leary
NY Sbdg
6 Mar 1918 18 Dec 1918 5 Dec 1919
DD 183 Haraden
Newport News 30 Mar 1918
4 Jul 1918
7 Jun 1919
DD 159 Schenck
NY Sbdg
26 Mar 1918 23 Apr 1919 30 Oct 1919
DD 184 Abbot
Newport News
4 Jul 1918
19 Jul 1919
DD 160 Herbert
NY Sbdg
DD 185 Bagley
Newport News 11 May 1918 19 Oct 1918 27 Aug 1919
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8 Jul 1918
9 Apr 1918
4 Jul 1918
25 Jan 1919
3 Oct 1918 22 Apr 1919 7 Nov 1918 19 May 1919 7 Jun 1919
14 Dec 1918 30 Jun 1919
8 May 1919 21 Nov 1919
5 Apr 1918
4 Jul 1918
7 Aug 1919
29 Sep 1918 25 Jul 1919
1 Oct 1919 8 Jan 1920 25 Apr 1919
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170 Kalk: Decomm 10 Jul 1922. † 171 Burns: Rec DM 11, 17 Jul 1920. † 172 Anthony: Rec DM 12, 17 Jul 1920. Struck reef off Lahaina, Hawaii, 1 Feb 1922. Decomm 30 Jun 1922. † 173 Sproston: Rec DM 13, 17 Jul 1920. Decomm 15 Aug 1922. † 174 Rizal: Rec DM 14, 17 Jul 1920. † 175 Mackenzie: Decomm 27 May 1922. † 176 Renshaw: Decomm 27 May 1922. † 177 O’Bannon: Decomm 27 May 1922. † 178 Hogan: Decomm 27 May 1922. † 179 Howard: Decomm 27 May 1922. † 180 Stansbury: Decomm 27 May 1922. † 181 Hopewell: Decomm 17 Jul 1922. † 182 Thomas: Decomm 30 Jun 1922. † 183 Haraden: Decomm 17 Jul 1922. † 184 Abbot: Decomm 5 Jul 1922. † 185 Bagley: Decomm 12 Jul 1922. †
Figure 5.15: The destroyer Morris (DD 271) at San Diego, 1921.
Clemson Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
DD 186 Clemson
Newport News 11 May 1918 5 Sep 1918 29 Dec 1919
DD 187 Dahlgren
Newport News
8 Jun 1918 20 Nov 1918
6 Jan 1920
DD 188 Goldsborough Newport News
8 Jun 1918 20 Nov 1918 26 Jan 1920
DD 189 Semmes
Newport News
10 Jul 1918 21 Dec 1918 21 Feb 1920
DD 190 Satterlee
Newport News
10 Jul 1918 21 Dec 1918 23 Dec 1919
DD 191 Mason
Newport News
10 Jul 1918
DD 192 Graham
Newport News
7 Sep 1918 22 Mar 1919 13 Mar 1920
DD 193 Abel P. Upshur
Newport News 20 Aug 1918 14 Feb 1920 23 Nov 1920
DD 194 Hunt
Newport News 20 Aug 1918 14 Feb 1920 30 Sep 1920
DD 195 Welborn C. Wood
Newport News 24 Sep 1918 6 Mar 1920 14 Jan 1921
DD 196 George E.Badger
Newport News 24 Sep 1918 6 Mar 1920
DD 197 Branch
Newport News 25 Oct 1918 19 Apr 1919 26 Jul 1920
DD 198 Herndon
Newport News 25 Nov 1918 31 May 1919 14 Sep 1920
DD 199 Dallas DD 200/205
Displacement
1,215 tons, 1,308 f/1
Dimensions
314’4” (oa) 310’ (bp) x 30’11” x 9’4”
Machinery
2 screws, Parsons geared turbines (206–250, 336–347), Westinghouse (186–205), Curtis (251–300), GE (301–335), 4 White-Forster boilers (186–250), Yarrow (251–335), Normand (336–347).
8 Mar 1919 28 Feb 1920
28 Jul 1920
Newport News 25 Nov 1918 31 May 1919 29 Oct 1920 Newport News
DD 206 Chandler
Cramp
19 Aug 1918 19 Mar 1919
DD 207 Southard
Cramp
18 Aug 1918 31 Mar 1919 24 Sep 1919
DD 208 Hovey
Cramp
7 Sep 1918 26 Apr 1919
DD 209 Long
Cramp
23 Sep 1918 26 Apr 1919 20 Oct 1919
DD 210 Broome
Cramp
8 Oct 1918 14 May 1919 31 Oct 1919
DD 211 Alden
Cramp
24 Oct 1918
DD 212 Smith Thompson
Cramp
24 Mar 1919 14 Jul 1919 10 Dec 1919
DD 213 Barker
Cramp
30 Apr 1919 11 Sep 1919 27 Dec 1919
DD 214 Tracy
Cramp
DD 215 Borie
Cramp
30 Apr 1919
DD 216 John D. Edwards
Cramp
21 May 1919 18 Oct 1919
SHP 27,000, 35 knots Complement
133
Armament
4–4”/50, 1–3”/23 AA guns, 12–21”TT; DD 208–9: 8–4”/50;
232–235: 4–5”/51, 1–3”/23AA guns, 12–21”TT Notes: Authorized 1917. Repeat of earlier class with increased fuel capacity, other modifications. . Service records: 186 Clemson: Decomm 30 Jun 1922. † 187 Dahlgren: Decomm 30 Jun 1922. † 188 Goldsborough: Decomm 14 Jul 1922. † 189 Semmes: Decomm 17 Jul 1922. † 190 Satterlee: Decomm 11 Jul 1922. † 191 Mason: Decomm 3 Jul 1922. †
5 Sep 1919 2 Oct 1919
7 Jun 1919 24 Nov 1919
3 Apr 1919 12 Aug 1919 9 Mar 1920 4 Oct 1919 24 Mar 1920 6 Apr 1920
ex-Stewart (11 Nov 1919) DD 217 Whipple
Cramp
12 Jun 1919
DD 218 Parrott
Cramp
23 Jul 1919 25 Nov 1919 11 May 1920
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Figure 5.16: The destroyer Meyer (DD 279).
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192 Graham: Damaged in collision with m/v Panama off Sea Girt, NJ, 16 Dec 1921 (1 dead). Decomm 31 Mar 1922. Stricken 4 May 1922, sold 19 Sep 1922, BU. 193 Abel P. Upshur: Decomm 7 Aug 1922. † 194 Hunt: Decomm 11 Aug 1922. † 195 Welborn C. Wood: Decomm 8 Aug 1922. † 196 George E. Badger: Decomm 11 Aug 1922. † 197 Branch: Decomm 11 Aug 1922. † 198 Herndon: Decomm 6 Jun 1922. † 199 Dallas: Decomm 26 Jun 1922. † 200–205: Canceled, 3 Feb 1919. 206 Chandler: Decomm 20 Oct 1922. † 207 Southard: Eastern Mediterranean 1919–20. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. Decomm 7 Feb 1922. † 208 Hovey: † 209 Long: Eastern Mediterranean 1920. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. Decomm 30 Dec 1922. † 210 Broome: Eastern Mediterranean 1920–21. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. Decomm 30 Dec 1922. † 211 Alden: Eastern Mediterranean 1920. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. † 212 Smith Thompson: Eastern Mediterranean 1920–21. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. † 213 Barker: Eastern Mediterranean 1920–21. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. † 214 Tracy: Eastern Mediterranean 1920–21. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. Black Sea 1920–21. Evacuation of Sevastopol 1920. † 215 Borie: Eastern Mediterranean 1920–21. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. † 216 John D. Edwards: Eastern Mediterranean 1920–21. Evacuation of Sevastopol, Nov 1920. Asiatic Fleet 1921–22. † 217 Whipple: Black Sea 1920–21. Evacuation of Sevastopol, Nov 1920. Far East, 1921–25 † 218 Parrott: Eastern Mediterranean 1922–23. Asiatic Fleet 1923–42. † No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
219 Edsall: Eastern Mediterranean 1922–24. Evacuation of Smyrna, Turkey, Sep 1922. † 220 MacLeish: Eastern Mediterranean 1922–24. † 221 Simpson: Eastern Mediterranean 1922–24. † 222 Bulmer: † 223 McCormick: Eastern Mediterranean 1922–24. † 224 Stewart: Collided with destroyer Hopkins off Florida, 6 Jan 1922. Asiatic Fleet 1922–42. † 225 Pope: Asiatic Fleet 1921–42. † 226 Peary: Asiatic Fleet 1922–42. † 227 Pillsbury: Asiatic Fleet 1922–42. † 228 Ford: Renamed John D. Ford, 17 Nov 1921. Asiatic Fleet 1922–42. † 229 Truxtun: Asiatic Fleet 1922–32. † 230 Paul Jones: † 231 Hatfield: Mediterranean 1922–23. † 232 Brooks: Mediterranean 1920–21. † 233 Gilmer: Mediterranean 1922. † 234 Fox: Mediterranean 1920–23. Evacuation of Sevastopol, Nov 1920. † 235 Kane: Damaged by mine in Gulf of Riga, 1 Oct 1920. Mediterranean 1921–23. † 236 Humphreys: Evacuation of Sevastopol, Nov 1920. † 237 McFarland: Mediterranean 1920–23. † 238 James K. Paulding: † 239 Overton: Mediterranean 1920–23. Evacuation of Sevastopol , Nov 1920. Ran aground in Danube River at Galatz, Romania, 8 Dec 1920. Sank Greek m/v Thalia in collision off Tophane, Turkey, 19 Dec 1921. † 240 Sturtevant: Mediterranean 1920–23. † 241 Childs: Mediterranean 1921–22. † 242 King: Mediterranean 1921–23. † 243 Sands: Mediterranean 1921–22. † 244 Williamson: Mediterranean 1921–22.†
DD 219 Edsall
Cramp
15 Sep 1919 29 Jul 1919 26 Nov 1920
DD 220 MacLeish
Cramp
19 Aug 1919 18 Dec 1919 2 Aug 1920
DD 221 Simpson
Cramp
9 Oct 1919 28 Apr 1920 3 Nov 1920
DD 222 Bulmer
Cramp
11 Aug 1919 22 Jan 1920 16 Aug 1920
DD 246 Bainbridge
NY Sbdg
27 May 1919 12 Jun 1920
DD 223 McCormick
Cramp
11 Aug 1919 14 Feb 1920 30 Aug 1920
DD 247 Goff
NY Sbdg
16 Jun 1919
DD 224 Stewart
Cramp
9 Sep 1919
DD 248 Barry
NY Sbdg
26 Jul 1919 28 Oct 1920 28 Dec 1920
DD 225 Pope
Cramp
9 Sep 1919 23 Mar 1920 27 Oct 1920
DD 249 Hopkins
NY Sbdg
30 Jul 1919 26 Jun 1920 21 Mar 1921
DD 226 Peary
Cramp
9 Sep 1919
DD 250 Lawrence
NY Sbdg
14 Aug 1919 10 Jul 1920 18 Apr 1921
DD 227 Pillsbury
Cramp
23 Oct 1919 3 Aug 1920 15 Dec 1920
DD 251 Belknap
Beth (Quincy) 31 Jul 1918 14 Jan 1919 28 Apr 1919
DD 228 Ford
Cramp
11 Nov 1919 2 Sep 1920 30 Dec 1920
DD 252 McCook
Beth (Quincy) 11 Sep 1918 31 Jan 1919 30 Apr 1919
DD 229 Truxtun
Cramp
3 Dec 1919 28 Sep 1920 16 Feb 1921
DD 253 McCalla
Beth (Quincy) 25 Sep 1918 28 Mar 1919 19 May 1919
DD 230 Paul Jones
Cramp
23 Dec 1917 30 Sep 1920 19 Apr 1921
DD 254 Rodgers
DD 231 Hatfield
NY Sbdg
10 Jun 1918 17 Mar 1919 16 Apr 1920
DD 232 Brooks
NY Sbdg
11 Jun 1918 24 Apr 1919 18 Jun 1920
DD 255 Ingram
Beth (Quincy) 15 Oct 1918 28 Feb 1919 28 Jun 1919
DD 233 Gilmer
NY Sbdg
25 Jun 1918 24 May 1919 30 Apr 1920
DD 256 Bancroft
Beth (Quincy) 4 Nov 1918 21 Mar 1919 30 Jun 1919
DD 234 Fox
NY Sbdg
25 Jun 1918 12 Jun 1919 17 May 1920
DD 257 Welles
Beth (Quincy) 13 Nov 1918 8 May 1919
DD 235 Kane
NY Sbdg
3 Jul 1918
12 Aug 1919 11 Jun 1920
DD 258 Aulick
Beth (Quincy)
DD 236 Humphreys
NY Sbdg
31 Jul 1918
28 Jul 1919
DD 259 Turner
Beth (Quincy) 19 Dec 1918 17 May 1919 24 Sep 1919
DD 237 McFarland
NY Sbdg
31 Jul 1918 30 Mar 1920 30 Sep 1920
DD 260 Gillis
Beth (Quincy) 27 Dec 1918 29 May 1919 3 Sep 1919
31 Jul 1918 20 Apr 1920 29 Nov 1920
DD 261 Delphy
Squantum
20 Apr 1918 18 Jul 1918 30 Nov 1918
DD 262 McDermut
Squantum
20 Apr 1918 6 Aug 1918 27 Mar 1919
4 Mar 1920 15 Sep 1920 6 Apr 1920 22 Oct 1920
21 Jul 1920
No.
Name
Builder
DD 245 Reuben James NY Sbdg
Laid Down
Launched
2 Apr 1919
4 Oct 1919 24 Sep 1920
Comm. 9 Feb 1921
2 Jun 1920 19 Jan 1921
Beth (Quincy) 25 Sep 1918 26 Apr 1919 22 Jul 1919 ex-Kalk (23 Dec 1918)
2 Sep 1919
3 Dec 1918 11 Apr 1919 26 Jul 1919
DD 238 James K.Paulding
NYSbdg
DD 239 Overton
NY Sbdg
30 Oct 1918 10 Jul 1919 30 Jun 1920
DD 263 Laub
Squantum
20 Apr 1918 25 Aug 1918 17 Mar 1919
DD 240 Sturtevant
NY Sbdg
23 Nov 1918 29 Jul 1920 21 Sep 1920
DD 264 McLanahan
Squantum
20 Apr 1918 22 Sep 1918
DD 241 Childs
NY Sbdg
19 Mar 1919 15 Sep 1920 22 Oct 1920
DD 265 Edwards
Squantum
20 Apr 1918 10 Oct 1918 24 Apr 1919
DD 242 King
NY Sbdg
28 Apr 1919 14 Oct 1920 16 Dec 1920
DD 266 Greene
DD 243 Sands
NY Sbdg
22 Mar 1919 28 Oct 1919 10 Nov 1920
DD 244 Williamson
NY Sbdg
27 Mar 1919 16 Oct 1919 29 Oct 1920
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Squantum
3 Jun 1918
5 Apr 1919
2 Nov 1918
9 May 1919
7 Dec 1918
5 Jun 1919
ex-Anthony (1 Aug 1918) DD 267 Ballard
Squantum
3 Jun 1918
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DD 268 Shubrick
Squantum
3 Jun 1918 31 Dec 1918
DD 269 Bailey
Squantum
3 Jun 1918
3 Jul 1919
245 Reuben James: Mediterranean 1920–22. † 246 Bainbridge: Mediterranean 1922–23. Rescued 400 persons from burning French hospital ship Vinh Long in Sea of Marmora, 16 Dec 1922. † 247 Goff: Mediterranean 1922. † 248 Barry: Mediterranean 1922. † 249 Hopkins: In collision with destroyer Hulbert, Jun 1921 and with Stewart, 6 Jan 1922. Mediterranean 1922. † 250 Lawrence: Mediterranean 1922–23. † 251 Belknap: Decomm 28 Jun 1922. † 252 McCook: Decomm 30 Jun 1922. † 253 McCalla: Decomm 30 Jun 1922. †. 254 Rodgers: Decomm 20 Jul 1922. †. 255 Ingram: Renamed Osmond Ingram, 11 Nov 1919. Decomm 24 Jun 1922. † 256 Bancroft: Decomm 11 Jul 1922. † 257 Welles: Decomm 15 Jun 1922. † 258 Aulick: Decomm 27 May 1922. † 259 Turner: Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † 260 Gillis: Decomm 26 May 1922. † 261 Delphy: † 262 McDermut: † 263 Laub: Mediterranean 1919. Decomm 15 Jun 1922. † 264 McLanahan: Decomm 10 Jun 1922. † 265 Edwards: Decomm 8 Jun 1922. † 266 Greene: Out of comm Mar 1920–10 Sep 1921 and 17 Jun 1922. †. 267 Ballard: Decomm 17 Jun 1922. † 268 Shubrick: Haiti 1919–20. Decomm 8 Jun 1922. † 269 Bailey: Decomm 15 Jun 1922. † No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
DD 295 Osborne
Squantum
23 Sep 1919 29 Dec 1919 17 May 1920
5 Feb 1919 27 Jun 1919
Launched
270 Thornton: Europe 1919–20. Decomm 24 May 1922. † 271 Morris: Mediterranean 1919–20. Decomm 15 Jun 1922. † 272 Tingey: Decomm 24 May 1922. † 273 Swasey: Decomm 10 Jun 1922. † 274 Meade: Decomm 25 May 1922. † 275 Sinclair: Decomm 25 May 1920. † 276 McCawley: Decomm 7 Jun 1922. † 277 Moody: Decomm 15 Jun1922. † 278 Henshaw: Decomm 15 Jun 1922. † 279 Meyer: † 280 Doyen: Decomm 8 Jun 1922. † 281 Sharkey: † 282 Toucey: Went aground off St. Simons Sound, Ga., 18 Mar 1921. † 283 Breck: † 284 Isherwood: † 285 Case: † 286 Lardner: † 287 Putnam: † 288 Worden: † 289 Flusser: † 290 Dale: † 291 Converse: † 292 Reid: † 293 Billingsley: † 294 Charles Ausburn: † 295 Osborne: † No.
Name
Builder
DD 296 Chauncey
Beth (San Fran.)
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
17 Jun 1918 29 Sep 1918 25 Jun 1919
Comm.
DD 270 Thornton
Squantum
3 Jun 1918 22 Mar 1919 15 Jul 1919
DD 297 Fuller
Beth (San Fran.)
4 Jul 1918
DD 271 Morris
Squantum
20 Jul 1918 12 Apr 1919 21 Jul 1919
DD 298 Percival
Beth (San Fran.)
4 Jul 1918
5 Dec 1918 31 Mar 1920
DD 272 Tingey
Squantum
8 Aug 1918 24 Apr 1919 25 Jul 1919
4 Jul 1918
10 Nov 1918 1 May 1920
DD 273 Swasey
Squantum
27 Aug 1918 7 May 1919
DD 299 John Francis Beth (San Fran.) Burnes
DD 274 Meade
Squantum
23 Sep 1918 24 May 1919 8 Sep 1919
DD 275 Sinclair
Squantum
15 Oct 1918
DD 276 McCawley
Squantum
DD 277 Moody
2 Jun 1919
8 Aug 1919 8 Oct 1919
5 Dec 1918 28 Feb 1920
ex-Swasey (18 Oct 1918) DD 300 Farragut
Beth (San Fran.)
4 Jul 1918
21 Nov 1918
5 Nov 1918 14 Jun 1919 22 Sep 1919
DD 301 Somers
Beth (San Fran.)
4 Jul 1918
28 Dec 1918 23 Jun 1920
4 Jun 1920
Squantum
9 Dec 1918 28 Jun 1919 10 Dec 1919
DD 302 Stoddert
Beth (San Fran.)
4 Jul 1918
8 Jan 1919
DD 278 Henshaw
Squantum
3 Jan 1919
28 Jun 1919 10 Dec 1919
DD 303 Reno
Beth (San Fran.)
4 Jul 1918
22 Jan 1919 23 Jul 1920
DD 279 Meyer
Squantum
6 Feb 1919
18 Jul 1919 17 Dec 1919
DD 304 Farquhar
Beth (San Fran.) 13 Aug 1918 18 Jan 1919
DD 280 Doyen
Squantum
24 Mar 1919 26 Jul 1919 17 Dec 1919
DD 305 Thompson
Beth (San Fran.) 14 Aug 1918 15 Jan 1919 16 Aug 1920
DD 281 Sharkey
Squantum
14 Apr 1919 12 Aug 1919 28 Nov 1919
DD 306 Kennedy
Beth (San Fran.)
25 Sep 1918 15 Feb 1919 28 Aug 1920
DD 282 Toucey
Squantum
26 Apr 1919
5 Sep 1919
9 Dec 1919
Beth (San Fran.)
25 Sep 1918 21 Feb 1919 24 Sep 1920
DD 283 Breck
Squantum
8 May 1919
5 Sep 1919
1 Dec 1919
DD 307 Paul Hamilton
DD 284 Isherwood
Squantum
24 May 1919 10 Sep 1919
4 Dec 1919
2 Oct 1918
9 Apr 1919 30 Sep 1920
Squantum
3 Jun 1919 21 Sep 1919
8 Dec 1919
DD 308 William Jones
Beth (San Fran.)
DD 285 Case DD 286 Lardner
Squantum
16 Jun 1919 29 Sep 1919 10 Dec 1919
DD 309 Woodbury
Beth (San Fran.)
3 Oct 1918
6 Feb 1919 20 Oct 1920
Beth (San Fran.) 31 Dec 1918 22 Mar 1919 30 Oct 1920
30 Jun 1920 5 Aug 1920
DD 287 Putnam
Squantum
30 Jun 1919 30 Sep 1919 18 Dec 1919
DD 310 S.P. Lee
DD 288 Worden
Squantum
30 Jun 1919 24 Oct 1919 24 Feb 1920
DD 311 Nicholas
Beth (San Fran.)
11 Jan 1919
1 May 1919 23 Nov 1920
DD 289 Flusser
Squantum
21 Jul 1919
7 Nov 1919 25 Feb 1920
DD 312 Young
Beth (San Fran.)
28 Jan 1919
8 May 1919 29 Nov 1920
DD 290 Dale
Squantum
28 Jul 1919 19 Nov 1919 16 Feb 1920
DD 313 Zeilin
Beth (San Fran.)
20 Feb 1919 28 May 1919 10 Dec 1920
DD 291 Converse
Squantum
13 Aug 1919 28 Nov 1919 28 Apr 1920
DD 314 Yarborough
Beth (San Fran.)
27 Feb 1919 20 Jun 1919 31 Dec 1920
DD 292 Reid
Squantum
DD 315 La Vallette
Beth (San Fran.) 14 Apr 1919 15 Jul 1919 24 Dec 1920
DD 293 Billingsley
Squantum
8 Sep 1919 10 Dec 1919 1 Mar 1920
DD 316 Sloat
Beth (San Fran.)
DD 294 Charles Ausburn
Squantum
11 Sep 1919 18 Dec 1919 23 Mar 1920
DD 317 Wood
Beth (San Fran.)
23 Jan 1919 28 May 1919 28 Jan 1921
DD 318 Shirk
Beth (San Fran.)
13 Feb 1919 20 Jun 1919 5 Feb 1921
DD 319 Kidder
Beth (San Fran.)
5 Mar 1919
9 Sep 1919 15 Oct 1919
ex-Ausburn (20 Feb 1920)
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18 Jan 1919 14 May 1919 30 Dec 1920
10 Jul 1919
7 Feb 1921
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DD 320 Selfridge
Beth (San Fran.) 28 Apr 1919 25 Jul 1919 17 Feb 1921
DD 336 Litchfield
Mare I NYd
DD 321 Marcus
Beth (San Fran.) 20 May 1919 22 Aug 1919 23 Feb 1921
DD 337 Zane
Mare I NYd
15 Jan 1919 12 Aug 1919 15 Feb 1921
DD 338 Wasmuth
Mare I NYd
12 Aug 1919 15 Sep 1920 16 Dec 1921
DD 339 Trever
Mare I NYd
12 Aug 1919 15 Sep 1920 3 Aug 1922
DD 340 Perry
Mare I NYd
15 Sep 1920 29 Oct 1921 7 Aug 1922
DD 341 Decatur
Mare I NYd
15 Sep 1920 29 Oct 1921 9 Aug 1922
DD 342 Hulbert
Norfolk NYd
18 Nov 1918 28 Jun 1919 27 Oct 1920
DD 343 Noa
Norfolk NYd
18 Nov 1918 28 Jun 1919 15 Feb 1921
DD 344 William B. Preston
Norfolk NYd
18 Nov 1918 9 Aug 1919 23 Aug 1920
DD 345 Preble
Bath
12 Apr 1919 8 Mar 1920 19 Mar 1920
DD 346 Sicard
Bath
18 Jun 1919 20 Apr 1920
9 Jun 1920
DD 347 Pruitt
Bath
25 Jun 1919
2 Sep 1920
296 Chauncey: Out of comm 15 Jul 1920–14 Oct 1921. † 297 Fuller: † 298 Percival: † 299 J.F.Burnes: † 300 Farragut: † 301 Somers: † 302 Stoddert: † 303 Reno: † 304 Farquhar: † 305 Thompson: † 306 Kennedy: † 307 Paul Hamilton: † 308 William Jones: † 309 Woodbury: † 310 S.P.Lee: † 311 Nicholas: † 312 Young: † 313 Zeilin: † 314 Yarborough: † 315 La Vallette: † 316 Sloat: † 317 Wood: Went aground in San Francisco Bay, Nov 1921. † 318 Shirk: † 319 Kidder: † 320 Selfridge: † 321 Marcus: †
15 Jan 1919 12 Aug 1919 12 May 1920
2 Aug 1920
322 Mervine: † 323 Chase: † 324 Robert Smith: † 325 Mullany: † 326 Coghlan: † 327 Preston: † 328 Lamson: † 329 Bruce: † 330 Hull: † 331 MacDonough: † 332 Farenholt: †. 333 Sumner: †
No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
334 Corry: †
DD 322 Mervine
Beth (San Fran.) 28 Apr 1919 11 Aug 1919 1 Mar 1921
335 Melvin: †
DD 323 Chase
Beth (San Fran.) 5 May 1919
336 Litchfield: Mediterranean 1922–23. †
DD 324 Robert Smith
Beth (San Fran.) 13 May 1919 19 Sep 1919 17 Mar 1921
DD 325 Mullany
Beth (San Fran.) 3 Jun 1919
DD 326 Coghlan
Beth (San Fran.) 25 Jun 1919 16 Jun 1920 31 Mar 1921
338 Wasmuth: Decomm 26 Jul 1922. †
DD 327 Preston
Beth (San Fran.) 19 Jul 1919
339 Trever: †
DD 328 Lamson
Beth (San Fran.) 13 Aug 1919 1 Sep 1920 19 Apr 1921
340 Perry: †
DD 329 Bruce
Beth (San Fran.) 30 Jul 1919 20 May 1920 29 Sep 1920
341 Decatur: †
DD 330 Hull
Beth (San Fran.) 13 Sep 1920 18 Feb 1921 26 Apr 1921
342 Hulbert: Collided with destroyer Hopkins, Jun 1921. Asiatic Fleet 1921–29.
2 Sep 1919 10 Mar 1921 9 Jul 1920 29 Mar 1921 7 Aug 1920 13 Apr 1921
DD 331 MacDonough Beth (San Fran.) 24 May 1920 15 Dec 1920 30 Apr 1921
337 Zane: Asiatic Fleet 1922–23. Damaged in collision with m/v Tse Kiang in Whangpo River, China, 6 Jun 1922. †
†
DD 332 Farenholt
Beth (San Fran.) 13 Sep 1920 9 Mar 1921 10 May 1921
343 Noa: Asiatic Fleet 1922–29. †
DD 333 Sumner
Beth (San Fran.) 27 Aug 1919
344 William B.Preston: Asiatic Fleet 1922–29. †
DD 334 Corry
Beth (San Fran.) 15 Sep 1920 28 Mar 1921 25 May 1921
346 Sicard: Asiatic Fleet 1922–29. †
DD 335 Melvin
Beth (San Fran.) 15 Sep 1920 11 Apr 1921 31 May 1921
347 Pruitt: Asiatic Fleet 1922–29. †
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27 May 1921
345 Preble: Asiatic Fleet 1922–29. †
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6
Submarines
The idea of a submersible to be used for warfare had long been considered and some primitive attempts were made during the Civil War. Although some efforts were rewarded with success, the boats were fatally unreliable. In 1895 the Navy ordered a submersible from the Holland Torpedo Boat Co. This boat, named Plunger, was a complete failure partly because too much was expected from its small size. It was built in 1896 by the Columbian Iron Works, but it was never accepted by the Navy. The Navy’s first submarine was designed and built by John P. Holland in 1898 and purchased in 1900. This boat, the Holland, was the last in a series of unsuccessful designs which he had been devising for many years. This boat used an internal combustion engine with storage battery and an electric motor. The storage batteries were dangerous with the emission of toxic fumes and caused a number of fatal accidents. There were numerous problems to be overcome for the boat to become a useful weapon. Propulsion when submerged was solved by using electric motors and storage batteries. A means
of using the torpedo as a weapon, both firing and aiming it, was necessary Observation when submerged was solved by use of a periscope. Also important was a means of controlling depth by carefully filling ballast tanks. After purchase of the Holland, the Navy immediately ordered seven boats of similar design (later the “A” class). The following “B” and “C” classes were improved versions. The “D” class were the first seagoing American submarines and the “E” class of 1908 adopted diesel engines and bow planes. In 1911 all submarines were designated by numbers instead of names. In 1907 competitive trials were held between Holland’s Octopus and the experimental boat designed by his rival inventor, Simon Lake. Both types were built thereafter but Holland held a marked edge. Holland’s boats were designed for harbor defense, whereas the Navy wanted coastal defense with a greater range The so-called G class were dissimilar boats of different characteristics to test other designs, one of which, G-4, of the Italian Laurenti type, was a failure. Constant improvements in subma-
Figure 6.1: The submarine S-26 (SS 131) on the Pacific coast. Notice the prominent deck gun. Minesweeper Tern in background. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
Figure 6.2: The submarines O-15, O-13 and O-16 at Santa Cruz del Sur, Cuba, February 2, 1919. O-13 (in center) is casting off with liberty party.
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56 The New Navy, 1883-1922 rine design continued through the succeeding classes built in the following decade. The “L” class, the first with deck guns, and the “K” class served in Europe during the war. A number of German submarines were engaged but no sinkings were recorded. In 1916 the Navy laid down the huge “AA” class of fleet submarines, designed for long range scouting operations with the surface fleet. They proved very unsuccessful with impracticable engines and could dive only to 150 feet. In 1917, the Lake L-8 and the Holland O-1 were built at Portsmouth Navy Yard to familiarize the Navy with building submarines. The result was the “S” class. Three boats, S-1 (Holland), S-2 (Lake) and S-3 (Navy Yard) were built to different plans but having the same military characteristics. The Navy type was superior to that of Lake, and the latter was not used, Lake-built boats being of government design. The Holland-designed S-18 to S-47 were the last privately designed submarines. Six German U-boats were brought to America after the war for experimental use and a study of their design and construction. They were sunk as targets in 1921–22. Submarines were originally given names, but in 1911 all those on the list were renamed with letters and numbers. In 1920, they received the type designation SS and the original hull numbers were used. By an oversight G-1 had received no number and was designated SS 19½. Following the loss of F-1 (submarine 20), G-1 was designated SS 20. The larger fleet type submarines were designated SF for some years.
Plunger Name
combustion engine with storage battery and electric motor in a submarine. This was Holland’s sixth design, after the fifth, Plunger. Service record: Training at Annapolis and Newport, RI. Stricken 21 Nov 1910 and sold, BU.
“A” Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
SS 2
Plunger
Crescent
21 May 1901 1 Feb 1902 19 Sep 1903
SS 3
Adder
Crescent
SS 4
Grampus
Union IW
SS 5
Moccasin
Crescent
8 Nov 1900 20 Aug 1901 17 Jan 1903
SS 6
Pike
Union IW
10 Dec 1900 14 Jan 1903 28 May 1903
SS 7
Porpoise
Crescent
13 Dec 1900 23 Sep 1901 19 Sep 1903
SS 8
Shark
Crescent
11 Jan 1901 19 Oct 1901 19 Sep 1903
3 Oct 1900
22 Jul 1901 12 Jan 1903
10 Dec 1900 31 Jul 1902 28 May 1903
Displacement
107/122 tons
Dimensions
63’9” (oa) x 11’10” x 10’7”
Machinery
1 screw, 4-cyl Otto gasoline engine; electric engine, IHP 160, 8.4 knots / IHP 70, 7 knots
Endurance
Depth 150’
Complement
7
Armament 1–18” TT Notes: Authorized 1900. Holland type, similar to SS 1. Built under subcontract from Holland. A-2, A-4, A-6 and A-7 transported to Manila Bay aboard colliers Caesar and Hector, Jul 1909; A-3 and A-5 on Hector, Feb- Mar 1915. The prototype for this class, Fulton, was built in 1901 by Crescent and sold to Russia in 1904. Others of this type were built for Japan (5), Russia (6), Britain (5) and the Netherlands (1). Service records:
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
23 Jun 1896
7 Aug 1897
never
Plunger
Columbian
Displacement
149/168 tons
Dimensions
85’3” (oa) x 11’6” x 11’
Machinery
2 screws, TE, 1625 HP (surface); 1 screw, electric engine, BHP 70 (submerged); 15/8 knots
Complement
7
Armament
2–18” TT
Plunger: Made dive with President Theodore Roosevelt aboard, 22 Aug 1905. Out of comm 3 Nov 1905 -23 Feb 1907. Decomm 6 Nov 1909. Renamed A-1, 17 Nov 1911. Stricken 24 Feb 1913, Target E. Sold 26 Jan 1922 and BU. Adder: Out of comm 26 Jul 1909–10 Feb 1910. Renamed A-2, 17 Nov 1911. Decomm 12 Dec 1919. Stricken 16 Jan 1922, sunk as target 20 Dec 1921. Grampus: Out of comm 28 Nov 1906–13 Jun 1908, 28 Jun 1912–17 Apr 1915. Renamed A-3, 17 Nov 1911. Decomm 25 Jul 1921. Stricken 16 Jan 1922, sunk as target 20 Dec 1921.
Notes: Authorized 3 Mar 1893. Holland type, impracticable specifications. Crowded hull, excessively hot with insufficient air and unstable. Service record: Not accepted and BU before 1901.
Holland No. SS 1
Name Holland
Builder Crescent
Launched
Comm.
17 May 1897
12 Oct 1900
Displacement
64/74 tons
Dimensions
53’11” (oa) x 10’3” x 8’6”
Machinery
1 screw, Otto gasoline engine, IHP 45, 8 knots (surface); electric motor, HP 50, 5 knots (submerged)
Endurance
200/6; depth 75’
Complement
7
Armament
1-18” TT, 1 dynamite gun
Notes: Designed and built by John P. Holland as a private venture and purchased by the Navy 11 Apr 1900 for $150,000. First use of the internal
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Figure 6.3: The submarine Adder (SS 2), later A-2, tying up with a sister boat following.
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Moccasin: Out of comm 15 Jun 1904–10 Feb 1910. Renamed A-4, 17 Nov 1911. Decomm 12 Dec 1919. Stricken 16 Jan 1922, sunk as target 20 Dec 1921. Pike: Out of comm 28 Nov 1906- 8 Jun 1908. Renamed A-5, 17 Nov 1911. Out of comm 28 Jun 1912–17 Apr 1915. Sunk by explosion at Cavite, 15 Apr 1917; refloated 19 Apr 1917. Decomm 25 Jul 1921. Stricken 16 Jan 1922, sunk as target 20 Dec 1921. Porpoise: Out of comm 21 Apr 1908–20 Nov 1908. Renamed A-6, 17 Nov 1911. Decomm 12 Dec 1919. Stricken 16 Jan 1922, sunk as target 20 Dec 1921. Shark: Out of comm 21 Apr 1908–14 Aug 1908. Renamed A-7, 17 Nov 1911. Crew killed in engine explosion at Cavite (7 dead), 24 Jul 1917. Decomm 12 Dec 1919. Stricken 16 Jan 1922, sunk as target 20 Dec 1921.
“B” Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
SS 10 Viper
Fore River
5 Sep 1905 30 Mar 1907 18 Oct 1907
SS 11 Cuttlefish
Fore River
30 Aug 1905 1 Sep 1906 18 Oct 1907
Fore River
5 Sep 1905 30 Mar 1907 3 Dec 1907
SS 12 Tarantula Displacement
145/173 tons
Dimensions
82’5” (oa) x 12’6” x 10’7”
Machinery
1 screw, gasoline engine, BHP 250, 9 knots; electric motor, HP 150, 5 knots.
Endurance
600 miles
Complement
10
Armament 2–18” TT Notes: Authorized 1904. Enlarged Holland type. Larger conning tower. Built under subcontract from Electric Boat Co. Transported to Philippines aboard colliers Ajax, Dec 1912 and Hector (B-1), Apr 1914. Service records: Viper: Went aground off Delaware breakwater, 24 Oct 1909. Out of comm 30 Nov 1909–15 Apr 1910. Renamed B-1, 17 Nov 1911. Recomm 15 Apr 1915. Decomm 1 Dec 1921. Stricken 16 Jan 1922, sunk as target 20 Dec 1921. Cuttlefish: Out of comm 30 Nov 1909–15 Apr 1910. Renamed B-2, 17 Nov 1911. Out of comm 4 Dec 1912–1 Aug 1913. Decomm 12 Dec 1919. Stricken 16 Jan 1922, sunk as target 20 Dec 1921. Tarantula: Out of comm 30 Nov 1909–15 Apr 1910. Renamed B-3, 17 Nov 1911. Out of comm 4 Dec 1912–2 Sep 1913. Decomm 25 Jul 1921. Stricken 16 Jan 1922, sunk as target 20 Dec 1921.
“C” Class No.
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Octopus
Fore River
3 Aug 1905
4 Oct 1906 30 Jun 1908
SS 13 Stingray
Fore River
4 Mar 1908
8 Apr 1909 23 Nov 1909
SS 14 Tarpon
Fore River
17 Mar 1908 8 Apr 1909 23 Nov 1909
SS 15 Bonita
Fore River
17 Mar 1908 17 Jun 1909 23 Nov 1909
SS 16 Snapper
Fore River
17 Mar 1908 16 Jun 1909
SS 9
Name
Comm.
2 Feb 1910
Displacement
238/275 tons
Dimensions
105’4” (oa) x 13’11” x 10’
Machinery
2 screws, gasoline engines, BHP 500, 10.5 knots; electric motors, HP 300, 9 knots
Endurance
776/8.1; Depth: 200’
Complement
15
Armament
2–18” TT
Notes: Authorized 1904–06. Designed by Lawrence Y. Spear. Holland type. Two screws, first with distinctive Elco stern, two propeller shafts nearly parallel to the axis of the hull, with rudders and stern planes arranged symmetrically around the axis. First seagoing type. Service record: Octopus: Damaged by battery explosion, 1907. Renamed C-1, 17 Nov 1911. Panama 1917–18. In collision with C-4, 26 Oct 1917. Decomm 4 Aug 1919. Stricken 1 Apr 1920, sold 13 Apr 1920. Stingray: Renamed C-2, 17 Nov 1911. Decomm 23 Dec 1919. Stricken 12 Apr 1920, sold 13 Apr 1920. Tarpon: Renamed C-3, 17 Nov 1911. Decomm 23 Dec 1919. Stricken 12 Apr 1920, sold 13 Apr 1920. Bonita: Renamed C-4, 17 Nov 1911. In collision with E-2 at Brooklyn, 9 Mar 1912, and with C-1, 26 Oct 1917. Decomm 15 Aug 1919. Stricken 12 Apr 1920, sold 13 Apr 1920. Snapper: Renamed C-5, 17 Nov 1911. Sank steamer Annie in collision at Norfolk, Va., 12 May 1913. Decomm 23 Dec 1919. Stricken 12 Apr 1920, sold 13 Apr 1920.
“D” Class Builder
Laid Down
Launched
SS 17 Narwhal
No.
Name
Fore River
16 Apr 1908
8 Apr 1909 23 Nov 1909
Comm.
SS 18 Grayling
Fore River
16 Apr 1908 16 Jun 1909 23 Nov 1909
SS 19 Salmon
Fore River
16 Apr 1908 12 Mar 1910 8 Sep 1910
Displacement
288/337 tons
Dimensions
134’10” (oa) x 13’11” x 11’8”
Machinery
2 screws, gasoline engines, BHP 600, 13 knots; electric motors, HP 260, 9.5 knots
Endurance
1179/9.6; Depth 200’
Complement
15
Armament
4–18” TT
Notes: Authorized 1906. Subcontracted by Electric Boat. Hull subdivided internally. Carried two more torpedoes. Re-engined 1918-19. Had raised superstructure over the deck forward and aft. Service records:
Figure 6.4: The submarine Tarantula (SS 12), later B-3, at sea, about 1910.
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Narwhal: Renamed D-1, 17 Nov 1911. Decomm 8 Feb 1922 decomm. Stricken 5 Jun 1922 and sold. Grayling: Renamed D-2, 17 Nov 1911. Sank at dockside at New London, Conn., 14 Sep 1917. Decomm 18 Jan 1922. Stricken 25 Sep 1922 and sold. Salmon: Renamed D-3, 17 Nov 1911. Mexico 1913–14. Decomm 20 Mar 1922. Stricken 31 Jul 1922 and sold.
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“E” Class No.
Name
SS 24 E-1
Builder Fore River
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
22 Dec 1909 27 May 1911 14 Feb 1912
ex-Skipjack (17 Nov 1911) SS 25 E-2
Fore River
22 Dec 1909 11 Jun 1911 14 Feb 1912
ex-Sturgeon (17 Nov 1911) Displacement
287/342 tons
Dimensions
135’3” (oa) x 14’7” x 11’8”
Machinery
2 screws, diesel, HP 700, 13.5 knots; gasoline, HP 600, 11.5 knots
Endurance
2090/10; depth 200’
Complement
20
Armament 4–18” TT Notes: Authorized 1908. Similar to “D” class. First class with diesel motors, bow planes and radio. Service records: E-1: Underwater test ship for Sperry gyrocompass 1912. Azores 1918. Decomm 20 Oct 1921. Sold 19 Apr 1922. E-2: In collision with C-4 at Brooklyn, 9 Mar 1912. Damaged by hydrogen gas explosion at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 15 Jan 1916 (4 killed); reengined. Out of comm 13 Mar 1916–25 Mar 1918. Decomm 20 Oct 1921. Sold 19 Apr 1922.
“F” Class No.
Name
SS 20 F-1
Builder Union IW
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
23 Aug 1909 6 Sep 1911 19 Jun 1912
ex-Carp (17 Nov 1911) SS 21 F-2
Union IW
23 Aug 1909 19 Mar 1912 25 Jun 1912
ex-Barracuda (17 Nov 1911) SS 22 F-3
Moran
17 Aug 1909
6 Jan 1912
5 Aug 1912
6 Jan 1912
3 May 1913
ex-Pickerel (17 Nov 1911) SS 23 F-4
Moran
21 Aug 1909
ex-Skate (17 Nov 1911)
Figure 6.5: The submarine G-1 (SS 19½), the first Navy submarine built by Simon Lake.
Displacement
288/337 tons
Dimensions
161’ (oa) x 13’11” x 11’8”
Machinery
2 screws, gasoline engines, HP 600, 13 knots; electric motors, HP 520, 10 knots
Endurance
3500 miles
Complement
22
Armament 4–18” TT Notes: Authorized 1906. First Lake designed submarine for the Navy. Had deck TT which could be trained; removed 1916. Four gasoline engines; two removed 1916. Had insufficient reserve buoyancy. Made record dive of 256 ft, 25 Mar 1915. Built without official number, assigned 19½ in 1916. Rec SS 20, 17 Jul 1920 following loss of F-1. Service record: Decomm 6 Mar 1920. Sunk as target, 21 Jun 1921 in Narragansett Bay.
G‑2 Class
Displacement
330/400 tons
Dimensions
142’7” (oa) x 15’5” x 12’2”
Machinery
2 screws, diesel, HP 780, 13.5 knots; electric, HP 620, 11.5 knots
Endurance
2500/11 surface. 100/5 submerged; Depth 200’
Complement
22
No.
Name
SS 27 G-2
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Newport News 20 Oct 1909 10 Jan 1912
Comm. 6 Feb 1915
ex-Tuna (17 Nov 1911) SS 31 G-3
Lake
30 Mar 1911 27 Dec 1913 22 Mar 1915
ex-Turbot (17 Nov 1911)
Armament 4–18” TT Notes: Authorized 1908. Holland type. Service records: F-1: Foundered in Monterey Bay, Cal., 11 Oct 1913 (2 dead), refloated. Sunk in collision with F-3 off Point Loma, Cal., 17 Dec 1917 (19 dead). F-2: Decomm 15 Mar 1922. Sold 17 Aug 1922 F-3: Damaged in collision with F-1 off Point Loma, Cal., 17 Dec 1917. Decomm 15 Mar 1922. Sold 17 Aug 1922. F-4: Foundered off Honolulu, 25 Mar 1915 (21 dead). Refloated 29 Aug 1915 and hulk sunk as blockship.
Displacement
375/481 and 393/460 tons respectively
Dimensions
161’ (oa) x 13’1” x 12’6” (G-2: beam 14’4”)
Machinery
2 screws, gasoline engines, HP 1200, 14 knots; electric motors, HP 520, 10.5 knots (G-3: HP 600, 9.5 knots)
Endurance
G-2; 3500 miles
Complement
25
Armament 4–18” TT Notes: Authorized 1908. Contracted by Lake. Both completed by New York NYd after failure of the Lake Company 1913. G-2 had no deck tubes. G-3 had bulges for stability and deck tubes. Service records:
Seal No. SS 19½ G-1
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Newport News 2 Feb 1909
Launched
Comm.
8 Feb 1911 28 Oct 1912
G-2: Decomm 2 Apr 1919. Foundered at moorings in Niantic Bay, Conn., 30 Jul 1919 (3 dead). G-3: Decomm 5 May 1921. Sold 19 Apr 1922 and BU Philadelphia.
ex-Seal (17 Nov 1911)
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Notes: Authorized 1908. Contracted by American-Laurenti Co. Experimental ship, essentially a submersible torpedo boat. Already obsolete by date of completion. Two engines in tandem on each shaft. No deck tubes. Service record: Decomm 5 Sep 1919. Sold 15 Apr 1920. BU New London.
“H” Class No.
Name
SS 28 H-1
Builder Union IW
Laid Down
Launched
22 Mar 1911 6 May 1913
Comm. 1 Dec 1913
ex-Seawolf (17 Nov 1911) SS 29 H-2
Union IW
23 Mar 1911
4 Jun 1913
1 Dec 1913
3 Jul 1913
16 Jan 1914
ex-Nautilus (17 Nov 1911) SS 30 H-3
Moran
3 Apr 1911
ex-Garfish (17 Nov 1911) SS 147 H-4
Puget Sd NYd
12 May 1918 9 Oct 1918 24 Oct 1918
SS 148 H-5
Puget Sd NYd
14 May 1918 24 Sep 1918 30 Sep 1918
SS 149 H-6
Puget Sd NYd
14 May 1918 26 Aug 1918 9 Sep 1918
SS 150 H-7
Puget Sd NYd
15 May 1918 17 Oct 1918 24 Oct 1918
SS 151 H-8
Puget Sd NYd
25 May 1918 14 Nov 1918 18 Nov 1918
SS 152 H-9
Puget Sd NYd
1 Jun 1918 23 Nov 1918 25 Nov 1918
Figure 6.6: The submarine G-3 (SS 31) at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
G‑4 No.
Name
SS 26 G-4
Builder Cramp
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
9 Jul 1910 15 Aug 1912 22 Jan 1914
ex-Thrasher (17 Nov 1911) Displacement
360/457 tons
Dimensions
157’6” (oa) x 17’6” x 10’11”
Machinery
2 screws, gasoline engines, HP 1000, 14 knots; electric motors, HP 440, 9.5 knots
Displacement
358/434 tons
Dimensions
150’3” (oa) x 15’9” x 12’5”
Endurance
2200/8; depth 200’
Machinery
2 screws, diesels BHP 480, electric HP 600
Complement
20
Endurance
2500 miles; Depth 200’
Armament
4–18” TT
Complement
26
Armament 4–21” TT Notes: Authorized 1909 and 1917. Very successful type. Britain ordered 20 boats in 1914; 10 assembled by Vickers in Montreal. Six transferred to Chile. Russia ordered 18 boats to be delivered in knockdown form. H-4 to 9 were built for Russia as AG 17–20, 27–28 and purchased in knocked-down condition at Vancouver, BC, 20 May 1918. H-2 re-engined 1918. First American submarines to carry reload torpedoes.
Figure 6.7: The submarine G-4 (SS 26), an experimental boat, completing at Cramp Shipyard, October 2, 1912. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
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Figure 6.8: The submarine H-1. A successful Holland type. The first submarine to carry reload torpedoes.
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Service records:
Service records:
H-1: Training, Long Island Sound, 1917–18. Wrecked on Point Redondo, Cal. in Magdalena Bay; 12 Mar 1920 (4 dead), pulled off and sank 24 Mar. Stricken 5 Apr 1920, sold 25 Jun 1920. H-2: Training, Long Island Sound, 1917–18. Decomm 23 Oct 1922. † H-3: Went aground near Eureka, Cal., 16 Dec 1916. Salvaged and decomm 4 Feb 1917. Relaunched 20 Apr 1917 in Humboldt Bay and repaired. Damaged by explosion off San Diego, 16 May 1922. Decomm 23 Oct 1922. † H-4: Decomm 25 Oct 1922. † H-5: Decomm 20 Oct 1922. † H-6: Decomm 23 Oct 1922. † H-7: Decomm 23 Oct 1922. † H-8: Decomm 17 Nov 1922. † H-9: Decomm 3 Nov 1922. †
K-1: Azores 1917–18. † K-2: Azores 1917–18. † K-3: † K-4: Sank schooner Cap Rien in collision off Block Island, NY, 29 Aug 1921. † K-5: Azores 1917–18. † K-6: Azores 1917–18. † K-7: † K-8: †
“K” Class No.
Name
SS 32 K-1
Comm.
No.
Name
Builder
SS 41 L-2
Fore River
19 Mar 1914 11 Feb 1915 29 Sep 1916
SS 42 L-3
Fore River
18 Apr 1914 15 Mar 1915 22 Apr 1916
SS 43 L-4
Fore River
23 Mar 1914 3 Apr 1915
SS 44 L-5
Lake
14 May 1914 1 May 1916 17 Feb 1918
SS 45 L-6
Craig (Long Beach) 27 May 1914 31 Aug 1916 7 Dec 1917
Launched
Fore River
20 Feb 1912
3 Sep 1913 17 Mar 1914
SS 46 L-7
Craig (Long Beach)
20 Feb 1912
4 Oct 1913 31 Jan 1914
SS 48 L-8
Portsmouth NYd
15 Jan 1912 14 Mar 1914 30 Oct 1914
SS 49 L-9
Fore River
Union IW
Comm.
13 Apr 1914 20 Jan 1915 11 Apr 1916
ex-Cachalot SS 34 K-3
Launched
Fore River
Laid Down
Fore River
Laid Down
SS 40 L-1
Builder
ex-Haddock SS 33 K-2
“L” Class
2 Jun 1914 28 Sep 1916 24 Feb 1915
4 May 1916
7 Dec 1917
23 Apr 1917 30 Aug 1917
2 Nov 1914 27 Oct 1915 4 Aug 1916
ex-Orca SS 35 K-4
Moran
27 Jan 1912 19 Mar 1914 24 Oct 1914
ex-Walrus SS 36 K-5
Fore River
SS 37 K-6
Fore River
10 Jun 1912 17 Mar 1914 22 Aug 1914 19 Jun 1912 26 Mar 1914 9 Sep 1914
SS 38 K-7
Union IW
10 May 1912 20 Jun 1914
1 Dec 1914
SS 39 K-8
Union IW
10 May 1912 11 Jul 1914
1 Dec 1914
Displacement
392/521 tons
Dimensions
153’6” (oa) x 16’8” x 13’1”
Machinery
2 screws, electric BHP 480, 14 knots / diesels HP 680, 10.5 knots
Endurance
3150/11
Complement
26
Armament 4–18” TT Notes: Authorized 1910–11. Electric Boat design, similar to “H” class with greater endurance.
Figure 6.9: The submarine K-6 (SS 37), December 13, 1916.
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Figure 6.10: The submarine L-6 (SS 45) at Mare Island Navy Yard, April 15, 1918.
Figure 6.11: Five “L” class submarines at Berehaven, Ireland, during 1918. They have “AL” numbers to distinguish them from the British “L” class. Right to left are L-2, L-9, L-1, L-10, and L-11.
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SS 50 L-10
Fore River
17 Feb 1915 16 Mar 1916 2 Aug 1916
Complement
SS 51 L-11
Fore River
17 Feb 1915 16 May 1916 15 Aug 1916
Armament 4–18” TT, 1–3”/23 gun. Notes: Authorized 1912. Experimental, the first submarine with double hull. Ballast tanks were outside pressure hull to permit more space inside. Unstable during surfacing, too small. Engines were unreliable and batteries were replaced immediately on completion.
Displacement
450/548 tons; L-5 to 8: 451/527 tons
Dimensions
168’5” (oa) x 17’5” x 13’7”; SS 44–48: 165’ (oa) x 14’9” x 13’3”
Machinery
2 screws, diesel BHP 900; electric HP 680; L-5 to 8: BHP 1200 / HP 800
Endurance
3150/11
Endurance
200’
Complement
29
Service records: L-1: Azores, Berehaven, 1917–18. Rammed by pilot boat off Delaware Capes, 3 Feb 1921. Decomm 7 Apr 1922. Sold 31 Jul 1922, BU. L-2: Berehaven 1918. † L-3: Berehaven 1918. † L-4: Berehaven 1918. Decomm 14 Apr 1922. Sold 31 Jul 1922, BU. L-5: Decomm 5 Dec 1922. † L-6: Decomm 25 Nov 1922. † L-7: Decomm 15 Nov 1922. † L-8: Decomm 15 Nov 1922. † L-9: Berehaven 1918. † L-10: Berehaven 1918. Decomm 5 May 1922. Sold 31 Jul 1922. BU Philadelphia. L-11: Berehaven 1918. †
“M” Class Name
SS 47
M–1
Service record: Decomm 15 Mar 1922. Sold 25 Sep 1922 and BU Philadelphia.
“N” Class
Armament 4 TT, 1–3”/23 gun (L 2, 3, 9, 11) Notes: Authorized 1912–13. First class with deck guns, chariot bridge. L-5 through L-8 designed by Lake, and had engine problems. During World War I, letter “A” was prefixed to numbers on conning towers to distinguish them from British “L” class. L-3, L-9, and L-11 re-engined with diesels from N–4, N– 7, and N–5, 1923..
No.
28
Builder Fore River
Laid Down 2 Jul 1914
Launched
Comm.
14 Sep 1915 16 Feb 1918
No.
Name
SS 53
N–1
Seattle
Builder
Laid Down
26 Jul 1915 30 Dec 1916 26 Sep 1917
Launched
SS 54
N–2
Seattle
29 Jul 1915 16 Jan 1917 26 Sep 1917
SS 55
N–3
Seattle
31 Jul 1915 21 Feb 1917 26 Sep 1917
Displacement
347/414 tons
Dimensions
147’3” (oa) x 15’9” x 12’5”0
Machinery
2 screws, diesel BHP 480, electric HP 560
Endurance
3500/11
Complement
26
Comm.
Armament 4–18” TT Notes: Authorized 1914. Metal bridge. Harbor defense type. Service records: N–1: † N–2: Went aground off Watch Hill, 18 Mar 1921. † N–3: Damaged by gunfire of British m/v in error off Long Island, 23 Jul 1918. † No.
Name
SS 56
N–4
Lake
Builder
24 Mar 1915 27 Nov 1916 15 Jun 1918
SS 57
N–5
Lake
10 Apr 1915 22 Mar 1917 14 Jun 1918
SS 58
N–6
Lake
15 Apr 1915 21 Apr 1917
9 Jul 1918
SS 59
N–7
Lake
15 Apr 1915 21 Apr 1917
9 Jul 1918
Displacement
340/415 tons
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Displacement
488/676 tons
Dimensions
155’ (oa) x 14’6” x 12’4”
Dimensions
196’3” (oa) x 19’1” x 11’
Machinery
Machinery
2 screws, diesels, BHP 840, 14 knots; electric, HP 680, 10.5 knots
2 screws, diesels, BHP 600, 13 knots; electric, HP 300, 11 knots
Complement
29
Endurance
2400/11
Figure 6.12: The submarine M-1 (SS 47), the first submarine with a double hull.
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Figure 6.13: The submarine N–4 (SS 56) after the war. Notice merchant ships in background.
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Armament 4–18” TT Notes: Engines removed from–4,–5 and–7 for use in ‘L’ class submarines, 1922. Service record: N–4: Decomm 22 Apr 1922. Sold 25 Sep 1922, BU Philadelphia. N–5: Decomm 19 Apr 1922. Sold 25 Sep 1922, BU Philadelphia. N–6: Decomm 16 Feb 1922. Sold 31 Jul 1922, BU Philadelphia. N–7: Decomm 7 Feb 1922. Sold 5 Jun 1922, BU Philadelphia.
“AA” Class No.
Name
SS 52
AA-1
Builder
SS 60
AA-2
Fore River
31 May 1917 6 Sep 1919
SS 61
AA-3
Fore River
21 May 1917 24 May 1919 7 Dec 1920
Fore River
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
21 Jun 1916 25 Jul 1918 30 Jan 1920
ex-Schley (23 Aug 1917) 7 Jan 1922
Figure 6.15: The submarine O-15 (SS 76), at Mare Island Navy Yard, about 1922.
Displacement
1,107/1,482 tons
Dimensions
268’9” (oa) x 22’10” x 14’2”
SS 70
O-9
Fore River
15 Feb 1917 27 Jan 1918 27 Jul 1918
2 screws, diesels, BHP 4000, 20 knots; electric, HP 1350, 10.5 knots
SS 71
O-10
Fore River
27 Feb 1917 21 Feb 1918 17 Aug 1918
Displacement
520/623 tons
Endurance
3000/11 surface; depth 150’
Dimensions
172’4” (oa) x 18’ x 14’5”
Complement
54
Machinery
2 screws, diesel BHP 880, 14 knots / electric HP 740, 10.5 knots
Endurance
4,000/11 surface; 50/5 submerged
Complement
30
Armament
4–18” TT, 1–3”/23
Machinery
Armament 6–21” TT, 2–3”/23 guns (T-1), 1–4”/50 (all) Notes: Authorized 1914–1915. Modified M class, fleet submarines with double hull. Designed for long range scouting operations with surface fleet, but obsolete when completed after the war. Very unsuccessful, impracticable engines, difficult to handle, diving depth reduced. Designed with trainable TT that were removed immediately. Designated SF 1–3, 17 Jul 1920. Service record: AA-1: Renamed T-1, 18 Oct 1920. Decomm 5 Dec 1922. † AA-2: Renamed T-2, 18 Oct 1920. † AA-3: Renamed T-3, 18 Oct 1920. Decomm 11 Nov 1922. †
“O” Class No.
Name
SS 62
O-1
SS 63
O-2
SS 64
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Portsmouth NYd
26 Mar 1917
9 Jul 1918
5 Nov 1918
Puget Sd NYd
27 Jul 1917 24 May 1918 19 Oct 1918
O-3
Fore River
2 Dec 1916 29 Sep 1917 13 Jun 1918
SS 65
O-4
Fore River
SS 66
O-5
Fore River
SS 67
O-6
Fore River
SS 68
O-7
Fore River
SS 69
O-8
Fore River
27 Feb 1917 31 Dec 1917 11 Jul 1918
Name O-11
Lake
Builder
Laid Down
6 Mar 1916 29 Oct 1917 19 Oct 1918
SS 73
O-12
Lake
6 Mar 1916 29 Sep 1917 19 Oct 1918
SS 74
O-13
Lake
6 Mar 1916 28 Dec 1917 27 Nov 1918
SS 75
O-14
California
SS 76
O-15
California
21 Sep 1916 12 Feb 1918 27 Aug 1918
SS 77
O-16
California
7 Oct 1916
6 Jul 1916
Launched
6 May 1918 9 Feb 1918
Comm.
1 Oct 1918 1 Aug 1918
Displacement
485/566 tons
Dimensions
175’ (oa) x 16’3” x 13’10”
Machinery
2 screws, diesel BHP 1000, 14 knots/ electric, HP 840, 11 knots
4 Dec 1916 20 Oct 1917 28 May 1918
Complement
30
5 Dec 1916 11 Nov 1917
6 Dec 1916 25 Nov 1917 12 Jun 1918
Armament 4 TT, 1–3”/23 Notes: Authorized 1915.
14 Feb 1917 16 Dec 1917
Service records:
8 Jun 1918 4 Jul 1918
Figure 6.14: The submarine AA-1 (SS 52), renamed T-1 in 1920. Designed for long-range scouting, the class was unsuccessful and difficult to handle.
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No. SS 72
O-1: † O-2: † O-3: † O-4: Damaged by gunfire of British m/v in error, 24 Jul 1918. † O-5: Damaged by battery explosion, 5 Oct 1918 (2 dead). † O-6: Damaged in error by gunfire of destroyer USS Paul Jones, 7 Aug 1918. † O-7: In collision with m/v Lexington at New York, 6 Oct 1919. Went aground in Long Island Sound off Fisher’s I., 5 Mar 1921. In collision with schooner Virginia Olsen off San Diego, 22 May 1922. † O-8: Went aground in Long Island Sound off Fisher’s I., 5 Mar 1921. † O-9: † O-10: Went aground off Montauk, NY, 1 May 1921. † O-11: † O-12: †
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O-13: Sank armed yacht USS Mary Alice in collision while on trials in Long Island Sound, 5 Oct 1918. † O-14: completed at Mare I NYd. † O-15: completed at Mare I NYd. † O-16: completed at Mare I NYd. In collision with R-15 off Cristobal, Panama, 14 Dec 1918. †
“R” Class Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
SS 92
R-15
Union IW
26 Apr 1917 10 Dec 1917 27 Jul 1918
SS 93
R-16
Union IW
2 May 1917 15 Dec 1917 5 Aug 1918
SS 94
R-17
Union IW
5 May 1917 24 Dec 1917 17 Aug 1918
SS 95
R-18
Union IW
16 Jun 1917
SS 96
R-19
Union IW
23 Jun 1917 28 Jan 1918
SS 97
R-20
Union IW
4 Jun 1917
4 Jan 1918 11 Sep 1918
Displacement
569/680 tons
Dimensions
186’1” (oa) x 18’ x 14’6”
Machinery
2 screws, diesels BHP 880, 12.5 knots / electric HP 934, 9.3 knots
No.
Name
SS 78
R-1
Fore River
SS 79
R-2
Fore River
16 Oct 1917 23 Sep 1918 24 Jan 1919
Endurance
3,700/10 surface; 100/10 submerged
SS 80
R-3
Fore River
11 Dec 1917 18 Jan 1919 17 Apr 1919
Complement
31
SS 81
R-4
Fore River
16 Oct 1917 26 Oct 1918 28 Mar 1919
Armament
4–21” TT, 1–3”/50 gun;
SS 82
R-5
Fore River
16 Oct 1917 24 Nov 1918 15 Apr 1919
SS 83
R-6
Fore River
17 Dec 1917 1 Mar 1919
SS 84
R-7
Fore River
6 Dec 1917
SS 85
R-8
Fore River
4 Mar 1918 17 Apr 1919 21 Jul 1919
SS 86
R-9
Fore River
6 Mar 1918 24 May 1919 30 Jul 1919
SS 87
R-10
Fore River
21 Mar 1918 28 Jun 1919 20 Aug 1919
SS 88
R-11
Fore River
18 Mar 1918 21 Jul 1919
SS 89
R-12
Fore River
28 Mar 1918 15 Aug 1919 23 Sep 1919
SS 90
R-13
Fore River
27 Mar 1918 27 Aug 1919 17 Oct 1919
SS 91
R-14
Fore River
6 Nov 1918 10 Oct 1919 24 Dec 1919
16 Oct 1917 24 Aug 1918 16 Dec 1918
1 May 1919
5 Apr 1919 12 Jun 1919
5 Sep 1919
7 Oct 1918
21 Jan 1918 26 Oct 1918
No.
Name
SS 98
R-21
Lake
Builder
19 Apr 1917 10 Jul 1918 17 Jun 1919
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
SS 99
R-22
Lake
19 Apr 1917 23 Sep 1918 1 Aug 1919
SS 100
R-23
Lake
25 Apr 1917 5 Nov 1918 23 Oct 1919
SS 101
R-24
Lake
9 May 1917 21 Aug 1918 27 Jun 1919
SS 102
R-25
Lake
26 Apr 1917 15 May 1919 23 Oct 1919
SS 103
R-26
Lake
26 Apr 1917 18 Jun 1919 23 Oct 1919
SS 104
R-27
Lake
16 May 1917 23 Sep 1918
3 Sep 1919
Displacement
497/652 tons
Dimensions
175’ (oa) x 16’7” x 13’11”
Machinery
2 screws, diesels BHP 1000, 14 knots / electric HP 800, 11 knots
Endurance
3,523/11 surface; 100/10 submerged
Complement
26
Armament 4–18” TT. Notes: Authorized 1916. Enlarged “O” class. First with 21-inch torpedo tubes. Service records:
Figure 6.16: The submarine R-2 (SS 79) in 1925.
Figure 6.17: The submarine R-24 (SS 101), September 22, 1922. Notice laidup ships at right.
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R-1: † R-2: † R-3: † R-4: † R-5: † R-6: Sank alongside dock at San Pedro, Cal., 26 Sep 1922 (2 dead); refloated 13 Oct. † R-7: † R-8: † R-9: † R-10: † R-11: † R-12: † R-13: † R-14: † R-15: In collision with O-16 off Cristobal, Panama, 14 Dec 1918. † R-16: † R-17: † R-18: † R-19: † R-20: † R-21: † R-22: † R-23: † R-24: † R-25: † R-26: † R-27: †
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“S” Classes
Machinery
General notes: Double hull type. Three comparative types, S-1 designed by Electric Boat, S-2 by Lake and S-3 by the Navy. Lake designs (SS 119-122, 159162) were redesigned to Navy design.
2 screws, diesels, BHP 1200, 13 knots; electric, HP 1500, 9 knots
Endurance
3,420/6.5
Complement
38
No.
Name
SS 105
S-1
Fore River
Builder
11 Dec 1917 26 Oct 1918
Laid Down
Launched
5 Jun 1920
Comm.
SS 123
S-18
Fore River
15 Aug 1918 29 Apr 1920
3 Apr 1924
SS 124
S-19
Fore River
15 Aug 1918 21 Jun 1920 24 Aug 1921
SS 125
S-20
Fore River
16 Aug 1918
SS 126
S-21
Fore River
19 Dec 1918 18 Aug 1920 24 Aug 1921
SS 127
S-22
Fore River
6 Jan 1919
SS 128
S-23
Fore River
18 Jan 1919 27 Oct 1920 30 Oct 1923
SS 129
S-24
Fore River
1 Nov 1918 27 Jun 1922 24 Aug 1923
SS 130
S-25
Fore River
26 Oct 1918 29 May 1922
SS 131
S-26
Fore River
7 Nov 1918 22 Aug 1922 15 Oct 1923
SS 132
S-27
Fore River
11 Apr 1919 18 Oct 1922 22 Jan 1924
SS 133
S-28
Fore River
16 Apr 1919 20 Sep 1922 13 Dec 1923
SS 134
S-29
Fore River
17 Apr 1919 9 Nov 1922 22 May 1924
SS 135
S-30
Union IW
1 Apr 1918 21 Nov 1918 29 Oct 1920
SS 136
S-31
Union IW
13 Apr 1918 28 Dec 1918 11 May 1922
SS 137
S-32
Union IW
12 Apr 1918 11 Jan 1919 15 Jun 1922
SS 138
S-33
Union IW
14 Jun 1918
SS 139
S-34
Union IW
28 May 1918 13 Feb 1919 12 Jul 1922
SS 140
S-35
Union IW
14 Jun 1918 27 Feb 1919 17 Aug 1922
SS 141
S-36
Union IW
10 Dec 1918
SS 142
S-37
Union IW
12 Dec 1918 20 Jun 1919 16 Jul 1923
SS 143
S-38
Union IW
15 Jan 1919 17 Jun 1919 11 May 1923
SS 144
S-39
Union IW
14 Jan 1919
2 Jul 1919
SS 145
S-40
Union IW
5 Mar 1919
5 Jan 1921 20 Nov 1923
SS 146
S-41
Union IW
17 Apr 1919 21 Feb 1921 15 Jan 1924
9 Jun 1920 22 Nov 1922 15 Jul 1920 23 Jun 1924
9 Jul 1923
5 Dec 1918 18 Apr 1922
3 Jun 1919
Displacement
930/1,094 tons (S-1: 854/1,062 tons)
Dimensions
219’3” (oa) 211’ (wl) x 20’8” x 15’11”
4 Apr 1923
14 Sep 1923
Armament 4–21” TT, 1–4”/50 gun Notes: Many including S-30 to S-35 were decommissioned after completion and returned to builders for modifications to engines’ crankshafts, while completion of others was delayed. Service records: S-1: † S-18: † S-19: Decomm 8 Mar 1922. † S-20: † S-21: Decomm 31 Mar 1922. † S-22: † S-23: † S-24: † S-25: † S-26: † S-27: † S-28: † S-29: † S-30: Out of comm 15 Aug 1921–21 Nov 1923, re-engined. † S-31: Out of comm 4 Oct 1922- 8 Mar 1923, re-engined † S-32: Out of comm 25 Sep 1922–21 Feb 1923, re-engined. † S-33: Out of comm 15 Jun 1922–21 Dec 1922, re-engined. † S-34: Out of comm 25 Oct 1922–23 Apr 1923, re-engined. † S-35: Out of comm 25 Oct 1922–7 May 1923, re-engined. † S-36: † S-37: † S-38: † S-39: † S-40: † S-41: † No.
Name
SS 106 S-2
Builder Lake
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
30 Jul 1917 15 Feb 1919 25 May 1920
Displacement
800/977 tons
Dimensions
207’ (oa) x 19’7” x 16’2”
Machinery
2 screws, diesels, BHP 1800, 15 knots; electric, HP 1200, 11 knots
Complement
38
Armament 4–21,” 1–4” Notes: Lake type, one of three built for performance comparison. A flawed design, slow diver. Discontinued in favor of the Navy design Service record: Asiatic Fleet 1921–29. †
Figure 6.18: The submarine S-22 (SS 127). Notice diving bell on deck.
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No.
Name
SS 107
S-3
Portsmouth NYd
Builder
29 Aug 1917 21 Dec 1918 30 Jan 1919
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
SS 109
S-4
Portsmouth NYd
4 Dec 1917 27 Aug 1919 19 Nov 1919
SS 110
S-5
Portsmouth NYd
5 Dec 1917 10 Nov 1919 6 Mar 1920
SS 111
S-6
Portsmouth NYd
29 Jan 1918 23 Dec 1919 17 May 1920
SS 112
S-7
Portsmouth NYd
29 Jan 1918
5 Feb 1920
1 Jul 1920
SS 113
S-8
Portsmouth NYd
9 Nov 1918 21 Apr 1920
1 Oct 1920
SS 114
S-9
Portsmouth NYd
20 Jan 1919 17 Jun 1920 21 Feb 1921
SS 115
S-10
Portsmouth NYd
11 Sep 1919
SS 116
S-11
Portsmouth NYd
2 Dec 1919
7 Feb 1921 11 Jan 1923
SS 117
S-12
Portsmouth NYd
8 Jan 1920
4 Aug 1921 30 Apr 1923
SS 118
S-13
Portsmouth NYd
9 Dec 1920 21 Sep 1922
14 Feb 1920 20 Oct 1921 14 Jul 1923
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Figure 6.19: The submarine S-13 (SS 118) entering San Francisco Bay.
SS 119
S-14
Lake
7 Dec 1917 22 Oct 1919 11 Feb 1921
SS 120
S-15
Lake
13 Dec 1917 8 Mar 1920 15 Jan 1921
SS 121
S-16
Lake
19 Mar 1918 23 Dec 1919 17 Dec 1920
SS 122
S-17
Lake
19 Mar 1918 22 May 1920 1 Mar 1921
Displacement
930/1138 tons
Dimensions
231’ (oa/wl) x 21’10” x 13’1”
Machinery
2 screws, diesels, BHP 2000, 15 knots; electric, HP 1200, 11 knots
Complement
38
Armament 4–21” TT, 1–4”/50 gun. (S 10–13: 5–21”TT) Notes: Navy design. Slow divers. S-4 to 9 and 14 to 17 were more subdivided internally. S-10 to 13 were redesigned with one stern tube. Service record: S-3: Asiatic Fleet 1921–23. † S-4: Asiatic Fleet 1921–24. † S-5: Foundered on trials off Delaware Capes, 1 Sep 1920 (all rescued). S-6: Asiatic Fleet 1921–24. † S-7: Asiatic Fleet 1921–24. † S-8: Asiatic Fleet 1921–24. † S-9: Asiatic Fleet 1921–24. † S-10: † S-11: † S-12: † S-13: † S-14: Asiatic Fleet 1921–24. † S-15: Asiatic Fleet 1921–24. † S-16: Asiatic Fleet 1921–24. † S-17: Asiatic Fleet 1921–24. † No.
Name
SS 153
S-42
Beth (Quincy)
Builder
16 Dec 1920 30 Apr 1923 20 Nov 1924
Laid Down
Launched
SS 154
S-43
Beth (Quincy)
13 Dec 1920 31 Mar 1923 31 Dec 1924
SS 155
S-44
Beth (Quincy)
19 Feb 1921 27 Oct 1923 16 Feb 1925
SS 156
S-45
Beth (Quincy)
29 Dec 1920 26 Jun 1923 31 Mar 1925
SS 157
S-46
Beth (Quincy)
23 Feb 1921 11 Sep 1923
SS 158
26 Feb 1921
Armament 4–21”TT, 1–4”/50 gun Notes: S-42 to S-57 (SS 153–168) ordered 1 Aug 1918 to design of S-18, but ten were canceled 4 Dec 1918. SS 153–158 were reordered 1 Jul 1919 to an improved design. Heaviest and considered the best of the S classes. Service records: S-42: † S-43: † S-44: † S-45: † S-46: † S-47: † No.
Name
SS 159
S-48
Lake
SS 160
S-49
Lake
22 Oct 1920 23 Apr 1921
SS 161
S-50
Lake
15 Mar 1920 18 Jun 1921 20 May 1922
SS 162
S-51
Lake
22 Dec 1919 20 Aug 1921 24 Jun 1922
Displacement
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
22 Oct 1920 26 Feb 1921 14 Oct 1922 5 Jun 1922
903/1,230 tons;
Comm.
5 Jun 1925
S-47
Beth (Quincy)
Displacement
963/1,135 tons
Dimensions
216’ (wl) 225’3” (oa) x 20’8” x 16’
Machinery
2 screws, diesels, BHP 1200, 14.5 knots; electric, HP 1200, 11 knots
Endurance
2,510/6.5
Complement
38
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Figure 6.20: The submarine S-45 (SS 156), later “S” class, in March 1925.
5 Jan 1924 16 Sep 1925
Figure 6.21: The submarine S-48 (SS 159), largest of the “S” class, off Portsmouth in April 1929.
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Dimensions
240’ (oa) 21’11” x 13’6” Machinery 2 screws, diesels, BHP 1800, 14.5 knots; electric, HP 1500, 11 knots
Complement
38
Armament
5–21”TT, 1–4”/50 gun.
Notes: S-58 to S-65 (SS 169–173) were ordered from Lake on 1 Aug 1918, but four were canceled 4 Dec 1918. Others reordered as S-48 to S-51, 23 Jul 1919. Similar to S-14 type with more powerful engines. Service records: S-48: Foundered during builder’s trials, 7 Dec 1921 (all saved); refloated. †
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S-49: † S-50: † S-51: † SS 108 (unnamed), never built; was to be about 150 tons and to have Neff propulsion, one system for both surface and submerged travel, designed to eliminate storage batteries.
The surrendered German submarines U-111, U-117, U-140, UB-88, UB-148 and UC-97 were allocated to the United States and brought to America in 1919. After tests they were used as targets in 1921–22, UC-97 in Lake Michigan.
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7
Patrol Vessels
Along with the battleships and cruisers of the “New Navy,” smaller warships were also built. Some of these were designated gunboats but designed as small cruisers. In 1893, light-draft gunboats were authorized for river service and these proved very useful in China. A number of gunboats captured during the Spanish-American War or salvaged thereafter were put into service without change of name. They proved useful in fighting the insurrection in the Philippines and as river gunboats in China. During that war, a number of large yachts were taken into service and armed, and some of these remained on the Navy list for many years. In 1917, the Navy had seventeen gunboats in active service and some of the yachts. The yacht Scorpion was station ship at Constantinople and was interned there during the war. A large number of yachts of various sizes were acquired for patrol duties and some of these were sent to France for anti-submarine use. Also acquired were scores of small yachts, fishing boats, tugs, and other vessels for use as coastal and harbor patrol, minesweeping, and similar duties. These were designated Section Patrols and given numbers prefixed with “SP.” Two special types of patrol vessels came into service with the war. Four hundred forty-eight submarine chasers were built for antisubmarine warfare in coastal waters, but many crossed the Atlantic to serve in Britain, France and the Adriatic. One hundred were transferred to France on completion. Henry Ford built Eagle Boats, of which 60 out of 112 ordered were built. These were designed for mass production and built by Ford at Detroit. None was completed in time to get into the war.
Displacement
1,710 tons, 1,920 f/1
Dimensions
244’5” (oa) 230’ (wl) x 36’ x 14’
Machinery
2 screws, HTE, 4 cyl. boilers, IHP 3,300, 16 knots; (1918) Yorktown: 4 locomotive boilers
Endurance
3443/10
Complement
195
Armament
6–6,” 2–6 pdr, 2–3 pdr 2–1 pdr guns; (1910) 6–6,” 4–3 pdr; (1918) Yorktown: 6–5”/40, 4–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr.
Armor 3/8” deck Notes: Authorized 1885 and 1887. Three-mast schooner rig, steel hull. Designed as small cruisers. Service records: 1 Yorktown: Cruise to Europe 1890. Protected American interests at Valparaiso, Chile, Dec 1891-Jan 1892. Anti-sealing patrol, Alaska, 1891 and 1894. Asiatic Stn 1894–97, 1899–1903. Out of comm 8 Dec 1897–17 Nov 1898. Philippine campaign 1899–1902. Landing force at Taku, Boxer Rebellion 1900. Out of comm 17 Jun 1903–1 Oct 1906. Out of comm 15 Jul 1912–1 Apr 1913, modernized. Coastal escort 1918. Decomm 12 Jun 1919. Stricken 30 Sep 1921 and BU Oakland, Cal. 2 Concord: Asiatic Stn 1893–96, 1898–1901, 1905–09. Out of comm 27 May 1896–22 May 1897. Manila Bay. Bombardment and capture of Manila, 13 Aug 1898. Philippine campaign 1899–1901. Out of comm 26 Feb
Gunboats Yorktown Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
PG 1 Yorktown
Cramp
PG 3 Concord
Palmer
May 1888
8 Mar 1890 14 Feb 1891
PG 4 Bennington
Palmer
Jun 1888
3 Jun 1890
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14 May 1887 28 Apr 1888 23 Apr 1889 20 Jun 1891
Figure 7.1: Three ships of the Yangtze Patrol at Hangchow, China, in the 1920s, Isabel (PY 10), Villalobos (PG 42) and Elcano (PG 38). (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
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Figure 7.4: The gunboat Petrel (PG 2), about 1891.
Figure 7.2: The gunboat Yorktown (PG 1) in 1891. Actually a small cruiser, she was involved in an international incident at Valparaiso, Chile, in December 1891.
Complement
122; (1910) 138
Armament
4–6,” 2–3 pdr, 1–1 pdr guns; (1918) 4–4”/40, 2–3 pdr.
Armor †” deck Notes: Authorized 1885. Barkentine rig. Small slow cruiser. Failed to reach designed speed. Service record: Asiatic Stn 1891–1911. Battle of Manila Bay 1898. Bombardment and capture of Manila, 13 Aug 1898. Philippine campaign 1899. Out of comm 1899–9 May 1910. Mexican Intervention 1914. Station ship Guantánamo 1916. Recomm 22 Jan 1918. Decomm 15 Jul 1919. Stricken 16 Apr 1920. Sold 1 Nov 1920.
Bancroft No. --
Figure 7.3: The gunboat Yorktown (PG 1), following refit, with two pole masts probably about 1907.
Name Bancroft
Builder S.L. Moore
Laid Down Feb 1891
Launched
Comm.
30 Apr 1892 3 Mar 1893
Displacement
839 tons, 943 f/1
Dimensions
187’6” (wl) x 32’ x 12’2”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 2 cyl. boilers, IHP 1,200, 14.3 knots
Endurance
2870/10
Complement
123
Armament
4–4”/40, 2–6 pdr, 2–3 pdr guns, 1 TT; (1903) 4–4,” 8–3 pdr
1902–15 Jun 1903 and 25 Aug 1904–16 Sep 1905. Decomm 4 Nov 1909. Washington Naval Militia 1910–14. To Public Health Service, quarantine vessel, Astoria, Ore., 15 Jun 1914–22 Apr 1915. Stricken 31 Dec 1915. Returned 19 Mar 1929. Sold 28 Jun 1929. 4 Bennington: Pacific Stn 1894–1901. Philippine campaign 1899–1901. Out of comm 5 Sep 1901–2 Mar 1903. Wrecked by boiler explosion at San Diego, 21 Jul 1905 (62 killed), not repaired. Decomm 31 Oct 1905. Stricken 10 Sep 1910, Sold 14 Nov 1910.
Petrel No.
Name
PG 2 Petrel
Builder Columbian
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
27 Aug 1887 13 Oct 1888 10 Dec 1889
Displacement
892 tons, 956 f/1
Dimensions
188’ (oa) 181’4” (bp) 176’3” (wl) x 31’ x 11’
Machinery
1 screw, horizontal compound, 2 S/E cyl.boilers, IHP 1,095, 11.8 knots
Endurance
3254/10
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Figure 7.5: The USS Bancroft, 1893, a practice cruiser built for training cadets of the Naval Academy. Transferred to the Revenue Service in 1906.
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Submarine tender, 1908, disarmed, 1–18” TT. Damaged by collision with submerged submarine C-4 at Provincetown, Mass., 10 Jul 1910. Out of comm 23 Oct 1913–22 Apr 1914. Haiti 1915. Santo Domingo 1916. Gibraltar 1917–18. Decomm 28 Aug 1919. Sold 5 Aug 1921. Ships captured: sloop Paquette, 25 Apr 1898; Ambrosio Bolivar, 26 Apr 1898; Guido 17 Apr 1898; armed str Alfonso XII, 5 Jul 1898. Later history: merchant Castine. Foundered at Southwest Pass, La., 11 Dec 1924.
Nashville No.
Name
Builder
PG 7 Nashville
Newport News
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
9 Aug 1894 19 Oct 1895 19 Aug 1897
Displacement
1,190 tons, 1,720 f/1; (1910) 1,371 tons, 1,620 f/1
Dimensions
233’8” (oa) 220’ (wl) x 38’1” x 11’
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 2 Scotch & 4 Yarrow boilers, IHP 2,500, 16.3 knots
Figure 7.6: The gunboat Machias (PG 5) on July 4, 1908, at New Haven, Connecticut. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
(1910) Mosher boilers; (1918) 6 Bureau mod. Thornycroft boilers Endurance
3315/10
Complement
176; (1918) 194
Armament
8–4”/40, 4–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns
Armor ¼” deck Notes: Authorized 1888. Three-mast schooner rig, later reduced to two. Naval Academy practice ship.
Armor †” deck Notes: Authorized 1893. Light-draft gunboat, designed for river service. Twomast schooner rig, flush deck.
Service record: E. Mediterranean 1896–97. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Out of comm 30 Sep 1898–14 Aug 1900 and 25 May 1901- 6 Oct 1902. Transferred to Revenue Cutter Service, 30 Jun 1906, renamed Itasca (see p. 206).
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Attack on Cienfuegos, 11 May 1898. Philippine campaign 1899–1901. Boxer Rebellion 1900. Mediterranean 1901– 02. Out of comm 30 Jun 1904–8 Aug 1905. Damaged in collision with destroyer Lawrence, 29 May 1904. Out of comm 23 Jul 1906–29 Apr 1909. Illinois Naval Militia 1909–11. Ran aground at Norfolk, Va., 22 Oct 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Haiti 1915. Gibraltar 1917–18. Decomm 29 Oct 1918. Sold 20 Oct 1921.
Ships captured: schr Nipe, 29 Jul 1898; schr Lalahula (Nor) 2 Aug 1898, sail Carrista, Josephine, Jose Pilari, Principe, 4 Aug 1898.
Machias Class No.
Name
PG 5 Machias PG 6 Castine
Laid Down
Launched
Bath
Builder
12 Feb 1891
8 Dec 1891 20 Jul 1893
Comm.
Bath
19 Feb 1891 11 May 1892 22 Oct 1894
Ships captured: Buena Ventura, 22 Apr 1898; Argonauta, 29 Apr 1898; schr Expresso de Gibara, 26 Jul 1898. Later history: merchant barge Richmond Cedar Works No. 4. BU 1957.
Wilmington Class
Displacement
1,177 tons, 1,318 f/1
Dimensions
(1894) 212’4” (oa) 204’ (wl) x 32’1” x 12’
No.
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, Machias: 2 locomotive; Castine: Normand boilers, IHP 2,200, 16 knots
PG 8 Wilmington
Newport News
PG 9 Helena
Newport News 11 Oct 1894 30 Jan 1896
Machias: (1918) 2 S.W. boilers Endurance
3480/10
Complement
151
Armament
8–4,” 4–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns; Machias: (1918) 4–4”/40, 2–3 pdr; Castine: (1918) 2–4”/40, 6–6 pdr.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
8 Oct 1894 19 Oct 1895 13 May 1897
Displacement
1,392 tons, 1,571 f/1
Dimensions
251’10” (oa) 250’9 (wl) x 40’1” x 9’
8 Jul 1897
Armor †” deck Notes: Authorized 1889. Two-mast schooner rig. Deficient in stability as first built, lengthened 14’ amidships after trials, armor removed. Service record: 5 Machias: Asiatic Stn 1895–97. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Out of comm 14 Aug 1900–24 Jul 1901 and 14 May 1904–27 Apr 1914. Sunk in hurricane at Pensacola, 27 Sep 1906. Connecticut Naval Militia 1908–14. Mexican Intervention 1914. Santo Domingo 1916. Gibraltar 1917–18. Decomm 3 Oct 1919. Stricken 29 Oct 1920 stricken, sold to Mexico. Ships captured: Ambrosio Bolivar, 26 Apr 1898; Guido, 17 Apr 1898; Mascota, 30 Apr 1898. Later history: Renamed Agua Prieta. R35. 6 Castine: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Philippine campaign 1899–1901. Out of comm 8 Oct 1901–12 Nov 1902 and 23 Sep 1905- 4 Oct 1908.
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Figure 7.7: The gunboat Nashville (PG 7) during the 1900s.
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Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 6 S/E Scotch boilers, IHP 1,800, 15 knots; (1910) Hohenstein boilers; (1918) Helena: 4 Bureau mod. Thornycroft boilers; Wilmington: 4 B&W
Endurance
2370/10
Complement
175
Armament
8–4”/40, 4–6 pdr, 4–1 pdr guns; (1918) 3pdr rep1.6pdr
Armor †” deck Notes: Authorized 1893. Light-draft gunboats, one military mast. Designed for China river service with space to carry troops or refugees. Height of funnel reduced 1923. Originally to be named Penguin and Porpoise. Service records: 8 Wilmington: Cuba 1898. Attack on Cardenas, 11 May 1898. Bombardment of Manzanillo, 18 Jul 1898. Cruised up Amazon River to the Peruvian border, 1899. Repaired at Buenos Aires 1899–1900, new propeller shafts installed at Montevideo, Mar 1900. Philippine campaign 1901. China 1901–17, 1919–22. Out of comm 30 Jun 1904–2 Apr 1906. Recomm 1 Jul 1911. † Ships captured: schr Candita, 24 Apr 1898; schr Sol, 25 Apr 1898; sail Anita, Don Francesco Gandon, 27 Apr 1898. 9 Helena: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of Manzanillo, 18 Jul 1898. Asiatic Stn 1899–1932. Philippine campaign 1899–1900. Out of comm 19 Apr 1905–16 Jul 1906, 27 May 1916–15 Aug 1917 and 10 Aug 1921– 10 Jul 1922. † Ships captured: Miguel Jover, 23 Apr 1898; schr 4 de Setiembre, 27 Apr 1898; Manati, 29 Jul 1898.
Annapolis Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
PG 10 Annapolis
Nixon
18 Apr 1896 23 Dec 1896 20 Jul 1897
PG 11 Vicksburg
Bath
Mar 1896
5 Dec 1896 23 Oct 1897
PG 12 Newport
Bath
Mar 1896
5 Dec 1896
PG 13 Princeton
Dialogue
May 1896
3 Jun 1897 27 May 1898
5 Oct 1897
Displacement
1,010 tons, 1,153 f/1
Dimensions
203’6” (oa) 168’ (wl) x 36’ x 12’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 3 S/E cyl. boilers, IHP 1,000, 13 knots (Annapolis: 2 B&W boilers)
Endurance
4900–5245/10
Complement
135; (1918) 156
Armament
6–4”/40, 4–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns
Figure 7.9: The gunboat Annapolis (PG 10), 1890, at New York. Newport (1918) 1–4”/40, 2–3”/50, 2–6 pdr; Vicksburg: as Annapolis no 6 pdr; Princeton: none Armor none Notes: Authorized 1895. Composite hulls, barkentine rig, single funnel. Service records: 10 Annapolis: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Action at Nipe Bay, 21 Jul 1898. Out of comm 5 Sep 1899–14 Nov 1900. Asiatic Stn 1901–04. Philippine campaign 1901–03. Out of comm Aug 1904–25 Mar 1907 and 16 Dec 1911–1 May 1912. Station ship, Samoa, 1907–11. Nicaragua 1912. Mexican Intervention 1914. Decomm 1 Jul 1919. Training ship, state of Pennsylvania, 1 Apr 1920. Unclassified, IX 1, 1 Jul 1921. † 11 Vicksburg: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Out of comm 24 May 1899–15 May 1900. Asiatic Stn, 1901–04. Philippine campaign, 1901–02. Out of comm 15 Jul 1904–17 May 1909. Washington Naval Militia 1912–17. Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 29 Jun 1914–13 Apr 1917. Patrolled US west coast. Decomm 16 Oct 1919. TS, Washington State. To USCG, 2 May 1921. Ships captured: schr Oriente, 5 May 1898; schr Fernandito, 7 May 1898; Amapala, 24 Jun 1898; schr Alexander Agassiz, off Viejo Bay, Mexico, 17 Mar 1918 (later returned). Later history: USCG Alexander Hamilton. Renamed Beta, 1936. Sold 1946, BU. 12 Newport: Out of comm 7 Sep 1898–1 May 1900 and 1 Dec 1902–18 May 1903. Decomm 17 Nov 1906. NY Naval Militia, 1907–1931. Unclassified, IX 19, 1 Jul 1921. † Ships captured: schr Engracia, 28 Apr 1898; schr Poder de Dios, 7 May 1898; schr Severito, Bratsberg, 8 May 1898. 13 Princeton: Asiatic Stn 1899–1903. Philippine campaign. Out of comm 12 Jun 1903–12 May 1905, 3 Jul 1907–5 Nov 1909. Nicaragua 1909–11. Station ship, Tutuila, 1911–15. Arrived at Samoa in sinking condition after striking a rock, 23 Jun 1914. Out of comm Sep 1915–16 Jan 1918. Training ship, Seattle, 1918–19. Decomm 25 Apr 1919. Stricken 22 Jul 1919, sold 13 Nov 1919, BU Seattle.
Wheeling Class No.
Name
PG 14 Wheeling PG 15 Marietta
Figure 7.8: The gunboat Wilmington (PG 8), built for China service.
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Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Union IW
11 Apr 1896 18 Mar 1897 10 Aug 1897
Union IW
13 Apr 1896 18 Mar 1897 1 Sep 1897
Displacement
1,000 tons, 1,170 f/1
Dimensions
189’7” (oa) 174’ (wl) x 34’ x 12’
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 2 S/E Scotch boilers, IHP 1,000, 12.8 knots; (1918) Marietta: 2 B&W boilers
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Endurance
3874/10
Displacement 2,300 tons, 2,390 f/1
Complement
140; (1918) 175
Dimensions
250’ (wl) x 35’x 17’9”
Armament
6–4,” 4–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns; (1918) 4–4”/40, 2–3pdr, 2–1 pdr
Machinery
2 screws, horizontal compound, 4 D/E & 2 S/E cyl.boilers, IHP 2,000, 16 knots
Armor none Notes: Authorized 1895. Composite hulls, two-mast schooner rig, no sails, single funnel. Service records: 14 Wheeling: Asiatic Stn 1899–1900. China 1899–1900. Philippine campaign 1899–1900. Boxer Rebellion. 1900. Station ship Samoa 1903–04. Out of comm 1 Jul 1904–3 May 1910 and 18 Apr 1911–1 Jul 1911. Mexican Intervention 1914. Out of comm 18 Oct 1916–17 Feb 1917. Azores and Gibraltar 1917–18. Damaged by hurricane and forced to return to port, Aug 1917. Decomm 18 Oct 1919. Naval reserve training, 1920– 41. Unclassified, IX 28, 1 Jul 1921. † 15 Marietta: Voyage around Cape Horn with USS Oregon, 1898. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Philippine campaign 1900–01. Out of comm 6 May 1903– 11 Feb 1904, 21 Jan 1905–14 May 1906 and Nov 1911–29 May 1912. New Jersey Naval Militia, May 1912-May 1914. Mexican Intervention 1914. Haiti 1915. Recomm 18 Apr 1917. Europe 1918. Decomm 12 Jul 1919. Sold 25 Mar 1920.
Topeka No. --
Name Topeka
Builder Howaldt
Launched 1881
Acquired
Comm.
2 Apr 1898
2 Apr 1898
ex-Diogenes
(1917) De Laval turbines, 2 Ward boilers, HP 2,000 Endurance
3800/10
Complement
152
Armament
6–4,” 6–3pdr, 2–1 pdr guns
Armor none Notes: Iron hull, purchased 2 Apr 1898. One of two ships built as brigs for Portugal but never taken over and laid up in Thames River. Sister sold to Peru as Socrates. Schooner rig 1898. Commissioned in England, followed by 2month overhaul in New York. Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Action at Bahia de Nipe, 21 Jul 1898. Out of comm 15 Feb 1899–15 Aug 1900 and 7 Sep 1905–14 Jun 1916, 14 Sep 1916–24 Mar 1919. Station ship and prison ship, Portsmouth, NH 1905–16. Training ship Portsmouth, 1916–19. In comm 24 Mar-21 Nov 1919. Designated PG 35. Unclassified, 1 Jul 1921. † Ship captured: sloop Domingo Aurelio, 17 Jul 1898.
Captured Spanish Vessels Don Juan De Austria No. --
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Don Juan de Cartagena 1886 Austria
Launched
Comm.
23 Jan 1887 11 Apr 1900
Displacement 1,130 tons Dimensions
215’6” (oa) 210’ (wl) x 32’ x 12’6”
Machinery
1 screw, compound horizontal back acting, IHP 1,500, 14 knots; (1918) 4 SW boilers
Complement 129; (1910) 153 Armament
4–5,” 4–6 pdr guns; (1910) 6–3,” 4–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr; (1918) 4– 4”/40, 2–1 pdr Notes: Sunk at Manila Bay, 1 May 1898, raised and repaired at Hong Kong. Barkentine rig, iron hull. Rerigged as two-mast schooner, 1910. Service record: Philippine campaign 1900–03. Out of comm 5 May 1904–10 Dec 1905, refit at Portsmouth, and 7 Mar 1907–6 Apr 1917. Michigan Naval Militia, 1907–17. Decomm 18 Jun 1919. Stricken 23 Jul 1919, sold 16 Oct 1919. Later history: merchant Dewey. abandoned 1927.
Figure 7.10: The gunboat Marietta (PG 15) in dazzle camouflage during the war, in Europe, 1918.
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Figure 7.11: The gunboat Topeka in 1904. She was purchased in Europe in 1898.
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Figure 7.12: The USS Don Juan de Austria, a gunboat captured from Spain in 1898. Probably during her service on the Great Lakes.
Figure 7.13: The gunboat Isla de Cuba, probably during her service in the Philippines. Isla de Luzon had two thin funnels. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
Isla De Cuba Class Dimensions
165’6” (oa) 157’11” (wl) x 26’ x 10’
Machinery
2 screws, vertical compound, 2 S/E Scotch boilers, IHP 600, 11 knots
1,125 tons; (1918) Luzon. 1,030 tons
Complement
101
196’9” (oa) 192’10” (wl) x 30’ x 12’3”
Armament
4–4,” 4–6 pdr guns; (1918) 4–4”/40, 4–3 pdr
Luzon: 192’8” x 30’1” x 11’6”
Notes: One funnel, schooner rig. Ran aground in Philippines, 6 Nov 1895. Made the only Spanish capture of the war, the American m/v Savannah on 28 Apr 1898. Captured 1 May 1898 at Manila Bay. Acquired 9 Nov 1899.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Isla de Cuba
Armstrong
25 Feb 1886 11 Dec 1886 11 Apr 1900
Isla de Luzon
Armstrong
25 Feb 1886 13 Nov 1886 31 Jan 1900
Displacement Dimensions Machinery
2 screws, HTE, 2 SW cyl.boilers, IHP 516, 16 knots
Endurance
2000/10
Complement
142
Armament
4–4,” 4–6 pdr guns, 3 TT
Service record: Yangtze Patrol, 1902–17, 1920–27. Out of comm 1 Nov 1907–5 Dec 1910. Torpedo training, Narragansett Bay, 1918. Designated PG 38, 1920. †
Isla de Cuba: (1910) 6–3,” 4–6 pdr
Quiros Class
Isla de Luzon: (1918) 4–3 pdr Armor
1.5” to 2.5” deck, 2” CT
Notes: Spanish gunboats scuttled after the Battle of Manila Bay, 1 May 1898. Salvaged and repaired by USN at Hong Kong. Isla de Luzon had two funnels, Isla de Cuba, one.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Quiros
Hong Kong
Jun 1894 Sep 1895
Launched
Villalobos
Hong Kong
Service records:
Displacement
350 tons
Isla de Cuba: Asiatic Stn, 1900–04. Philippine campaign 1900–03. Decomm 9 Jun 1904. Maryland Naval Militia 21 Mar 1907. Stricken 17 May 1912, sold 2 Apr 1912 to Venezuela. Later history: renamed Mariscal Sucre. BU 1940. Isla de Luzon: Asiatic Stn, 1900–02. Philippine campaign 1900–02. Went aground off Mobile, Ala., 27 Feb 1903. Damaged in hurricane at Pensacola, Fla., 27 Sep 1906. Louisiana Naval Militia, 1903, then Illinois Naval Militia. Out of comm 27 Apr 1912–12 May 1912, 19 Apr 1913–30 Jun 1916. In comm 19 May 1917–15 Feb 1919. Decomm 15 Feb 1919. Stricken 23 Jul 1919, sold 10 Mar 1920. Later history: merchant Reviver. BU 1931.
Dimensions
Quiros: 145’ (oa) 137’9” (wl) x 22’9” x 7’9”
Elcano Name
Builder
Elcano
Carraca
Displacement
620 tons
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Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
3 Mar 1882 28 Jan 1884 20 Nov 1902
Comm.
24 Jan 1895 14 Mar 1900 Jun 1896
5 Mar 1900
Villalobos: 156’2” (oa), 148’ (wl) x 23 x 7’6” Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E Scotch boilers, IHP 450, 11 knots
Endurance
3800/10
Complement
44
Armament
2–6 pdr, 2–3 pdr guns; (1910) Villalobos 4–3 pdr, Quiros: none.
Notes: Composite, one funnel. Captured in Philippines 1898. Acquired from War Dept 1900. Service records: Quiros: Philippine campaign 1900–03. Out of comm 29 Jan-2 Sep 1904, 11 Mar 1908–11 Oct 1910. China 1904–08. Yangtze Patrol 1911–23. Designated PG 40, 1920. † Villalobos: Philippine campaign 1900–02. Out of comm 20 Nov 1902–21 Jan 1903. China 1904–28. Yangtze Patrol, 1903–27. Out of comm 17 Jun 1916–15 Aug 1917. Designated PG 42, 1920. †
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Alvarado Class Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Machinery
2 screws, vertical compound, 1 S/E Scotch boiler, IHP 250, 10 knots
Complement
30
Armament
1–6 pdr, 3–3 pdr
Alvarado
Clydebank
24 Jul 1895 19 Sep 1895 4 Aug 1898
Sandoval
Clydebank
24 Jul 1895 20 Sep 1895
Displacement
106 tons
Notes: Steel hull. Arayat scuttled in Pasig River, 29 Jun 1898, raised Oct 1899.
Dimensions
116’10” (oa) 110’ (wl) x 15’6” x 5’6”
Service records:
Machinery
1 screw, vertical compound, 1 S/E Scotch boilers, 19 knots VTE ? 10.6 knots; Sandoval: about 1911
Complement
23; (1918) 34
Armament
2–3 pdr guns
Arayat: Philippine campaign 1900–02. Out of comm 9 Aug 1902–27 Mar 1905 and 5 Oct 1907–3 Feb 1909. Decomm 11 Apr 1910. Stricken 26 Oct 1910, sold 15 Dec 1910. Belusan: never commissioned, to Army, 11 Feb 1901. Callao: Capture of Manila, 13 Aug 1898. Philippine campaign 1899–1901. Out of comm 21 Feb 1901–20 Dec 1902. China 1902. Decomm 31 Jan 1916. Designated PG 37, 1920. Converted to ferry, rec YFB 11, 21 Jun 1921. Sold 13 Sep 1923. Pampanga: Philippine campaign, 1899–1906. Out of comm 18 Jun 1902–30 Jan 1904 and, 30 Apr 1907–12 Apr 1911. Loaned to Army, 1908–10. Out of comm 31 May 1915- 3 Jan 1916. China 1916–28. Designated PG 39, 1920. † Paragua: Philippine campaign 1899–1905. Decomm 19 Apr 1911. Stricken 17 Jun 1911, sold 18 Nov 1912. Samar: Philippine campaign 1899–1904. Out of comm 23 Sep 1901–19 Jun 1902, 22 Aug 1904–11 Mar 1908. China 1908–1920. Designated PG 41, 1920. Decomm 6 Sep 1920. Sold 11 Jan 1921.
Notes: Steel hull, one funnel, two masts. Captured at Santiago de Cuba, 17 Jul 1898. Sandoval re-engined about 1911. Service records: Alvarado: Bombardment of Manzanillo, 12 Aug 1898. Out of comm 10 May 1899–20 Sep 1900. TS Annapolis. Decomm 22 Mar 1906. Louisiana Naval Militia 1906–11. Stricken 21 May 1912, sold 10 Jun 1912. Later history: merchant Alvarado. se 1916 Sandoval: Out of comm 10 May 1899–14 Oct 1900. Practice ship, Annapolis, 1900–06. Decomm 22 Mar 1906. NY Naval Militia (Lake Ontario) 1907–1919. Stricken 23 Jul 1919, sold 30 Sep 1919. Later history: merchant yacht Sandoval. se 1924.
Arayat Class Name Arayat
Pampanga, Samar: (1918) 4–3 pdr
2 Sep 1898
Small Gunboats Builder
Manila Slip
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Mar 1887
Apr 1888
10 Aug 1900
Built
Disp
Dimensions
Comm.
Basco
Name
1881
61
69’3” x 12’7” x 4’9”
2 Jun 1899
Belusan
Manila Slip
1888
1888
never
Callao
Manila Slip
Mar 1887
Jun 1888
2 Jul 1898
Gardoqui
1882
61
69’3” x 12’7” x 4’9”
2 Jun 1899
3 Jun 1899
Urdaneta
1883
61
69’3” x 12’7” x 4’9”
2 Jun 1899
26 May 1899
Panay
1885
162
94’10” x 17’3” x 7’
2 Jun 1899
26 May 1899
Albay
1886
173
100’ x 17’6” x 6’9” 21 May 1899
Pampanga Paragua
Manila Slip Manila Slip
Mar 1887 Mar 1887
Jan 1888
Samar
Manila Slip
Displacement
243 tons
Manileño
1887
170
105’ x 18’ x 6’
26 May 1899
121’ (oa) 115’3” (wl) x 17’10” x 6’6”
Mariveles
1887
170
99’9” x 16’6” x 6’
17 Jun 1899
Mindoro
1887
170
99’9” x 16’6” x 6’
11 Jun 1899
Calamianes
1888
173
91’9” x 16’5” x 6’
11 Jun 1899
Leyte
1890
171
115’ x 17’6” x 6’9” 22 Mar 1900
—
163
101’6” x 16’ x 5’9”
Dimensions
Mar 1887
Feb 1888 Nov 1887
Mindanao
never
Notes: Ex-Spanish 1898. Manileño captured by Filipinos and turned over to US Army. All built at Cavite, except Mañileno, Mariveles and Mindoro, by Hong Kong. All twin screw except Basco, Gardoqui and Urdaneta, one. Armament: 1–6pdr. Service records:
Figure 7.14: The gunboat Paragua, captured in the Philippines in 1898. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
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Basco: Philippine campaign 1899–1902. Yard tug, 15 Dec 1904. Sold 1908. Gardoqui: Out of comm 12 May-30 Nov 1900. Philippine campaign 1900–02. Decomm 5 Feb 1902. Sold Jan 1911. Urdaneta: Philippine campaign 1899–1902. Ran aground and captured by insurgents in Orani River near Manila, 17 Nov 1899 (1 killed), later recovered. Decomm 12 Dec 1902. Yard tug, 15 Dec 1904. Sold 1916. Panay: Philippine campaign 1899–1902. Decomm 5 Oct 1907. Ferry at Cavite 1908–20. Stricken 19 Jun 1914. Out of service 27 Sep 1919, sold 15 Apr 1920. Albay: Philippine campaign. Decomm 13 Feb 1904. Stricken 11 Feb 1905, sold 8 Jun 1906. Manileño: Philippine campaign 1899–1902. Ran aground and captured by insurgents in Orani River near Manila, 17 Nov 1899 (1 killed), later recovered. Decomm 12 Dec 1902. Stricken 15 Dec 1904. Reinstated as tug, 1916 sold1899–1900. Decomm 31 Oct 1900. Stricken 11 Feb 1905, sold 8 Jun 1906.
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Figure 7.16: The gunboat Paducah (PG 18), probably taken during the 1920s. Figure 7.15: The small gunboat Mariveles, captured from Spain in the Philippines. Mariveles: Philippine campaign 1899–1902. Decomm 8 Aug 1901. Stricken 8 Jun 1908, sold 2 Jan 1909. Mindoro: Philippine campaign 1899–1904. Out of comm 23 Apr-31 Oct 1900, 26 Sep 1901–19 Aug 1904, 17 Jan 1906–10 May 1909. Loaned to Army, 1906–1909. Decomm 11 Apr 1911. Stricken 19 Jun 1911, sold 19 Apr 1912. Calamianes: Philippine campaign 1899–1902. Decomm 7 Aug 1902. Stricken 22 May 1907 and sold. Leyte: Philippine campaign 1900–02. Decomm 27 Jan 1902. Ferry at Cavite. Stricken 22 May 1907, sold 16 Dec 1907. Mindanao: Laid down 1894. Captured incomplete on stocks at Cavite, 1898. Construction stopped 75% complete, Jun 1904. Stricken 11 Feb 1905 and BU
Name
PG 17 Dubuque PG 18 Paducah
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
2 screws, VTE, 2 B&W boilers, IHP 1,000, 12 knots 162
PG 19 Sacramento
Cramp
9 Dec 1919 25 Aug 1922 3 Dec 1923
159
Sacramento Launched
6 Jul 1920
Armament 3–4”/50 Notes: Authorized 1916 and 1918. Improved Sacramento. Asheville converted to oil fuel 1922.
17 Dubuque: West Indies 1905–10. Out of comm 22 Jul 1911- 4 Aug 1914. Illinois Naval Militia, 1911–14. Mine training ship, Apr 1922. † 18 Paducah: West Indies 1905–17. Mexican Intervention 1914. Designated AG 7. Gibraltar 1917–18. Out of comm 2 Mar 1919–16 Aug 1920, 9 Sep 1921–2 May 1922. Rec unclassified, IX 23, 24 Apr 1922. †
Laid Down
Comm.
4 Jul 1918
Complement
Service records:
Builder
Launched
9 Jun 1917
1 screw, Parsons turbines, reduction gear, 3 Bureau mod. Thornycroft boilers, SHP 800, 12 knots
6–4,” 4–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns (1918) Dubuque: 2–4”/50, 4–6 pdr; Paducah: 4–4”/40, 4–6 pdr Notes: Authorized 1902. Composite hulls, high rounded bow, two tall funnels. Designed for Caribbean service.
Name
Laid Down
241’2” (oa) 225’ (bp) x 41’2” x 11’4”
Armament
No.
Builder Charleston NYd
Machinery
2 Sep 1905
Complement
Name
Dimensions
22 Sep 1903 11 Oct 1904
200’5” (oa) 174’ (wl) x 35’ x 12’3”
No.
PG 21 Asheville
Comm.
Gas Engine
Machinery
Asheville Class
Charleston NYd
3 Jun 1905
Dimensions
Service record: Mexican Intervention 1914. Haiti 1915. Santo Domingo 1916. Escort and patrol, Gibraltar, 1917–18. North Russia 1919. †
1,575 tons, 1,760 f/1
22 Sep 1903 15 Aug 1904
1,085 tons, 1,237 f/1
171
Armament 3–4”/40, 2–3pdr Notes: Authorized 1911. Size reduced, smaller battery, high freeboard. More economical to operate, no troop carrying capacity.
PG 22 Tulsa
Gas Engine
Displacement
4000/10
Complement
Displacement
Dubuque Class No.
Endurance
Comm.
Service records: 21 Asheville: Caribbean 1920–22. † 22 Tulsa: †
Despatch Vessel Dolphin Name
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Roach
Displacement
1,486 tons
Dimensions
256’6” (oa) 240’ (wl) x 32’ x 14’3”
Machinery
1 screw, vertical compound, 2 D/E & 2 S/E Scotch boilers, IHP 2,250, 15.5 knots; (1910) cyl.boilers
30 Apr 1913 21 Feb 1914 26 Apr 1914
Displacement
1,425 tons, 1,592 f/1
Endurance
3180/10
Dimensions
226’2” (oa) 210’ (pp) x 40’10” x 11’6”
Complement
117; (1910) 152
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 B&W boilers, IHP 950, 12 knots
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Dolphin
11 Oct 1883 12 Apr 1884 8 Dec 1885
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Figure 7.19: The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, 1891. Notice the three dynamite gun tubes in the bow. In order to aim the guns it was necessary to turn the ship.
Figure 7.17: The gunboat Tulsa (PG 22) in 1925.
Armament
2–4,” 2–6 pdr guns; (1898) 3–4”; (1903) 2–4,” 1–6 pdr, 6–3 pdr; (1916) 6–6 pdr; (1919) 1–4”/50, 2–6 pdr
Notes: Authorized 1883. One of the original ships ordered in 1883. Threemast schooner, steel hull. Service record: Round-the-world cruise 1886–89. Out of comm 1 May 1891–14 Mar 1892 and 23 Nov 1897–24 Mar 1898. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Mexican Intervention 1914. Santo Domingo 1916. Haiti 1920. Designated PG 24. Decomm 8 Dec 1921. Sold to Mexico 25 Feb 1922. Ship captured: schr Lola, 27 Apr 1898. Later history: renamed Plan de Guadalupe. FFU
Dynamite cruiser
3–15” dynamite guns, 3–3 pdr; (1905) dynamite guns removed, 3–18” and 1–21”TT; (1918) 1–3”/50
Armor
3/16” deck
Notes: Authorized 1886. Dynamite gunboat. Experimental ship with guns that were fired by using compressed air and could be aimed only by pointing the ship. Not successful, range of guns too short. A second dynamite cruiser was authorized with two 15” guns but was not built. Service record: Out of comm 25 Apr 1895–12 Jan 1897. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombarded Santiago 8 times. Torpedo testing vessel, 1904, Newport RI. Out of comm 6 Sep 1898–21 Jun 1905 and 27 Nov 1907–14 Feb 1910. Rec unclassified, 19… Decomm 21 Oct 1921. Stricken 19 Apr 1922 and sold, BU.
River Gunboats
Vesuvius Name
Armament
Palos Class Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Sep 1887
28 Apr 1888
7 Jun 1890
No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Vesuvius
Cramp
Displacement
929 tons
PG 20 Monocacy
Dimensions
252’4” (oa/wl) x 26’6” x 10’7”
Displacement
190 tons, 204 f/1
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 4 locomotive boilers, IHP 3,700, 21.4 knots; (1910) 4 Normand boilers
Dimensions
160’ (bp) x 24’6” x 2’5”
Machinery
2 screws, vertical compound, 2 B&W box boilers, IHP 800, 13.25 knots
Complement
50
Endurance
1800/10
Complement
69; (1918) 37
PG 16 Palos
Shanghai Dock 28 Apr 1913 23 Apr 1914
24 Jun 1914
Shanghai Dock 28 Apr 1913 27 Apr 1914
24 Jun 1914
Armament 2–6 pdr Notes: Authorized 1911. Built at Mare Island NYd, 1912, dismantled and reerected in Shanghai (dates above). Served in China. Original PG 16 authorized 1898 for Great Lakes, never built. Designed by Yarrow. Too slow. Service records: 16 Palos: † 20 Monocacy: Out of comm 19 Sep 1915–25 Apr 1916. Battle with Chinese revolutionary troops, 16 Jan 1918 (1 killed). †
Auxiliary Gunboats Name
Figure 7.18: The despatch vessel Dolphin, one of the original ships authorized in 1883. Taken off Chester, Pa., 1908.
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Launched
Acquired
Comm.
East Boston
Atlantic
Builder
1892
2 Jun 1898
5 Jul 1898
Governor Russell
Atlantic
1892
11 May 1898
24 Jun 1898
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Name Schurz
Builder Wilhelmshaven
Launched
Acquired
18 Oct 1894
Comm.
6 Apr 1917 15 Sep 1917
ex-Geier Displacement
1,657 tons
Dimensions
254’ (oa) 250’ (bp) x 32’9” x 14’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, IHP 2700, 16 knots
Endurance
4360/10
Complement
160
Armament
4–5”/51
Armor
3” deck
Notes: German cruiser Geier interned at Honolulu, 8 Nov 1914, seized 6 Apr 1917.
Figure 7.20: The river gunboat Monocacy (PG 20), built at Mare Island for service in China.
Service record: Sunk in collision with m/v Florida off Cape Lookout, NC, 21 Jun 1918 (1 dead). Name Samoa
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1913
7 Apr 1917
9 Jun 1917
Stocks & Kolbe
ex-Solf (17 Sep 1917), ex-Staatssekretaer Solf (Apr 1917) Displacement
550 tons
Dimensions
131’ (bp) x 25’6” x 11’
Tonnage
732 and 713 tons grt
Machinery
1 screw, vertical compound,
Dimensions
163’ x 57’ x 9’3”; Russell: length 157’
Complement
32
Machinery
Side wheels, compound, IHP 500, 9 knots
Armament
4–3 pdr guns
Complement
58
Armament
Russell: 1–5”/40, 4–3 pdr; East Boston: 2–47mm
Notes: Interned at Samoa, Aug 1914, seized 7 Apr 1917; in poor condition. Wood hull. Service record: At Tutuila, Samoa, 1917–20. Decomm 30 Jun 1920, sold 23 Nov 1920.
Notes: Wooden ferries. Guardships, Port Royal, SC. Service record: East Boston: Decomm 3 Sep 1898, sold 19 Jul 1899 Later history: Merchant Norfolk County. se 1916 Gov.Russell: Damaged in severe storm, Jul 1898 and decomm 28 Sep 1898. Sold 19 Jul 1899. Later history: Merchant Paterson. FFU Name Peoria
Builder
Launched
Neafie
1896
Acquired
Comm.
23 May 1898 15 May 1898
ex-Philadelphia Tonnage
335 tons GRT, 487 disp
Dimensions
131’ (wl) x 25’x 10’6”
Machinery
1 screw, vertical compound, 1 S/E boiler, IHP 270, 9 knots
Complement
52
Armament
4–3 pdr; (1918) 2–3 pdr
Notes: Former pilot boat.
Later history: Merchant Peoria. 1937 RR. Name
Builder
Acquired
Comm.
1873
9 Jul 1898
9 Jul 1898
ex-Ice Boat No.3 Tonnage
1,357 tons D, 936 tons GRT
Dimensions
198’6” x 33’3” x 12’
Machinery
Side wheels, horiz. direct
Complement
(U)
Armament
1–60 pdr, 2–47mm
Service record: ANF, Philadelphia. Decomm and returned 23 Aug 1898.
RT718X.indb 76
Builder Jenks
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
6 May 1903 21 Nov 1917 20 Sep 1918
ex-Eastland (20 Feb 1918) Displacement
2,600 tons, 1,961 tons GRT.
Dimensions
275’3” (oa) 265’ (bp) x 38’2” x 19’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, IHP 4,000, 16.5 knots
Complement
181
Armament
4–4”/50, 2–3”/50AA guns
Notes: Former excursion steamer that capsized in Chicago River with great loss of life, 24 Jul 1915. Refloated, acquired 21 Nov 1917.
Armed Yachts Name
Launched
Wood Dialogue
Name Wilmette
Service record: Training ship Great Lakes. IX 29. †
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Tug 1908. Haiti 1919-20. Designated AT 48, 1920. Rec YT 109, 1 Jul 1921. Decomm 10 Nov 1921, sold 16 Jun 1922.
Arctic
Later history: Merchant Samoa. BU about 1921
Builder
Launched
Aileen
Roach
1896
Tonnage
192D, 151 tons GRT
Dimensions
120’ x 20’ x 8’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, IHP 500, 14 knots
Complement
33
Armament
1–3 pdr
Acquired
Comm.
28 Apr 1898 14 May 1898
Service record: ANF. Decomm 26 Sep 1898. New York Naval Militia, 1899– 1909. Rhode Island Naval Militia, 1910–17. Recomm 7 Apr 1917. 2nd ND. Decomm 5 Jul 1919. Stricken 12 Aug 1919, sold 20 Nov 1920. Later history: merchant Aileen. se1923
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Dimensions
133’7” x 17’6” x 18’
Machinery
(U)
ex-Columbine II, ex-Carola III, ex-Privateer, ex-Buccaneer, ex-Unquowa (se 96)
Complement
13
Tonnage
160 tons GRT
Armament
2–1 pdr
Dimensions
138’ x 20’ x 9’3”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE
Service record: ANF, Newport, RI. Decomm 9 Aug 1898. To War Dept, 29 Apr 1899.
Complement
31
Armament
2–6pdr, 4–2pdr.
Name Buccaneer
Builder
Launched
Atlantic
Acquired
1888
Comm.
14 May 1898 13 Jun 1898
Later history: Army survey ship Search, merchant and renamed Enquirer. BU 1942.
Notes: Loaned by William Randolph Hearst.
Name
Service record: Decomm 12 Sep 1898 and returned. Later history: Merchant Buccaneer. se1901. Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1897
21 May 1898
1 Jun 1898
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1895
May 1898
12 May 1898
Free Lance
Nixon
Tonnage
132 tons GRT
Dimensions
137’ (oa) 116’4” (bp) x 20’8” x 7’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 Almy boilers, IHP 750, 14 knots
Complement
18 none
Dorothea
Cramp
Tonnage
594D, 433 tons GRT
Dimensions
182’4” x 23’4” x 11’5”
Armament
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers, IHP 1558, 15 knots
Service record: ANF. Decomm 24 Aug 1898. Returned, early 1899.
Complement
69
Armament
6–6 pdr; (1910) 2–3 pdr, 4–1 pdr; (1918) 3–3”/50 guns
Later history: merchant Free Lance 1905, renamed Freelance [Reacquired as SP830, 1917]
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Out of comm 20 Sep 1898–1 Oct 1900 and 24 Oct 1900–20 Apr 1917. Illinois Naval Militia 1901–09. Ohio Naval Militia 1909–17. Decomm 23 Jun 1919. Stricken 8 Sep 1919, sold 20 Nov 1919.
Frolic
Later history: merchant Dorothea. RR 1926.
ex-Comanche (1898)
Name Eagle
Builder
Name
Builder Globe (Cleveland)
Launched
Acquired
24 Dec 1891 28 May 1898
Tonnage
607 D, 357 tons GRT
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Dimensions
165’ (wl) x 25’ x 10’4”
1890
2 Apr 1898
5 Apr 1898
Machinery
1 screw, VITE, 1 Scotch boiler, IHP 550, 11 knots
Complement
44 2–3 pdr; (1910) 4–6 pdr
Pusey
ex-Almy (1898)
Comm. 6 Jul 1898
Tonnage
434 D, 364 tons GRT
Armament
Dimensions
175’ (oa) 155’6” (bp) x 24’ x 11’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 S/E boiler, IHP 850, 15.5 knots
Complement
64
Service record: Out of comm 27 Sep 1898- 25 Oct 1900. Asiatic Stn. Philippine campaign 1901–05. Decomm 31 Mar 1906. Transferred to War Dept at Cavite, 21 May 1909.
Armament
4–6 pdr; (1910) 2–6 pdr
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Surveying ship 1899. Haiti 1915. Santo Domingo 1916. West Indies 1917–19. Decomm 23 May 1919. Stricken 23 Jul 1919, sold 3 Jan 1920.
Later history: Army water boat El Aguila, sold 1923; probably became merchant Chuanchiu. FFU RR1953. Name
Builder
Ships captured: Santo Domingo, 12 Jul 1898; schr Maria Dolores 24 Jul 1898.
Gloucester
Later history: merchant Reina Victoria. RR1927.
ex-Corsair (1898)
Name
Builder
Launched 1889
Acquired
Comm.
Launched 1891
Acquired
Tonnage
786 D, 561 tons GRT
Dimensions
204’ (wl) x 27’2” x 12’
Machinery
1 screw, VITE, 2 S/E Scotch boilers (1918) 2 B&W boilers; IHP 2,000, 17 knots
Harlan
Tonnage
173 D, 122 tons GRT
Dimensions
102’ x 18’x 9’6”
Complement
94
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 Hazleton porcupine boiler, IHP 200, 10.5 knots
Armament
4–6 pdr, 4–3 pdr; (1910) 6–3 pdr; (1918) 5–3 pdr
19
Armament
(1910) 1–3 pdr, 2–1 pdr
Service record: ANF. Out of comm 14 Sep 1898–20 Apr 1899. Connecticut Naval Militia 1899–1908. North Carolina Naval Militia 1909–17. Damaged by explosion off Norfolk, Va., 25 Aug 1917 (1 killed). 5th ND. Decomm 31 Mar 1918. Stricken 5 Apr 1918, sold 11 May 1918.
Notes: Acquired from J. Pierpont Morgan. Reboilered 1918. Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Santiago. Puerto Rico. Decomm 8 Feb 1905. Massachusetts and New York Naval Militias 1905. Recomm 7 Apr 1917. Wrecked in hurricane at Pensacola, 9 Sep 1919. Stricken 12 Aug 1919, sold 21 Nov 1919. Later history: FFU Name
Later history: merchant Elfrida. se 1939.
Hawk Name
Builder
Enquirer
Union DD
Displacement
140 tons GRT
RT718X.indb 77
Launched 1896
Acquired
Comm.
28 May 1898 22 Jun 1898
Comm.
23 Apr 1898 16 May 1898
Elfrida
Complement
15 Jun 1898 30 Jun 1898
Neafie
Builder Fleming
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1891
2 Apr 1898
5 Apr 1898
ex-Hermione Tonnage
375 D, 270 tons GRT
Dimensions
145’ (wl) x 22’ x 11’6”
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Machinery
1 screw, VQE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1,000, 14.5 knots
Complement
50
Inca
Lawley
Armament
2–6 pdr; (1910) none
Tonnage
120 tons D; 94 tons GRT
Dimensions
103’ (bp) x 16’3” x 7’
Machinery
1 screw, TE, IHP 400, 14 knots
Complement
21
Armament
1–1 pdr
Name
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Out of comm 14 Sep 1898–… 1900. Ohio Naval Militia 1900. New York Naval Militia 1909. Out of comm 21 May 1919–10 Apr 1922. Designated PY 2, 1920. Rec unclassified, IX 14, 1 Jul 1921. † Ships captured: Alfonso XII, 4 Jul 1898; sloop Regulus 22 Jul 1898; Tobasqueño (Mex), 30 Jul 1898, Alladin (Nor), 8 Aug 1898.
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1898
13 Jun 1898
1 Aug 1898
Service record: ANF. Decomm 27 Aug 1898, Stricken 10 Dec 1908. Later history: merchant Inca. se1916
Name Hist
Builder Cramp
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
12 Jun 1895 22 Apr 1898 13 May 1898
ex-Thespia
Name
Builder
Kanawha
Seabury
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1896
7 Jun 1898
26 Jul 1898
Tonnage
472 D, 312 tons GRT
Tonnage
126 tons GRT, 175 D
Dimensions
174’ x 23’ x 9’10”
Dimensions
114’ (wl) x 18’ x 7’
Machinery
1 screw, vertical compound, 2 Scotch boilers, IHP 500, 14.5 knots
Machinery
1 screw, TE,, 14 knots
Complement
25
Complement
56
Armament
1–3 pdr
Armament
2–6 pdr, 3–3 pdr
Service record: Cuba 1898. Decomm 8 Oct 1898. Rhode Island Naval Militia, 1898–1899. To War Dept, 9 Dec 1899.
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Damaged by shore gunfire during bombardment of Manzanillo, 18 Jul 1898. Santiago. Out of comm 2 Feb 1899–18 Jul 1902, 3 May-16 Oct 1907. Decomm 24 Jul 1911. Stricken 17 Jul 1911, sold 20 Nov 1911. Later history: FFU
Later history: Army…. sold 1904, merchant Kanawha. se1906 Name Mayflower
Builder Thomson
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
17 Nov 1896 19 Mar 1898 24 Mar 1898
ex-Mayflower Name Hornet
Builder Harlan
Launched 1890
Acquired
Comm.
6 Apr 1898 12 Apr 1898
ex-Alicia
Tonnage
2,690 D, 1,800 tons GRT
Dimensions
294’ (oa) 273’ (wl) x 36’ x 17’2”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 2 S/E & 1 vert. boilers, (1918) 2 Mosher boilers, IHP 4,700 (1918) 2,400; 16.8 knots
Tonnage
425 D, 301 tons GRT
Dimensions
160’ (wl) x 24’x 11’
Complement
201
Machinery
1 screw, VITE, 2 Scotch boilers, IHP 800, 15 knots
Armament
Complement
55
2–5,” 12–6 pdr; (1900) 10–6 pdr; (1910) 6–6 pdr; (1918) 2– 3”/50, 1–3”/50AA, 4–6 pdr
Armament
4–6 pdr
Notes: Name retained; converted to presidential yacht 1904.
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Damaged by shore gunfire during bombardment of Manzanillo, 30 Jun 1898. North Carolina Naval Militia 1898– 1902. Stricken 18 Mar 1910, sold 12 Jul 1910.
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Out of comm 2 Feb 1899–15 Jun 1900 and 1 Nov 1904–25 Jul 1905, converting. Sank schr Menawa in collision off Newport, RI, 22 Jul 1908. Designated PY 1. †
Ships captured: schr Emanuel Raoul, 25 Jun 1898; Benito Estenger, 27 Jun 1898; E.R. Nickerson, Farragut, 27 Jun 1898, Salve Maria, 6 Aug 1898.
Ships captured: schr Santiago Apostol, 8 May 1898; schr Severito, Bratsberg, 8 May 1898; Newfoundland, 19 Jul 1898.
Later history: Merchant Hornet, captured by USS Tacoma as filibuster at Truxillo during Honduran revolution, Feb 1911; renamed South American. se1915 Name Huntress
Builder Seabury
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1895
7 Jun 1898
1 Jul 1898
ex-Huntress Tonnage
81 D, 85 tons GRT
Dimensions
97’ (wl) x 16’ x 7’3”
Machinery
1 screw, VITE, 1 Seabury boiler, 14 knots
Complement
20
Armament
(1910) 2–3pdr
Notes: Composite hull. Service record: ANF. New Jersey Naval Militia 1899–1907. Missouri Naval Militia 1907–17. Sold 3 Dec 1917. Later history: FFU
Name Oneida
Builder Bath
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
3 Jun 1896 31 May 1898 30 Apr 1898
ex-Illawarra Tonnage
150 D, 118 tons GRT
Dimensions
110’11” (wl) x 18’6” x 7’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VITE, 2 Almy boilers, IHP 350, 12 knots
Complement
24
Armament
4–1 pdr; (1910) 1–3 pdr
Service record: Out of comm 19 Sep 1898–14 Sep 1912. D.C. Naval Militia, 1912–14. Stricken 8 Nov 1915, sold 16 Mar 1916. Later history: merchant Henry P. Williams. [re-acquired as SP-509, 27 Jun 1917] Name Restless
Builder Houston & Woodbridge
Launched 1887
Acquired
Comm.
22 Apr 1898 14 May 1898
ex-Restless Tonnage
RT718X.indb 78
137 D, 104 tons GRT
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Name Siren
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1897
9 Jun 1898
24 Jun 1898
Hawthorn
ex-Eugenia Tonnage
102 tons GRT, 315D
Dimensions
123’ (wl) x 19’2” x 11’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 Scotch boiler, 13 knots
Complement
42
Armament
1–3 pdr
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Decomm 24 Sep 1898. Virginia Naval Militia 1899. Tender, Norfolk NYd. Stricken 30 Aug 1910, sold 3 Jan 1911. Ships captured: Franklin, 2 Aug 1898; Bergen, 7 Aug 1898. Later history: FFU Name
Figure 7.21: The yacht Mayflower (PY 1), probably after conversion to the presidential yacht.
Dimensions Machinery
113’ (wl) x 16’ x 7’6”
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1880
9 Jun 1898
30 Jun 1898
Cramp
Tonnage
546 D, 247 tons GRT
Dimensions
173’6” (wl) x 23’9” x 10’6”
Machinery
1 screw, compound, 2 Albany boilers, 14 knots
Complement
57
Armament
1–14 pdr, 2–6 pdr; (1910) 2–3 pdr
Service record: ANF. Decomm 24 Sep 1898. Louisiana Naval Militia, 1898– 1915. Sunk in collision with drydock in hurricane at New Orleans, 30 Sep 1915. Stricken 23 Oct 1915.
1 screw, TE, 1 Roberts boiler, IHP 500, 12 knots
Complement 33 Armament
Builder
Stranger
1–1 pdr
Service record: ANF, New York 1898. Out of comm 1 Sep 1898- Jan 1911. Damaged by collision with torpedo boat Porter while laid up at New York, 2 Dec 1899. Torpedo Stn, Newport, RI, 1911. Stricken 5 Sep 1913, sold and BU.
Later history: FFU Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1898
Jun 1898
18 Aug 1898
Sylph
Roach
Tonnage
152 D, 172 tons GRT
Dimensions
123’8” (wl) x 20’ x 7’6”
ex-Sovereign
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, IHP 550, 15 knots; (1918) 2 Almy blrs
Tonnage
850 D, 627 tons GRT; (1910) 775 D
Complement
27
Dimensions
250’6” (oa) 210’6” (wl) x 28’1” x 11’6”
Armament
2–6 pdr, 2–3 pdr
Machinery
2 screws, VITE, IHP 2,800, 17.8 knots; (1918) 4 Yarrow boilers
Service record: Designated PY 5. †
Name Scorpion
Builder Robins
Launched 1896
Acquired
Comm.
7 Apr 1898 11 Apr 1898
Complement
113
Armament
4–5”/40, 6–6 pdr; (1899) 2–4”/40, 6–6 pdr; (1910) 4–6 pdr
Notes: Purchased from builder. Presidential yacht.
Name
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Sylvia
Stephen
Tonnage
136 tons GRT, 302 D
Dimensions
130’ (wl) x 18’6” x 10’
Machinery
1 screw, vertical compound, 9 knots; (1918) 2 Roberts boilers, IHP 165
Ship captured: unidentified schr 3 Jul 1898.
Complement
36
Armament
3–3 pdr
Name
Builder
Shearwater
Atlantic Works
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1887
9 May 1898
1898
ex-Shearwater Tonnage
109 tons GRT, 122 D
Dimensions
129’ (oa) 108’ (wl) x 18’ x 7’3”
Machinery
1 screw, compound, Belleville boiler, 12 knots
Complement
(U)
Armament
3–3 pdr
Service record: ANF. Training ship, Philadelphia, 1899–1908. Stricken 24 Apr 1908, sold fall 1908. Later history: FFU
RT718X.indb 79
1882
Acquired
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of Manzanillo, 18 Jul 1898. Out of comm 14 Jan-22 Aug 1899, converted to gunboat. Out of comm 24 Jul 1901–1 Jul 1902. Collided with m/v W.M. Whitney off Brooklyn, NY, 2 Sep 1903. Station ship, Constantinople and Mediterranean, 1908–27. Repaired at Trieste 1911. Interned at Constantinople 15 Nov 1917–9 Nov 1918. Designated PY 3, 1920. †
13 Jun 1898 29 Jun 1898
Service record: Out of comm 16 Sep 1898–10 Apr 1917. Maryland 1898–1907, Pennsylvania 1907–13 and District of Columbia Naval Militias 1913–17. Stricken 24 Apr 1919, sold 20 Oct 1921. Later history: merchant H.C. Townsend 1922. se1948 Name Viking
Builder Roach
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
21 Jul 1883 22 Apr 1898 11 May 1898
ex-Viking Tonnage
218 D, 141 tons GRT
Dimensions
125’8” (wl) x 21’ x 8’6”
Machinery
1 screw, vertical compound, IHP 420, 11.75 knots
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Complement
43
Machinery:
2/VTE, 16 knots
Armament
1–3 pdr, 2–1 pdr
Complement:
23
Armament:
2–3 pdr
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Decomm 22 Sep 1898. To War Dept., 9 Dec 1899.
Service record: 1st ND. Decomm 8 Jul 1919. To Army 20 Jul 1920.
Later history: merchant Viking. se1915
Later history: FFU
Name
Builder
Vixen
Launched
Nixon
Acquired
1896
Comm.
9 Apr 1898 23 Apr 1898
ex-Josephine Tonnage
806 D, 545 tons GRT
Dimensions
228’ (oa) 182’3” (wl) x 28’x 12’8”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1,250, 16 knots
Complement
67
Armament
8–6 pdr; (1910) 2–6 pdr, 2–3 pdr; (1918) 4–3 pdr
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Santiago. Out of comm 18 Jan-17 Mar 1899, 30 Mar 1906- 2 Apr 1917. New Jersey Naval Militia 1907–17. Designated PY 4, 1920. Decomm 15 Nov 1922. Stricken 9 Jan 1923, sold 22 Jun 1923. Later history: merchant Tamiami Queen 1923, renamed Collier County 1924, Princess Montagu 1928. Went ashore in gale at Nassau, 27 Sep 1929, scuttled Jun 1930. Name
Builder
Wasp
Cramp
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
SP765
Name Adelante
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
17 Jul 1883 25 Aug 1918 17 Dec 1918
ex-Oneida (1914), ex-Utowana Tonnage:
141 tons GRT
Dimensions:
138’ (oa) 125’7” (bp) x 20’6” x 9’6”
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Complement:
38
Armament:
none
Notes: iron hull tug. Site of President Cleveland’s secret operation in New York harbor, Jul 1893. Service record: 1st ND. Decomm 18 Aug 1919, Stricken 27 Sep 1919, sold 25 Mar 1920. Later history: Merchant John Gully 1920, renamed Salvager 1924. aband 1941. SP967
Name Admiral
17 Oct 1896 26 Mar 1898 11 Apr 1898
ex-Columbia
Builder Roach
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1892
5 Jul 1917
7 Aug 1917
Providence DD ex-Red Cross, ex-Admiral
Tonnage:
123 tons GRT
Tonnage
380 tons GRT, 630 D
Dimensions:
137’ (oa) 115’ (bp) x 20’ x 7’6”
Dimensions
180’ (wl) x 23’ x 12’
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1,800, 16.5 knots
Complement:
24
Complement
55
Armament:
2–3 pdr
Armament
4–6 pdr; (1910) 2–3 pdr
Notes: wood hull
Service record: Blockade of Cuba. Engagement at Nipe, 21 Jul 1898. Out of comm 27 Sep 1898 -2 Oct 1902. Florida Naval Militia, 1898–99. NY Naval Militia, 1908–17. 3rd ND. Annapolis. Stricken 13 Nov 1919, sold 20 Sep 1921.
Service record: 1st ND. Went aground and sank at Scituate, Mass., 26 Mar 1918, salved. Recomm 1 Aug 1918. Decomm 13 May 1919. Stricken 7 May 1919, sold 29 Oct 1920.
Later history: merchant Columbia 1921.
Later history: Merchant Admiral 1920. se1935 ferry
Name Yankton
Builder
Launched
Ramage & Ferguson
1893
Acquired
Comm.
20 May 1898 16 May 1898
ex-Penelope (1898), ex-Sapphire (1895), ex-Cleopatra Tonnage
975 D, 541 GRT
Dimensions
217’ (oa) 185’ (wl) x 27’6” x 13’10”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 S/E boiler, IHP 750, 14 knots
Complement
78
Armament
1–4”/40, 6–3 pdr; (1910) 4–3”; (1918) 2–3”/50, 2–3 pdr
Later history: merchant Yankton 1922. Seized as rum runner, May 1923. BU Boston 1930.
Converted Yachts and Patrol Vessels (SP) 516
Name Actus
Builder Lawley
Launched 1907
ex-Halawa Tonnage:
99 tons GRT
Dimensions:
120’ (oa) 107’8” (bp) x 15’ x 5’6”
RT718X.indb 80
Acquired
Name
Builder Davis
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1912
1917
27 Jul 1918
Tonnage:
167 tons GRT
Dimensions:
107’6” (bp) x 22’8” x 11’5”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 knots
Complement:
14
Notes: wood tug.
Service record: Blockade of Cuba. Survey of Cuban waters 1899–1902. Accompanied Great White Fleet to New Zealand, 1908. Far East 1908. Mexican Intervention 1914. Gibraltar 1917–18. Murmansk 1919. Decomm 27 Feb 1920, sold 20 Oct 1921.
SP-
SP-
3057 Advance
Comm.
26 May 1917 18 Apr 1917
Service record: 5th ND. Designated YT 28, 1920. Norfolk NYd 1920–33. Stricken 12 Dec 1933, sold 14 Jun 1934. Later history: Merchant St. Vincent 1934. se1941 SP738
Name Ajax
Builder Adams SB
Launched 1917
Tonnage:
125 tons GRT
Dimensions:
124’7” (oa) 89’6” (bp) x 25’ x 11’4”
Machinery:
1/diesel, 8 knots
Complement:
18
Armament:
1–3 pdr
Acquired
Comm.
2 Oct 1917 16 Feb 1918
Notes: wood scientific research vessel, acquired while building. Service record: Renamed Rockport, 20 Feb 1918. 1st ND. Decomm 18 Feb 1919. Sold 16 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Ajax, 1919.
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SP-
Name
1793 Akela
Builder Gas Engine
Launched 1899
Acquired
Comm.
24 Dec 1917 16 Apr 1918
SP418
Name
Builder
Aramis
Robt Jacob
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1916
3 Jul 1917
2 Nov 1917
Tonnage:
72 tons GRT
Tonnage:
269 tons GRT
Dimensions:
117’6” (oa) 98’7” (bp) x 14’6” x 4’8”
Dimensions:
157’6” (oa) 153’6” (bp) x 22’4” x 7’6”
Machinery:
2/TE, 14 knots
Machinery:
2/diesel, 13 knots
Complement:
15.
Complement:
53
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 15 Apr 1919.
Armament: 2–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr Notes: Steel yacht.
Later history: Merchant Akela 1919. se1935 SP206
Name Alacrity
Builder Pusey
Launched 1910
Acquired
Comm.
29 Apr 1917 30 May 1917
Service record: 3rd ND. Designated PY 7. Decomm 6 Oct 1921. † SP577
Tonnage:
101 tons GRT
Dimensions:
118’ (oa) 109’3” (bp) x 15’ x 5’6”
Name Arcady
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
S. Pine (Brooklyn)
1898
28 May 1917
8 Jun 1917
ex-Osceola (1915)
2/diesel, 14 knots
Tonnage:
167 tons GRT
16
Dimensions:
140’ (oa) 116’ (bp) x 18’6” x 8’6”
1–3”pdr, 1–1 pdr
Machinery:
1/VC, 13 knots
Notes: steel hull
Complement:
23
Service record: 1st ND. Returned 28 Apr 1919.
Armament: 1–3 pdr Notes: Wood yacht.
Machinery: Complement: Armament:
Later history: Merchant Alacrity 1919, renamed Nedra B. Acquired by USCG 1942 as Blanchard (WPYc 369), Returned 1945. SP166
Name Alcedo
Builder Henderson
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1895
1 Jun 1917
28 Jul 1917
ex-Veglia Tonnage:
981 tons GRT
Dimensions:
275’ (oa) 238’ (wl) x 31’ x 14’2”
Machinery:
1/TE, 12 knots
Complement:
94
Armament:
4–3”/50
Service record: Brest 1917. Torpedoed and sunk by UC-71 southwest of Brest, 5 Nov 1917 (21 killed).
317
Name Aloha
SP-
Name
1158 Arctic
Builder
Launched
Hall (Eagle Hbr)
1913
Tonnage:
197 tons GRT
Dimensions:
111’6” (bp) x 25’3” x 12’3”
Machinery:
1/VC, 10 knots
Complement:
28
Acquired
Comm.
4 Dec 1917 15 Jan 1918
Armament: 1‑3”/50 Notes: wood tug
Notes: steel hull
SP-
Service record: 1st and 2nd ND. Stricken 17 May 1919, sold 20 Sep 1919. Later history: FFU
Builder Fore River
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1910
22 Apr 1917
5 Jun 1917
Tonnage:
659 tons GRT
Dimensions:
216’ (oa) 165’ (bp) x 35’6” x 18’
Machinery:
1/ TE, 12 knots
Complement:
72
Armament:
2‑3”/50. 2–4”/50 added 1918
Notes: Steel yacht., bark rig. Service record: Gulf of Mexico and 3rd ND. Decomm and returned 29 Jan 1919.
Service record: Convoy escort 1918. Decomm and returned 8 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Arctic 1919. se1941 SP593
Name Artemis
Builder Pusey
Launched 1912
Acquired
Comm.
7 Aug 1917 17 Oct 1917
ex-Cristina (1917) Tonnage:
456 tons GRT
Dimensions:
177’6” (oa) 155’10” (bp) x 26’3” x 10’
Machinery:
2/ TE, 12 knots
Complement:
69
Armament: 2‑3”/50 Notes: Steel yacht.
Later history: Merchant Aloha 1919. BU 1938. SP135
Name Aphrodite
Builder Bath
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1898
11 May 1917
5 Jun 1917
Tonnage:
1147 tons GRT
Dimensions:
302’6” (oa) 262’6” (bp) x 35’6” x 16’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 14 knots
Complement:
68
Armament:
4‑3”/50
Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: Bordeaux and Rochefort 1917–18. Harwich 1919. Damaged by mine in North Sea, 17 Jan 1919. Decomm and returned 12 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Aphrodite 1919, renamed Aetos 1930, Macedonia 1933. Sunk by German aircraft in Gulf of Corinth, 27 Apr 1941.
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Figure 7.22 USS Aphrodite (SP-135) at Harwich, England, 1919.
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Service record: Renamed Arcturus, 20 Feb 1918. Gibraltar 1917–18. Decomm 5 May 1919 and trfd to USC&GS. Returned 15 Jan 1920. Sold 4 Oct 1920. Later history: Merchant Artemis 1921. Burned and sank off Key West, Fla., Feb 1927. SP651
Name
Builder
Atlantic II
Townsend
Launched 1903
Tonnage:
303 tons GRT
Dimensions:
185’ (oa) 135’ (bp) x 29’6” x 18’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 knots
Complement:
66
Acquired
Comm.
10 Jun 1917 28 Jul 1917
Later history: Merchant Atlantic 1919. Acquired by USCG, 1942, as Atlantic (WIX 271). Sold 1948. 2171 Atlas
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Stone & Van Bergen
1911
16 May 1917
never
(San Francisco) 209 tons GRT
Dimensions:
104’11” (bp) x 26’7” x (U)…
Service record: 12th ND. Returned 16 Feb 1918 Later history: Merchant Atlas 1918. Lost at Cebu, Philippines, Feb 1942. Name
Builder
Aztec
Crescent
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
22 Apr 1902 29 Jun 1917 30 Jun 1917
Tonnage:
848 tons GRT
Dimensions:
260’ (oa) 216’ (bp) x 30’ x 13’
Machinery:
2/TE, 15.9 knots
Complement:
96
Builder Robins
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
31 May 1902 18 Aug 1917 24 Dec 1917
Tonnage:
299 tons GRT
Dimensions:
211’ (oa) 179’6” (bp) x 22’ x 8’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 19 knots
Complement:
60
Armament: 2–6 pdr Notes: Steel yacht.. Service record: Renamed Hauoli, 18 Feb 1918. 3rd ND. Decomm 8 Oct 1919. Sold 7 Sep 1920. Later history: FFU 723
Machinery: 1/diesel Notes: Former German auxiliary schooner based in Caroline Islands; interned in United States.
SP-
Name California
SP-
Tonnage:
590
SP-
ex-Hauoli (1913)
Service record: 5th ND. Decomm 11 Jun 1919. Sold 24 Jul 1919.
Name
Service record: To Army, 9 Sep 1920, returned 21 Feb 1922 and sold. Later history: Merchant Bessie H. Dantzler 1922. Burned in Lake Pontchartrain, La., 6 Mar 1926. 249
Armament: 3‑3”/50 Notes: 3-mast steel auxiliary schooner
SP-
Complement: 12 Notes: wood tug
Name Calumet
Builder Lawley
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1903
9 Sep 1917
7 Dec 1917
Tonnage:
153 tons GRT
Dimensions:
147’ (oa) 115’9” (bp) x 17’5” x 7’9”
Machinery:
1/TE, 11 knots
Complement:
42
Armament: 2–6 pdr Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 11 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant Calumet 1919. se1929 SP-
Name
812
Carola IV
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Culzean SB (GB)
1885
10 Jun 1917
7 Jul 1917
ex-Columbine, ex-Haida, ex-Elsa, ex-Black Pearl Tonnage:
Armament: 4‑3”/50 Notes: Steel yacht.
240 tons GRT
Service record: 1st ND. Convoy escort 1917–18. Decomm 15 Mar 1919. Returned 7 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Aztec 1919, renamed HMCS Beaver 1941. Sold 1944. BU 1957 SP-
Name
Builder
2640 Bayocean Supple (Portland, Ore)
Launched 1911
Tonnage:
148 tons GRT
Dimensions:
138’(oa) 130’(bp) x 18’8” x 7’6”
Machinery:
3/diesel, 13 knots
Acquired
Comm.
16 Aug 1918 17 Aug 1918
Armament: 2–3 pdr Notes: Wood yacht. Service record: Pacific Fleet. Decomm 14 Mar 1919. Stricken 11 Oct 1919, sold 5 Aug 1921. Later history: FFU SP-
Name
3158 Bessie H. Dantzler
Builder
Launched
Christiansen (Scranton, Miss)
1901
Tonnage:
108 tons GRT
Dimensions:
97’ (oa) 90’ (bp) x 22’ x 9’3”
Machinery:
1/ VC, 12 knots
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Acquired
Comm.
14 Sep 1917 19 Aug 1918
Figure 7.23 USS Aztec (SP-590), an armed yacht, at Boston Navy Yard, December 1917. She served as a convoy escort during the war. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
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Dimensions:
167’ (oa) 141’ (bp) x 23’5” x 13’3”
Machinery:
1/VC, 10 knots
Complement:
68
Armament: 1–3”/50 Service record: Brest, base ship. Sold at Brest, 27 Dec 1919. Later history: FFU SP-
Name
1104 Cherokee
Builder Gas Engine
Launched 1903
Tonnage:
82 tons GRT
Dimensions:
115’ (oa) x 15’6” x 6’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 knots; complement 22
Acquired
Comm.
26 Apr 1917 1 May 1917
Armament: 1–3 pdr Notes: Wood yacht. Service record: 1st ND. Decomm 25 Nov 1918, Returned 17 Feb 1919. Later history: FFU SP525
Name Chilhowee
Builder Neilson Yt
Launched 1898
Tonnage:
95 tons GRT
Dimensions:
125’ (oa) 112’ (bp) x 16’6” x 7’
Machinery:
1/TE, 14 knots
Complement:
20
Acquired
Comm.
12 Jul 1917 10 Jun 1917
Figure 7.25 USS Calumet (SP-723), a yacht which served in the New York area during the war. Service record: Brest 1917–18. Decomm 19 May 1919, sold 30 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Christabel (pilot) 1919, renamed Savannah se1941 SP-
Name
1234 Cigarette
Builder Lawley
Launched 1905
Acquired
Armament: 2–1 pdr Notes: Wood yacht.
Tonnage:
99 tons GRT
Service record: 5th ND. To USCG, renamed York, 10 Sep 1919. Sold 22 Jul 1921.
Dimensions:
129’ (oa) 125’4” (bp) x 14’8” x 4’3”
Machinery:
2/TE, 22 knots
Complement:
21
Later history: FFU SP162
Name Christabel
Builder Henderson
Launched 1893
Tonnage:
248 tons GRT
Dimensions:
164’ (oa) 150’ (bp) x 22’ x 9’7”
Machinery:
1/TE, 11.5 knots
Complement:
55
Acquired
Comm.
30 Apr 1917 31 May 1917
Armament: 2‑3”/50 Notes: iron yacht
Comm.
17 Sep 1917 19 Sep 1917
Armament: 1–1 pdr Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: 1st ND and Cuba. Decomm Jul 1919, sold 29 Oct 1920. Later history: Merchant Pocantico 1921. BU 1930. SP813
Name Corona
Builder Hawthorne
Launched 1905
Tonnage:
304 tons GRT
Dimensions:
172’ (oa) 150’6” (bp) x 23’3” x 12’
Machinery:
1/VTE
Complement:
63
Acquired
Comm.
10 Jun 1917 20 Jul 1917
Armament: 2‑3”/50 Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: Brest. Decomm 17 May 1919. Stricken 4 Apr 1919, sold 1 Oct 1921. Later history: Merchant Corona 1922. Capsized and sank off Guanape Islands, Peru, 25 Apr 1941. SP159
Name Corsair
Builder Marvel
Launched 1899
Tonnage:
1136 tons GRT
Dimensions:
304’ (oa) 254’ (bp) x 33’4” x 16’
Machinery:
2/VTE, 19 knots
Complement:
123
Acquired
Comm.
25 May 1917 15 May 1917
Armament: 4‑3”/50 Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: Brest. Spithead 1919. Decomm 9 Jun 1919 and returned.
Figure 7.24 USS Hauoli (SP-249), armed yacht which served in the New York area.
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Later history: Merchant Corsair 1919. To USC&GS renamed Oceanographer, 2 Jan 1930. Reacquired as Natchez (PG 85), 7 Apr 1942. Renamed Oceanographer (AGS 3), 1942. Stricken 1944 and BU.
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SP-
Name
Builder
575 Cythera
Ramage & Ferguson
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
20 Sep 1906 20 Oct 1917 20 Oct 1917
ex-Agawa (1917)
Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: 4th ND. Returned 12 Dec 1918. Later history: Merchant Emerald 1919, renamed Alondra 1929, Fidus II. se1939
Tonnage:
603 tons GRT
SP-
Dimensions:
215’ (oa) 179’5” (bp) x 27’6” x 12’
642
Machinery:
1/VTE, 15.5 knots
Name Felicia
Builder Robins
Launched
Acquired
1898
Tonnage:
213 tons GRT
Complement: 113
Dimensions:
179’ (oa) 144’2” (bp) x 20’1” x 7’6”
Armament:
Machinery:
1/VTE, 14 knots
Notes: Steel yacht.
Complement:
49
Service record: Gibraltar. Decomm 17 Mar and returned 19 Mar 1919.
Armament:
3–3 pdr
Later history: Merchant Cythera 1919. Reacquired as Cythera (PY 26), 31 Dec 1941. Torpedoed and sunk by U-402 off North Carolina, 2 May 1942.
Notes: Steel yacht.
SP68
3‑3”/50
Name Despatch
Builder Gas Engine
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
11 Apr 1913 6 Aug 1917 11 Aug 1917
ex-Vixen (21 Aug 1917)
Service record: 2nd ND. Damaged in collision in fog with a submarine off Montauk Point, NY, 30 Aug 1918, never repaired. Decomm 25 Aug 1919. Sold 25 Mar 1920 Later history: Merchant Felicia 1920. se1935
Tonnage:
287 tons GRT
SP-
Dimensions:
167’9” (oa) 146’ (bp) x 22’ x 6’
173
Machinery:
2/VTE, 16.3 knots
Complement:
35
Name Florence
Builder Herreshoff
Launched 1903
Acquired
ex-Quickstep 104 tons GRT
Notes: Steel yacht.
Dimensions:
124’ (oa) 107’7” (bp) x 18’3” x 5’3”
Service record: Atlantic Fleet. Designated PY 8, 1920. Santo Domingo 1920– 21. Decomm 9 Dec 1921. To state of Florida, 10 May 1928.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Complement:
27
Later history: FFU
Armament:
1–6 pdr, 2–3 pdr
SP-
Name Druid
Builder Burlee
Launched 1902
Acquired
Comm.
2 Jun 1917 17 Aug 1917
ex-Nirvana (1916), ex-Rheclair (1915)
Notes: Composite yacht. Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm and returned 22 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Midwest 1919, renamed Florence, Midwest. se1941
Tonnage:
539 tons GRT
SP-
Dimensions:
217’ (oa) 195’7” (bp) x 28’6” x 13’6”
830
Machinery:
2/VTE, 2500 HP, 17 knots
Complement:
113
Tonnage:
132 tons GRT
Armament:
2‑3”/50
Dimensions:
137’(oa) 116’4” (bp) x 20’8” x 7’6”
Notes: Steel yacht.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 14 knots
Service record: Gibraltar. Decomm 28 May 1919. Sold 10 Sep 1919.
Complement:
18
Later history: Merchant Druid 1919, renamed Catco 1920, Maracay 1921. RR 1927.
Armament:
2–3 pdr
SP175
Name Emeline
Builder Ailsa
Comm.
28 Apr 1917 29 Aug 1917
Tonnage:
321
Comm.
21 Jun 1917 29 Jun 1917
Launched Dec 1898
Name Freelance
Builder Nixon
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1895
19 Jul 1917
5 Sep 1917
ex-USS Free Lance (see p. 77)
Acquired
Comm.
10 Jun 1917 14 Jul 1917
Notes: Steel yacht.. Served in USN in 1898. Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm and returned 24 Dec 1918. Later history: FFU
ex-Emeline (1917), ex-Riviera (1910), ex-Katoomba (1902)
SP-
Tonnage:
407 tons GRT
714
Dimensions:
196’ (oa) 175’3” (bp) x 24’ x 12’6”
Tonnage:
367 tons GRT
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11.5 knots
Dimensions:
192’ (oa) 158’ (bp) x 24’ x 9’
Complement:
72
Machinery:
1/VTE, 14 knots
Armament:
2‑3”/50
Complement:
57
Armament:
3‑3”/50
Notes: Steel yacht.
Name Galatea
Builder Pusey
Launched 1914
Acquired
Comm.
14 Jul 1917 16 Nov 1917
Service record: Brest 1917–18. Decomm 19 May 1919. Sold 9 Oct 1920.
Notes: Steel yacht..
Later history: Merchant Katharine R. 1920, renamed Camina 1927, Montechristo 1934. Reported lost, Mar 1935.
Service record: Damaged towing SC-314 across Atlantic, Jan 1918. Decomm 15 Jul 1919. Designated YP-617. Sold 14 Feb 1922.
SP177
Name Emerald
Builder Pusey
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1906
23 Jul 1917
23 Jul 1917
Later history: Merchant Galatea 1922, renamed Ville des Cayes, Jamaica. RR 1931.
Tonnage:
198 tons GRT
SP-
Dimensions:
163’ (oa) 140’4” (bp) x 21’ x 10’
41
Machinery:
1/VQE, 13.5 knots
Tonnage:
201 tons GRT
Complement:
43
Dimensions:
164’7” (oa) 153’7” (bp) x 18’ x 6’9”
Armament:
2–6 pdr
Machinery:
1/VTE, 18 knots
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Name Gem
Builder Lawley
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1913
11 May 1917
1 Jun 1917
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Complement:
40
Machinery:
Armament:
2–3 pdr
Complement:
30
Notes: Steel yacht..
Armament:
2‑3”/50
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 10 Jan 1919.
Notes: Steel yacht.
Later history: Merchant Gem 1919, renamed Athero 1922, Gypsy Jo 1926, Condor 1926. Acquired by USCG 1942 as Bedford (WPYc 346), to USN as Perseverance (PYc 44), 22 Jan 1943. Sold 1946.
Service record: 4th ND. Bermuda 1917. Decomm and returned 17 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Helenita 1919. se1923
SP303
Name George P. Squires
Builder
Launched
Brusstar
Tonnage:
218 tons GRT
Dimensions:
142’6” x 22’ x 12’
Machinery:
(U), 10 knots
Complement:
27
1900
Acquired
Comm.
12 May 1917 21 May 1917
SP-
Name
…
Hermes
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
W.F. Stone (Oakland)
1914
1 Apr 1918
1 Apr 1918
Tonnage:
340 tons D, 149 tons GRT
Dimensions:
89’ (bp) x 25’ x 6’9”
Machinery:
1/diesel
Complement:
31
Notes: wood schooner. Service record: ex-German, interned at Honolulu. Decomm 16 Jan 1919. To
Notes: fishing steamer
Territory of Hawaii, 11 Sep 1919. Sold 21 Oct 1926. Later history: Merchant Lanikai 1927. Reacquired at Manila as Lanikai, 5 Dec 1941. To RAN, 22 Aug 1942. Sunk in typhoon at Subic Bay, Luzon, 1947.
Service record: 5th ND. Decomm 27 Jul 1918. Sold 23 Oct 1918. Later history: Merchant George P. Squires 1918. se1935 SP-
1/VTE, 13.8 knots
Name
Builder Launched
1328 Gov. R.M. McLane
Neafie
Acquired
Comm.
1917
6 Aug 1917
1884
SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1841 Herreshoff 306 Herreshoff
1917
4 Feb 1918 27 Feb 1918
Tonnage:
144 tons GRT
2232 Herreshoff 308 Herreshoff
1917
21 Feb 1918 23 Feb 1918
Dimensions:
120’ x 22’ x 6’9” x.(U).
2235 Herreshoff 321 Herreshoff
1917
21 Feb 1918 24 Mar 1918
Machinery:
(U)./…, 13 knots;
Tonnage:
60 tons GRT
Armament:
1–1 pdr
Dimensions:
112’5” (oa) [2235: 114’ (oa)] x 15’1” x 4’
Notes: Acquired from Maryland State Conservation Commission.
Machinery:
2/VTE, 21.7 knots
Service record: 5th ND. Returned 30 Nov 1918.
Armament:
1–6 pdr
Later history: Merchant Gov. R.M. McLane 1918. se1948
Service records: Designed for patrol service.
SP512
Name Guinevere
Builder Lawley
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1908
20 Jul 1917
1917
ex-Visitor II (1916) Tonnage:
499 tons GRT
Dimensions:
197’6” (oa) 150’ (wl) x 32’6” x 17’
Machinery:
1/TE, 10 knots
Complement:
75
Armament:
Herreshoff 306: ASW Patrol, Canal Zone 1918. 15th ND. Army Air Service 1920–21. Sold 1 Dec 1922. FFU Herreshoff 308: ASW Patrol, Canal Zone, 1918. Loan to Canal Zone. Later history: Merchant Gold Star (Panama Canal), sold 27 May 1924. Herreshoff 321: ASW Patrol, Canal Zone, 1918. Designated YP 2235. Foundered in tow to Keyport, Wash. off Southern California, 7 Oct 1921. SP-
Name
Builder
2840 Herreshoff 323 Herreshoff
4–3”
Launched 1917
Notes: yacht
Tonnage:
95 tons GRT
Service record: Brest, 1917–18. Wrecked off Lorient, France, 26 Jan 1918
Dimensions:
112’9” (oa) x 15’2” x 3’9”
(none lost).
Machinery:
2/VTE, 21 knots
Complement:
26
Armament:
1–6 pdr
SP209
Name Harvard
Builder Bath
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
6 Oct 1894 28 Apr 1917 10 May 1917
ex-Wacouta (1917), ex-Eleanor (1901)
Acquired
Comm.
12 Jun 1917 10 Jun 1917
Service record: 1st ND. Designated YP 2840. Sold 3 May 1927. FFU
Tonnage:
804 tons GRT
SP-
Dimensions:
243’ (oa) 208’ (bp) x 32’ x 12’6”
521
Name
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Tonnage:
710 tons
Complement:
66
Dimensions:
245’3” (oa) 229’11” (wl) x 26’2” x 9’2”
Armament:
4‑3”/50, 4–1 pdr
Machinery:
2 Parsons turbines, 8,400 HP, 28 knots
Isabel
Builder Bath
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
11 Aug 1917 10 Apr 1917 28 Dec 1917
Notes: Steel yacht.
Complement:
103
Service record: Brest 1917–18 Brest. Armistice Commission, Harwich 1919.
Armament:
4‑3”/50, 2‑18”TT
Decomm and returned 26 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Harvard 1919, renamed Athinai 1923. Sunk by air attack in Itea harbor, Greece, 22 Apr 1941.
Service record: Convoy escort, Brest 1918. Out of comm 30 Apr 1920–18 Jul 1921. Designated PY 10. Asiatic Squadron and Yangtze Patrol, 1921–41. †
SP210
Name Helenita
Builder Gas Engine
Launched 1902
Tonnage:
304 tons GRT
Dimensions:
187’ (oa) 154’ (bp) x 21’ x 8’6”
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Acquired
Comm.
8 Aug 1917 17 Nov 1917
Notes: Steel yacht., rated as destroyer. TT removed 1920.
SP72
Name Joyance
Builder Jacob
Launched 1907
Acquired
Comm.
25 May 1917 20 Jul 1917
ex-Cavalier Tonnage:
119 tons GRT
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Dimensions:
134’ (oa/bp) x 18’ x 5’3”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 14 knots
Complement:
26
Armament:
1–3 pdr
SP-
Name
1233 Kwasind
Builder Robins
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1914
9 May 1917
5 Dec 1917
ex-Nokomis I (22 Nov 1917) Tonnage:
303 tons GRT
Notes: Steel yacht..
Dimensions:
180’ (oa) 145’8” (bp) x 23’6” x 9’
Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm 6 May 1919. Sold 5 Aug 1919.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 16 knots
Later history: Merchant Joyance 1919. se1923
Complement:
59
Armament:
2‑3”/50
SP602
Name Juniata
Builder Jacob
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1910
1 Jun 1917
1 Jun 1917
ex-Josephine
Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: Caribbean. Haiti 1919. Decomm 5 Jul 1919. Sold 4 Dec 1919. Later history: Merchant Saelmo 1920, renamed Dupont, Catoctin. Acquired by USCG, 1942, as Wicomico (WPYc 158). Returned 1945.
Tonnage:
142 tons GRT
Dimensions:
139’6” (oa) 128’ (bp) x 17’ x 4’6”
Machinery:
2/diesel, 17 knots
SP-
1–3 pdr
399
Armament:
Name Legonia
Builder Pusey
Launched 1909
Service record: 4th ND. Decomm 13 Jul 1918. Returned 25 Jul 1918.
Tonnage:
244 tons GRT
Later history: Merchant Juniata 1918. se1935
Dimensions:
168’ (oa) 140’4” (bp) x 22’6” x 9’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 knots
Complement:
36
Armament:
4–6 pdr
389
Name Kajeruna
Builder Robins
Launched 1902
Acquired
Comm.
28 May 1917 18 May 1917
ex-Seminole, ex-Hauoli
Notes: Steel yacht.
Tonnage:
147 tons GRT
Dimensions:
153’7” (oa) 123’ (bp) x 17’6” x 7’9”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 14 knots
Complement:
38
Armament:
2–6 pdr
Service record: 5th ND. Decomm 1 Aug 1921. Stricken 30 Sep 1921, sold 6 Jun 1922. Later history: Merchant Legonia II 1923. se1935 SP721
Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: 5th ND. Returned 16 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant Thomas W. Beattie 1919. se1939 SP130
Comm.
ex-Legonia II, ex-Walucia, ex-Lydonia
Notes: steel hull
SP-
Acquired
9 Jun 1917 14 Jun 1917
Name Kanawha II
Builder Gas Engine
Launched 1899
Acquired
Comm.
28 Apr 1917 28 Apr 1917
Name Linta
Builder Gas Engine
Launched 1905
Acquired
Tonnage:
78 tons GRT
Dimensions:
108’ (oa) 91’4” (bp) x 17’4” x 5’9”; 1/VTE, 12 knots
Complement:
26
Armament:
3–6 pdr
Notes: Wood yacht.
ex-Kanawha (1917)
Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm and returned 19 Feb 1919.
Tonnage:
475 tons GRT
Dimensions:
227’ (oa) 192’ (bp) x 24’5” x 9’8”
Later history: Merchant Linta. 1919. se1948
Machinery:
2/VTE, 20 knots
Complement:
65
Armament:
4‑3”/50, 1–6 pdr
SP700
Notes: Steel yacht.
Comm.
27 Jun 1917 17 Dec 1917
Name Lydonia
Builder Pusey
Launched 1912
Tonnage:
497 tons GRT
Dimensions:
214’ (oa) 181’ (bp) x 26’ x 11’4”
Acquired
Comm.
21 Aug 1917 27 Oct 1917
Service record: Brest 1917–18. Renamed Piqua, 1 Mar 1918. Decomm and returned 1 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Kanawha 1919, renamed Antonio Maceo 1920 (Marcus Garvey’s Black Star Line), laid up, wrecked in storm at Antilla, Cuba, 1925. SP415
Name Kemah
Builder Luders
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1917
7 Oct 1917
16 Jul 1918
Tonnage:
300 tons GRT
Dimensions:
146’ (oa) 136’ (bp) x 21’ x 8’6”
Machinery:
2/diesel, 13 knots
Complement:
51
Armament:
2‑3”/50
Notes: Composite yacht. Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm 18 Sep and sold 22 Sep 1920. Later history: FFU
Figure 7.26 USS Kemah (SP-415), armed yacht in the New York area during the war.
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Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Dimensions:
239’ (oa) 204’ (bp) x 27’10” x 15’
Complement:
80
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 knots
Armament:
4‑3”/50
Complement:
77
Armament:
1‑4”/50, 2‑3”/50
Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: Gibraltar 1917–18. Decomm and trfd to USC&GS, 7 Aug 1919. Later history: USC&GS Lydonia se1941 sold 1947 SP734
Name Lyndonia
Builder Gas Engine
Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: Haiti 1919. Ran aground on reef off Santo Domingo, 27 Jul 1919, CTL. Stricken 28 Feb 1920, sold 6 Feb 1922.
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
SP-
1907
5 Sep 1917
4 Dec 1917
771
Name Nahma
Builder Clydebank
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
19 Feb 1897 21 Jun 1917 27 Aug 1917
Tonnage:
276 tons GRT
Tonnage:
1,739 tons GRT
Dimensions:
175’ (oa) 161’4” (wl) x 20’4” x 7’9”
Dimensions:
321’ (oa) 275’ (bp) x 36’8” x 18’6”
Machinery:
2/VTE, 15 knots
Machinery:
2/VTE, 16 knots
Complement:
69
Complement:
150
Armament:
1‑3”/50, 1–6 pdr
Armament:
2‑5”/51, 2‑3”/50
Notes: Steel yacht.
Notes: Steel yacht.
Service record: Disabled at sea by boiler failure, 23 Dec 1917. Renamed Vega, 20 Feb 1918. 4th, 5th and 8th ND. Decomm 13 Sep 1919, sold 20 Dec 1921.
Service record: Gibraltar 1917–18. Decomm and returned 19 Jul 1919.
Later history: Merchant Lyndonia 1922, renamed Florida. se1948 SP735
Name Malay
Builder Delaware River
Launched 1898
Acquired
Comm.
28 Apr 1917 16 Jun 1917
Later history: Merchant Nahma 1919, renamed Istar 1923. Seized as rumrunner at St. John, NB, 26 Apr 1924. BU 1930. SP-
Name
161
Narada
Builder
Launched
Ramage & Ferguson
173 tons GRT
Tonnage:
505 tons GRT
Dimensions:
150’ (oa) 131’ (bp) x 20’ x 8’7”
Dimensions:
224’ (oa) 201’4” (bp) x 27’ x 15’9”
1/VTE, 15 knots
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Complement:
31
Complement: 70
Armament:
2–3 pdr
Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: Experimental submarine work. Decomm 13 Jan 1919, returned 4 Feb 1919.
Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: Returned 1 Mar 1919, sold Later history: Merchant Malay 1919. se1920 SP527
Name Margaret
Builder Delaware River
Launched 1899
Later history: Merchant Narada 1919. se1929 Acquired
Comm.
14 Aug 1917 16 Oct 1917
SP666
Name Natoma
Builder Gas Engine
Launched
Tonnage:
112 tons GRT
Dimensions:
120’6” (oa) 116’ (bp) x 17’ x 5’6”
Tonnage:
283 tons GRT
Machinery:
2/diesel, 10 knots
Dimensions:
176’ (oa) 146’ (bp) x 21’ x 11’
Complement:
28
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Armament:
1–3 pdr
Complement:
51
Notes: Steel yacht.
Armament:
2‑3”/50
Service record: 3rd ND. To USC&GS, 14 Apr 1919.
Service record: Decomm 9 Mar 1920. Sold 30 Sep 1921.
SP-
Later history: Merchant Margaret 1922. se1923
517
Name Mary Alice
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1897
1917
10 Aug 1917
Name Naushon
Builder Roach
Launched
Acquired
ex-Norman (1916), ex-Oneonta 135 tons GRT
ex-Oneta, ex-Bernice
Dimensions:
154’3” (oa) 130’ (bp) x 18’5” x 7’6”
Tonnage:
180 tons GRT
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 knots
Dimensions:
172’6 (oa) 142’ (bp) x 18’ x 9’9”
Complement:
37
Machinery:
1/TE, 20 knots
Armament:
2–6 pdr
Complement:
51; 2–3 pdr
Notes: Steel yacht.
Robins
Notes: Steel yacht.
Service record: 7th ND. Stricken 13 Jun 1919, sold 17 Nov 1920.
Service record: 3rd ND. Sunk in collision with submarine O-13 off Bridgeport, Conn., 5 Oct 1918 (none lost).
Later history: FFU
164
Name May
Tonnage:
RT718X.indb 87
Builder Ailsa
652 tons GRT
Launched 1891
Acquired
Comm.
11 Aug 1917 7 Oct 1917
Comm.
23 Jul 1895 14 Aug 1917 21 Feb 1918
Tonnage:
SP-
Comm.
4 Jul 1917 23 Aug 1917
Later history: USC&GS Natoma. Sold 1934.
Notes: Steel yacht.
SP-
Acquired
26 Jun 1913
ex-Marjorie
397
Comm.
31 Jun 1917 12 Oct 1917
ex-Margarita, ex-Semiramis
Tonnage: Machinery:
Acquired
1889
SP136
Name Niagara
Builder Harlan
Launched Feb 1898
Tonnage:
1,433 tons GRT
Dimensions:
282’ (oa) 245’ (bp) x 36’ x 17’
Acquired
Comm.
10 Aug 1917 16 Apr 1918
10/4/06 5:52:43 AM
88 The New Navy, 1883-1922
Machinery:
2/VQE, 13 knots
Complement:
195
Armament:
4‑4”/50
Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: West Indies 1917. Designated PY 9. Decomm 21 Apr 1922. † SP609
Name Nokomis
Builder Pusey
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1914
1 Jun 1917
3 Dec 1917
ex-Nokomis II (19 Nov 1917) Tonnage:
872 tons GRT
Dimensions:
243’ (oa) 203’ (bp) x 31’10” x 12’10”
Machinery:
2/VTE, 16 knots
Complement:
103
Armament:
4‑3”/50
Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: Brest 1918. Designated PY 6. Out of comm 25 Feb 1921–14 Feb 1922. † SP131
Name Noma
Builder Burlee
Launched
Acquired
Figure 7.27 USS Noma (SP-131), armed yacht, at Constantinople in 1919.
Comm.
11 Feb 1902 19 May 1917 10 May 1917
SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1912
1917
10 Aug 1917
Tonnage:
763 tons GRT
Dimensions:
262’6” (oa) 226’4” (bp) x 28’6” x 15’6”
Machinery:
2/VTE, 4200 HP, 19 knots
Tonnage:
304 tons GRT
Complement:
80
Dimensions:
158’ (oa) 146’ (bp) x 23’ x 8’8”
Armament:
4‑3”/50
Machinery:
(U), 12 knots
377
Service record: Brest 1917–18. Engaged several U-boats with gunfire, 1918. Constantinople 1919. Decomm and returned 15 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Noma 1919, renamed Vega 1927, Salvatore Primo 1933. Torpedoed and sunk by Allied aircraft off Cape Figari, Sardinia, 21 Jun 1943. Reported salved by Germans. SP-
Name Onward
Builder Gas Engine
Launched 1906
Acquired
Comm.
1 Aug 1917 22 Sep 1917
ex-Ungava (1916), ex-Galatea Tonnage:
157 tons GRT
Dimensions:
140’ (oa) 118’ (bp) x 17’5” x 6’10”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 knots
Complement:
43
Armament:
2–6 pdr
Owera
Name Parthenia
Builder Herreshoff
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1903
18 Aug 1917
1917
Tonnage:
144 tons GRT
Dimensions:
131’ (oa) 114’ (bp) x 18’ x 7’5”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13.5 knots
Complement:
22
Service record: Sold 17 Aug 1920.
Service record: 5th ND. To USC&GS, 14 Apr 1919.
167
SP671
Later history: Merchant Parthenia 1920. se1959
Later history: USC&GS Onward, sold 23 Apr 1921. Merchant Thelma Phoebe, 1923. Name
Armament: 2–3” Service record: Brest 1918. Struck rock and foundered off Lorient, 12 Jan 1918.
Armament: 1–3 pdr Notes: Composite yacht..
Notes: Steel yacht.
SP-
Davis
ex-Philip K. Bauman
Notes: Steel yacht.
311
P.K. Bauman
Builder
Launched
Ramage & Ferguson
1907
Acquired
Comm.
18 Jun 1917 15 Jun 1917
ex-O-we-ra (1915)
SP-
Name
…
Rainier
Builder (Portland, Ore.)
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1917
7 Jun 1917
30 Jul 1917
ex-Patrol, ex-Angel Tonnage:
340 tons GRT
Dimensions:
119’ (oa) 115’3” (bp) x 26’ x 8’6”
Machinery:
(U)./diesel, 5 knots
Complement:
40
Tonnage:
426 tons GRT
Dimensions:
194’8” (oa) 173’8” (bp) x 25’ x 13’
Armament: 2–4”/40 Service record: Mexican Patrol (Pacific). Stricken 8 Sep 1919, sold 5 Aug 1921.
Dimensions:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Later history: FFU
Complement:
34
Armament:
2‑3”/50
Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: 2nd ND. Decomm 6 Jan and returned 8 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant O-we-ra 1919, renamed Alcedo 1927, Josephine 1928, Owe-ra 1930, South Wind 1934, O-we-ra 1936 (RN 1940–46), 1950 merchant. RR 1966.
RT718X.indb 88
SP211
Name Rambler
Builder Nixon
Launched 1900
Acquired
Comm.
16 Aug 1917 18 Oct 1917
ex-Dreamer Tonnage:
288 tons GRT
Dimensions:
177’ (oa) 148’6” (bp) x 23’ x 11’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 knots
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Complement:
Dimensions:
140 ‘(oa) x 19’ x 8’
Armament: 2‑3”/50 Notes: Steel yacht.
69
Machinery:
1/VTE, 14 knots
Complement:
31
Service record: Azores, Brest, 1917–18. Decomm 9 Jul 1919. Sold 16 Sep 1919.
Armament: 3–3 pdr Notes: Steel yacht.
Later history: Merchant Rambler 1919. Foundered northeast of Yucatan, Mexico, 13 Nov 1921. SP157
Name Remlik
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Cook Welton 19 Nov 1902 10 Jun 1917 11 Jul 1917
Service record: Sold 20 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Machigonne 1919, renamed HMCS Grizzly 1941. BU 1944.
ex-Candace (1907)
SP-
Tonnage:
432 tons GRT
509
Dimensions:
200’ (oa) 166’ (bp) x 23’ x 11’9”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 14 knots
Tonnage:
118 tons GRT
Complement:
62
Dimensions:
135’ (oa) 128’10” (bp) x 18’6” x 7’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 knots
Service record: Brest 1917–18. Decomm 7 Nov 1919. Sold 6 Jul 1920.
198
Builder
Reposo II S.Pine (Brooklyn)
Launched 1882
Acquired
Comm.
7 Apr 1917 21 May 1917
Machinery: Complement:
Name SP‑524
Builder
Launched
Gas Engine
1913
140’ (oa) 126’8” (bp) x 17’1” x 6’10”
161 tons GRT
1/VC, 14 knots
Dimensions:
145’ (oa) 118’6” (bp) x 18’ x 6’9”
24
Machinery:
2/VTE, 14 knots
Complement:
29
Name SP‑117
Builder Laird
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1890
19 Apr 1917
7 Jun 1917
Service record:…… To War Dept., 9 Mar 1920. FFU SP-
Name SP‑582
Builder
Launched
Gas Engine
1907
231 tons GRT
Dimensions:
144’ (oa) 126’ (bp) x 23’ x 12’3”
Tonnage:
161 tons GRT
Machinery:
1/VTE, 8.6 knots
Dimensions:
140’ (oa) 118’ (bp) x 18’3” x 6’6”
Complement:
48
Machinery:
1/VTE, 15 knots
Complement:
33
Armament: 1‑3”/50, 2–6 pdr Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: 3rd ND. Observation balloon service, NY harbor. Decomm and returned 15 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Walucia III, renamed Apache, Norseman. se1929
237
SP‑237
Builder Jacob
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1910
22 Jun 1917
9 Oct 1917
Service record: 2nd ND. Damaged in collision with m/v Bayou Teche, 4 Jun 1919. Stricken 31 Jul 1919, sold 4 Dec 1919. Later history: Merchant Halcyon 1920. se1948 SP-
Name SP‑852
Machinery: Complement:
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1899
13 Jul 1917
3 Oct 1917
Lawley ex-Wissahickon, ex-Valda
219 tons GRT
Dimensions:
145’ (oa) 133’6” (bp) x 22’ x 7’
Tonnage:
74 tons GRT
2/VTE, 13 knots
Dimensions:
120’ (oa) 100’ (bp) x 14’ x 5’10”
45
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 knots
Complement:
19
Armament: 4–6 pdr Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: 3rd ND. To USC&GS, 28 Apr 1919.
Armament: 1–3 pdr Notes: Composite yacht.
Later history: USC&GS Ranger. Stricken 4 Sep 1931, sold 21 Dec 1931. Merchant, renamed Cananova. se1939
Later history: Merchant Valda 1919. se1948
SP507
Name SP‑507
Builder Gas Engine
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1909
17 May 1917
9 Jul 1917
Service record: 1st and 3rd ND, returned 10 Feb 1919. SP-
Name
RT718X.indb 89
195 tons GRT
Builder
1290 SP-1290 Camper & Nicholson
Launched
Acquired
In service
1899
3 Oct 1917
1917
ex-Anemone IV
ex-Machigonne Tonnage:
Comm.
Armament: 2–3 pdr Notes: Steel yacht.
852
ex-Ranger Tonnage:
Acquired
27 Aug 1917 15 Dec 1917
ex-Halcyon II
Tonnage:
Name
Comm.
Armament: 1–3 pdr Notes: Steel yacht.
582
ex-Mohican, ex-Lady Godiva, ex-Norseman
SP-
Acquired
28 Apr 1917 28 Jun 1917
ex-Margaret
Service record: 7th ND. Decomm 24 Dec 1918, sold 8 Aug 1919. FFU
117
SP-
Tonnage:
Armament: 1–3 pdr Notes: Wood yacht. SP-
Comm. 6 Aug 1917
Later history: Merchant Henry P.Williams 1919. se1923
157 tons GRT
Dimensions:
Acquired
3 Jun 1896 27 Jun 1917
Armament: 1–3 pdr Notes: steel freighter
524
ex-Onondaga, ex-Turbese, ex-Empress, ex-Sophia Tonnage:
Launched
Service record: Returned 28 Dec 1918.
Later history: Merchant Remlik 1920. Scuttled, Jul 1932. Name
Builder Bath
ex-Henry P. Williams, ex-USS Oneida (see p. 78)
Armament: 2‑3”/50 Notes: Steel yacht.
SP-
Name SP‑509
Tonnage:
118 tons GRT
10/4/06 5:52:45 AM
90 The New Navy, 1883-1922
Dimensions:
127’ (oa) 102’ (bp) x 18’10” x 8’2”
Machinery: 1/diesel, 8 knots; 1–1 pdr Notes: auxiliary schooner Service record: 13th ND. Returned 4 Mar 1919. SP-
Name Sabalo
Builder Lawley
2/Curtis turb, 25 knots
Complement:
36
Armament: 2‑3”/50 Notes: Steel yacht.
Later history: Merchant Anemone IV 1919. se1920 225
Machinery:
Service record: 3rd ND. Stricken and returned 23 Apr 1919.
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1916
20 Jul 1917
1917
Later history: FFU SP-
Name
134 Sultana
Builder
Launched
Henderson & Robbins
1889
Tonnage:
204 tons GRT
Dimensions:
141’ (oa) 130’ (bp) x 19’6” x 6’
Tonnage:
400 tons GRT
Machinery:
3/diesel, 14 knots
Dimensions:
190’6” (oa) 155’ (bp) x 27’ x 13’
Complement:
37
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Acquired
Comm.
4 May 1917 27 May 1917
Complement: 62
Armament: 2–3 pdr Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 3 Mar 1919.
Armament: 4‑3”/50 Notes: Steel yacht.
Later history: Merchant Sabalo 1919, renamed Breezin’ Thru 1930, renamed HMCS Cougar 1940, sold 1946, merchant Breezin’ Thru 1946. Foundered in hurricane at Kingston, Jamaica, Sep 1950.
Later history: Merchant Sultana 1919. Foundered at dock in storm at Los Angeles, 5 Jan 1937.
SP192
Name Sachem
Builder Pusey
Launched
Acquired
12 Apr 1902
Comm.
3 Jul 1917 19 Aug 1917
Service record: Brest 1917–18. Decomm and returned 17 Feb 1919.
SP510
Name Suzanne
ex-Celt (1915)
Builder Lawley
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1908
1917
18 May 1917
ex-Jorosa, ex-Esperanza, ex-Cristina
Tonnage:
217 tons GRT
Tonnage:
123 tons GRT
Dimensions:
169’6” (oa) 143’3” (bp) x 23’6” x 8’
Dimensions:
110’ (oa) 75’ (bp) x 13’ x 3’4”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 knots
Machinery:
2/diesel, 13 knots’
Complement:
49
Complement:
18
Armament: 1–6 pdr, 2–3 pdr Notes: Steel yacht.
Armament: 1–3 pdr Notes: Steel yacht.
Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm and returned 10 Feb 1919.
Service record: 4th ND. Stricken and returned 28 Dec 1918.
Later history: Merchant Sachem 1919. Reacquired, 17 Feb 1942, as Phenakite (PYc 25). Sold 1945. Renamed Sachem 1945, Sightseer, Circle Line V. FFU
Later history: Merchant Suzanne 1919, renamed Cristina, Old Horse Eye, Jo Ho So IV. se1959
SP687
Name Satilla
Builder Lawley
Launched 1902
Acquired
Comm.
17 May 1917 31 May 1917
SP104
Name Sybilla III
Builder Jacob
Tonnage:
106 tons GRT
Dimensions:
128’ (oa) 106’ (bp) x 16’6” x 6’3”
Tonnage:
103 tons GRT
Machinery:
1/VTE, 14 knots
Dimensions:
120’ (bp) x 14’ x 4’8”
Complement:
23
Machinery:
2/diesel, 15 knots
Later history: Merchant Satilla 1920, renamed Edith 1922. se1941 Name Sialia
Comm.
1917
14 May 1917
Armament: 1–3 pdr Notes: Steel yacht.
Service record: Damaged in collision with USS Ibis at Rockville, Me., about fall 1918 Stricken 7 Nov 1919, sold 25 Mar 1920. SP-
Acquired
1915
ex-Paragon
Armament: 1–3 pdr Notes: Wood yacht.
543
Launched
Builder Pusey
Launched Sep 1913
Acquired
Comm.
10 Jun 1917 30 Jun 1917
Service record: 7th ND. Returned 24 Dec 1918. Later history: Merchant Sybilla III 1919, renamed Arlis. Reacquired as PC-454, 12 Aug 1940; renamed Impetuous (PYc 46) 1943. Sold 1945. SP129
Name Taniwha
Builder Lawley
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1909
1917
14 May 1917
Tonnage:
558 tons GRT
Tonnage:
85 tons GRT
Dimensions:
207’ (oa) 170’ (bp) x 27’ x 11’3”
Dimensions:
112’ (oa) 108’ (bp) x 15’6” x 4’3”
Machinery:
2/VTE, 14.5 knots
Machinery:
2/diesel
Complement:
61
Armament: 1–6 pdr Service record: 3rd ND. Stricken 4 Apr 1919, returned Jun 1919.
Armament: 2‑3” Notes: Steel yacht.
Later history: Merchant Taniwha 1919. se1923
Service record: 4th ND. Decomm 11 Jun 1919. To USC&GS, 6 Oct 1919 -6 Feb 1920. Returned to owner, 13 Apr 1920. Later history: Merchant Sialia 1920, renamed Yankee Clipper 1936. Reacquired as Coral (PY 15), 25 Nov 1940. Stricken 1943, used as target. SP170
Name Sovereign
Builder Gas Engine
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1911
14 Jun 1918
Jun 1918
Tonnage:
173 tons GRT
Dimensions:
166’ (oa) 160’6” (bp) x 16’3” x 4’6”
RT718X.indb 90
SP124
Name Tarantula
Builder Lawley
Tonnage:
159 tons GRT
Dimensions:
128’ x 19’ x 9’
Machinery:
(U), 14 knots
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1913
25 Apr 1917
Apr 1917
Armament: 2–6 pdr Service record: Sunk in collision with m/v Frisia off Fire Island LV, 28 Oct 1918.
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SP391
Name Thetis
Builder Lawley
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1901
23 Jun 1917
9 Jul 1917
Tonnage:
190 tons GRT
Dimensions:
177’ (oa) 140’ (bp) x 17’ x 7’3”
Tonnage:
104 tons GRT
Machinery:
2/VTE, 18 knots
Dimensions:
128’ (oa) 103’ (bp) x 16’4” x 6’6”
Complement:
28
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Complement:
16
Armament: 2–6 pdr Notes: Steel yacht.
Armament:
2–3 pdr
Service record: 3rd ND. Stricken 21 Aug 1919, sold 4 Jun 1920. FFU
Notes: Wood yacht.
SP-
Service record: 2nd ND. Stricken 31 Mar 1919, sold 19 Jul 1920.
158
Later history: Merchant Thetis 1920. se1923
Name Wadena
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Cleveland SB 11 Aug 1891 25 May 1917 14 Jan 1918
Tonnage:
250 tons GRT
Dimensions:
176’ (oa) 157’ (bp) x 21’ x 10’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 knots
ex-Virginia (1917)
Complement:
60
Tonnage:
441 tons GRT
Dimensions:
199’ (oa) 169’ (bp) x 26’ x 12’
Armament: 2‑3”/50 Notes: Steel yacht.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13.5 knots
Service record: Gibraltar 1918. Decomm 19 May 1919. Sold 12 Jul 1920.
Complement:
61
Later history: Merchant Wadena 1920. se1923
Armament:
3‑3”/50
SP163
Name Vedette
Builder Bath
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
23 Dec 1899 4 May 1917 28 May 1917
Notes: Steel yacht.
SP-
Name
160
Wakiva
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Ramage & Ferguson
3 Feb 1907
20 Jul 1917
6 Aug 1917
Service record: Escort and patrol, Brest, 1917–18. Decomm and returned, 4 Feb 1919.
Tonnage:
853 tons GRT
Later history: Merchant Vedette. se1920
Dimensions:
239’ (oa) 195’ (wl) x 30’6” x 15’
Machinery:
2/TE, 15 knots
SP431
Name Venetia
Builder Hawthorne
Launched 1903
Acquired
Comm.
4 Aug 1917 15 Oct 1917
ex-Wakiva II
Armament: 4–3”/50 Service record: Brest 1917–18. Sunk in collision with USS Wabash in convoy in Bay of Biscay off Ile de Ré, 22 May 1918 (2 dead).
Tonnage:
589 tons GRT
Dimensions:
226’ (oa) 196’6” (bp) x 27’2” x 15’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 knots
SP-
Complement:
69
132 Wanderer
Armament:
4–3”/50
Name
Builder Ramage & Ferguson
Launched
Notes: Steel yacht.
362 tons GRT
Service record: Escort and patrol, Gibraltar, 1917–18. Attacked UB-52 off Gibraltar, 11 May 1918. Returned 4 Apr 1919.
Dimensions:
197’ (oa) 167’ (bp) x 24’2” x 12’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Later history: Merchant Venetia 1919. RN 1941–46 BU 1968.
Complement:
56
SP-
Name Vergana
Builder Marvel
Launched 1897
Acquired
Comm.
4 May 1917 10 Jul 1917
Armament: 2‑3”/50 Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: Brest 1918. Decomm 24 Apr 1919. Sold 22 Jul 1920.
Tonnage:
126 tons GRT
Dimensions:
147’ (oa) 125’ (bp) x 18’9” x 7’5”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
SP-
Complement:
22
165
Armament:
2–1 pdr
Later history: Merchant Wanderer II 1920. Scuttled,1931. Name Wenonah
Builder Lawley
Launched 1915
Acquired
Tonnage:
290 tons GRT
Dimensions:
163’ (oa) 143’4” (bp) x 22’10” x 10’
Service record: San Francisco ND. Decomm 16 Jan 1919. Sold 19 Apr 1922.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Later history: Merchant Vergana 1922, renamed Romancia. se1941
Complement:
65
SP-
Name Vivace
Builder Gas Engine
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
23 Apr 1902 18 Jun 1917 20 Sep 1917
ex-Vixen Tonnage:
66 tons GRT
Dimensions:
118’ x 12’ x (U)…
Machinery:
1/TE
Notes: Wood yacht. Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm and returned 28 Sep 1918. SP-
Name
238
Wacondah
Builder
Launched
Gas Engine
1901
ex-Revolution
RT718X.indb 91
Acquired
Comm.
24 May 1917 14 Sep 1917
Comm.
8 Aug 1917 22 Oct 1917
Notes: Steel yacht.
583
Comm.
ex-Kethailes (1902) Tonnage:
519
Acquired
29 May 1897 10 Jun 1917 14 Jul 1917
Armament: 2‑3”/50 Notes: Steel yacht. Service record: Gibraltar 1917–18. To USC&GS, 12 Apr 1919. Designated PY 11. Returned to USN, Oct 1922, not recomm. † SP-
Name
221
Whirlwind
Builder Gas Engine
Launched 1909
Tonnage:
59 tons GRT
Dimensions:
117’ (oa) 111’6” (bp) x 12’ x 3’6”
Machinery:
3/diesel, 20 knots
Complement:
9
Acquired
Comm.
11 May 1917 26 Jun 1917
Armament: 1–3 pdr Notes: Wood yacht.
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Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm 8 Dec 1917 and trfd to Great Lakes. Recomm 29 Sep 1918 at Chicago. Decomm 3 Dec 1918. Stricken 24 Apr 1919, sold 30 Jun 1919.
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 8 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Zoraya 1919. se1948
Later history: FFU SP-
Name
156
Winchester
Builder Bath
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
22 Apr 1916 30 May 1917 4 Sep 1917
Tonnage:
399 tons GRT
Dimensions:
225’ (oa/bp) x 21’ x 7’6”
Machinery:
2/Parsons turb., 17 knots
SP-
Service record: 2nd and 5th ND. Decomm 19 Dec 1919, sold 24 Mar 1921. Later history: Merchant Winchester 1921, renamed HMCS Renard 1940. sold 1945. aband.1955. 581
Name Xarifa
Builder White
Launched 1894
Acquired
Comm.
9 Aug 1917 23 Feb 1918
ex-Ophelie Tonnage:
378 tons GRT
Dimensions:
192’ (oa) 160’ (bp) x 27’ x 13’6”
Machinery:
1/VC, 11 knots
Complement:
71
Name Yacona
Builder J.Scott
Launched 1898
Acquired
527 tons GRT
Dimensions:
211’ (oa) 175’ (bp) x 27’4” x 14’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Complement:
73
Name
Builder Fleming
Launched 1891
Acquired
Comm.
10 Jun 1917 22 May 1917
ex-Solgar Tonnage:
184 tons GRT
Dimensions:
152’ (oa) 136’ (bp) x 21’6” x 10’
Machinery:
1/VQE, 10 knots
Complement:
62
235
Zoraya
113’4” (oa) 103’ (bp) x 25’9” x 10’6”
Machinery:
1/diesel, 8 knots
Complement: 25 Notes: auxiliary yacht Service record: Operated as decoy ship with submarine N-1. Decomm Nov 1918. Stricken 27 Mar 1919, sold 11 Nov 1919. FFU SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1905
25 Jul 1918
9 Aug 1918
Tonnage:
693 tons GRT
Dimensions:
204’ (oa) 178’ (bp) x 38’ x 15’6”
Service record: Sold 20 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Charles Whittemore 1919. sf1927 SP-
Name
3096 Helvetia
Builder
Launched
Snow (Rockland, Me.)
1905
Tonnage:
499 tons GRT
Dimensions:
157’4” x 36’2” x 14’
Acquired
Comm.
19 Jul 1918 19 Jul 1918
Later history: Merchant Helvetia 1919, converted to screw and renamed Wismy I. 1944. Abandoned and drifted ashore near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, 26 Jun 1947. SP-
Bayles
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Cobb Butler
1903
25 Jul 1918
25 Jul 1918
Tonnage:
735 tons GRT
Dimensions:
178’ (bp) x 37’ x 11’6”
Service record: 5th ND. Decomm Feb 1919. Returned 25 Jun 1919
SP-
Builder
Name
3157 Robert H. McCurdy
Later history: Merchant Robert H.McCurdy 1919. Foundered off East coast, 19 Dec 1920.
Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm 13 Apr 1918. Sold 13 Sep 1919. FFU Name
123 tons GRT
Dimensions:
Complement: 32 Notes: schooner, four masts.
Armament: 2–6 pdr Notes: Steel yacht. SP-
Comm.
Service record: 5th ND. Submarine depot. Returned 11 Mar 1919.
Service record: Damaged in storm off Bermuda, 26 Feb 1918. Out of comm 26 Jun 1919–11 Oct 1920. Voyaged to Far East via Suez Canal 1921 and trfd to War Dept/Philippine Govt, 27 Feb 1921. FFU Zara
Acquired
13 Aug 1918 14 Aug 1918
Complement: 34 Notes: Schooner, three masts.
Armament: 2‑3”/50 Notes: Steel yacht.
SP-
1903
Tonnage:
Comm.
29 Sep 1917 10 Dec 1917
ex-Amelia, ex-Cem Tonnage:
133
Launched
Complement: 32 Notes: schooner, four masts.
Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm 31 Mar 1919. Returned 4 May 1919. FFU SP-
Builder Arthur Story
3232 Charles Whittemore McDonald (Mystic)
Armament: 2–3 pdr Notes: Composite yacht.
617
Name
3434 Arabia
Armament: 1‑3”/50, 1–6 pdr Notes: Steel yacht.
SP-
Q‑Ships and Decoys
Launched 1901
Acquired
Comm.
16 Aug 1917 17 Dec 1917
--
Name Santee
Builder Richardson Duck
Launched 1905
Acquired
Comm.
27 Nov 1917 27 Nov 1917
ex-HMS Arvonian (18 Dec 1917), ex-Arvonian (1917) Tonnage:
2,794 tons GRT
Dimensions:
331’ x 47’ x 20 1/VTE
Tonnage:
129 tons GRT
Machinery:
Dimensions:
135’ (oa) 108’ (bp) x 18’ x 6’9”
Complement: 105
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Complement:
33
Armament: 3–4”/45, 3–12 pdr, 4–18”TT Service record: Torpedoed by U-105 off Queenstown, 27 Dec 1917. Decomm and returned to RN, 8 Apr 1918.
Armament: 2–3 pdr Notes: Wood yacht.
RT718X.indb 92
Later history: HMS Arvonian 1918, merchant 1919, renamed Brookvale 1919, Spidola 1928, Rudau 1941, Spidola 1947. BU Hamburg 1957.
10/4/06 5:52:48 AM
Patrol Vessels 93
Motor Patrol and Other Small SP’S (Section Patrols) ND
Built
Length
Comm.
Returned/Sold
208
SPAbalone
Name
3rd
1913
60/54
10 May 1917
24 Dec 1918
371
Absegami
4th
1916
75/70
30 Apr 1917
6 Dec 1918
1228
Acoma
2nd
1917
59
18 Oct 1917
25 Nov 1918
541
Admiral
1st
1913
68
31 May 1917
21 Apr 1919 +
570
Agawam
9th
40
20 Oct 1917
15 Aug 1919+
2589
Ahdeek
3rd
1916
36
2 Sep 1918
27 Dec 1933
599
Akbar
1st
1915
73
31 May 1917
2 Jan 1920
751
Albacore
12th
1900
50
17 May 1917
19 Mar 1919
1003
Albatross
1st
1912
33
10 Aug 1917
1 May 1919
630
Alcalda
2nd
1910
96
11 May 1917
11 Jan 1919
2298
Alexander H. Erickson
3rd
1917
66
9 Mar 1918
28 Aug 1919
367
Alice
3rd
1913
55
29 Sep 1917
5 Aug 1919
268
Almax II
5th
1912
50
18 May 1917
14 Jul 1920 +
586
Alpha
2nd
1911
54
19 May 1917
28 Aug 1919
218
Althea
9th
1907
51
12 May 1917
2 Aug 1919 +
453
Ameera
4th
1917
70
11 Aug 1917
27 Apr 1920
3028
Amphitrite
5th
1918
60
21 May 1918
4 Mar 1920 +
455
Anado
3rd
1917
67
17 Aug 1917
26 Feb 1919
1458
Anna B. Smith
5th
1892
70
17 Aug 1917
9 Dec 1918
1206
Annabelle
5th
1898
32
16 Aug 1917
20 Dec 1918
1086
Anton Dohrn
7th
1911
66
5 Oct 1917
2 Jan 1919
Arabian
4th
1896
82
5 Nov 1918
31 Jan 1919 29 Nov 1918
1
Arawan II
4th
1912
64
9 Apr 1917
856
Arcadia
3rd
1915
55
8 Oct 1918
6 Nov 1918
197
Arroyo
3rd
1913
47
25 Jun 1917
16 Dec 1918
408
Artmar III
2nd
1912
63
24 May 1917
11 Apr 1919 +
1045
Arval
6th
1911
65
1 Nov 1917
27 Feb 1919
752
Arvilla
12th
46
5 May 1917
12 Mar 1919 +
560
Astrea
Eur
1916
35
27 Jun 1917
31 Mar 1920 +
1182
Atlantic
5th
1903
58
20 Aug 1917
10 Jan 1919
40
Atlantis
3rd/9th
1911
55
27 Sep 1917
7 Jul 1919
451
Audwin
3rd/9th
1911
55
5 Nov 1917
27 Mar 1919 +
946
Augusta
8th
1912
98
11 Aug 1917
12 Dec 1918
Avalon
3rd
1908
43
19 May 1917
22 Dec 1918
2646
Avenger
4th
1918
71
23 May 1917
19 Dec 1918
382
Avis
9th
1908
47
28 Jul 1917
15 Nov 1918
Azalea
12th
1915
61
14 May 1917
26 Feb 1919 +
116
Bab
9th
1916
35
24 Jul 1917
Dec 1918
484
Babette II
5th
1917
52
25 Jul 1917
17 Jan 1919
963
Bagheera
1907
51
24 Jun 1917
5 Feb 1919
704
Barbara
1910
39
21 Jun 1917
10 Jan 1919
+Notes: ND (Naval District) (see p. 107) 541 Admiral: To USCG renamed Leader, 21 Apr 1919. On loan to Culver Military Academy. Burned after explosion off Portsmouth, NH, 2 Apr 1920. 570 Agawam: Renamed Natick, Aug 1918. 268 Almax II: To C&GS 28 Mar 1919—21 Feb 1920. 218 Althea: Sunk by ice while laid up at Detroit, 18 Mar 1920. 3029 Amphitrite: Renamed Nerita, Nov 1918.
RT718X.indb 93
408 Artmar III: To USCG, 19 Sep 1919, renamed Dash, 16 Dec 1919. Renamed AB-5, 6 Nov 1923. Sold 19 Sep 1933. 752 Arvilla: Sunk in collision, 2 Aug 1917; salved. 560 Astrea: Shipped to France on board USS Leviathan, May 1918. Returned to US on USS Teresa, Jun 1919. 451 Audwin: To C&GS. Azalea: Returned to Bureau of Immigration. se1923
10/4/06 5:52:49 AM
94 The New Navy, 1883-1922
ND
Built
Length
Comm.
Returned/Sold
845
SP-
Barracuda
Name
3rd
1912
55
31 Oct 1917
13 Feb 1919
444
Beaumere II
3rd
1914
62
22 Oct 1917
24 Feb 1919
3071
Belle of Boston
1891
53
13 Jul 1918
11 Jan 1919
536
Beluga
2nd
1911
68
15 May 1917
25 Nov 1918
2174
Bernard
4th
1912
74
7 Apr 1917
4 Feb 1919
1671
Berwind
1476
Bessie Jones (schr)
3458
Betty Jane I
6th
1913
35
4 Sep 1917
17 Jan 1919
623
Betty M. II
9th
1916
60
4 Sep 1917
17 Mar 1919
2871
Bie & Schiott
5th
1918
64
14 Mar 1918
19 Apr 1922
2472
Bivalve
3rd
1901
48
10 May 1918
19 Jul 1919
1028.
Blanche
5th
1878
83
26 Aug 1918
5 Dec 1918
465
Blue Bird
3rd
1911
67
17 Dec 1917
7 Feb 1919
1513
Bobylu
5th
1915
35
Oct 1917
31 Dec 1918
540
Bonita
1st
45
17 May 1917
26 Nov 1918 +
53
Boy Scout
2nd
1916
45
23 Apr 1918
1919
823
Broadbill
5th
1917
65
27 Jun 1918
3 Dec 1919 +
1355
Buck
33
24 Sep 1918
108
Calabash
7th
1914
60
25 Jul 1917
1917
272
Caliph
4th
1910
53
May 1917
2 Dec 1918
2274
Calvert
1910
40
24 Aug 1917
26 Nov 1918
632
Calypso
1909
54
19 Jul 1917
9 Sep 1919 +
703
Caprice
5th
43
24 Aug 1917
24 Jan 1919
1785
Carlotta
5th
41
12 Oct 1917
22 Oct 1918
1105
Caroline
12th
1912
42
17 May 1917
23 Dec 1918
665
Celeritas
2nd
1916
60
29 May 1917
25 Jun 1919
1189
Cero
2nd
1915
40
Aug 1917
21 Oct 1918 +
663
Chanticleer
2nd
37
22 May 1917
25 Nov 1918
1225
Charles B. Mason
5th
1900
41
1 Jun 1917
21 Dec 1918
522
Charles Mann
1st
1903
77
7 Jun 1917
29 Nov 1919
1235
Charles P. Kuper
3rd
1892
62
30 Aug 1917
21 May 1919
696
Charmian II
2nd
59
29 May 1917
25 Nov 1918
65
Chichota
3rd
1901
72
5 Jun 1917
21 Dec 1918
35
Chingachgook
3rd
1916
60
6 Jun 1917
19 Feb 1918 +
644
Chinook
9th
19 Oct 1917
Spring 1918
1049
Chipper
4th/5th
1909
50
24 Jul 1917
24 Mar 1919
185
Clarinda
6th
1913
92
21 Nov 1917
1 Jun 1931 +
232
Cleo
7th
1908
45
16 Apr 1917
28 Nov 1918
2080
Clifton
5th
1915
55
6 Aug 1917
22 Oct 1918
626
Cobra
1st
1917
53
4 Nov 1917
9 Sep 1919 +
110
Coco
7th
1917
36
23 Jul 1917
11 Sep 1919
772
Comet
13th
1910
94
15 Feb 1918
23 Aug 1918
....
Cometa
8th
25
20 Aug 1918
4 Dec 1918
27 Nov 1917 24 Sep 1918
+Notes: 540 Bonita: Sunk in collision with schr Russell at Boston, 26 Nov 1918. 823 Broadbill: To USCG, 3 Dec 1919, renamed Swift. se1934 632 Calypso: To Bureau of Fisheries, 1919, renamed Merganser. se1935 1189 Cero: Burned in Narragansett Bay, 21 Oct 1918. 35 Chingachgook: Destroyed by gasoline explosion, 31 Jul 1917.
RT718X.indb 94
1914
185 Clarinda: Designated YP-185 626 Cobra: To Bureau of Fisheries renamed, Petrel. se1935 110 Coco: Stricken 23 June 1919; Sold 5 August 1919. Wrecked in a hurricane, 9 - 10 September 1919,
10/4/06 5:52:50 AM
Patrol Vessels 95
ND
Built
Length
Comm.
1247
SP-
Commander
Name
3rd
1917
61
3 Jan 1918
Returned/Sold 6 Feb 1919
1425
Commodore
8th
1917
62
15 Nov 1917
24 Apr 1919
656
Commodore Maury
5th
1894
Apr 1917
26 Oct 1918
3698
Congress
5th
1914
50
18 Oct 1918
8 Dec 1919
633
Constance II
1st
1914
41
30 Jul 1917
5 Sep 1922 +
538
Content
1st
1912
64
22 May 1917
3 Feb 1919
Coquet
3rd
1906
58
16 Mar 1918
23 May 1919
938
Corinthia
8th
1909
79
14 May 1917
7 Dec 1918
194
Coronet
3rd
1905
90
24 Sep 1917
5 Aug 1919
695
Cossack
1st
1916
63
1 May 1917
22 Nov 1919 +
899
Courtenay P
3rd
1916
52
30 Aug 1917
12 Dec 1918
84
Coyote
9th
1897
72
7 Apr 1917
13 Dec 1919
556
Cozy
5th
44
30 Nov 1917
20 Dec 1918
3278
Credenda
4th
1903
57
19 Sep 1918
5 Aug 1919
1674
Cuyuna
1285
Daiquiri
1st
1917
61
2 Oct 1917
3 Mar 1920
1186
Daisy
7th
1904
65
15 Dec 1917
1 Jul 1919
1283
Daisy Archer
5th
1917
27 Nov 1918
43
Daraga
2nd
1915
72
23 Apr 1917
7 Jul 1921
1002
Dauntless
2nd
1917
45
1 Oct 1917
17 May 1919
26
Dawn
2nd
1914
51
Jun 1917
Jan 1918
1217
De Grasse
4th
1918
80
Jul 1918
7 Nov 1918 +
98
Dean II
3rd
1915
42
10 May 1917
31 May 1918
786
Desire
5th
1913
84
14 Jun 1917
2 Jan 1919
639
Dianthus
4th
1913
61
26 May 1917
26 Nov 1918
231
Dicky
14 Jan 1919
66
Dlonra
46
Dodger II
612 1062
1918
9th
1913
45
15 Jun 1917
1st/Eur
1917
45
30 Apr 1917
(U)
3rd
1913
75
6 Jul 1917
30 Apr 1919
Dohema Jr.
4th
1912
51
2 Jun 1917
27 Nov 1918
Doloma
9th
1907
66
26 Jul 1917
4 Mar 1919
874
Dolphin
6th
1911
39
24 Aug 1918
16 Dec 1918
1509
Dorchester
5th
1893
50
24 Aug 1917
26 Nov 1918
733
Doris B. III
2nd
1912
43
25 Jun 1917
3 Dec 1918
625
Doris B. IV.
1st
1917
66
12 May 1917
21 Nov 1919 +
1289
Dorothy
5th
1911
41
17 Aug 1917
24 Sep 1918
2183
Dorothy Cullen
3rd
1893
81
18 Sep 1918
19 Jul 1920
372
Drusilla
4th
1914
75
25 May 1917
12 Dec 1918
909
Eaglet
2nd/1st
1911
83
29 Jun 1917
12 May 1922 +
417
Eclipse
6th
1906
70
31 Aug 1917
6 Jan 1919
14
Edamena II
2nd
1916
45
24 May 1917
14 Feb 1919
196
Edith M. III
3rd
1909
50
5 Nov 1917
2 Jul 1919
624
Edithena
1st
1914
68
20 Jun 1917
21 Oct 1919 +
+Notes: 633 Constance II: Designated YP 633. 695 Cossack: To USCG, 22 Nov 1919. Renamed AB-3, 6 Nov 1923. Destroyed by fire at Miami, 9 May 1925. 1217 DeGrasse: Reacq as YP-506, 1942.
RT718X.indb 95
625 Doris B. IV: To Public Health Service, 1919, renamed Hugh Ward. se1923 909 Eaglet: Designated YP 909. 624 Edithena: To Bureau of Fisheries 1919, renamed Widgeon. se1935
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96 The New Navy, 1883-1922
ND
Built
Length
Comm.
214
SPEdithia
Name
3rd
1909
96
23 Aug 1917
3 Oct 1933 +
549
Edorea
4th
1909
109
27 Jul 1917
10 Dec 1918
2405
Efco
5th
1912
36
12 Mar 1918
7 Oct 1919
677
Eleanor
1st
1910
48
9 Jul 1917
14 Apr 1919
81
Elf
4th/7th
1917
51
3 May 1917
10 Jan 1919
965
Elfin
4th
1911
46
26 Jul 1917
22 Nov 1918
15
Elithro II
3rd
1916
55
26 Dec 1917
18 Dec 1918
1414
Eliza Hayward
5th
972
Elizabeth
5th
1092
Elizabeth
8th
284
Ellen
3rd
1911
67
10 Aug 1917
3234
Ellen Browning
12th
1916
23
18 Jul 1918
7 Jul 1923 +
776
Ellington
12th
1915
61
22 May 1917
26 Feb 1919
109
Elmasada
8th
1909
66
4 Jun 1917
20 May 1919 +
708
Elsie III
1st
1912
46
30 Jun 1917
21 Apr 1919 +
3731
Emily B.
5th
1902
56
20 Aug 1918
4 Apr 1919
1223
Emma
5th
1891
36
18 Jun 1917
31 Dec 1918
1103
Empress
1917
1917+
578
Enaj
11 Jun 1917
31 Dec 1918
707 1051 790 537
1916
52
24 Aug 1917
24 Sep 1918
4 Oct 1917
10 Nov 1919 +
55
1912
Returned/Sold
15 Nov 1918 + 30 Apr 1919
2nd
1909
78
Endion
1st
1898
100
1 May 1917
6 Oct 1919
Ensign
3rd/9th
1914
64
17 Sep 1917
30 Jan 1919
Enterprise
2nd
1917
65
6 Dec 1917
2 Aug 1919 +
Estella
1st
1912
49
24 May 1917
16 Jan 1920
542
Etta M. Burns
1st
1902
60
2 Jun 1917
3 Feb 1919
539
Euphemia
1st
1898
43
25 Jun 1917
21 Oct 1919
745
Express N0.4
2nd
1917
43
2 Jul 1917
23 Jan 1919
....
Falcon
13th
1908
68
17 Oct 1918
1 Feb 1919
71
Fantana
5th
1902
72
17 Mar 1917
11 Jan 1919
550
Fli‑Hawk
5th
1912
80
12 May 1917
8 Feb 1919 +
2384
Floyd Hurst
5th
1902
48
27 Feb 1918
3 Aug 1921 +
1453
Folly
5th
1884
1917
24 Sep 1918
....
Fox Island IV
28 Jul 1917
14 Mar 1919
503
Frances II
4th
3215
Francis G. Conwell
5th
1336
Frolic
436
Gaivota
4th
459
Genevieve
83
Georgiana III
1011
Geraldine
1913
28 Nov 1917
1918
51
26 Aug 1918
30 Sep 1921
1917
24 Sep 1918
1897
91
13 Sep 1917
11 May 1918
3rd
1895
75
9 Dec 1918
20 Nov 1919
4th
1916
93
11 May 1917
21 Nov 1918
9th
1916
63
13 Sep 1917
7 Jan 1919
1894 1884
+Notes: 214 Edithia: Designated YP 214. Loaned to state of New Jersey 1922–33 2405 Efco: ex-German 972 Elizabeth: Sunk in collision with m/v Northland at Norfolk, Va., 12 Dec 1917, salved (2 dead). Transferred to War Dept. 1092 Elizabeth: Wrecked at mouth of Brazos River, Tex., 15 Nov 1918 (2 dead). 3234 Ellen Browning: Designated YP-3234. 776 Ellington: to Immigration Service
RT718X.indb 96
47
109 Elmasada: To LHS renamed Cosmos, 1919. Sold 1936. 708 Elsie III: to C&GS se1935 1103: Empress: BU Nov 1917. 790 Enterprise: to Bureau of Fisheries 1919 550 Fli-Hawk: Sunk in collision with m/v Gratitude at Norfolk, 31 Dec 1917; salved and repaired. 2384 Floyd Hurst Designated YP 2384. Renamed Guard, 7 Jan 1921.
10/4/06 5:52:51 AM
Patrol Vessels 97
ND
Built
Length
Comm.
579
SP-
Get There
Name
3rd
1916
58
10 Aug 1917
13 Mar 1919
55
Gipsy
1st
1912
22
11 May 1917
23 Nov 1917 +
2560
Gladiator
5th
1876
76
19 Apr 1918
20 Dec 1918
184
Gladiola
5th
1911
59
1 May 1917
25 Feb 1919
292
Glendoveer
8th
1907
65
9 May 1917
17 Jun 1919
919
Gracie S.
12th
1893
91
289
Grayling
5th
1909
46
22 May 1917
15 Jan 1919
742
Green Dragon
2nd
1901
58
19 Jun 1917
25 Feb 1922
1181
Gretchen
5th
1902
54
24 Aug 1917
1 Jan 1919
52
Grey Fox
5th
1916
49
27 May 1917
18 Feb 1920
437
Greyhound
7th
1916
39
9 Aug 1917
2 Jul 1919
566
Grosbeak
2nd
1916
38
28 Apr 1917
21 Mar 1920
600
Gurkha
1st
1915
59
22 May 1917
25 Jun 1919 +
55
Gypsy
1st
1912
61
11 May 1917
23 Nov 1917 +
2285
H.A. Baxter
5th
1889
82
15 Mar 1918
24 Apr 1918 +
1658
Halcyon
9th
1912
40
16 Jun 1917
5 Nov 1917
3049
Hampton
5th
1905
63
21 Apr 1918
13 Aug 1919
1207
Hazel
5th
38
1 Jun 1917
16 Jan 1919
1770
Hazelton
2nd
1917
40
25 Aug 1918
27 Jan 1919
966
Hebe
3rd
1912
43
1 Aug 1917
14 Dec 1918
1292
Helen Baughman
5th
1894
66
Aug 1917
27 Nov 1918
2230
Helenita
5th
45
1919
30 Aug 1919
585
Helianthus
2nd
1912
61
6 Jul 1917
28 Mar 1919 +
181
Helori
13th
1911
92
21 Jun 1917
17 Sep 1925 +
1218
Herreshoff 309
2nd
1917
80
15 Nov 1917
31 Dec 1918
1150
Hetman
3rd
1917
60
24 Oct 1917
17 Jun 1919
183
Hiawatha
5th
1914
95
10 May 1917
30 Apr 1919 +
2892
Hiawatha
3rd
1903
65
1 Aug 1918
5 May 1919
947
High Ball
3rd
1910
45
1 Jun 1917
21 May 1919
....
Highball
4th
1905
31
Nov 1918
2 Dec 1918
654
Hippocampus
1st
1913
49
25 Jun 1917
30 Nov 1918
252
Hobcaw
6th
1907
52
10 Sep 1917
18 Nov 1918
783
Hobo II
1st
1905
72
24 Aug 1917
17 Feb 1919
191
Hopestill
3rd
1916
87
26 Jul 1917
16 Sep 1919
3294
Hopkins
5th
1917
57
3 Oct 1918
4 Mar 1920
142
Hoqua
3rd
1914
65
27 Jul 1917
6 Feb 1919
144
Howarda
7th
1913
67
10 Jun 1917
31 Mar 1919 +
1197
Hunch
9th
1907
35
Aug 1917
1918
650
Hupa
1st
1905
60
10 Jul 1917
12 Mar 1920
3156
Hurst
5th
1918
62
23 Aug 1918
15 Nov 1919 +
216
Hyac
9th
1915
69
5 Jul 1917
26 Nov 1918
2584
Hydraulic
3rd
1900
71
17 Aug 1918
23 Jan 1919
+Notes: 919 Gracie S.: no active service. 600 Gurkha: To USCG renamed Pioneer, 15 Sep 1919. Renamed AB-9, 6 Nov 1923. 55 Gypsy: Destroyed by fire while fitting out at Boston, 20 Jun 1917. 2285 H.A. Baxter: no active service. 585 Helianthus: to C&GS se1935
RT718X.indb 97
Returned/Sold
1918 +
181 Helori: Designated YP 181. 183 Hiawatha: to Dept of Agriculture, 1 Oct 1920. 144 Howarda: to USCG 31 Mar 1919, renamed Vidette, 31 Mar 1919. Sold 20 Mar 1925. 3156 Hurst: To Public Health Service 1919, renamed Widgeon. se1923
10/4/06 5:52:52 AM
98 The New Navy, 1883-1922
ND
Built
Length
Comm.
Returned/Sold
270
SPIdalis
Name
3rd
1908
69
25 Aug 1917
22 Mar 1919
125
Idealia
4th
1911
75
25 May 1917
22 Nov 1918
119
Idylease
5th
1916
61
13 Jul 1917
30 Apr 1919
388
Ionita
9th
1914
48
23 Sep 1917
20 Nov 1919
1860
Isle of Surry
5th
1911
55
18 Sep 1917
31 Jan 1919
803
Itasca II
3rd
1911
90
13 Jul 1918
6 Jan 1919
952
Itty E
1st/5th
1916
20
6 Jul 1917
6 Dec 1919
869
J. Reynor & Son
5th
1916
63
11 Jan 1918
Aug 1919 +
759
James H. Clark
7th
1900
60
21 Aug 1917
16 May 1921
861
James River
5th
58
May 1917
22 Oct 1918
1188
Jane II
4th
1914
35
23 Aug 1917
25 Nov 1918
692
Jaydee III
9th
1916
44
12 Jun 1917
7 Mar 1919
....
Jean Duluth
1917
6 Nov 1917
149
Jeannette
44
14 May 1917
16 Jan 1920
....
Jerry Briggs
25
17 Aug 1918
3 Apr 1919
878
Jimetta
3rd
1915
60
11 Sep 1917
11 Dec 1918
1963
Joanna
3rd
1917
40
11 Dec 1917
1920
1205
John B. Robins
2377
John G. Olsen
5th
1916
66
16 Apr 1918
1031
Jolly Roger
2nd
1917
55
16 Dec 1917
6 Nov 1918 +
1244
Joseph M. Clark
5th
1899
86
26 Oct 1917
12 Nov 1918
913
Josephine
3rd
1916
60
20 Sep 1917
20 Dec 1918+
1243
Josephine
8th
1905
65
5 Nov 1917
7 Dec 1918
3295
Josephine
3rd
1913
48
30 Oct 1918
3 Jan 1919
643
Joy
2nd
1905
91
31 May 1917
5 Jul 1918
1460
Julia Hamilton
5th
55
17 Aug 1917
28 Mar 1918
....
Juliette W. Murray
5th
1894
60
1 Jun 1918
30 Nov 1918
1284
Kangaroo
1st
1917
61
18 Sep 1917
22 Nov 1919 +
439
Kanised
5th
1909
94
12 May 1917
13 Dec 1919
200
Karibou
5th
1911
61
18 May 1917
5 Feb 1919
715
Katharine
5th
1907
35
26 Apr 1917
22 Oct 1918
220
Katherine K
7th
1894
55
10 Jul 1917
10 Sep 1919 +
148
Kathrick II
6th
1913
40
9 May 1917
4 Sep 1917 +
660
Katie
5th
1916
48
24 Apr 1917
22 Oct 1918
1144
Katrina
1st*
1913
61
1 Aug 1917
15 Feb 1919
95
Katydid
3rd
1912
34
11 Aug 1917
18 Feb 1920
529
Kestrel II
2nd
1912
95
4 Jun 1917
6 Jan 1919
219
Killarney
GL
1910
60
12 Jun 1917
18 Dec 1919
47
Kumigan
9th
1917
76
8 May 1917
summer 1917
594
Kuwana II
4th
1911
52
2 Jun 1917
5 Dec 1918
1231
L.A. Dempsey
5th
1890
62
13 Oct 1917
11 Jul 1919
154
Lady Anne
6th
1914
64
7 May 1917
25 Feb 1920
661
Lady Betty
2nd
1913
43
25 Jun 1917
9 Dec 1918
3854
Lady Doris
8th
1916
26
10 Jun 1918
2 Oct 1918
6th
1917
+Notes: 869 J.Reynor & Son: Loan to Red Cross, 17 Aug 1919. Returned and transferred to War Dept, 20 Apr 1920. 913 Josephine: Renamed SP-913, Apr 1918. 1031 Jolly Roger: Broke in two at Tompkinsville, NY, 6 Nov 1918.
RT718X.indb 98
1905
1918 28 Aug 1919
1284 Kangaroo: To USCG, 22 Nov 1919. Renamed AB-6, 6 Nov 1923. Sold 1 Oct 1932. 220 Katherine K.: Wrecked in hurricane near Key West, Fla., 10 Sep 1919. 148 Kathrick II: To USCG renamed Dare, 15 Sep 1919. Renamed AB-4, 6 Nov 1923. Sold 17 Jul 1924.
10/4/06 5:52:53 AM
Patrol Vessels 99
ND
Built
Length
Comm.
212
SP-
Lady Mary
Name
2nd
1905
89
24 Jul 1917
Returned/Sold 9 Dec 1918
962
Lady Thorne
5th
1908
44
22 Jun 1917
1 Mar 1918
3250
Lagoda
3rd
1906
80
22 Sep 1918
20 Nov 1919
2009
Laura Reed
3rd
1895
45
3 Dec 1917
7 Jan 1919
732
Letter B
5th
1912
40
20 Oct 1917
29 Apr 1919
1229
Liberty III
1st
1896
93
20 Sep 1917
8 Jan 1919
38
Lillian II
3rd
1909
50
16 Jun 1917
19 Dec 1917
1502
Lillie B
60
Little Aie
921 636 1230
7th
1881
45
20 Apr 1917
5 Sep 1917
4th/7th
1915
53
25 Apr 1917
25 Jan 1919
Little Brothers
3rd
1910
54
13 Aug 1917
26 Aug 1919
Lomado
2nd
1916
65
1 Jun 1917
30 Jun 1919
Louise N0.2
1st
1900
91
20 Sep 1917
14 Jan 1919
520
Lu‑o‑La
6th
1912
50
17 Sep 1917
10 Jan 1919
1211
Lucile Ross
5th
1893
70
24 Apr 1917
3 Jun 1919
676
Lydia III
2nd
1913
50
12 Jul 1917
21 May 1920
2
Lynx
2nd/EU
1916
45
9 Jul 1917
4 Sep 1919 +
1675
Magete
143
Magistrate
563
Magnet
3055
Malvern
5th
51
Manatee
262
1905 2nd
1917
1918
24 May 1917
15 Feb 1919
1916
59
1910
95
27 Jun 1917
16 Jan 1920
1900
60
27 Apr 1917
16 Jan 1919
EU
1915
35
23 Apr 1917
1920
Manito II
6th
1912
52
10 May 1917
25 Mar 1920
1203
Margaret Anderson
5th
1907
34
16 Aug 1917
31 Dec 1917
1764
Margaret G.
1917
31 Dec 1918
2119
Margin
4th
1917
41
28 Jun 1918
1 Apr 1919
870
Margo
4th
1913
57
14 Jun 1917
4 Dec 1918
193
Marguerite
7th
1916
59
2 Oct 1917
11 Dec 1919
100
Marie
1912
65
15 Jun 1917
22 Oct 1919
413
Marija
6th
45
27 Jul 1917
6 Jun 1922
1080
Marjorie M.
9th
1912
32
18 Aug 1917
23 Nov 1918
737
Marold
1st
1914
90
2 Jun 1917
9 May 1919
787
Marpessa
7th
1916
50
1 Oct 1917
7 Jan 1919
1700
Marian Calaveras
356
Mary Louise
6th
3274
Mary M.
5th
1904
64
1919
1 May 1922
291
Mary Pope
7th
1915
51
9 Aug 1917
10 Sep 1919 +
1009
Maud
5th
1913
45
15 Jun 1917
7 Jan 1919
28
Mauna Loa
1st
1916
55
11 May 1917
5 Dec 1918
1287
May Brown
1917
24 Sep 1918
930
Maysie
3rd
1899
75
19 Feb 1918
8 Dec 1918
155
Me‑Too
6th
1913
50
28 Jun 1917
1 Dec 1919
279
Merito
3rd
60
23 May 1917
19 Dec 1917
309
Mikawe
9th
1916
64
10 Aug 1917
24 Apr 1919 +
425
Minerva
3rd
1914
77
20 Jul 1917
14 Jan 1919
202
Minnemac II
GL
1914
72
5 Jul 1917
13 Jan 1919
1701
Minneopa
1902
36
9 Oct 1917
1918
591
Miramar
1910
115
16 May 1917
18 Dec 1918
1911
1892
4th
+Notes: 2 Lynx: Stricken 24 Aug 1919; hull burned 193 Marguerite :To USCG, 11 Dec 1919, renamed Messenger. Renamed AB-8, 6 Nov 1923. Sold 18 Feb 1931.
RT718X.indb 99
47
1917
1918
27 Aug 1917
30 Oct 1917
291 Mary Pope: Wrecked in hurricane at Key West, Fla., 10 Sep 1919. 309 Mikawe: To C&GS 1919 se1935
10/4/06 5:52:54 AM
100 The New Navy, 1883-1922
ND
Built
Length
Comm.
1214
SP‑ Mirna
Name
4th
1911
40
17 Aug 1917
8 May 1918
657
Miss Anne II
6th
1916
40
7 Jul 1917
13 Jun 1919 +
151
Miss Betsy
6th
1916
41
21 Sep 1918
17 Jan 1919
1711
Miss Toledo
GL
1917
60
30 Apr 1918
14 Dec 1918
567
Mist
1st
1904
59
28 Apr 1917
3 Feb 1919
49
Momo
1912
56
17 Sep 1917
11 Feb 1919
Mona II
Returned/Sold
40
19 Sep 1918
7 Aug 1919
5th
1915
55
17 Aug 1917
26 Nov 1918
Music
5th
1914
41
17 Aug 1917
24 Sep 1918
Mustang
3rd
1911
56
2 Oct 1917
23 Jul 1919
3289
Myrtle
5th
1915
40
16 Oct 1918
27 Jan 1919
428
Mystery
2nd
1917
71
25 Jul 1917
11 Jan 1919
2744
Mystery
3rd
1886
74
2 Sep 1918
18 Jan 1919
277
Najelda
Gulf
1907
65
6 May 1917
30 Oct 1919
1251
Natalia
1st
1909
49
8 May 1917
5 Jul 1918
396
Natoya
3rd
1909
43
11 Jun 1917
12 Apr 1919 +
559
Nautilus II
3rd
1917
65
9 Oct 1917
14 Feb 1919
64
Nedeva II
4th
1917
60
10 Apr 1917
Nov 1918
649
Needle
1906
65
20 Jun 1917
16 Sep 1919
610
Nelansu
1st
50
26 May 1917
30 Nov 1918
1459
Nellie Jackson
5th
1896
62
24 Aug 1917
26 Sep 1918
424
Nemes
7th
1909
50
10 Jul 1917
Aug 1917 +
343
Nemesis
3rd
1896
33
7 Jun 1917
14 Dec 1918
112
Nepenthe
7th
1917
80
7 Jun 1917
5 Oct 1917
1436
Nettie
5th
1912
41
17 Aug 1917
26 Nov 1918
523
Nightingale
2nd
45
29 Jun 1917
15 Dec 1919
33
Niji
2nd
1914
55
29 Jun 1917
21 Jan 1919
204
Nirvana II
4th
1916
61
10 Apr 1917
2 Dec 1918
1046
Nomad
12th
1914
36
10 May 1917
9 Jun 1918
756
Normannia
12th
1912
42
10 Jul 1917
23 Dec 1918
670
Northampton
5th
38
3 May 1917
19 Dec 1917
1208
Ocoee
3rd
67
24 Aug 1917
5 Jul 1918
957
Ojen
2nd
40
6 Aug 1917
10 Dec 1918
260
Olympic
13th
1914
64
9 Jun 1917
13 Sep 1919 +
128
Ono
10th
1905
43
16 Jun 1917
20 Nov 1919
1224
Onset
5th
1888
34
15 Jun 1917
21 Dec 1918
969
Opeechee
75
Ora
13 Jul 1917
6 Dec 1920 +
726 928
1438
Murray
1288 36
1911
1911
1917
7th
1914
55
Orca
1st
1901
81
8 May 1917
2 Feb 1920
Osprey II
3rd
80
10 Aug 1917
26 Dec 1918
1249
Ostrich
3rd
1909
33
25 Oct 1917
23 Dec 1918
659
Owaissa
1st
1912
74
6 Nov 1917
3 Jan 1919
+Notes: 657 Miss Anne II: To USCG, 4 Sep 1919, renamed Lookout. Renamed AB‑7, 6 Nov 1923. Sold 19 Sep 1933. 396 Natoya: To USCG, 12 Apr 1919, renamed Dart. Sold 7 Jun 1922.
RT718X.indb 100
424 Nemes: Exploded and burned near Key West, Fla., 13 Aug 1917. 260 Olympic: To Public Health Svc, 13 Sep 1919, renamed Bailhache. Sold 10 Feb 1934. 75 Ora: To Dept of Agriculture
10/4/06 5:52:54 AM
Patrol Vessels 101
ND
Built
Length
Comm.
533
SPPaloma
Name
2nd
1914
77
4 May 1917
19 Jul 1919
101
Panama
7th
1914
67
26 May 1917
4 Nov 1920 +
45
Patrol No.1
7th
1916
40
4 May 1917
11 Sep 1919 +
409
Patrol No.2
2nd
1915
40
19 May 1917
20 Jan 1919
8
Patrol No.4
2nd
1915
40
18 Apr 1917
17 Mar 1919
29
Patrol No.5
2nd
1916
40
13 Apr 1917
23 Apr 1919
54
Patrol No.6
1st
1916
61
29 Jun 1917
19 Mar 1921
31
Patrol No.7
2nd
1916
39
19 May 1917
11 Oct 1919 +
56
Patrol No.8
2nd
1916
70
11 May 1917
18 Feb 1919
85
Patrol No.10
3rd
1917
60
3 Oct 1917
5 Aug 1921
1106
Patrol No.11
2nd
1912
50
20 Sep 1917
5 Dec 1918
675
Pattina
1916
60
22 Oct 1917
19 Feb 1919
658
Pauline
1219
Pearl
1072
Peggy
86
Perfecto
596
Pete
1st
59
Petrel
546
Petrel
1st
1389
Phillips
5th
1204
Pilgrim
5th
229
Pirate
571
Pocomoke
5th
662
Politesse
1st
1911
690
Polly
2nd
1048
Pollyanna
702
Pomander
....
Pompano
364
Ponce
4
Porpoise
179
Privateer
3rd
1917
106
2003
Progressive
3rd
1916
70
7 Sep 1917
6 Aug 1919
9
Psyche V
3rd
1911
68
15 Jun 1917
16 Jun 1919 +
171
Quest
2nd
1916
60
8 Sep 1917
7 Jan 1919
1004
Qui Vive
5th
1916
44
22 Jun 1917
27 May 1919
281
Quicksilver
Gulf
1916
50
26 May 1917
30 Jun 1919
508
Raazoo
3rd
1916
54
21 Jul 1917
3 May 1919
310
Raboco
GL
1913
61
3 Jul 1917
7 Jan 1919
506
Raccoon
2nd
1915
49
5 May 1917
17 Jan 1919
588
Raeo
2nd
1908
68
19 May 1917
17 Oct 1919 +
1083
Regis II
5th
1902
43
17 Jul 1917
25 Jan 1919
1st
42
2 Jul 1917
28 Jan 1919
1912
44
23 Aug 1917
23 Dec 1918
4th
1914
30
14 Aug 1917
23 Nov 1918
5th
1917
60
25 Jun 1917
18 Feb 1919
29
28 Apr 1917
26 Mar 1918
45
18 May 1917
17 Apr 1918
45
22 May 1917
2 Sep 1919 +
1901
64
1917
22 Oct 1918
1893
104
18 Jul 1917
7 Jan 1919
1916
42
5 Sep 1917
26 Dec 1918
64
24 Apr 1917
22 Oct 1918
29
15 Apr 1917
5 Jul 1918
1909
56
15 May 1917
9 Sep 1919 +
2nd
1910
33
4 Aug 1917
22 Jan 1919
2nd
1916
43
29 May 1917
5 Jul 1918
5th
1906
55
15 Sep 1917
4 Feb 1919 19 Dec 1917 27 Jan 1919
+Notes: 101 Panama: to Dept of Agriculture 45 Patrol No.1: Wrecked in hurricane at Key West, Fla., 9 Sep 1919. 31 Patrol No.7: Sank in tow off Boston, 14 Jun 1919, raised and sold. 546 Petrel: Renamed Thrasher, 2 Aug 1918, renamed SP-546. . . . . . 1918.
RT718X.indb 101
Returned/Sold
15 Aug 1917
7 Mar 1930 +
690 Polly:To Bureau of Fisheries 179 Privateer: Designated YP 179. 9 Psyche V: To Bureau of Navigation, 1919. se1923 se1935 Designated YP-68. To Sea Scouts, 14 Nov 1941. 588 Raeo: To Bureau of Fisheries, 17 Oct 1919, renamed Kittiwake.
10/4/06 5:52:55 AM
102 The New Navy, 1883-1922
SP-
ND
Built
Length
Comm.
Relief
Name
1st
1910
35
13 Jun 1917
Returned/Sold 4 Jun 1921 +
3218
Resolute
6th
1906
89
14 Jan 1919
21 Apr 1920
3003
Resolute
1913
36
12 Jan 1918
1919 +
1195
Rhebal
2nd
1917
50
24 Aug 1917
13 Jan 1919
597
Rickwood
Gulf
1910
70
18 Jun 1917
3 Mar 1919
107
Riette
2nd
1916
52
25 Aug 1917
30 Oct 1919
63
Rivalen
2nd
1917
43
12 May 1918
5 Jul 1918
1047
Roamer
8th
1902
90
20 Jul 1917
19 Jul 1919
757
Rosa
12th
1909
48
17 May 1917
6 Jan 1919
1216
Rose Mary
GL
1917
60
8 Sep 1917
15 Nov 1918
712
Rush
4th
1151
Russ
3rd
1917
78
Rutoma
3rd
24
SP‑24 (Helena I)
7th
62
SP‑62 (Lydia)
76
SP‑76 (Kingfisher)
90
SP‑90 (Rondo)
103 145
36
1 May 1917
10 Dec 1917 +
60
31 Oct 1917
29 Mar 1921 +
1910
61
26 Jun 1917
13 Jun 1919 +
1906
43
7 Sep 1917
11 Sep 1919 +
1st/5th
1916
40
18 Aug 1917
17 Apr 1919
2nd
1916
58
15 May 1917
7 Jan 1919
7th
1907
50
14 Nov 1917
11 Sep 1919 +
SP‑103 (Raven III)
7th
1916
50
5 Oct 1917
12 Sep 1919 +
SP‑145 (Eagle)
3rd
1909
75
10 Sep 1917
25 Jun 1919
182
SP‑182 (Arcturus)
3rd
1911
84
18 Aug 1917
4 Oct 1919
223
SP‑223 (Sea Gull)
5th
1910
78
16 May 1917
6 Apr 1920
245
SP‑245 (Josephine H II)
9th
1912
60
26 Apr 1917
11 Mar 1919
246
SP‑246 (Niagara)
9th
1913
71
1 May 1917
20 Mar 1919
256
SP‑256 (Chipper)
4th
1913
65
28 Jul 1917
4 Dec 1918
263
SP‑263 (Niagara)
7th
1915
45
1 May 1917
29 May 1919 +
269
SP‑269 (Tillamook)
9th
1911
58
1 Jun 1917
20 Nov 1919
274
SP‑274 (Virginia)
9th
1910
98
5 May 1917
12 Aug 1919
296
SP‑296 (Edith II)
1917
47
27 Sep 1917
17 Feb 1919
298
SP‑298 (Navajo III)
3rd
1916
63
25 Jun 1917
12 Nov 1919
406
SP‑406 (Vigilant)
4th
1916
58
19 May 1917
23 Dec 1918
411
SP‑411 (Susanne)
9th
1916
75
3 Aug 1917
15 Nov 1919
426
SP‑426 (Sequoyah)
5th
1905
55
24 Apr 1917
29 Jan 1919
438
SP‑438 (Jessamine)
GL
1907
81
14 Jun 1917
2 Dec 1919 +
460
SP‑460 (Aurore II)
3rd
1916
96
1 Oct 1917
24 Sep 1919
471
SP‑471 (Sylvia)
7th
42
4 Sep 1917
11 Sep 1919 +
498
SP‑498 (Williams’18)
3rd
1907
80
16 Mar 1918
18 Dec 1918
511
SP‑511 (Alert)
1st
1913
74
31 May 1917
30 Nov 1918
531
SP‑531 (Margaret)
2nd
1903
76
16 May 1917
13 Dec 1919
545
SP‑545 (Idaho)
4th
1907
56
12 Jul 1917
30 Nov 1918
548
SP‑548 (Wachusetts)
1st
1916
101
26 Apr 1917
25 Oct 1919
+Notes: Relief: Designated YP 2. 3003 Resolute: carried on USS Mount Vernon 712 Rush: Struck submerged rock at Philadelphia NYd, 8 Dec 1917. 1151 Russ: Built for Russian Navy as Vedette N0.278. 78 Rutoma: Sunk in collision with tug John L. Lewis at New York, 21 Feb 1918, raised and sold.
RT718X.indb 102
SP-24: Wrecked in hurricane at Key West, Fla., 11 Sep 1919. SP-90: Wrecked in hurricane at Key West, Fla., 11 Sep 1919. SP-103: Wrecked in hurricane at Key West, Fla., 12 Sep 1919. SP-263: To USLHS renamed Poinsettia, 1919. Sold 1929. SP-438: To USCG renamed Javelin, 2 Dec 1919. Sold 31 Jul 1922. SP-471: Wrecked in hurricane at Key West, Fla. 9 Sep 1919.
10/4/06 5:52:56 AM
Patrol Vessels 103
SP-
Name
ND
Built
Length
Comm.
5th
1917
30
20 Oct 1917
6 Jun 1919
SP‑598 (Fearless)
1909
48
3 Oct 1917
3 Dec 1918
614
SP‑614 (Margaret O)
1915
49
20 Sep 1917
24 Apr 1919
635
SP‑635 (Fern)
1906
52
4 Sep 1917
17 Jan 1919
647
SP‑647 (California)
12th
1910
58
28 Apr 1917
23 Nov 1918
672
SP‑672 (Miramar)
8th
1907
66
31 Aug 1917
30 Dec 1918
689
SP‑689 (Uncas)
3rd
1917
60
6 Aug 1917
31 Dec 1918
699
SP-699 (Pawnee)
1904
91
1 Jul 1917
12 Jul 1921
701
SP‑701 (Dixie III)
1st
1911
59
1 May 1917
7 May 1919
705
SP‑705 (Lexington II)
4th
1911
61
23 Jul 1917
21 Nov 1918
706
SP‑706 (Nirvana)
3d/10th
1915
40
10 Aug 1917
20 Jan 1919
711
SP‑711 (Kiowa)
1st
1915
35
18 Jun 1917
28 Mar 1919
728
SP‑728 (Onward II)
2nd
58
25 Jun 1917
2 Dec 1918
729
SP‑729 (Apache)
1st
1917
61
7 Jul 1917
22 Nov 1919 +
730
SP‑730 (Lynx II)
1st
1917
57
9 Jul 1917
2 Sep 1919
744
SP‑744 (Vision)
2nd
1908
44
3 Jul 1917
22 Jan 1919
746
SP‑746 (Virginia)
1st
1906
61
1 May 1917
28 Jan 1919
747
SP‑747 (Estelle)
40
18 May 1917
27 Dec 1933 +
789
SP‑789 (Dixie)
810
SP‑810 (Itasca)
5th
891
SP‑891 (Wild Goose II)
1st
892
SP‑892 (Marguerite II)
1917
907
SP-907 (Yard No.210)
1917
912
SP‑912 (Dorothea II)
1078
SP-1078 (Melville)
1209
SP‑1209 (Ellen)
1212
SP‑1212 (Inca)
1259
SP‑1259 (Grayling)
1260
584
SP‑584 (Dreadnought)
598
Returned/Sold
1906
87
31 Jul 1917
1908
68
20 Aug 1917
33
7 Jul 1917
1920
39
23 Jun 1917
7 Mar 1919
1917
18 Sep 1918 +
1916
75
7 Dec 1917
2 Mar 1919
1903
79
30 Jul 1918
6 Feb 1919
1917
61
2 Aug 1917
23 Apr 1919
1st/5th
1917
61
28 Jul 1917
17 Apr 1919
1st
1915
33
22 May 1917
30 Nov 1918
SP‑1260 (Marie)
5th
1901
56
6 Aug 1917
10 Jan 1919
1965
SP‑1965 (Virginia)
5th
1902
54
21 Jan 1918
3 Jan 1919
2221
SP-2221 (Richmond)
3rd
1891
85
9 Apr 1918
18 Dec 1919
2373
SP‑2373 (Herreshoff 322)
3rd
1918
77
13 Apr 1918
18 Jul 1921
2487
S.M. Goucher
5th
1913
65
30 Mar 1918
11 Jun 1919
736
Sadie Ross
1st
1904
60
7 Jun 1917
6 Aug 1920
1457
St. Marys
5th
1912
49
17 Oct 1917
25 Nov 1918
470
St. Sebastian
7th
49
9 Aug 1917
11 Sep 1919
996
San Toy II
3rd
1910
70
3 Nov 1917
20 Feb 1919
....
Sanda
3rd
1917
36
26 Sep 1917
10 Apr 1942 +
301
Sans Souci II
13th
1907
46
1 Aug 1917
7 Feb 1919
710
Sapphire
3rd
1900
98
14 Sep 1917
16 Dec 1918
1012
Satellite
7th
1887
77
7 Sep 1917
30 Mar 1920
615
Saxis
5th
45
5 May 1917
7 Jul 1917 +
1109
Sayona II
5th
55
3 Aug 1917
30 Dec 1918
587
Sayonara II
1st
1916
73
8 May 1917
10 Apr 1919
3363
Scandinavia
5th
1916
55
5 Oct 1918
21 May 1919 +
13th
:SP-729: To USCG, 22 Nov 1919, renamed Arrow. Renamed AB-2, 6 Nov 1923. Sold 18 Mar 1925. SP-747: Loaned to Culver Military Academy SP-810: Hospital boat SP-907: Burned at Narragansett Bay, RI, 18 Sep 1918 (4 killed). 470 St. Sebastian: Wrecked in hurricane at Key West, Fla., 9 Sep 1919.
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1907
26 Feb 1919 +
Sanda: YP-3. Loaned to New York City, Nov 1920–26 Apr 1941. Small boat 10 Jan 1942 and destroyed. 615 Saxis: Stranded at West Point, Va., 7 Jul 1917. 3363 Scandinavia: to C&GS se191935
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SP-
Name
ND
Length
Comm.
Returned/Sold
36
1 May 1917
16 May 1919
1916
52
21 Apr 1917
1919
3rd
1900
81
25 Jun 1917
12 Dec 1917
4th
1902
58
1 Jun 1917
2 Jun 1919
1st/7th
1917
62
13 Dec 1917
31 Mar 1919 +
2nd
1913
37
11 Jun 1917
16 Jan 1920
GL
1917
49
1 Aug 1917
7 Mar 1919
5th
1916
36
28 May 1917
30 Dec 1918
3rd
1915
65
18 Aug 1917
14 Dec 1918
12th
1917
64
8 Jul 1917
18 Sep 1919 +
1917
20
29 Jun 1917
2 Nov 1918
40
1 Sep 1918
27 Nov 1918
1907
43
24 May 1917
10 Sep 1919
1908
84
22 May 1917
23 Apr 1919
6th
1916
50
4 Sep 1917
5 Aug 1921
USNA
1913
85
19 Feb 1918
24 Sep 1925 +
1909
69
24 May 1917
20 Oct 1919
1896
110
23 May 1917
29 Jun 1921
4th
1910
94
23 Apr 1917
29 Oct 1919
Shrimp
1st
1912
35
21 Aug 1917
25 Feb 1919
Shur
1st
1906
70
22 Jun 1917
4 Dec 1919
Wash DC
1906
94
31 Oct 1918
28 Mar 1919
Simplicity
3rd
1906
58
6 Jul 1917
19 Oct 1918 +
Sister
8th
1882
72
11 Jun 1917
3 Oct 1920
12
Siwash
3rd
1916
71
18 Aug 1917
16 Jun 1919 +
605
Skink
1st
1917
50
13 Jun 1917
24 Feb 1919
2714
Snapper
5th
1906
70
5 Oct 1918
11 Sep 1919
1291
Snark
5th
1917
62
30 Aug 1917
29 Mar 1919
2162
Somerset
5th
1917
48
7 Mar 1918
26 Nov 1918
3231
Sparrow II
5th
1915
46
25 Sep 1918
30 Jun 1919
407
Speedway
5th
51
3 May 1917
14 Feb 1919
713
Scarpe
1st
20
Scoter
EU
114
Scout
544
Sea Gull
2365
Sea Hawk
781
Sea Otter
505
Seatag
1063
Secret
740
See W. See
180
Sentinel
727
Seven
5th
Severn
5th
551
Shad
1st
580
Shada
1st
102
Shadow III
2079
Shady Side
534
Shark
1st
915
Shirin
8th
70
Shrewsbury
645 782 3572
Shuttle
96 822
Built
112
5 Nov 1918
5 Mar 1919
1252
Starboard Unit Stinger
1st
1917
83
11 Dec 1917
20 Nov 1919 +
82
Sturdy
3rd
1905
69
25 Jun 1917
30 Mar 1920
251
Sunbeam III
3rd
1917
52
18 Jul 1917
20 Dec 1918
685
Sussex
3rd
1913
74
9 Aug 1917
16 Jan 1920
1437
Swan
5th
41
17 Aug 1917
Apr 1918
5
Tacony
4th
1899
72
24 May 1917
29 Nov 1918
3039
Takana
3rd
1915
69
2 Jul 1918
13 Jun 1919 +
1016
Talofa
1st
1910
89
16 Apr 1917
24 Apr 1919
561
Tamarack
3rd
1915
77
18 Sep 1917
21 Feb 1919
469
Tangier
5th
62
24 Apr 1917
22 Oct 1918
1712
Tango
126
Tanguingui
1913 7th
+Notes: 2365 Sea Hawk: Lost in hurricane at Key West, Fla., 9 Sep 1919. 180 Sentinel: To USCG, 15 Sep 1919, renamed Tulare. Renamed AB-14, 6 Nov 1923. Sold 1934. 2079 Shady Side: YFB 2079. Foundered in Severn River, 16 Mar 1925. Stricken and sold, 9 May 1925.
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1915
63
1917
1917
31 Oct 1917
7 Apr 1919
96 Simplicity: Sunk in collision with barge at Fort Wadsworth, NY, 19 Oct 1918. 12 Siwash: to Bureau of Navigation, 1919. se1935 1252 Stinger: To War Dept. 3039 Takana: To USCG, 13 Jun 1919. Sold 1920.
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ND
Built
Length
Comm.
Returned/Sold
933
SPTeaser
Name
5th
1916
59
29 Nov 1917
27 Dec 1918 +
1055
Tech III
4th
1916
50
7 Aug 1917
1918
1761
Tech Jr.
5th
1912
20
30 Aug 1917
27 Nov 1917
871
Tern
4th
1907
53
28 May 1917
21 Nov 1918
960
Terrier
GL
1917
40
1 Jun 1917
10 Mar 1919
1058
Thistle
3rd
1907
63
26 Dec 1917
6 Jul 1918
Tigress
7th
1905
56
Jun 1917
1919
Toad
5th
1914
18
4 Sep 1918
27 Jan 1919
Tocsam
6th
1910
40
21 Aug 1918
16 Dec 1918
1906
46
25 Jun 1917
4 Sep 1917 2 Dec 1918
Tommy Traddles 743
Toxaway
2nd
1917
52
12 Jun 1917
646
Tramp
2nd
1901
82
13 Jul 1917
28 Mar 1919
122
Traveler
7th
1914
50
14 Jul 1917
11 Sep 1919 +
673
Trilby
1st
37
29 Jun 1917
5 Jul 1918
3312
Triton
4th
1889
84
25 Oct 1918
8 Mar 1919
1636
Triune
1917
1917
664
Tuna
2nd
1911
94
12 Jun 1917
11 Jan 1919
592
Valeda
1st
1908
59
12 Jul 1917
2 Jan 1920
535
Valiant
4th
1896
60
29 May 1917
11 Jan 1919
3361
Vaud J
MD
1907
98
27 Sep 1918
30 Jun 1919
1258
Velocipede
7th
1917
59
14 Nov 1917
6 Feb 1919
669
Vencedor
3rd
1909
83
30 Aug 1917
26 Feb 1919
616
Venture
1st
1907
71
28 Apr 1917
5 Feb 1919
979
Verdi
9th
1909
67
10 Aug 1917
4 Dec 1918
1187
Verna & Esther
1st
1912
48
10 Sep 1917
30 Nov 1918
1995
Victor
4th
1917
71
27 Nov 1917
2 Dec 1918
402
Vidofner
4th
1906
58
19 May 1917
7 Dec 1917
3314
Viking
5th
1915
36
24 Sep 1918
20 Feb 1919
3246
Vincent
3rd
1909
45
20 Jun 1918
28 Jun 1919
1114
Vision
8th
1910
63
27 Aug 1917
19 Dec 1918
2266
Visitor
4th
1883
63
17 Apr 1917
17 Dec 1918
1192
Vitesse
4th
1917
60
18 Jul 1917
4 Dec 1918
361
Voyager
GL
47
25 Jul 1917
13 May 1919 +
1145
W.F. Marty
1917
40
6 Oct 1917
5 Feb 1918
354
Wandena
3rd
1913
58
5 Nov 1917
10 Sep 1919
2440
Wanderer
5th
1913
33
10 Apr 1917
30 Dec 1918
923
Wanderlust
6th
1907
71
12 Sep 1917
18 Feb 1919
1795
War Bug
1st
1917
62
17 Nov 1917
30 Jun 1919
342
Wasaka III
1st
1912
48
23 Apr 1917
18 Apr 1919
1159
Wasp
9th
1910
40
29 Jun 1917
3 Nov 1917
1196
Wego
1st
34
9 Aug 1917
1 Oct 1918
450
Weepoose
3rd
1911
57
22 Oct 1917
28 Sep 1920 +
1175
Welcome
GL
1914
40
17 Aug 1917
7 Mar 1919
201
Wemootah
3rd
1916
69
7 Jul 1917
10 Oct 1919
448
Wendy
8th
1913
55
3 Aug 1917
9 Dec 1918
+Notes: 933 Teaser: Destroyed by fire at Hampton Roads, Va., 27 Dec 1918. 122 Traveler: Wrecked in hurricane at Key West, Fla., 9 Sep 1919. 361 Voyager: To USCG, 15 Sep 1919, renamed Voyager. Renamed AB-18, 6 Nov 1923. 450 Weepoose: To Dept of Agriculture.
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106 The New Navy, 1883-1922
ND
Built
Length
Comm.
Returned/Sold
3103
SP-
Westchester
Name
3rd
1896
42
11 Sep 1918
14 Aug 1919
89
Whippet
2nd
1917
72
24 Jul 1917
11 Jan 1919
784
Whistler
1st
1917
50
31 Jul 1917
20 Jun 1919
879
Wild Cat
2nd
1915
60
17 Jul 1917
14 Apr 1919 +
562
Wild Goose
1st/5th
1913
59
25 Jun 1917
17 Nov 1920
195
Wilrose II
6th
1908
64
8 May 1918
10 Mar 1920
3297
Winthrop
2nd
1883
80
18 Oct 1918
4 Jun 1921
153
Wissoe II
6th
1916
78
30 Apr 1917
18 Jan 1919
250
Wiwoka
3rd
1912
59
11 Sep 1917
17 Jan 1919
359
Wyandance
3rd
1905
61
19 Jun 1917
2 Feb 1918
908
Yank
3rd
1917
60
10 Oct 1917
14 Feb 1919 7 Mar 1919
1010
Yarrow
9th
1913
60
27 Jul 1917
463
Yo‑Ho
2nd
1910
43
12 May 1917
2 Jun 1919
688
Zenda
1st
1912
44
25 Jun 1917
30 Jan 1919
61
Zenith
4th
1917
72
23 Apr 1917
21 Nov 1918
106
Zigzag
7th
1916
44
8 Aug 1917
11 Sep 1919 +
2804
Zillah
8th
1903
54
Jun 1917
13 Dec 1918
3
Zipalong
4th
1907
78
13 Jun 1917
early 1918
93
Zumbrota
7th
1914
69
11 Aug 1917
3 May 1927 +
+Notes: 879 Wild Cat
to C&GS
106 Zigzag
Wrecked in hurricane at Key West, Fla., 9 Sep 1919.
93 Zumbrota
Designated YP 93. Reacq 1943 as YP-595.
Hundreds of small boats were taken over for local patrol duties. Listed here are those under 100 feet in length. No attempt is made to distinguish them by their duty such as patrol, mine sweeping, tugs, and so forth. Note: SP types, acquisition canceled: A.B. Taylor (326), Adroit (248), Aeolus (186), Ella (1676), Caspian (1380), Charles T. Gallagher (2386), Courier (495), Dawn (37), Dolphin (318), Doris (1646), E.T. Williams (3241), Edwin L. Pilsbury (964), Emigrant (3436), Gretchen (423), Gypsum Prince (1176), Heron (3320), Howard C. Moore (2872), Kanawha (169), Letitia (398), Little Sisters (2530),
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Mary (462), Mirna (118), Mystery (16), Oneida (432), Peerless (2299), Protector (1242), Priscilla (44), Reliable (352), Sabot (213), Spray II (308), Surf (518), Tango (809), Volunteer (207), Wistaria (259).
ND refers to Naval District: 1st Boston; 2nd Newport, RI; 3rd New York; 4th Philadelphia; 5th Norfolk, Va.; 6th Charleston, SC; 7th Key West, Fla.; 8th Pensacola; 9th, 10th, 11th Great Lakes (GL); 12th San Francisco; 13th Seattle; 14th Hawaii. Also EU Europe.
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Figure 7.28 USS Edithia (SP-214). One of the many small yachts used for coastal patrols during the war. She remained in the Navy until 1933 as YP-214.
Figure 7.29 Hetman (SP-1150) and her sister Russ (SP-1151) were built for the Russian government in 1917 and purchased on completion.
Figure 7.30 Shadow III (SP-102) patrolled off the Florida coast 1918-19.
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108 The New Navy, 1883-1922
Eagle Boats Keel Laid
Launched
Eagle 1
Name
Ford Motor Co.
Builder
7 May 1918
11 Jul 1918 28 Oct 1918
Comm.
Eagle 2
Ford Motor Co.
10 May 1918 29 Aug 1918 7 Nov 1918
Eagle 3
Ford Motor Co.
16 May 1918 11 Sep 1918 11 Nov 1918
Eagle 4
Ford Motor Co.
21 May 1918 15 Sep 1918 14 Nov 1918
Eagle 5
Ford Motor Co.
28 May 1918 23 Sep 1918 19 Nov 1918
Eagle 6
Ford Motor Co.
3 Jun 1918 16 Oct 1918 21 Nov 1918
Eagle 7
Ford Motor Co.
8 Jun 1918
Eagle 8
Ford Motor Co.
10 Jun 1918 11 Nov 1918 31 Oct 1919
Eagle 9
Ford Motor Co.
17 Jun 1918
8 Nov 1918 27 Oct 1919
Eagle 10
Ford Motor Co.
6 Jul 1918
9 Nov 1918 31 Oct 1919
Eagle 11
Ford Motor Co.
13 Jul 1918 14 Nov 1918 29 May 1919
Eagle 12
Ford Motor Co.
13 Jul 1918 12 Nov 1918 6 Nov 1919
Eagle 13
Ford Motor Co.
15 Jul 1918
2 Apr 1919
Eagle 50
Ford Motor Co.
10 Mar 1919 18 Jul 1919
Eagle 14
Ford Motor Co.
20 Jul 1918 23 Jan 1919 17 Jun 1919
Eagle 51
Ford Motor Co.
10 Mar 1919 14 Jun 1919
Ford Motor Co.
10 Mar 1919
5 Oct 1918 24 Nov 1918
9 Jan 1919
Figure 7.31 USS Eagle 58 (PE-58) at Guantánamo, April 1927. A few of these ungainly looking ships were still in service during World War II.
2 Oct 1919
Eagle 15
Ford Motor Co.
21 Jul 1918 25 Jan 1919 11 Jun 1919
Eagle 52
Eagle 16
Ford Motor Co.
22 Jul 1918 11 Jan 1919
5 Jun 1919
Eagle 53
Ford Motor Co.
17 Mar 1919 13 Aug 1919 20 Oct 1919
3 Jul 1919
Eagle 54
Ford Motor Co.
17 Mar 1919 17 Jul 1919 10 Oct 1919
5 Aug 1918 10 Feb 1919 7 Aug 1919
Eagle 55
Ford Motor Co.
17 Mar 1919 22 Jul 1919 10 Oct 1919
6 Aug 1918 30 Jan 1919 25 Jun 1919
Eagle 56
Ford Motor Co.
25 Mar 1919 15 Aug 1919 26 Oct 1919
26 Aug 1918 15 Feb 1919 28 Jul 1919
Eagle 57
Ford Motor Co.
25 Mar 1919 29 Jul 1919 15 Oct 1919
31 Aug 1918 15 Feb 1919 31 Jul 1919
Eagle 58
Ford Motor Co.
25 Mar 1919 2 Aug 1919 20 Oct 1919
5 Sep 1918 10 Feb 1919 17 Jul 1919
Eagle 59
Ford Motor Co.
31 Mar 1919 12 Apr 1919 19 Sep 1919
11 Sep 1918 20 Feb 1919 19 Jun 1919
Eagle 60
Ford Motor Co.
31 Mar 1919 13 Aug 1919 27 Oct 1919
Ford Motor Co.
Eagle 17 Eagle 18 Eagle 19 Eagle 20 Eagle 21 Eagle 22 Eagle 23
Ford Motor Co. Ford Motor Co. Ford Motor Co. Ford Motor Co. Ford Motor Co. Ford Motor Co. Ford Motor Co.
3 Aug 1918
1 Feb 1919
9 Jul 1919
6 Oct 1919 10 Oct 1919
Eagle 24
Ford Motor Co.
13 Sep 1918 24 Feb 1919 12 Jul 1919
Eagle 61/112
Eagle 25
Ford Motor Co.
17 Sep 1918 19 Feb 1919 30 Jun 1919
Tonnage
500 tons, 615 f/1
25 Sep 1918 1 Mar 1919
Dimensions
200’9” (oa/bp) x 25’6” x 7’3”
Machinery
1 screw, geared steam turbine, 2 w/t boilers, IHP 2500, 18 knots
Endurance
3500/10
Complement
73
Armament
2–4”/50, 1–3”/50AA guns
Eagle 26
Ford Motor Co.
1 Oct 1919
Eagle 27
Ford Motor Co.
Eagle 28
Ford Motor Co.
23 Oct 1918 1 Mar 1919 28 Jul 1919
Eagle 29
Ford Motor Co.
18 Nov 1918 8 Mar 1919 20 Aug 1919
Eagle 30
Ford Motor Co.
19 Nov 1918 8 Mar 1919 14 Aug 1919
Eagle 31
Ford Motor Co.
19 Nov 1918 8 Mar 1919 14 Aug 1919
Eagle 32
Ford Motor Co.
30 Nov 1918 15 Mar 1919 4 Sep 1919
Eagle 33
Ford Motor Co.
4 Dec 1918 15 Mar 1919 4 Sep 1919
Eagle 34
Ford Motor Co.
8 Jan 1919 15 Mar 1919 3 Sep 1919
Eagle 35
Ford Motor Co.
13 Jan 1919 22 Mar 1919 22 Aug 1919
Notes: Designed for mass production. 112 ordered but only 60 built. Delivered for fitting out at Kearny, NJ, via Great Lakes and Erie Canal. Good sea boats, had square stern and boxlike lines. Twelve (Eagle 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65, 75, 85, 95, 105, 112) ordered for Italy but never delivered. Designated PE 1–60, 1920.
Eagle 36
Ford Motor Co.
22 Jan 1919 22 Mar 1919 20 Aug 1919
Service records:
Eagle 37
Ford Motor Co.
27 Jan 1919 24 Mar 1919 30 Sep 1919
Eagle 38
Ford Motor Co.
31 Jan 1919 29 Mar 1919 30 Jul 1919
Eagle 39
Ford Motor Co.
3 Feb 1919 29 Mar 1919 20 Sep 1919
Eagle 40
Ford Motor Co.
7 Feb 1919
5 Apr 1919
Eagle 41
Ford Motor Co.
10 Feb 1919
5 Apr 1919 26 Sep 1919
Eagle 42
Ford Motor Co.
13 Feb 1919 17 May 1919 3 Oct 1919
Eagle 43
Ford Motor Co.
17 Feb 1919 17 May 1919 2 Oct 1919
Eagle 44
Ford Motor Co.
20 Feb 1919 24 May 1919 4 Oct 1919
Eagle 45
Ford Motor Co.
20 Feb 1919 17 May 1919 2 Oct 1919
Eagle 46
Ford Motor Co.
24 Feb 1919 24 May 1919 3 Oct 1919
Eagle 47
Ford Motor Co.
3 Mar 1919 19 Jun 1919
Eagle 48
Ford Motor Co.
3 Mar 1919 24 May 1919 8 Oct 1919
Eagle 49
Ford Motor Co.
4 Mar 1919 14 Jun 1919 10 Oct 1919
Eagle 1 : North Russia 1919. Decomm 15 Jun 1922. † Eagle 2 : North Russia 1919. Decomm 24 Dec 1919. † Eagle 3 : North Russia 1919. † Eagle 4 : † Eagle 5 : † Eagle 6 : † Eagle 7 : † Eagle 8 : † Eagle 9 : † Eagle 10: † Eagle 11: † Eagle 12: † Eagle 13: † Eagle 14: Decomm 15 Jan 1922.† Eagle 15: † Eagle 16: to USCG 19 Dec 1919.
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1 Oct 1919
4 Oct 1919
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Later history: USCGC McGourty. Sold 16 Nov 1922. Eagle 17: Wrecked in storm off Amagansett, Long Island, NY, 19 May 1922. Eagle 18: † Eagle 19: † Eagle 20: To USCG, 26 Nov 1919. Later history: USCGC Scally. Sold 16 Nov 1922. Eagle 21: To USCG, 19 Dec 1919. Later history: USCGC Bothwell. Sold 9 Apr 1923. Eagle 22: To USCG, 19 Dec 1919. Later history: USCGC Earp. † Eagle 23: † Eagle 24: † Eagle 25: Capsized in squall off New Castle, Del., 11 Jun 1920 (9 dead). Eagle 26: † Eagle 27: † Eagle 28: † Eagle 29: † Eagle 30: To USCG, 19 Dec 1919. Later history: USCGC Carr. Sold 16 Nov 1922. Eagle 31: † Eagle 32: † Eagle 33: † Eagle 34: † Eagle 35: † Eagle 36: † Eagle 37: † Eagle 38: † Eagle 39: † Eagle 40: Decomm 9 Dec 1922. † Eagle 41: † Eagle 42: † Eagle 43: † Eagle 44: † Eagle 45: † Eagle 46: † Eagle 47: † Eagle 48: † Eagle 49: † Eagle 50: † Eagle 51: † Eagle 52: † Eagle 53: † Eagle 54: † Eagle 55: † Eagle 56: † Eagle 57: † Eagle 58: † Eagle 59: † Eagle 60: † Eagle 61/112: Canceled, 30 Nov 1918.
Submarine Chasers Name
Built
SC 1—448 Displacement 77 tons, 85 tons (f/1) Dimensions
110’ (oa) 105’ (bp) x 14’8” x 5’5”
Machinery
3 screws, Standard gasoline engines, IHP 660, 18 knots
Endurance
900/10
Complement 27 Armament 1–6 pdr replaced by 2–3”/23, then 1–3”/23 & Y-gun. Notes: Wood hull. Designed for antisubmarine warfare in protected waters, but many crossed North Atlantic. Smaller and slower than desired. 440
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completed, six canceled (410, 442 and 445–448) and one destroyed on ways (139). In addition, 408, 409, 417–423 and 436 were never commissioned. 135 operated in Europe, 50 at Plymouth, 30 Corfu, 18 Gibraltar, 12 Brest, 14 Azores, 10 Murmansk. 100 were built for the French government (5, 7–16, 28–33, 65–67, 75–76, 140–42, 146, 160–63, 169–76, 243, 249, 313–19, 347–48, 350, 357–406) and renamed C.1–100, but not respectively. Of these, SC-141 and SC-319 were lost before transfer; French numbers C.84 and C.100 were not used. C.43 (ex-SC-140) was sunk in collision with destroyer Fronde, 3 Jul 1918 and C.2 (ex-SC-7) was sunk by an aircraft bomb at Dunkirk, 29 Sep 1917. C.27 (ex-SC-314) and C.80 (ex-SC-385) were sold to Bulgaria in 1922. SC-274, 302, 311–12 transferred to Cuba 5 Nov 1918, and SC-37 and 38 to Mexico 24 Jun 1921. SC-18, 20, 108, 233, 234, 267, 275–76, 279–81, 307 and 414 transferred to Army. SC-22, 27, 68, 70, 152–53, 155, 183, 197, 199, 203, 268, 333–35, 415, 417, 431, 433, 435, 437 and 438 to USCG, renamed Quigley, Richards, Hansen, Newbury, Vaughan, Taylor, Smith, Tingard, Mehalatos, Ovesen, Larsen, Adams, Deering, Talley, Cygan, Hahn, Stellenwerf, Knudsen, Klingelhoeffer, Johannson, Boyce and Cook respectively, and returned between 1921 and 1937 (see p. ) Losses of Submarine Chasers: SC-23
Burned 27 Oct 1921
SC-38
Disabled by mine in North Sea, 25 Sep 1919 and BU.
SC-58
Burned at Charleston, SC, 2 May 1919 (none dead).
SC-60
Sunk in collision with m/v Fred M. Weller off Ambrose Lt, NY, 1 Oct 1918 (2 dead).
SC-81
Sank near Charleston, SC, 6 Aug 1920
SC-84
Sank near Charleston, SC, 6 Aug 1920
SC-117
Burned off Fortress Monroe, 22 Dec 1917 (none dead).
SC-132
Sunk in collision with USS Tacoma off Barnegat, NJ, 5 Jun 1918 (none lost).
SC-141
Sunk in collision with SC-174 near Philadelphia, 15 Dec 1917. (en route to France)
SC-165
Burned, 25 Aug 1920.
SC-180
Burned at Santo Domingo, 15 Jul 1920.
SC-184
Damaged in collision with US m/v at Norfolk, Va., 9 Aug 1919 and scrapped.
SC-187
Sunk in collision with m/v Capto off Cape Charles, Va., 4 Aug 1919. (none lost)
SC-209
Sunk in error by gunfire of USS Felix Taussig off Fire Island, NY, 27 Aug 1918 (18 killed).
SC-219
Sunk by explosion east of Bermuda, 9 Oct 1918 (4 killed).
SC-256
Sunk by explosion, west of Azores, 1 Nov 1918. (none lost) 11 Jun 1920?
SC-282
Foundered off Mexican Pacific coast, 9 Mar 1920 (none lost).
SC-319
Disappeared at sea, 18 Jan 1918. (en route to France)
SC-339
Wrecked in hurricane, Key West, Sep 1919
SC-340
Burned off St. John, Virgin Islands, 6 Oct 1923.
SC-343
Sunk by explosion at Bermuda, 5 May 1919 (1 killed).
Builders of submarine chasers: American Car & Foundry (Wilmington, Del.): SC 339–346. Barrett (Mobile, Ala.): SC 333–336. Blount (Pensacola, Fla.): SC 156–159. Burger (Manitowoc, Wis.): SC 330. Camden Anchor Rockland Camden, Me.): SC 251–252, 407–408. Chance Marine (Annapolis, Md.): SC 248–250, 409. Charleston NYd: SC 106–113. Clayton (Clayton, NY): SC 411–412. College Point (NY): SC 346–360, 413–418.
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Dubuque Boat (Ia.): SC 149–150. Eastern SY (Greenport, NY): SC 243–247. Elco (Bayonne, NJ): SC 90–105, 361–364. Fry (Clayton, NY): SC 147–148, 337–338. General Sbdg (Washington, DC): SC 189–203. Gibbs Gas Engine (Jacksonville, Fla.): SC 151–155, 204–208, 365–370. Great Lakes Boat (Milwaukee, Wis.): SC 328–329, 419–420. Hartman-Greiling (Green Bay, Wis) SC 140–141. Hiltebrant (Kingston, NY): SC 75–89, 371–375, 421–425. Hodgdon Bros. (East Boothbay, Me.): SC 137–138. International Sbdg (Nyack, NY): SC 179–188. Robert Jacob (City Island, NY): SC 313–317. Kyle & Purdy (City Island, NY): SC 323–327, 376–380. Geo. Lawley (Neponset, Mass.): SC 253–272. Luders Marine (Stamford, Conn.): SC 318–322.
Figure 7.32 SC-182 while serving in the North Sea with the minesweeping operations, 1919. In the background is the minesweeper Woodcock.
Alexander McDonald (Mariners Harbor, NY): SC 214–217, 434–436. Mare I NYd: SC 273–287. Mathis Yacht (Camden, NJ): SC 65–74, 209–213, 381–385, 426–430. Matthews (Port Clinton, Ohio): SC 169–178, 386–392, 431–433. New Orleans Naval Station: SC 1–4, 442–448. New York NYd: SC 5–64, 114–115. New York Yacht: SC 223–242, 393–402. Newcomb Life Boat (Hampton, Va.): SC 218–222. Norfolk NYd: SC 116–136. Puget Sound NYd: SC 288–312. Rocky River (Ohio): SC 142–143, 403–406, 437–438. Smith & Williams (Salisbury, Md.): SC 331–332. Vinyard Sbdg (Milford, Del.): SC 144–146. Howard E. Wheeler (Brooklyn, NY): SC 160–168, 439–441.
Figure 7.33 SC-257. The letters AU can be distinguished painted out under her number. Notice her number is painted in several
Figure 7.34 A group of subchasers at Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands, 1919. Right to left: SC-208, SC-46, SC-48, SC-47, SC-110, SC-272, SC-254.
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8
Mine Vessels
Anchored underwater explosive devices were used effectively during the Civil War, especially by the Confederates, sinking several Union warships. At that time they were called torpedoes. When this term became associated with self-propelled explosive devices, the fixed variety became known as mines. As early as 1908, the old cruiser San Francisco was converted to lay mines, and the Baltimore was similarly refitted in 1913. They were originally designated “mine planters” before becoming “minelayers.” After the United States entered the war in 1917, it was decided to block German access to the North Atlantic by laying the North Sea Mine Barrage, fields of mines laid across the narrow part of the North Sea between Scotland and Norway. These mines were specially adapted for use against submarines. The Navy acquired eight large steamships for conversion into minelayers. These and the two cruisers joined a British minelaying squadron and were
based at Invergordon, Scotland. Between June and October 1918, they laid 56,760 mines. A number of submarines were sunk or damaged and the barrage proved a deterrent to U-boats heading for the Atlantic. Laying barrages of mines across the entrance to the Adriatic Sea and also in the Aegean Sea was planned but the war ended before being put into effect. After the armistice, the U.S. Navy sent a fleet of its new builtfor-the-purpose minesweepers to the North Sea to sweep the mines laid the year before. Thirty-four minesweepers and two tugs took part in this operation during the summer of 1919. In addition, twenty trawlers were borrowed from the Royal Navy.
Minelayers Cruisers Baltimore and San Francisco were converted to minelayers 1908–1913.
Aroostook Class No.
Name
1256 Aroostook
Builder Cramp
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
26 Mar 1907 12 Nov 1917 7 Dec 1917
ex-Bunker Hill 1255 Shawmut
Cramp
29 Jan 1907
9 Nov 1917
7 Jan 1918
ex-Massachusetts Tonnage
3,800 tons, 4,779 GRT
Dimensions
395’ (oa) 375’ (wl) x 52’2” x 16’
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 8 S/E boilers, IHP 7000, 20 knots
Complement
314
Armament 1–5”/51, 2–3”/50AA Notes: Eastern S.S. Co. For a similar ship Old Colony (SP-1254) see p. 156
Figure 8.1: The minesweeper Woodcock (AM 14) at Kirkwall, the base for the minesweeping operations in 1919. At left can be seen several other ships of the squadron.
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Service record: Aroostook: North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918. CM 3. Converted to seaplane tender, 1919. Decomm 10 Mar 1931. † Shawmut: North Sea Mine Barrage 1918. CM 4. Conv to seaplane tender, 1919. †
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Figure 8.2: The minelayer Aroostook (CM 3) at San Diego in 1921 while serving as an aircraft tender.
Later history: merchant El Siglo 1919. BU 1934 Osaka Canonicus: North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918. C&TF postwar 3/4153. Stricken 7 Aug 1919. Later history: merchant El Cid 1919. BU 1934 Osaka Housatonic: North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918. In collision with m/v Basse Indre at Belle Isle, France, 23 Mar 1919. C&TF postwar 3/4166. Stricken 15 Aug 1919. Later history: merchant El Rio 1919, renamed Brazos 1925. Beached after collision with escort carrier HMS Archer off Cape Hatteras, 13 Jan 1942 & torpedoed & sunk on 19th by U-123. Roanoke: North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918. In collision with m/v Trevanion, 25 Dec 1918. C&TF postwar 4/5507. Decomm & stricken 30 Aug 1919. Later history: merchant El Dia 1919, renamed Pan York 1941, immigrant ship to Palestine as Kibbutz Galuyot 1947, renamed Kommiyut 1949. BU 1952 Briton Ferry
Quinnebaug Class No.
Canandaigua Class No.
Name
1694 Canandaigua
Builder Newport News
Name
1687 Quinnebaug Launched
Acquired
1702 Saranac
Newport News
7 Oct 1899 23 Nov 1917 2 Mar 1918
ex-El Cid 1697 Housatonic
Acquired
Comm.
Delaware River
29 Jan 1899
6 Dec 1917
9 Apr 1918
ex-Hamilton
ex-El Siglo 1696 Canonicus
Launched
15 Apr 1899 2 Dec 1917 28 Mar 1918
ex-Jefferson
Comm.
3 Aug 1901 23 Nov 1917 2 Mar 1918
Builder Delaware River
Newport News 24 Jun 1899
2 Dec 1917 25 Jan 1918
ex-El Rio
Tonnage
5,150 tons, 3,725 GRT
Dimensions
375’ (oa) 350’ (wl) x 42’ x 18’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 4 S/E boilers, IHP 3000, 17 knots
Complement
347
ex-El Dia
Armament 1–5”/51, 2–3”AA Notes: Purchased from Old Dominion Line. Lengthened 1906.
Tonnage
7,620 tons, 4,616 GRT
Service record:
Dimensions
405’1” (oa) 379’ (wl) x 48’3” x 22’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 3 D/E boilers, IHP 4000, 15 knots
Complement
368
Quinnebaug: North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918. Decomm 6 Feb 1919. Stricken 19 Mar 1919 & returned. Later history: merchant Jefferson 1919. BU 1933 Baltimore. Saranac: North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918. Damaged by fire at Norfolk, Va., Jan 1919. Decomm & stricken 19 Mar 1919. Later history: merchant Hamilton 1919. BU 1932 Baltimore.
1695 Roanoke
Newport News 18 May 1901 16 Nov 1917 25 Jan 1918
Armament 1–5”/51, 2–3”AA Notes: Former Southern-Pacific Morgan Line steamers. Used to transport troops home 1919. Service record: Canandaigua: North Sea Mine Barrage, 1918. C&TF postwar 4/4828. Stricken 22 Sep 1919.
Figure 8.3: The converted minelayer Canonicus, in dazzle camouflage. The minelayers were named after Civil War warships.
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Figure 8.4 The converted minelayer Saranac, May 1918, preparing to leave for Europe to lay the North Sea Mine Barrage.
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Minesweepers Note: Torpedo boats De Long and Thornton were converted to minesweepers 1917.
Bird Class No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
AM 31 Tern
Gas Engine
7 Sep 1918 22 May 1919 17 May 1919
AM 32 Flamingo
New Jersey
18 Oct 1917 24 Aug 1918 12 Feb 1919
AM 33 Penguin
New Jersey
17 Nov 1917 12 Jun 1918 21 Nov 1918
AM 34 Swan
Alabama
10 Dec 1917
4 Jul 1918
31 Jan 1919
AM 35 Whippoorwill
Alabama
12 Dec 1917 28 Jan 1919
1 Apr 1919
AM 36 Bittern
Alabama
12 Dec 1917 15 Feb 1919 28 May 1919
AM 37 Sanderling
Todd (NY)
27 May 1918 2 Sep 1918
AM 1 Lapwing
Todd (NY)
25 Oct 1917 14 Mar 1918 12 Jun 1918
AM 38 Auk
Todd (NY)
20 Jun 1918 28 Sep 1918 31 Jan 1919
AM 2 Owl
Todd (NY)
25 Oct 1917 4 May 1918 11 Jul 1918
AM 39 Chewink
Todd (NY)
8 Jul 1918 21 Dec 1918 9 Apr 1919
AM 3 Robin
Todd (NY)
4 Mar 1918 17 Jun 1918 29 Aug 1918
AM 40 Cormorant
Todd (NY)
4 Sep 1918
AM 4 Swallow
Todd (NY)
18 Mar 1918
AM 41 Gannet
Todd (NY)
1 Oct 1918 19 Mar 1919 10 Jul 1919
AM 5 Tanager
Staten Island
28 Sep 1917 2 Mar 1918 28 Jun 1918
AM 42 Goshawk
Todd (NY)
AM 6 Cardinal
Staten Island
11 Oct 1917 29 Mar 1918 23 Aug 1918
AM 43 Grebe
Staten Island
25 May 1918 17 Dec 1918 1 May 1919
AM 7 Oriole
Staten Island
6 Mar 1918
5 Nov 1918
AM 44 Mallard
Staten Island
25 May 1918 17 Dec 1918 25 Jun 1919
AM 8 Curlew
Staten Island
1 Apr 1918 29 Aug 1918 7 Feb 1919
AM 45 Ortolan
Staten Island
AM 9 Finch
Standard SB
22 Aug 1917 30 Mar 1918 10 Sep 1918
AM 46 Peacock
Staten Island
31 Aug 1918 8 Apr 1919 27 Dec 1919
AM 10 Heron
Standard SB
26 Aug 1917 18 May 1918 30 Oct 1918
AM 47 Pigeon
Baltimore
15 Jun 1918 29 Jan 1919 15 Jul 1919
AM 11 Condor
Gas Engine
23 Nov 1918
AM 48 Redwing
Baltimore
5 Aug 1918
AM 12 Plover
Gas Engine
AM 49 Raven
Baltimore
AM 13 Turkey
Chester SB
19 Oct 1917 30 Apr 1918 13 Dec 1918
AM 50 Shrike
Baltimore
AM 14 Woodcock
Chester SB
19 Oct 1917 12 May 1918 19 Feb 1919
AM 51 Sandpiper
Phila.NYd
15 Nov 1918 28 Apr 1919
AM 15 Quail
Chester SB
14 May 1918 6 Oct 1918 29 Apr 1919
AM 52 Vireo
Phila.NYd
20 Nov 1918 26 May 1919 16 Oct 1919
AM 16 Partridge
Chester SB
14 May 1918 15 Oct 1918 17 Jun 1919
AM 53 Warbler
Phila.NYd
28 Apr 1919 30 Jul 1919 22 Dec 1919
AM 17 Eider
Pusey
25 Sep 1917 27 May 1918 23 Jan 1919
AM 54 Willet
Phila.NYd
26 May 1919 11 Sep 1919 29 Jan 1920
AM 18 Thrush
Pusey
27 May 1918 15 Sep 1918 25 Apr 1919
Displacement
950 tons, 1,009 f/1
AM 19 Avocet
Baltimore
13 Sep 1917 9 Mar 1918 17 Sep 1918
Dimensions
187’10” (oa) 180’ (wl) x 35’6” x 9’9”
AM 20 Bobolink
Baltimore
29 Oct 1917 15 Jun 1918 28 Jan 1919
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 B&W boilers, IHP 1400, 14 knots
AM 21 Lark
Baltimore
11 Mar 1918 6 Aug 1918 12 Apr 1919
Complement
78
AM 22 Widgeon
Sun
8 Oct 1917
Armament
2–3”/50
AM 23 Teal
Sun
8 Oct 1917 25 May 1918 20 Aug 1918
AM 24 Brant
Sun
8 Dec 1917 30 May 1918 5 Sep 1918
AM 25 Kingfisher
Puget Sd NYd
15 Dec 1917 30 Mar 1918 27 May 1918
AM 26 Rail
Puget Sd NYd
15 Dec 1917 25 Apr 1918
AM 27 Pelican
Gas Engine
10 Nov 1917 15 Jun 1918 10 Oct 1918
AM 28 Falcon
Gas Engine
14 Nov 1917 7 Sep 1918 12 Nov 1918
AM 29 Osprey
Gas Engine
14 Nov 1917 19 Nov 1918
AM 30 Seagull
Gas Engine
15 Jun 1918 24 Dec 1918 6 Mar 1919
4 Jul 1918
3 Jul 1918
8 Oct 1918
5 May 1918 28 Jul 1918
5 Jun 1918
7 Jan 1919
9 Jul 1918
4 Dec 1918
5 Feb 1919 15 May 1919
30 Jan 1919 17 Sep 1919
7 Jun 1919 17 Oct 1919
9 Oct 1919
Notes: Authorized 1917. AM 11–12 originally ordered from Pennsylvania SB. Ships assigned to removing the North Sea Barrage originally had one or two letter designations painted on the bow and funnel. As of this time no complete list of these designations has been found. 1919 Letter designations: A Osprey, B Curlew, C Robin, D Turkey, F Swan, G Kingfisher, J Teal, K Bobolink, L Swallow, M Pelican, N Eider, O Rail, R Oriole, S Auk, U Heron, V Sanderling, W Lapwing, X Tanager, PC Flamingo, PD Penguin, PG Thrush, PH Widgeon, PJ Woodcock, PM Avocet, PN Whippoorwill, PP Lark, PR Mallard, PS Cormorant, PU Falcon, PV Finch. Service records:
Figure 8.5 The minesweeper Flamingo (AM 32) with the identification PC on the bow, 1919.
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1 Lapwing: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Decomm 11 Apr 1922. † 2 Owl: † 3 Robin: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Damaged by mine, 17 Aug 1919. † 4 Swallow: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. † 5 Tanager: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Severely damaged by mines, 12 Jul & 14 Aug 1919. † 6 Cardinal: † 7 Oriole: Decomm 3 May 1922. † 8 Curlew: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Damaged by mine, 28 Jul 1919 (1 killed). † 9 Finch: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Asiatic Fleet 1921–41. † 10 Heron: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Asiatic Fleet 1920–22. Decomm 6 Apr 1922. † 11 Condor: Canceled, 4 Dec 1918, 12% complete. 12 Plover: Canceled, 4 Dec 1918. 13 Turkey: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Damaged by mine in North Sea, 16 May 1919. Decomm 12 Apr 1922. † 14 Woodcock: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Decomm 5 May 1922. †
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15 Quail: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Damaged by mines, 30 Jul & 14 Aug 1919. † 16 Partridge: † 17 Eider: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Decomm 18 Apr 1922. † 18 Thrush: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Decomm 3 Apr 1922. † 19 Avocet: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Decomm 3 Apr 1922. † 20 Bobolink: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Damaged by mine, 14 May 1919 (1 killed). † 21 Lark: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. † 22 Widgeon: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Decomm 15 Apr 1922. † 23 Teal: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Converted to aircraft tender,1922. † 24 Brant: † 25 Kingfisher: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. † 26 Rail: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Damaged by mines, 12 & 14 May, 7 Jul & 24 Aug 1919. † 27 Pelican: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Severely damaged by mine, 9 Jul 1919. † 28 Falcon: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Converted to submarine tender & salvage vessel. † 29 Osprey: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Decomm 12 Dec 1920. To USC&GS, 7 Apr 1922, renamed Pioneer. † 30 Seagull: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Damaged by mine, 30 Sep 1919. † 31 Tern: † 32 Flamingo: Damaged in collision with tug in New York harbor, 10 Apr 1919. Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Damaged by mine, 11 Jul 1919. Decomm 5 May 1922. † 33 Penguin: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Damaged by mine, 15 Aug 1919. Decomm 1 Jun 1922. † 34 Swan: Ran aground off Duxbury, Mass., 29 Nov 1920. Decomm 23 May 1922. † 35 Whippoorwill: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. † 36 Bittern: Asiatic Stn 1920–41. † 37 Sanderling: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Damaged by mines, 20 May & 4 Sep 1919. Decomm 3 May 1922. † 38 Auk: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Decomm 12 Dec 1921. To USC&GS, 7 Apr 1922, renamed Discoverer. † 39 Chewink: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. †, 40 Cormorant: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Ordnance testing vessel, Chesapeake Bay, 1921–27. † 41 Gannet: † 42 Goshawk: Canceled 4 Dec 1918. 43 Grebe: Removal of North Sea Barrage, 1919. Damaged by mine, 2 Aug 1919. Decomm 12 May-15 Nov 1922. † 44 Mallard: † 45 Ortolan: Out of comm 3 May-11 Jul 1922, converted to submarine tender, 1922. † 46 Peacock: Decomm 14 Feb 1920 & loaned to USSB, converted to salvage tug. Later history: merchant Peacock. Sunk in collision with m/v Hindonger off Cartagena, Colombia, 24 Aug 1940. 47 Pigeon: Out of comm 25 Apr 1922–13 Oct 1923, converted to gunboat. † 48 Redwing: Decomm 14 Apr 1922. † 49 Raven: Canceled 4 Dec 1918. 50 Shrike: Canceled 4 Dec 1918. 51 Sandpiper: Converted to seaplane tender 1919. Haiti 1919–20. † 52 Vireo: † 53 Warbler: Decomm & loaned to USSB, 16 Jun 1920, merchant Retriever. † 54 Willet: Decomm & loaned to USSB, 29 May 1920, merchant Salvor. †
SP-
Name
Builder
3035 Alaska
Launched
Portland Co (Boothbay, Me)
Acquired
1881
Comm.
18 Sep 1918 18 Sep 1918
Tonnage:
229 GRT
Dimensions:
141’9” (oa) 121’3” (bp) x 21’ x 8’3”
Machinery:
1/vert.simple, 10 knots
Complement: 27 Notes: wood trawler Service record: 6th ND. Returned 10 Jan 1919 Later history: Merchant Alaska 1919. se1945 SP-
Name
1050 Albert Brown
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
(Bristol, Me)
1875
20 May 1917
3 Jul 1917
Acquired
Comm.
Tonnage:
108 GRT
Dimensions:
103’ (bp) x 18’ x 10’
Machinery:
1/VC, 8.5 knots
Complement:
26
Armament: 2–1 pdr Notes: wood tug Service record: 4th ND. Sold 27 Mar 1920. SP693
Name Amagansett
Builder
Launched
(Kennebunk, Me.)
1879
Tonnage:
145 GRT
Dimensions:
123’6” (bp/oa) x 19’6” x 8’6”
Machinery:
1/vert.simple, 7.8 knots
18 May 1917 17 May 1917
Complement: 26 Armament: 2–1 pdr Notes: wood trawler. Service record: Decomm & returned 12 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Amagansett. se1920 SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
694 Annie E. Gallup (Fall River, Mass.) Tonnage:
1878
Acquired
Comm.
18 Aug 1917 15 Aug 1917
141 GRT
Dimensions: 116’6” (bp) x 18’8” x.(U).. Machinery:
1/VSgl, 9 knots
Armament: 2–1 pdr Notes: wood fishing boat Service record: 4th ND. Wrecked & broke in two off Cape Henlopen, Del., 20 Feb 1918. Stricken 20 May 1918. SP680
Name Ardent
Builder Greenport
Launched 1902
Tonnage:
106 GRT
Dimensions:
106’2” (bp/oa) x 22’ x 5’6”
Machinery:
1/cmpd, 7.8 knots
Complement:
20
Acquired
Comm.
11 Jun 1917 15 Aug 1917
Armament: 2–1 pdr Notes: wood trawler Service record: 2nd ND. Sold 16 May 1921. Later history: Merchant Ardent 1921. se1948 tug
Auxiliary Minesweepers (SP) Note: A number of these ships were “Menhaden fishermen” found to be unsuitable and unsafe for escort duties operating from Brest as intended and were relegated to minesweeping duties.
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Name Aurora
Builder Dialogue
Launched 1906
Acquired
Comm.
9 Aug 1917 22 Sep 1917
ex-Haverstraw Tonnage:
234 GRT
Dimensions:
110’ (oa) 98’ (bp) x 26’8” x.(U)..
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Machinery:
1/cmpd, 12 knots
Complement:
20
Surf: 1st ND. Returned 3 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Surf,1919. se1935 SP-
Armament: 1–1 pdr Notes: steel hull tug
Name
1275 Bouker N0.2
Later history: Merchant Aurora 1919. se1948 Name
Builder
Launched
980
B.F. Macomber
Palmer (Noank)
1913
Tonnage:
180 GRT
Dimensions:
138’7” (bp) x 22’8” x 9’
Machinery:
1/VC, 10 knots
Acquired
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1904
Dec 1917
17 Aug 1918
Brown
ex-Robert Rogers
Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm & returned 24 May 1919. SP-
Builder
Comm.
22 Apr 1917 11 Jun 1917
Tonnage:
179 GRT
Dimensions:
103’ (oa) 95’5” (bp) x 25’9” x 11’
Machinery:
1/VC, 10 knots
Service record: 5th ND. Designated YT 30. Sold 25 Jul 1922. FFU SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
681 Breakwater Potter (Milton, Del.)
1907
Complement: 33 Notes: wood hull.
Tonnage:
140 GRT
Dimensions:
105’ (oa) 102’7” (bp) x 24’ x 11’
Service record: 2nd ND. Returned 5 Jul 1919.
Machinery:
1/compd, 10 knots
Later history: Merchant B.F. Macomber 1919. se1941
Complement: 22
SP416
Name
Builder
B.H.B. Hubbard
Launched
Harlan
1910
Acquired
Comm.
28 May 1917 10 Aug 1917
ex-B.H.B. Hubbard Jr.
Armament:
276 GRT
Dimensions:
155’ (oa) 135’ (bp) x 22’ x 8’6”
Machinery:
1/VC, 13 knots, Complement 38
2–3 pdr
Service record: 4th ND Sold 31 Mar 1921. Name
1015 Challenge
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1889
24 Jun 1918
29 Jul 1918
Dialogue
ex-Defiance (15 Aug 1918), ex-L. Luckenbach Tonnage:
255 GRT
Dimensions:
122’ (bp) x 22’2” x 12’6”
Service record: Brest 1917–18. Decomm 18 Oct and sold 25 Oct 1919 at Brest, France.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 800 hp, 14 knots
Armament:
2–3 pdr
Later history: Merchant B.H.B. Hubbard Jr. 1919. RR 1962.
Notes: iron tug
Armament: 1‑3”/50 Notes: steel hull
SP-
Name
1149 Barnett
Builder
Launched
Dialogue
1910
Acquired
Comm.
19 Dec 1917 21 Dec 1917
Dimensions: Machinery: Complement:
SP-
Name
Builder
Launched 1915
194 GRT
Tonnage:
171 GRT
126’ (oa) 111’ (bp) x 21’7” x 9’3”
Dimensions:
100’ (oa) 90’ (bp) x 24’ x 10’3”
1/compd, 12 knots
Machinery:
1/VC, 9 knots
19
Armament:
2–1 pdr
Service record: Designated YT 29. Stricken 19 May 1936, sold 24 Sep 1936. Later history: Merchant Richard Simmons 1936, renamed Raymond Card, 1941. se1948. Name
Comm.
Later history: Merchant Charles P. Crawford 1919, renamed Akron, then Carteret. Se1964. SP-
Name
Builder
1121 Chase S. Osborne
Johnston
Launched 1906
Acquired
492 GRT
Dimensions:
134’6” (oa) 128’5” (bp) x 25’2” x 12’6”
22 Jul 1912 13 Jun 1918 29 Jul 1918
Machinery:
1/VC, 14 knots
9 Dec1911 21 Apr 1917 8 May 1917
Complement: 40
Launched
Fore River
9 Jul 1912
1707 Breaker
Fore River
341
Fore River
Acquired
Comm.
13 Jun 1918 29 Jun 1918
Comm.
16 Feb 1918 16 Apr 1918
Tonnage:
Builder
1704 Billow Surf
Acquired
8 May 1917 22 Sep 1917
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 12 Aug 1919
Armament: 2–3 pdr Notes: steel tug
SP-
Service record: 13th ND. Designated AT 59. Decomm 13 May 1922. †
366 Charles P. Crawford Staten Island
ex-The Barnett Tonnage:
Comm.
Notes: wood trawler.
SP-
Tonnage:
Acquired
18 May 1917 12 May 1917
Tonnage:
248 GRT
Armament:
Dimensions:
119’8” (oa) 117’9” (bp) x 22’6” x 12’9”
Notes: steel hull
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 knots
Complement:
35
Service record: 3rd & 5th ND. Designated YT 41. Decomm 16 Sep 1920. Sold 5 Aug 1921.
Armament: 1‑3”/50 (Surf: 1–3 pdr) Notes: steel trawlers. Acquisition canceled: Wave (1706). Service records: Billow: 1st ND. Returned 30 Nov 1918. Later history: Merchant Billow, 1919. se1935 Breaker: 1st ND. Returned 2 Apr 1919 Later history: Merchant Breaker, 1919. se1935
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1‑3”/50
Later history: Merchant Guardian 1921. BU 1961 Canada. SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
383
City of Lewes
Abbott
1912
384
Rehoboth
Abbott
1913
Tonnage:
254 & 273 GRT
Dimensions:
150’ (oa) 136’ (bp) x 24’ x 9’
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Acquired
Comm.
18 May 1917 12 May 1917 Apr 1917
12 May 1917
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Complement:
Notes: steel hull.
36
Service records: Foam and Ripple purchased by Imperial Russian Navy 1917, but never left United States.
Armament: 2‑3”/50 Notes: wood hull Service records: City of Lewes: Brest 1917–18. Decomm & sold abroad, 8 Sep 1919. FFU Rehoboth: France 1917. Sunk by gunfire of HMS Castor when foundering off Ile d’Ouessant west of Brest, 4 Oct 1917. SP344
Name Comber
Builder
Launched
Manitowoc
1 Jul 1916
953
Tide
Manitowoc
340
Whitecap
Manitowoc
Acquired
Comm.
17 Apr 1917 19 Apr 1917
7 Oct 1916 14 Jun 1918
never
26 Aug 1916 28 Apr 1917 8 May 1917
Crest: 1st ND. Decomm 28 Jan 1919. Returned 2 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Crest. se1935 Foam: 3rd ND. Returned 3 Mar 1919 Later history: Merchant Foam. se1935. Ripple: 3rd ND. Decomm & returned 11 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Ripple, renamed Boston, se1948 SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1951 Dreadnaught
Union IW
1917
11 Jan 1918 31 Jan 1918
1950 Undaunted
Union IW
1917
14 Nov 1917 5 Feb 1918
Tonnage:
303 GRT
Tonnage:
450 GRT
Dimensions:
143’ (oa) 135’ (bp) x 22’6” x 13’6”
Dimensions:
143’ (oa) 135’ (bp) x 28’ x 14’10”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 knots
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 knots
Complement:
27
Complement:
28
Armament: 1–6 pdr, 1–3 pdr, Tide: 2–1 pdr Service records:
Armament: 1‑3”/50 Service records:
Comber: 1st & 2nd ND. Returned 2 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Comber 1919. RR 1953 FFU Tide: 1st ND. Stricken after Nov 1918. Later history: Merchant Tide 1919. BU 1937 Baltimore. Whitecap: 1st & 2nd ND. Decomm 11 Mar 1919. Returned 1 Apr 1919 Later history: Merchant White Cap 1919, renamed Ocean Transport N0.25 1940. RR 1940.
Dreadnaught: Atlantic escort duty, then Brest. Designated YT 34. Rec YNG 21, 7 Oct 1940. Stricken Sep 1944. Undaunted: Europe 1918. Designated AT 58. †
SP773
Name Concord
Builder
Launched
Hillman
1898
Tonnage:
353 GRT
Dimensions:
140’ (oa) 128’ (bp) x 26’ x 11’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12.5 knots
Complement:
36
Acquired
Comm.
22 Sep 1917 20 Nov 1917
1128 Conestoga
Builder
Launched
Cobb Butler
1913
Tonnage:
407 GRT
Dimensions:
162’9” (bp) x 26’6” x (U)…
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12.5 knots
Complement:
37
SP346
Builder
Launched
Maryland
1904
Acquired
Comm.
14 Sep 1917 10 Nov 1917
Name
Builder
Edgar F. Coney Dialogue
Launched 1904
Tonnage:
153 GRT
Dimensions:
112’ (oa) 102’ (bp) x 21’ x 14’
Machinery:
1/VC, 13 knots
Complement:
26
617 GRT
Dimensions:
170’ (oa) 158’ (bp) x 29’ x 16’
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 5 Jul 1919.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 knots
Later history: Merchant Edgar F. Coney 1919. se1923
Complement:
38
SP-
Armament: 1‑3”/50 Service record: Azores 1918. Designated AT 54. Disappeared at sea en route Mare Island to Samoa, 25 Mar 1921 (56 lost).
339
Name Crest
Builder
Launched
Fore River
2496 Foam
Fore River
Acquired
Comm.
5 Apr 1911 21 Apr 1917 8 May 1917 18 Aug 1910 29 May 1918
1 Jun 1918
ex-T-45 (Russian), ex-Foam 2439 Ripple
Fore River
29 Nov 1910 29 May 1918 6 Aug 1918
Name
Acquired
Comm.
1 Jun 1917 22 Sep 1917
Builder
Launched
Palmer (Noank)
1910
18 May 1917 5 May 1917
683 McKeever Bros. Palmer (Noank)
1911
18 May 1917 5 May 1917
1169 Stephen W. McKeever, Jr.
1911
4 Aug 1917 14 Aug 1917
684 Edward J. McKeever Jr.
Palmer (Noank)
Tonnage:
223 GRT
Dimensions:
136’ (oa) 127’ (bp) x 24’ x 12’
Machinery:
1/VC, 10 knots
ex-T-44 (Russian), ex-Ripple
Complement: 30
Tonnage:
244 GRT
Dimensions:
126’ (oa) 114’3” (bp) x 22’6” x 12’
Armament: 2–3 pdr Notes: wood hulls
Machinery:
1/VTE, 500 hp, 11 knots
Complement:
33
Armament:
1–6 pdr; Crest: 1–3 pdr
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Comm.
Armament: 1–1 pdr Notes: steel hull
Tonnage:
SP-
Acquired
18 Apr 1917 8 May 1917
Later history: Merchant East Hampton 1920. se1941
Service record: Brest 1918. Designated YT 33. Renamed Mendota, 20 Nov 1920. Renamed Muscotah, 30 Jan 1932. Out of svc 4 Nov 1934, sold 30 Apr 1937. Name
Name East Hampton
Armament: 1–3 pdr Service record: 1st ND. Decomm 2 Dec 1919. Sold 14 Jun 1920.
Armament: 1‑3”/50 Notes: steel tug.
SP-
SP573
Acquired
Comm.
Service records: E.J.McKeever: 4th ND. Decomm & sold 21 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Edward J. McKeever Jr. 1919. se1964 McKeever Bros: 4th ND. Stricken 22 Mar 1918, sold 1 Jul 1919.
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Mine Vessels 117
SP724
Name Fearless
Builder (Hong Kong)
Tonnage:
121 grt
Dimensions:
103’ (oa) x 16’ x 7’9”
Machinery:
1/VC, 7.8 knots
Complement:
23
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1877
20 May 1917
2 Jun 1917
Notes: wood hull Service record: 4th ND. Stricken 11 Aug 1919, sold 30 Sep 1921. Later history: Merchant Fearless 1921. se1923 SP-
Name
Builder
1161 Francis B. Hackett
Figure 8.6 USS Stephen W. McKeever (SP-1169), a converted fisherman. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1909
8 Dec 1917
1 Apr 1918
Johnston
Tonnage:
194 GRT
Dimensions:
108’ (oa) 96’ (bp) x 24’6” x 9’
Machinery:
1/VC, 13.5 knots
Complement:
38
Armament:
1‑3”/50
Notes: steel tug Service record: Designated YT 36. Renamed Shenandoah, 20 Nov 1920. Renamed Choptank, 15 Oct 1923. Stricken 30 Dec 1946, sold 27 Mar 1947. Later history: Merchant Choptank, renamed Gloria St. Philip . se1974
Later history: Merchant McKeever Bros. 1919. se1964 S.W.McKeever: 4th ND. Stricken 27 Mar 1919, returned 1 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Stephen W. McKeever Jr. 1919. Acquired by USCG 1942, WYP 363 se1964 SP380
Name Elizabeth M. Froelich
Builder (Baltimore)
Launched 1892
Tonnage:
144 GRT
Dimensions:
138’ (oa) 130’ (bp) x 18’ x.(U)..
Machinery:
1/VC, 9.5 knots
Complement:
28
Acquired
Comm.
28 May 1917 18 May 1917
Name
Builder
Eugene F. Price (Bristol, Me.)
Acquired
Comm.
8 Jun 1917
29 Jun 1917
Dimensions:
125’5” (bp) x 18’9” x 8’8”
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Complement:
23
Armament: 2–1 pdr Service record: 2nd ND. Stricken 17 May 1919, sold 16 Jan 1920 Name
Builder
691 F. Mansfield & Sons Co. Abbott Tonnage:
214 GRT
Dimensions:
110’ (bp) x 29’ x 7’5”
Machinery:
1/VC, 9.5 knots
110’ (oa) 103’6” (bp) x 24’5” x 11’
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Complement:
24
Armament:
1–1 pdr
Comm.
312
Name G.H. McNeal
Builder Abbott
Launched 1911
Acquired
Comm.
26 May 1917 26 May 1917
ex-George H. McNeal Tonnage:
244 GRT
Dimensions:
140’ (oa) 125’ (bp) x 21’ x 9’6”
Machinery:
1/VC, 10 knots
Complement:
54
Armament:
1‑3”/50
Later history: Merchant G.H. McNeal 1919 BU 1970.
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1912
25 May 1917
5 Jun 1917
Complement: 24 Armament: 2–1 pdr Service record: 2nd ND. To USLHS, 31 Jul 1920. Later history: USLHS Shrub. In USCG as WAGL 244, 1939. Sold 29 Dec 1947, merchant Shrub. Foundered off Bahamas Is., Mar 1963.
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220 GRT
Dimensions:
Acquired
30 Apr 1917 22 Sep 1917
Service record: 5th ND. Decomm 17 May 1919. Sold 17 Jul 1919.
Later history: Merchant Eugene F. Price 1920. se1964 SP-
1903
Tonnage:
SP-
1874
168 GRT
Launched
Later history: Merchant Freehold 1919. Foundered in Delaware River, 7 May 1941.
Launched
Tonnage:
Builder Neafie
Service record: 3rd ND. Sunk in collision with liner Saxonia at New York, 17 Apr 1919 (1 dead), refloated. Returned 27 May 1919.
Later history: Merchant Elizabeth M. Froelich. BU 1970. SP-
Name Freehold
Notes: steel tug.
Armament: 1–6 pdr Service record: 5th ND. Decomm 14 Apr 1919. Sold 14 Apr 1919.
839
SP347
SP-
Name
1116 Genesee
Builder Maryland
Launched 1905
Acquired
Comm.
27 Jul 1917 10 Nov 1917
ex-Monocacy (17 Oct 1917) Tonnage:
617 GRT
Dimensions:
170’ (oa) 158’ (bp) x 29’ x 16’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 15 knots
Complement:
35
Armament:
2‑3”/50
Service record: Queenstown 1918. Designated AT 55. Far East 1920–42. †
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SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
327
George H. Bradley
(Bath, Me.)
1871
Acquired
Comm.
18 May 1917 18 May 1917
SP-
Name
1248 J. Alvah Clark
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Newport News
1891
2 Jul 1917
24 Oct 1918
Tonnage:
99 GRT
Dimensions:
104’ (oa) 100’ (bp) x 19’ x 7’
Tonnage:
ex-New York Central N0.3, ex-Dorothy 130 GRT
Machinery:
1/compd, 9 knots
Dimensions:
90’ (bp) x 19’ x 10’9”
Complement:
26
Machinery:
1/VQE, 8.6 knots
Complement:
19
Armament: 1–1 pdr Notes: wood hull
Notes: iron tug
Service record: 5th ND. Sold 6 May 1919
Service record: 5th ND. Returned 29 Jul 1919
Later history: Merchant George H. Bradley 1919. se1923
Later history: Merchant J. Alvah Clark 1919, renamed Jesse Jr., Janet S. se1964.
SP-
Name
1494 Goliah
Builder
Launched
Dialogue
1907
Acquired
Comm.
4 Dec 1917 31 Jan 1918
SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
319 J.A. Palmer, Jr. Jackson & Sharp
1911
Tonnage:
414 GRT
Tonnage:
282 GRT
Dimensions:
135’ (bp) x 27’1” x 16’
Dimensions:
155’ (oa) 144’5” (bp) x 22’ x 9’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12.5 knots
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Complement:
30
Complement: 33
Acquired
Comm.
29 May 1917 7 Apr 1917
Armament: 1‑3”/50 Notes: steel tug
Notes: wood hull; fitted as cable layer; wood hull.
Service record: Convoy escort, Brest 1918. Decomm 29 Nov 1919. To USSB, 7 Oct 1921.
Later history: USCGC Pequot. Sold 8 Aug 1922, merchant Pequot. se1939 RR 1945
Armament:
Later history: Merchant Goliah 1921. BU 1952 Baltimore. SP430
Name
Builder
2–1 pdr
Service record: 5th ND. Renamed SP-319, 17 Jan 1919. To USCG, 10 Sep 1919.
SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Acquired
Comm.
485
John B. Hinton Tull
1912
14 Jun 1917 10 Aug 1917
1890
17 Sep 1917
4 Dec 1917
323
Joseph F. Bellows
1912
16 May 1917 18 May 1917
Gypsum Queen Dialogue
ex-Daniel Willard (1916), ex-Carbonero (1904)
Tull
Tonnage:
361 GRT
Tonnage:
309 & 315 GRT
Dimensions:
135’ (bp) x 25’6” x 16’
Dimensions:
160’ (oa) 149’6” (bp) x 23’9” x 10’3”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 14 knots
Machinery:
1/VC, 11.5 knots
Complement:
26
Complement:
38
Armament:
Hinton: 2‑3”/50; Bellows: 1–6 pdr
Armament: 1‑3”/50 Service record: Brest 1918. Wrecked in storm off Armen Light, near Brest, France, 28 Apr 1919 (17 dead). SP385
Name Henlopen
Builder Abbott
Tonnage:
254 GRT
Dimensions:
136’ x 23’9” x 9’
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Launched 1912
Acquired
Comm.
12 Dec 1917 26 Jan 1918
3051 Ibis
Builder
Launched
Globe (Superior)
1917
Acquired
Comm.
18 Jun 1918 19 Aug 1918
ex-Sea Gull 2981 Starling
Globe (Superior)
Hinton: Brest 1917–18. Sold in France. 9 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Suzanne D., renamed Nikolazic 1921, Agnar 1925. Foundered off Lindenaes, Norway, 28 Dec 1928. Bellows: 5th ND. Sold 2 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Joseph F. Bellows. se1964 Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Swails (West Lake, La.)
1910
25 Apr 1917
1917
Tonnage:
113 GRT
Dimensions:
88’10” x 20’6” x 9’9”
Machinery:
1/cmpd, 10 knots
Armament:
2–1 pdr
Notes: wood tug 1917
18 Jun 1918 19 Aug 1918
ex-Petrel Tonnage:
299 GRT
Dimensions:
141’5” (oa) 135’ (bp) x 23’3” x 11’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 knots
Complement:
36
Armament: 1‑3”/50 Service records: Ibis: 1st ND. In collision with yacht USS Satilla at Rockville, Me., fall 1918. Decomm & returned 3 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Sea Gull. se1935 Starling: 1st ND. Decomm & returned 24 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Petrel. Stranded on Block Island, NY, 17 Nov 1930.
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Service records:
568 John Sealy
Later history: renamed Renard Bleu. R21 FFU Name
Notes: wood hull
SP-
Armament: 1–3” Service record: Trfd to France, 27 Mar 1918. SP-
Comm.
Launched
Service record: Returned early in 1918. Sunk in collision with m/v Paulsboro at Sabine Pass, Tex., 21 Nov 1919. SP333
Name Kenneth L. McNeal
Builder Davis
Launched 1913
Tonnage:
331 GRT
Dimensions:
160’ (oa) 147’ (bp) x 24’ x 9’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9.5 knots
Complement:
36
Armament:
1‑3”/50
Acquired
Comm.
14 Jun 1917 10 Aug 1917
Notes: wood hull. Service record: Brest 1917–18. Sold 8 Sep 1919 in France. Later history: Merchant Marie Louise D. Sank after striking wreckage off Ile d’Yeu, 12 Oct 1923.
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Mine Vessels 119
SP479
Name
Builder
Knickerbocker
Launched
Neafie
1873
Acquired
Comm.
5 May 1917 22 Sep 1917
SP-
Name
314 M.M. Davis
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Jackson & Sharpe
1912
7 Apr 1917
7 Apr 1917
Tonnage:
123 GRT
Tonnage:
298 GRT
Dimensions:
110’ (bp) x 23’11” x 10’
Dimensions:
150’ (oa) 136’ (bp) x 22’ x 8’6”
Machinery:
1/VSgl, 9 knots
Machinery:
1/VC, 10.4 knots
Complement:
16
Complement: 38
Armament:
2–1pdr
Armament:
Service record: 5th ND. Stricken 1 May 1919, sold 1 Jul 1919
Later history: Merchant Knickerbocker 1919. se1923 SP572
Name Long Island
2–1 pdr
Notes: wood hull
Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm & sold 18 Feb 1919
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Cobb Butler
1912
1 May 1917
8 May 1917
Later history: Merchant M.M.Davis 1919. se1934 SP682
Name
Builder
Mary B. Garner
Launched
Woodall
Acquired
1912
Comm.
30 Apr 1917 12 May 1917
Tonnage:
390 GRT
Dimensions:
164’4” (oa) 151’7”(bp) x 24’1” x 6’9”
Tonnage:
252 GRT
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11.5 knots
Dimensions:
140’ (oa) 129’ (bp) x 22’6” x (U)…
Complement:
36
Machinery:
1/VC, 11 knots
Armament:
1–3 pdr
Complement:
36
Notes: wood hull
Armament:
2–6 pdr
Service record: 1st & 6th ND. Decomm 13 Sep 1919. Sold 4 Dec 1919.
Service record: 4th ND. Ran aground at Prime Hook, Del., 11 Apr 1918 (1 dead). Decomm 15 May 1919, stricken 2 Jul 1919.
Later history: Merchant Long Island 1920. Foundered in hurricane in Delaware Bay, 18 Sep 1936. SP504
Name
Builder
Lowell
Launched
Verdon (Staten I)
1909
Acquired
Comm.
28 Sep 1917 29 Sep 1917
Later history: Merchant Mary B. Garner 1919. se1948 SP-
Name
392
Montauk
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
(Kennebunk, Me.)
1880
17 Aug 1917
1917
ex-The Lowell
Tonnage:
161 GRT
367 GRT
Dimensions:
121’ (bp) x 19’ x 10’
119’4” (bp) x 29’ x 6’9”
Machinery:
1/Vsimple, 8 knots
Machinery:
1/VC, 9 knots
Complement:
24
Complement:
20
Armament:
2–1 pdr
Tonnage: Dimensions:
Notes: Rebuilt 1905. Service record: 6th ND. Wrecked in gale off Cumberland Island, Ga., 21 Aug 1918 (9 dead).
Notes: wood hull
SP-
Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm & returned 16 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Nacona 1919, renamed Anaconda. Se1948. SP-
Name
Builder
846
Luce Bros.
Alberton (New London)
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1877
3 May 1917
9 Aug 1917
Tonnage:
141 GRT
Dimensions:
122’ (oa) 114’4” (bp) x 19’6” x 10’6”
Machinery:
1/VC, 11 knots
Complement:
26
Armament:
1–1 pdr
Later history: Merchant Luce Brothers 1919. se1964 SP-
Name Lykens
Builder Neafie
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1913
12 Oct 1917
1 Dec 1917
Dialogue
ex-Luckenbach No.4 (1917), ex-Thomas J. Scully (1916) Tonnage:
405 GRT
Dimensions:
134’7” (bp) x 26’ x 14’7”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 knots
Complement:
38
Armament:
1‑3”/50
Notes: steel hull.
Service record: 5th ND. Decomm 24 Jan 1919, returned 28 Mar 1919.
876
Name
1250 Nahant
Launched 1899
Acquired
Comm.
18 Sep 1917 10 Nov 1917
Service record: Decomm 1920. Loan to NY City, 1921, renamed Service N0.3, John F. Hyland 1921. Returned & stricken 27 Sep 1928, sold 24 Dec 1928 Later history: Merchant Gotham 1929, renamed W.E. Hunt 1942, Good Fortune 1961. BU 1963, Hamilton, Ont. SP-
Name
1222 New England
Builder Fore River
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
10 Sep 1907 23 Oct 1917 24 Oct 1917
Tonnage:
625 GRT
Tonnage:
417 grt
Dimensions:
170’ (oa) 157’ (bp) x 29’ x 15’
Dimensions:
130’ (oa) 118’ (bp) x 31’5” x 9’4”
Machinery:
1/VTE
Machinery:
1/VSgl, 8.2 knots
Complement:
41
Complement:
22
Armament:
1‑3”/50
Notes: wood hull
Notes: steel hull
Service record: 2nd ND. Decomm & returned 11 Aug 1919.
Service record: Designated AT 56. Out of comm 23 Mar 1919–17 Jan 1920. Decomm 9 Dec 1922. †
Later history: Merchant New England 1919. Converted to tanker, 1934. Renamed Sarah Pinser 1944. BU 1951 Baltimore.
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SP266
Name
Builder
Newark
Launched
Skinner SB
1913
Acquired
Comm.
18 Aug 1917 22 Sep 1917
SP-
Name
2343 Pontiac
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
(E.Providence, RI)
1883
4 Mar 1918
never
Tonnage:
231 grt
ex-Pioneer
Dimensions:
107’ (oa) 95’1” (bp) x 26’ x 11’6”
Tonnage:
112 GRT
Machinery:
1/VC, 14 knots
Dimensions:
114’ (oa) 98’10” (bp) x 22’2” x 4’6”
Complement:
28
Machinery:
1/VC, 8.5 knots
Armament:
1–1 pdr
Service record: No service. Returned 5 Jul 1918. Later history: Merchant Pontiac 1918. se1923
Notes: steel hull Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm 15 May & returned 19 May 1919.
SP-
Later history: Merchant Newark 1919. se1948
369
Name Ranger
Builder
Launched
Scott (New London)
1882
Tonnage:
213 GRT
313
Otis W. Douglas
Harlan
1912
7 Apr 1917 10 Aug 1917
Dimensions:
137’5” (bp) x 21’2” x 9’6”
375
Warren J. Courtney
Harlan
1912
28 May 1917 10 Aug 1917
Machinery:
1/Vsgl, 10 knots 24
SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Tonnage:
295 & 276 GRT
Complement:
Dimensions:
158’ (oa) 140’ (bp) x 24’ x 8’9”
Notes: wood hull.
Machinery:
1/VC, 10.4 knots
Service record: 6th ND. Returned 10 Jan 1919.
Complement:
36
Later history: Merchant Ranger 1919. se1941
Armament:
Douglas: 1‑3”/50; Courtney: 2–3”/50
SP-
Notes: wood hull. Service records: Douglas: Brest 1917–18. Foundered in storm off Brest, France, 27 Apr 1919. (None lost) Courtney: Brest 1918–19. Foundered in storm off Brest, France, 27 Apr 1919. (None lost) SP679
Name
530 Raymond J. Anderton
Name
Builder
Launched
Penn.R.R.No.9 Trigg
1904
Acquired
Comm.
18 Sep 1917 22 Sep 1917
Builder
Launched
Palmer (Noank)
1911
Tonnage:
290 GRT
Dimensions:
139’7” (bp) x 23’8” x 10’3”
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Acquired
Comm.
10 Sep 1918 11 Sep 1918
Acquired
Comm.
15 Jun 1917 18 Aug 1917
Complement: 35 Armament:
1‑3”/50
Notes: wood hull.
Tonnage:
223 grt
Dimensions:
92’(bp/oa) x 22’ x 13’
Service record: France 1917–18. Sold in France, 8 Sep 1919. Returned to owner
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Later history: Merchant Raymond J. Anderton 1919. BU 1922?
Complement:
19
Armament:
2–1 pdr
SP350
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 2 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant P.R.R. N0.9 1919, renamed York. se1941 SP332
Name
Builder
Peter C. Struven
Launched
Tull
Acquired
1907
Comm.
18 May 1917 9 Aug 1917
Name Roselle
Builder
Launched
Neafie
Tonnage:
220 GRT
Dimensions:
110’1” x 24’ x 13’10”
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Complement:
21 1–1 pdr
1903
Acquired
Comm.
10 May 1917 22 Sep 1917
Tonnage:
254 GRT
Armament:
Dimensions:
152’ (oa) 144’ (bp) x 22’ x (U)…
Notes: steel hull.
Machinery:
1/VC, 11.5 knots
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 31 Dec 1917.
Complement:
36
Armament:
1–1 pdr
Later history: Merchant Roselle 1918, renamed Fearless, Mathiasen Bros., Nonpareil se1948
Service record: 5th ND. Decomm & sold 1 Jul 1919
SP-
Later history: Merchant Peter C. Struven 1919. se1948 SP-
Name
265
Pocomoke
247
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
(Pocomoke City)
1902
8 Jun 1917
29 Jun 1917
Name SP‑247
Builder
Launched
Staten Island
1909
229 grt
ex-International
Dimensions:
93’3”(bp) x 25’2” x 11’
Tonnage:
139 GRT
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Dimensions:
115” (bp) x 18’5” x 8’6”
Complement:
18
Machinery:
1/VC
Armament:
1–1 pdr
Complement:
35
Notes: steel hull
Armament:
2–1 pdr
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 12 Aug 1919.
Service record: 2nd ND. Designated YT 43, 17 Jul 1920. Sold 2 May 1922.
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ex-Fulton Tonnage:
Later history: Merchant Pocomoke 1922.
Acquired
30 Apr 1917 22 Sep 1917
Later history: Merchant Fulton 1919. se1948
FFU
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Mine Vessels 121
SP328
Name
Builder
SP‑328
Launched
Brusstar
1912
Acquired
Comm.
21 May 1917 21 May 1917
SP-
Name
1352 San Juan
Builder
Launched
Duthie
1904
ex-Margaret
Tonnage:
284 GRT
Tonnage:
273 GRT
Dimensions:
128’ (oa) 118’ (bp) x 24’6” x 13’6”
Dimensions:
128’ (oa) 120’ (bp) x 23’4” x 9’
Machinery:
1/VC, 11 knots
Machinery:
1/VC, 9.5 knots
Complement:
27
Complement:
33
Armament:
2–3 pdr
Acquired
Notes: wood hull
Armament: 1–6 pdr Notes: wood trawler
Service record: 13th ND. Decomm & returned 12 Feb 1919.
Service record: 5th ND. Sold 14 Apr 1919.
Later history: Merchant San Juan 1919. se1935
Later history: Merchant Margaret 1919. Acquired by USCG as WYP 323, 1942. SP427
Name
Builder
SP‑427
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1888
7 May 1917
18 Jul 1917
(Boston)
SP336
Name Spartan
Builder
Launched
Skinner SB
1912
Acquired
Tonnage:
226 GRT
Dimensions:
109’ (oa) 105’9” (bp) x 25’1” x 9’6”
Tonnage:
157 GRT
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Dimensions:
150’ (oa) 136’6” (bp) x 20’ x 10’6”
Complement:
27
Machinery:
1/VC, 18 knots
Armament:
2–1 pdr
Complement:
33
Notes: steel tug.
Armament: 2–6 pdr Notes: wood yacht
Service record: 5th ND. Returned 20 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Spartan 1919. se1948
Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm & returned 6 Jan 1919.
467
Name
Builder
SP‑467
Comm.
27 Apr 1917 22 Sep 1917
ex-Seneca
SP-
Comm.
20 Dec 1917 8 Mar 1918
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1913
5 May 1917
22 Jul 1917
Tull ex-Delaware
Tonnage:
242 GRT
Dimensions:
140’ (oa) 129’4” (bp) x 22’6” x (U)
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Complement:
33
SP-
Name
2491 Spray
Builder Fore River
Launched
Acquired
9 Nov 1904 29 May 1918
Comm. 1 Jun 1918
ex-T-43 (Russian), ex-Spray Tonnage:
283 GRT
Dimensions:
126’6” (bp) x 22’ x 10’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 knots
Complement:
27
Armament:
1–6 pdr
Armament: 2–6 pdr Notes: wood trawler
Service record: Purchased for Imperial Russian Navy, 1917, never left US. 3rd ND. Returned 4 Mar 1919.
Service record: Designated AT 53. Rec YT 111, 1 Jul 1921. Stricken 15 Feb 1934, sold 9 Apr 1935. FFU
Later history: Merchant Spray 1919, renamed Patrick J. O’Hara. se1941
SP838
Name SP‑838
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
(New London)
1877
8 Jun 1917
29 Jun 1917
ex-John L. Lawrence Tonnage:
229 GRT
Dimensions:
157’8” (bp) x 21’2” x 10’
Machinery:
1/VC
SP-
Name
1351 Star I
Builder Seattle
Launched 1912
Tonnage:
196 GRT
Dimensions:
106’1” (bp) x 21’2” x 8’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 knots
Complement:
22
Armament:
1–3 pdr
Acquired
Armament: 2–1 pdr Service record: 2nd ND. Designated YT 38. Decomm 22 Jun 1921. Sold 3 Oct 1921.
Service record: 13th ND. Decomm & returned 12 Feb 1919.
Later history: Merchant John L. Lawrence 1922. se1964
Later history: Merchant Star No.1 1919. se1923
SP267
Name S.T.Co.No.2
Builder Hillman
Launched 1898
Acquired
Comm.
24 Sep 1917 27 Sep 1917
Notes: steel whaler
SP-
Name
1482 Tanginak
Builder Moran
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1907
1917
never
ex-Tyee Junior (1916)
ex-S.O. Co. No.2 (1916), ex-National Tonnage:
157 GRT
Tonnage:
151 GRT
Dimensions:
101’ (oa) 98’1” (bp) x 22’ x 10’5”
Dimensions:
103’ (oa) 97’9” (bp) x 17’ x.11’8”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 knots
Machinery:
1/VC;….
Complement:
13
Service record: No Navy service. Returned 24 Apr 1919
Armament: 2–1 pdr Notes: steel hull.
Comm.
19 Jan 1918 30 Mar 1918
Later history: Merchant Tanginak 1919. Acquired by USCG as WYP 174. 1942. Se19 48
Service record: 5th ND. Returned 23 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Socony 2 1919, renamed Dauntless N0.7, John A. Dorgan. se1948
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SP502
Name
Builder
Tasco
Launched
Palmer
1907
Acquired
Comm.
4 Aug 1917 29 Sep 1917
Machinery:
1/VC, 10.5 knots
Complement: 27 Notes: wood hull.
Tonnage:
319 GRT
Dimensions:
109’(bp) x 32’4” x 10’6”
Service record: 6th ND. Charleston. Decomm & returned 10 Jan 1919.
Machinery:
1/VC, 10 knots
Later history: Merchant Walter Adams 1919. se1939
Armament:
2–1 pdr
SP-
Notes: wood hull
315
Name
Builder
Wilbert A. Edwards
Davis
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 22 May 1919.
Tonnage:
301 GRT
Later history: Merchant Tasco 1919, renamed Bonita 1923. FFU 1926.
Dimensions:
143’ (bp) x 24’ x 9’
Machinery:
1/VC, 9.5 knots
Complement:
36
SP951
Name
Builder
Utowana
Neafie
Launched
Acquired
28 Mar 1891 14 Jul 1917 30 Oct 1917
Tonnage:
392 GRT
Dimensions:
168’9” (oa) 152’3” (bp) x 27’9” x 15’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Complement:
53
Armament:
2‑3”/50
Comm.
686
Vester
se1990. SP493
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1876
24 May 1917
2 Jun 1917
(Boothbay, Me)
Comm.
Later history: Merchant Wilbert A. Edwards 1919. Acquired by USCG as WYP 357, 1942, merchant Wilbert A. Edwards, 1945.
Later history: Merchant Utowana 1920. se1935 Builder
Acquired
28 May 1917 10 Aug 1917
Service record: 1st ND. Almost foundered in storm off Nova Scotia, Oct 1917. Decomm 21 Aug 1919. Stricken & sold 24 Sep 1919.
Notes: trawler (ex-yacht); name Victorine not used
Name
1912
Armament: 1–6 pdr Notes: wood hull
Service record: France 1918. Decomm 11 Sep 1919. Sold 13 Sep 1920
SP-
Launched
Name
Builder
Winfield S. Cahill
Tonnage:
299 GRT
Davis
Launched 1912
Acquired
Comm.
12 Jun 1917 10 Aug 1917
Dimensions:
150’ (oa) 137’ (bp) x 24’6” x 12’
Tonnage:
117 GRT
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Dimensions:
96’5” (bp) x 18’5” x 5’9”
Complement:
37
Machinery:
1/simple, 7.6 knots
Complement:
24
Armament: 1‑3”/50 Service record: Brest 1917–18. Stricken 8 Sep 1919. Sold in France.
Armament:
2–1 pdr
Later history: Merchant Winfield S. Cahill 1919, renamed Eraclea. se1938
Service record: 4th ND. Mostly inactive. Decomm 15 May 1919. Sold 15 Jan 1920. Later history: Merchant Vester 1920. Burned off coast of North Carolina, 16 Feb 1939. SP322
Name
Builder
W.L. Messick Smith & McCoy
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1911
7 Apr 1917
7 Apr 1917
NET TENDERS (SP) SP-
Tonnage:
Tonnage:
237 GRT
Dimensions:
145’ (oa) 125’ (bp) x 23’ x 9’
Machinery:
1/VC
Complement:
33
Armament:
1–6 pdr
Name
978 David K. Philips
Builder
Launched
(Damariscotta, Me.)
1877
Acquired
Comm.
12 Jun 1917 21 May 1917
116 GRT
Service record: 5th ND. Decomm & sold 27 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant W.L.Messick 1919. Acquired by USCG as WYP 358 1942, merchant 1945, RR 1962. SP-
Name
429
W.T. James
Builder Harlan
Launched 1912
Tonnage:
276 GRT
Dimensions:
150’ (oa) 140’ (bp) x 22’ x 8’5”
Machinery:
1/VC, 13 knots
Complement:
38
Armament:
1‑3”/50
Acquired
Comm.
28 May 1917 10 Aug 1917
Service record: Brest & Lorient 1917–18. Foundered in storm off Armen Light, near Brest, France en route to US, 28 Apr 1919 (none lost). SP-
Name
400 Walter Adams
Builder Palmer (Noank)
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1890
13 Jun 1918
1 Oct 1918
Tonnage:
271 GRT
Dimensions:
137’ (oa) 133’ (bp) x 24’3” x 8’6”
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Figure 8.7 USS Winfield S. Cahill (SP-493) in France, 1918. The converted menhaden fishermen were found unsuitable for escort duties. They were officially known by the last name only.
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Dimensions:
135’ (bp/oa) x 18’7” x 6’9”
Machinery:
1/VC, 9.7 knots
Decomm 11 Aug 1919; merchant Tranio, renamed Lady Stanley. (RN 1940–45) George Cochran
Complement: 23 Armament:
1–1 pdr John Collins
Service record: 5th ND. Stricken 24 Apr 1919, sold 23 Jun 1919
Name
Builder
Launched
791 E.Benson Dennis Crockett (Pocomoke) Tonnage:
100 GRT
Dimensions:
100’ (bp) x 19’ x 7’6”
Machinery:
John Graham
1/VC, 6.9 knots
1901
Acquired
Siam Duffy
Thomas Blackhorne
1–6 pdr Thomas Buckley
Name
Builder
Launched
Helen Euphane Tull
Acquired
1909
23 May 1917
Tonnage:
178 GRT
Dimensions:
120’ (oa) 112’ (bp) x 20’4” x 7’3”
Machinery:
1/VC, 8.6 knots
Complement:
30
Armament:
1–1pdr
Comm.
Thomas Laundry
27 Jul 1918
30 May 1919
Bow McLachlan
27 Nov 1918* 28 May 1919
Cook Welton
7 Jul 1917
16 May 1919
William Caldwell
Later history: Merchant Helen Euphane 1919. Acquired by USCG as WYP 360 1942. Merchant se1964. Launched
Palmer
1904
Tonnage:
167 GRT
Dimensions:
101’ (bp) x 25’ x 6”
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Complement:
22
Armament:
2–1 pdr
May 1919
Rennoldson
27 Nov 1918* 16 May 1919
Cook Welton
12 Jun 1918
28 May 1919
Cook Welton
11 Jul 1918
30 May 1919
Decomm 11 Aug 1919 and returned to RN. Merchant Cape Hatteras 1920.
Notes: wood trawler
Builder
7 Jul 1917
Decomm 6 Oct 1919 and returned to RN. Sold 1920. (RN 1940–46) William Darnold
Name
Cook Welton
Decomm 8 Oct 1919 and returned to RN. Merchant Teesbay 1920, Br.Lothe.
5 Jun 1917
Service record: 5th ND. Returned 15 Apr 1919
Nonpareil
Cook Welton
Decomm 7 Oct 1919 and returned to RN. Merchant Ceylonite 1922 (RN 1940–46)
Later history: Merchant E.Benson Dennis 1919. se1923
SP-
28 May 1919
Decomm 6 Oct 1919 and returned to RN. Merchant Alexandrite 1922, wrecked 1923.
Service record: 5th ND. Returned 12 Mar 1919.
370
19 Nov 1917
Decomm 1 Oct 1919. Merchant Edouard Anseele 1922, renamed Fontenoy. (RN 1939–40) Sunk by German aircraft in North Sea off Lowestoft, 19 Nov 1940.
Notes: wood trawler
403
Ailsa
Decomm 12 Aug 1919. Merchant Ruby 1921, renamed Eastcoates. (RN 1939–45)
Comm.
14 May 1917 15 May 1917
Complement: 23
SP-
28 May 1919
Decomm 6 Aug 1919. Merchant Janera 1920.
Later history: Merchant David K. Philips 1919. se1964
Armament:
28 Jun 1918
Decomm 11 Aug 1919, sold 1920.
Notes: wood tug.
SP-
Cook Welton
Acquired
Comm.
28 May 1917 13 Apr 1917
Tonnage:
380 tons, Dimensions: 134’ (oa) 125’6” (bp) x 23’6” x 12’9,” Machinery: TE, ihp 480, 10.5 kts
Mersey class Name Richard Bulkeley
Builder Cochrane
Launched (Delivered*) 21 Aug 1917
Comm. 31 May 1919
Sunk by mine in North Sea, 12 Jul 1919 (7 killed). William Johnson
Cochrane
22 Nov 1918*
28 May 1919
Decomm Oct 1919 & Returned to RN. Merchant Lord Birkenhead 1921.
Notes: wood tug Service record: 5th ND. Designated YT 40. Loaned to City of Norfolk as fireboat 1920–21. Sold 5 Aug 1921.
Tonnage: 438 tons, Dimensions: 148 (oa) 138’3’’ (bp) ¥ 23’9’’ Machinery:
Later history: Merchant Nonpareil 1921. se1935
Strath Class Name
Trawlers and Drifters Twenty trawlers were leased from Great Britain in May 1919 for use in clearing the great North Sea Mine Barrage. All, except Richard Bulkeley (lost), were returned to the Admiralty in August 1919, as their hulls were unable to withstand the shock of exploding mines.
George Clarke
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Builder Rennoldson
Launcheded (Delivered*) 2 Oct 1917
Hall Russell
Launched (Delivered*) 8 Dec 1917
Comm. 26 May 1919
Returned 30 Sep 1919 to RN. Merchant Bervie Braes 1922. (RN 1939–44) John Clay
Hall
16 Nov 1917
15 May 1919
Decomm 12 Aug 1919 and returned to RN. Merchant Braconash 1921. John Dunkin
Castle Class Name
George Burton
Builder
Fleming
6 Aug 1918
30 May 1919
Decomm 12 Aug 1919 and returned to RN. Sold 1921. Merchant John Dunkin 1921.
Comm. John Fitzgerald
Duthie (GB)
14 Dec 1917
30 May 1919
15 May 1919
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Decomm 12 Aug 1919 and returned to RN, 1921 sold. (RN 1940–46) Pat Caharty
Rennie Forrest
8 Oct 1918*
26 May 1919
Decomm 16 Aug 1919 and returned to RN. Merchant Kirby 1922, renamed Buchans II 1934. (RN 1940–46) Thomas Graham
Scott (Bowling)
Thomas Henrix
William Ashton
6 Jun 1918
May 1919
Machinery: 1 screw, VTE, 1 S/E boiler, IHP 450, 10.5 knots. Notes: Used for mine clearance, unarmed. Launched as TR-37, etc. TR-52 allocated to USN, but not taken over. All returned to Canada summer 1919.
Canadian Drifters Number
Builder
Completed
CD 30
Davie
14 Jul 1918
CD 31
Davie
14 Jul 1918
Swaby, 1923.
Hawthorns
CD 36
Davie
14 Jul 1918
Margaret Mac 1920.
Decomm 6 Aug 1919 and returned to RN. Merchant Crevette 1921. (RN 1939–44)
CD 41
Davie
14 Jul 1918
CD 46
Davie
14 Jul 1918
Duthie (GB)
CD 50
Davie
14 Jul 1918
Canadian Dept of Marine & Fisheries N0.21.
CD 58
Sorel SB
14 Oct 1918
Mary Currie, 1920
CD 59
Sorel SB
14 Oct 1918
Two Roses, 1920
CD 61
Sheppard
14 Oct 1918
CD 65
LeClaire
28 Aug 1918
CD 67
LeClaire
14 Oct 1918
CD 78
Can. Vickers
14 Oct 1918
CD 94
Can. Vickers
5 Aug 1918
CD 96
Harbor Comm.
14 Oct 1918
13 Aug 1918* 2 Jun 1919
1 Nov 1917
26 May 1919
Decomm 5 Aug 1919 and returned to RN, renamed City of Perth. Sold 1922. Tonnage:
311 tons, Dimensions: 123’ (oa) 115’6” (bp) x 22’ x 12,’ Machinery: TE, ihp 430, 10.5 kts
Canadian Castle Class Number
Fate: merchant
Decomm 7 Aug 1919 and returned to RN. Sold 1921, merchant Sunlight. (RN 1939–46)
Builder
Completed for RN
Fate: merchant
Metak, 1920.
CT 37
Port Arthur SB
1 Nov 1918
Their Merit 1925 (RN 1939–45)
CT 39
Port Arthur SB
1 Nov 1918
Chandbali 1930.(RIN 1939–43)
CD 97
Harbor Comm.
14 Oct 1918
Grace Hankinson, 1920, lost 25 Jan 1930.
CT 40
Port Arthur SB
1 Nov 1918
Marie Yvette 1920. French Navy 1939 (AD 157). Lost 7 Mar 1940.
CD 98
Harbor Comm.
14 Oct 1918
Pearl Cann, 1921.
CD 99
Harbor Comm.
14 Oct 1918
Mary Francis Whalen, 1920, renamed Donnelly 1925.
14 Oct 1918
Arichat, 1921.
CT 51
Govt SY, Sorel
20 Nov 1918
Marie Caroline. 1919. BU 1937.
CD 100
Harbor Comm.
CT 55
Kingston SB
8 Nov 1918
Marie Jacqueline 1920.
Tonnage:
150 tons
CT 56
Kingston SB
22 Nov 1918
Romanita 1921.
Dimensions:
95’ (oa) 86’ (bp) x 18’6” x 7’6”
CT 58
Tidewater SB
21 Nov 1918
Wrecked in Barra Sound, 20 Nov 1920.
Machinery:
CT 59
Tidewater SB
21 Nov 1918
Pilote Gironde I 1920.
CT 60
Tidewater SB
25 Nov 1918
David Haigh. 1919. (South African Navy 1939–46)
Tonnage:
500 tons
1 screw, vertical compound, 1 S/E boiler, IHP 225, 9 knots; crew 23 Notes: Launched in Canada. Wood hulls, all launched 1917, taken over at completion. All were returned to the Canadian government in summer 1919 & sold 1920. se1923
Dimensions: 134’6” (oa) 125’ (bp) x 23’3” x 11’
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Auxiliaries and Tenders
Submarine Tenders Note: Monitors Tallahassee and Tonopah were converted to submarine tenders 1914. Old gunboat Alert became AS 4. Yacht Hist and gunboat Castine also served as a submarine tenders. Name
Builder
Yosemite
Wigham Richardson
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
22 Jan 1894 23 Dec 1910 11 Nov 1911
ex-USAT Ingalls (1910), ex-Clearwater (1898) Tonnage
2,069 tons D; 1,147 GRT
Dimensions
256’ x 33’ x 17’3”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE… 16 knots
Complement
(U)
Armament
2–6 pdr
Notes: Acquired from Army. Service record: Decomm 23 Jan 1912. Stricken 14 Feb 1912, sold 10 Jun 1912. Later history: Merchant Asmara 1913. BU 1930 Genoa. No. AS 1
Name Fulton
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
New London
2 Oct 1913
6 Jun 1914
7 Dec 1914
Figure 9.1: The submarine tender Bushnell (AS 2) with the former German U-boat U-111 alongside off Old Point Comfort, Virginia, 1919.
ex-Niagara (18 Feb 1913) Displacement
1,408 tons, 1,453 f/1
Dimensions
226’6” (oa) 216’ (bp) x 35’ x 13’
Armament 4–5”/51, 2–3 pdr, 2–21” TT Notes: Authorized 1912.
Machinery
1 screw, diesel, 1 Almy boiler, IHP 1,097, 12 knots
Service record: Queenstown 1917–18. †
Complement
173
No.
Armament 2–3”/50, 1–1pdrAA Notes: Authorized 1911.
AS 3
Service record: Out of comm 28 Feb 1919- 3 Jan 1921. † No. AS 2
Name Bushnell
Builder Seattle
Laid Down 3 Jan 1914
Launched
Comm.
Name Holland
Builder Puget Sd NYd
Laid Down
Launched
11 Apr 1921 12 Apr 1926
Displacement
11,570 tons f/1
Dimensions
513’1” (oa) 460’ (bp) x 61’1” x 22’9”
Machinery
1 screw, Parsons geared turbines, 2 Bu.mod. boilers, SHP 7000, 16 knots 817
9 Feb 1915 24 Nov 1915
Displacement
3,580 tons
Complement
Dimensions
350’6” (oa) 300’ (bp) x 45’8” x 15’
Machinery
1 screw, Parsons geared turbine, 2 Yarrow boilers, SHP 2600, 14 knots
Armament 8–5”/51, 4–3”/50AA, 2–6 pdr guns, 1–21” TT Notes: Authorized 1917. Sister to Dobbin class destroyer tenders. Service record: †
Complement
194
AS 4 Alert (pre-1883 gunboat)
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No.
Name
2302 Beaver
Builder
Launched
Newport News 27 Nov 1909
Acquired
Comm.
2 Jul 1918
1 Oct 1918
Tonnage
5,970 tons, 4,507 GRT
Dimensions
380’ (oa) 357’6” (wl) x 47’ x 19’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 6 S/E boilers, IHP 4500, 16.5 knots
Complement
373
Armament 4–5”/51, 2–3”/50AA, 2–1 pdr Notes: San Francisco and Portland SS Co. Merchant name retained. Converted at Mare I NYd. Service record: Designated AS 5, 1920. † No.
Name
3143 Camden
Builder Flensburger
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
20 Sep1900 22 May 1917 15 Aug 1917
ex-Kiel (1917) Tonnage
9,000 tons, 4,752 GRT
Dimensions
403’8” (oa) 389’2” (wl) x 48’ x 22’4”
Machinery
1 screw, VQE, 4 S/E boilers, IHP 2550, 12 knots
Complement
345
Figure 9.3: The submarine tender Savannah (AS 8) with some Sclass submarines alongside. At left is the Bushnell (AS 2).
Armament 4–4”/50, 2–3”/50, 2–1 pdr Notes: German, interned at Wilmington, Del. Service record: Cargo ship. NOTS. Decomm 3 May 1918 and converted to
Tonnage
9,325 tons, 5,506 GRT
submarine tender, recomm 21 Feb 1919. Designated AS
Dimensions
373’9” (oa) 360’ (wl) x 51’6” x 21’5”
Machinery
1 screw, VQE, 4 S/E boilers, IHP 3858, 13 knots
Complement
317
6, 1920. †
AS 7 Rainbow (see p. 137) Distilling Ship No.
Name
3015 Savannah
Builder Flensburger
Launched
Acquired
18 Apr 1899 7 Apr 1917
Comm. 3 Nov 1917
ex-Saxonia (9 Jun 1917)
Service record: Asiatic Fleet. †
Tonnage
10,800 tons, 4,424 GRT
Dimensions
414’6” (oa) 400’ (wl) x 46’1” x 26’5”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 D/E boilers, IHP 2000, 10.5 knots
Complement
412
Destroyer Tenders
Armament 4–5”/40, 4–3”/50, 2–3 pdr guns Notes: Hamburg-America SS Co.; interned at Seattle 1914. Converted to submarine tender. Service record: Designated AS 8, 1920. † No. AS 9
Name Canopus
Builder NY Sbdg
Launched
Armament 2–5”/51, 4–3”/50AA, 2–3 pdr guns Notes: Converted freighter.
Acquired
Comm.
AD No.
Name
Notes
AD 1
Dixie
ex-auxiliary cruiser
AD 5
Prairie
ex-auxiliary cruiser
AD 6
Panther
ex-auxiliary cruiser
AD 7
Leonidas
ex-collier
AD 8
Buffalo.
ex-auxiliary cruiser
19 Dec 1918 22 Nov 1921 24 Jan 1922
ex-Santa Leonora
No.
Name
AD 2 Melville
Builder NY Sbdg
Laid Down
Launched
11 Nov 1913 2 Mar 1915
Comm. 3 Dec 1915
Displacement
7,150 tons
Dimensions
417’3” (oa) 400’ (bp) x 54’5” x 20’
Machinery
1 screw, Parsons GT, 2 B&W boilers, SHP 4000, 15 knots
Complement
397
Armament 8–5”/51, 1–3”/50AA, 2–3 pdr guns, 1–18”TT Notes: Authorized 1912. Service record: Queenstown 1917–18. Damaged by boiler explosion off Panama, 26 Jul 1919 (5 killed). † No.
Name
AD 3 Dobbin AD 4 Whitney
Figure 9.2: The submarine tender Beaver (Id. 2302, later AS 5) with K class submarines, at San Diego, 1919. At left can be seen the dazzle-painted cruiser Minneapolis.
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Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Phila. NYd
23 Dec 1919 5 May 1921 23 Jul 1924
Boston NYd
23 Apr 1921 12 Oct 1923
Displacement
10,600 tons, 8,154 GRT
Dimensions
483’10” (oa) 460’ (bp) x 61’ x 21’
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Machinery
1 screw, Parsons geared turbine, 2 Bu.Mod. Thornycroft boilers, SHP 7000, 16 knots
Complement
452
Armament 8–5”/51, 4–3”/50AA, 2–6 pdr guns, 2–21” TT Notes: Authorized 1917–18. Sisters to submarine tender Holland. Service record: 3 Dobbin: † 4 Whitney: † No.
Name
2140 Black Hawk
Builder Cramp
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
9 Jul 1913 13 Dec 1917 15 May 1918
ex-Santa Catalina
Figure 9.4: USS Prairie (AD 5), originally commissioned as an auxiliary cruiser in 1898.
Tonnage
13,500 tons, 6,381 GRT
Dimensions
420’2” (oa) 404’6” (wl) x 53’9” x 28’5”
Machinery
1 screw, VQE, 3 S/E boilers, IHP 3400, 13 knots
Complement
442
Armament 4–5”/51, 2–3pdr guns Notes: Acquired from Grace Line. Service record: Mine force tender, North Sea, 1918–19. Designated AD 9, 1920. Converted from mine tender, 22 Oct 1920. Asiatic Fleet 1922–40. † No.
Name
3009 Bridgeport
Builder
Launched
Bremer Vulkan 14 Aug 1901
Acquired
Comm.
9 Jun 1917 25 Aug 1917
ex-Breslau (1917) Tonnage
8,600 tons, 7,524 GRT
Dimensions
447’4” (oa) 429’4” (wl) x 54’4” x 28’3”
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 2 D/E, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 3445, 12.5 knots
Complement
386
Armament 8–5”/51, 4–3”/50AA guns Notes: German vessel, interned at New Orleans. Service record: Brest, 1918. Designated AR 2, 1920, then AD 10. † No.
Name
AD 11 Altair
Builder Skinner & Eddy
Launched
Acquired
10 May 1919 5 Dec 1921
Comm. 6 Dec 1921
ex-Edisto
Figure 9.5: The destroyer tender Panther (AD 6) during the war in Europe with two trawlers alongside.
AD 12 Denebola
Skinner & Eddy
12 Apr 1919 4 Nov 1921 28 Nov 1921
ex-Edgewood AD 13 Rigel
Skinner & Eddy
13 Nov 1918 16 Nov 1921 24 Feb 1922
ex-Edgecombe
Figure 9.6: The destroyer tender Melville (AD 2) in 1925.
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Tonnage
13,925 tons f/1, 7,052 GRT
Dimensions
423’9” (oa) 410’5” (bp) x 54’ x 27’3”
Figure 9.7: The destroyer tender Black Hawk (AD 9).
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Figure 9.8: The destroyer tender Rigel (AD 13). Notice the masts of her destroyers behind the ship.
Machinery
1 screw, Curtis geared turbines, 3 S/E boilers, SHP 2500, 10.5 knots
Complement
531
Salvage Vessels
Armament 4–5”/51, 4–3”/50AA, 2–6pdr guns (Rigel, no 6pdr) Notes: Acquired after the war to service the large number of new destroyers. Service records: 11 Altair: † 12 Denebola: Mediterranean 1922–23. † 13 Rigel: †
Name
Builder
Vulcan
SP-
Name
2499 Biesbosch
Builder
Launched
Wilmink (Holland)
1916
Tonnage:
484 GRT
Dimensions:
160’(oa) x 25’4” x 12’6”
Machinery:
1/TE, 8 knots
Complement:
45
Acquired
Comm.
12 Aug 1918 18 Nov 1918
Armament: 1‑3”/50 Notes: Dutch steel freighter
Repair Ships No.
Figure 9.9: The repair ship Vestal (AR 4) at San Diego, 1921. She was originally built as a collier, converted in 1912.
Launched
American Sbdg 17 Sep 1884 (Philadelphia)
Acquired
Comm.
2 May 1898 31 May 1898
SP-
ex-Chatham (1898) Tonnage
3,530 tons, 2,729 GRT
Dimensions
265’4” (oa) x 40’ x 17’3”
Machinery
1 screw, compound,
Service record: 7th ND. Returned 13 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Biesbosch 1919. Foundered off Bridlington, England, 30 Dec 1923. Name
Builder
3395 Chesapeake
Harlan
3396 Manna Hatta
Harlan
Launched 1900
Acquired
Comm.
31 Aug 1918 22 Mar 1919
31 Mar 1900 7 Sep 1918 22 Mar 1919
Tonnage:
1,101 GRT
Complement 197
Dimensions:
220’(oa) 210’(bp) x 32’ x 12’
Armament 2–6 pdr Notes: Iron hull. Purchased from Merchants & Miners Trans. Co.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 1000 hp, 14 knots
Complement:
117
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Decomm 12 Jan 1899. Stricken 9 Jun 1899, sold 3 Jul 1899.
Armament:
1‑3”/50
Later history: Merchant Chatham 1899. Wrecked in St. Johns River, Fla., 14 Jun 1910. No.
Name
AR 1 Medusa
Builder
Laid Down
Puget Sd NYd
2 Jan 1920
Launched
Comm.
16 Apr 1923 18 Sep 1924
Displacement
10,000 tons, 6,741 GRT
Dimensions
483’10” (oa) 460’ (bp) x 70’ x 18’11”
Machinery
1 screw, Parsons geared turbine, 2 Bu.Mod.Thornycroft boilers, SHP 7000,
Complement
466
Armament 4–5”/51, 2–3”/50AA, 2–6 pdr guns Notes: Similar hull to Dobbin class destroyer tenders. Machinery aft. Able to effect permanent and temporary repairs. Service record: Pacific Fleet. † AR 2 Bridgeport: rec AD 10 AR 3 Prometheus: ex-AC 2 AR 4 Vestal: ex-AC 1
Figure 9.10: The salvage vessel Manna Hata (Id. 3396) in 1919.
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Notes: steel cargo ships.
Machinery:
Service records: Chesapeake: Brest, North Sea, 1919. Sold 27 Oct 1919 at Brest, France. Later history: Merchant Restorer 1919. BU Baltimore 1937. Manna Hatta: Brest 1919. Decomm 25 Oct 1919. Sold 3 Nov 1919 in Great Britain. Later history: Merchant Reliant 1919. Foundered 400 m. west of Tory Island, 29 May 1925. SP-
Name
1385 Favorite
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Buffalo SB
2 Feb 1907
23 Jan 1918
1 Feb 1918
1/VTE, 11 knots
Armament: 1‑3”/50; wood wrecking tug Service: 5th ND. Sold 15 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Rescue 1919, renamed Fillet 1927. Foundered off Montauk Point, NY, 3 Oct 1928. SP-
Name
1309 Resolute
Builder
Launched
Gt.Lakes (Ashtabula)
1916
Tonnage:
453 GRT
Dimensions:
135’ (bp) x 30’ x 12’4”
Acquired
Tonnage:
1,223 GRT
Dimensions:
196’(oa) 180’8”(bp) x 43’ x 9’
Machinery: 1/VC Service record: 3rd ND. Sold 15 May 1919.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 1200 hp, 14 knots
Later history: Merchant Resolute. BU Jersey City, NJ 1955.
Armament: 2‑3”/50, 1‑3”/50AA Service record: Brest 1918–19. Damaged in collision with tug Richmond, 10 Jan 1919. To Dept of Interior, 3 Apr 1920. Later history: Panama Canal 1931. Reacquired by USN, IX 45, 24 Oct 1940. Sold to Peru 1948, renamed Guardian Rios. R58. SP-
Name
3780 I.J. Merritt
Builder Brown
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
8 Feb 1919 27 Aug 1919 27 Aug 1919
Tonnage:
794 GRT
Dimensions:
174’ (oa) 162’ (bp) x 34’ x 13’6”
Service record: 3rd ND. Sold 13 Dec 1919. Later history: Merchant I.J. Merritt 1920. se1923 Name
2170 Relief
Builder Harlan
Launched 1907
Acquired
Comm.
9 Aug 1918 19 Aug 1918
Tonnage:
828 GRT
Dimensions:
200’ (oa) 184’6” (bp) x 30’3” x 14’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 1000 hp, 14.5 knots
Complement: Note: steel tug.
58
No. AZ 1
Name Wright
Builder Hog Island
Laid Down
Launched
Displacement
11,500 tons, 9,193 GRT
Dimensions
448’ (oa and bp) x 58’ x 24’6”
Machinery
1 screw, GE geared turbines, 6 B&W boilers, SHP 6000, 15 knots.
Complement
311
Armament 2–5”/51, 2–3”/50AA guns Notes: Converted by Tietjen & Lang to service airships. Converted to service airplanes, 1925.
Naval auxiliaries with civilian crews sworn into the Navy, May 1917.
Name
Builder Brown
Launched 1899
Acquired
Comm.
24 Sep 1918 24 Sep 1918
Name
Builder
Abarenda
Edwards
Launched
Acquired
537 GRT
Tonnage
3,125 GRT, 4,670 D
Dimensions:
160’4” (bp) x 32’2” x 14’10”
Dimensions
320’ (oa) 314’ (bp) x 42’ x 23’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1,050, 9 knots
Complement
69
Armament
8–3 pdr
Figure 9.11: The salvage tug Favorite (SP-1385) in dazzle camouflage en route to Europe, 1918.
Comm.
11 Aug 1891 5 May 1898 20 May 1898
Tonnage:
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Comm.
15 Feb 1919 26 Apr 1920 16 Dec 1921
Colliers
Later history: Merchant Relief 1919. BU 1953 Baltimore. SP-
Minelayers Shawmut and Aroostook, minesweepers Heron and Teal were converted to seaplane tenders around 1920.
Service record: †
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 14 May 1919.
3209 Rescue
Lighter‑than‑Aircraft Tender
LD as Skaneateles
Machinery: 1/VTE, 11 knots Notes: wood wrecking steamer.
SP-
Comm.
29 Aug 1918 10 Sep 1918
Figure 9.12: The aircraft tender Wright (AV 1).
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Notes: Steel hull. Merchant name retained. Service record: Cuba 1898. Station ship, Samoa, 1899–1902. Out of comm 4 Sep 1902 -3 Nov 1903. In collision with bark Nostra Signora delle Grazie at Genoa, 22 Nov 1904. Decomm/civilian crew, 21 Feb 1905. Went aground off Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 22 Mar 1905. Out of service 6 Oct 1909–19 May 1910. Asiatic Stn. Recomm 27 May 1917. Asiatic Fleet. Designated AC 13, 1920. Rec AG 14, 1922. †
Armament
Later history: Army transport Sumner 1899. Wrecked off Barnegat Shoals, N.J., 11 Dec 1916. Name Hannibal
Name Alexander
Builder Richardson Duck
Launched
Acquired
29 Sep 1894 25 Apr 1898
Comm. 1 Jun 1898
ex-Atala (1898)
1–6 pdr
Service record: Decomm 29 Dec 1898. To Army 26 Sep 1899.
Builder Blumer
Launched
Acquired
10 Mar 1898 16 Apr 1898
Comm. 7 Jun 1898
ex-Joseph Holland (1898) Tonnage
1,785 GRT, 4,291 D
Dimensions
274’1” (oa) 263”4” (bp) x 39’3” x 17’7”
Tonnage
3,250 GRT, 6,181 D
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1,100, 10 knots
Dimensions
343’3” (oa) 330’ (bp) x 43’ x 23’
Complement
50 / 33; (1918) 99.
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 cyl. boilers, IHP 1,026, 8.75 knots
Armament
2–2,” 1–1 pdr; (1918) 1–6”/40, 2–3”/50 guns.
Complement
68 / 39
Notes: Formerly British
Armament
2–3 pdr, 2–6 pdr
Service record: Out of comm 15Aug-16 Oct 1911, converted to survey vessel. Subchaser tender, Plymouth, 1918. Out of comm 1 Nov 1919 -9 Feb 1921. Designated AG 1, 1920. Surveying in Caribbean 1920–40. †
Service record: Out of comm 2 Nov 1898–4 Mar 1900 and 15 Apr 1910–6 Jul 1911. Decomm 9 Aug 1913. Stricken 16 Aug 1913. Later history: Merchant Rio Pasig 1914. Missing en route Seattle-Vladivostok, 31 Dec 1915.
Name Hector
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Builder Wigham Richardson
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
6 Jun 1883 23 Apr 1898 22 Jun 1898
ex-Pedro, ex-Lilburn Tower Tonnage
2,929 GRT
ex-Peter Jebsen (1898)
Dimensions
330’3” (wl) x 38’3” x 22’
Tonnage
3,077 GRT, 2000 D
Machinery
1 screw, compound, IHP 1,400
Dimensions
332’6” (oa) 321’6” (bp) x 41’6” x 23’6”
Armament
2–6 pdr
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1,200, 9 knots
Notes: Captured off Havana by USS New York, 22 Apr 1898.
Complement
64 / 40
Service record: Decomm 17 Sep 1898. Sold 10 Oct 1899.
Armament
2–6 pdr; (1910) 1–6 pdr; (1918) 4–5”/51.
Later history: Merchant Hector 1900, renamed D.N. Luckenbach 1909. Torpedoed and sunk by U-93 southwest of Brest, 27 Oct 1917.
Brutus
Readhead
6 Feb 1894 21 Apr 1898 27 May 1898
Service record: Towed monitor Monterey from San Diego to Manila, 1898. Decomm 29 Aug 1901, civilian crew. Helped tow Dewey Drydock from Norfolk to Olongapo, PI, 1905–06. Mexican intervention 1914. Went aground on Cerros Island, Mexico, 24 Apr 1917. Designated AC 15, 1920. Decomm 17 Aug 1921, sold 29 Jul 1922. FFU Name Caesar
Builder Ropner
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
31 Jan 1896 21 Apr 1898 13 May 1898
ex-Kingtor Tonnage
2,738 GRT, 5,016 D
Dimensions
322’ (oa) 310’ (bp) x 44’ x 19’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 D/E boilers, IHP 1,200, 10 knots
Complement
54 / 41
Armament
2–3 pdr, 2–1 pdr; (1918) 4–6 pdr
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Justin
Raylton Dixon
Tonnage
2,206 GRT, 3,300 D
Dimensions
287’6” (oa) 277’ (bp) x 39’ x 21’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP. (U)…, 8.3 knots
Complement
53 / 35
Armament
2–6 pdr
Comm.
23 Dec 1890 23 Apr 1898 27 Apr 1898
Notes: British. Merchant name retained. Service record: Out of comm 17 Feb 1899–19 Sep 1900. Decomm 20 Dec 1915. Stricken 31 Dec 1915, sold 17 Feb 1916. Later history: Merchant Justin 1916, renamed G.M.Lawrence 1925, San Tomaso 1927, Marga 1930. BU 1933. Libau, Latvia.
Service record: Helped tow Dewey Drydock from Norfolk to Olongapo, Philippines, via Suez, 1905–06. NOTS. Designated AC 16. Decomm 11 Jun 1922. Sold 22 Dec 1922. Later history: Merchant Mogul 1923. BU 1935 Yokohama. Name Cassius
Builder Reiherstieg
Launched
Acquired
28 Feb 1883 24 May 1898
Comm. 6 Jun 1898
ex-Rhaetia Tonnage
3,458 GRT
Dimensions
366’10” (oa) 351’1” (bp) x 43’ x 26’
Machinery
1 screw, vertical compound, IHP (U)…., 13 knots
Complement
76
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Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1400, 10 knots
Complement
45 /39 (1918) 80
1,486 GRT, 3,285 D
Armament
none; (1918) 4–6 pdr
Dimensions
259’6” (oa) 249’ (bp) x 37’4” x 19’
Notes: Purchased at Hong Kong. Merchant name retained.
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1,000, 10 knots
Complement
58
Armament
2–6 pdr; (1918) 4–6 pdr
Service record: Far East 1898–1913. Philippine campaign. Out of comm 29 Mar 1906–1 Feb 1907 and 31 Mar-1 Aug 1914. Mexican intervention 1914. Designated AG 3, 1920. Target repair ship, 1919–22. Decomm 18 Jan 1922. Sold 29 Jul 1922 and BU Oakland, Cal.
Name
Builder
Lebanon
Cramp
Tonnage
Launched 29 Sep 1894
Acquired
Comm.
6 Apr 1898 16 Apr 1898
Notes: Merchant name retained. Service record: Cuba 1898. Out of comm 15 Apr 1899- 11 Aug 1905 and 2 Oct 1909–1 Jul 1911. Target towing vessel, 1912–16. Mexican intervention 1914. Designated AG 2, 1920. Decomm 6 Feb 1922. Sold 2 Jun 1922. Later history: Merchant Taboga 1922, renamed Homestead 1926. Wrecked in Humber Arm, Nfld., 26 Jul 1932.
Name Nero
Builder Thompson
Launched
Acquired
8 Dec 1894 30 Jun 1898
Comm. 8 Jun 1898
ex-Whitgift (1898) Tonnage
2,925 GRT, 6,360 D
Dimensions
320’ (oa) 312’ (bp) x 41’ x 20’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1,000, 9 knots
Complement
80 /40
ex-Elizabeth Holland (1898)
Armament
4–3,” 4–6 pdr; (1918) 1–3”/50, 4–6 pdr
Tonnage
1,802 GRT, 4,242 D
Dimensions
273’11” (oa) 263’3” (bp) x 39’3” x 19’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1,100, 8.5 knots
Complement
52 (1918) 167
Armament
2–3 pdr; (1918) 1–6”/40, 2–3”/50
Service record: Far East 1898. Out of comm 7 Jan -10 Apr 1899 and 20 May-4 Oct 1900. Went aground at Panama after collision with gunboat Concord, Feb 1904. Went aground near Newport, RI, 1 Jul 1909, refloated 2 Aug. Out of comm 31 Jul 1913- 29 Apr 1914. Mexican intervention 1914. Collided with schooner La Ravissante, 23 Dec 1917. NOTS. Cross-channel service 1918–19. Overhaul at Charleston 1919–20. Designated AC 17, 1920. Decomm 12 Sep 1921. Sold 29 Jul 1922 and BU Oakland, Cal.
Name Leonidas
Builder Austin
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
23 Mar 1898 16 Apr 1898 21 May 1898
Service record: Out of comm 27 Dec 1898- 8 Nov 1900, 15 Feb- 11 Jun 1909 and 3 May 1912–1 Apr 1914, converted to surveying ship. Converted to tender for subchasers, 1917. Corfu 1918. Designated AD 7, 1920. Decomm 28 Nov 1922. Sold 6 Jun 1922. Later history: merchant Elizabeth Holland 1922. BU 1922. Name Marcellus
Builder Mounsey
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
5 Apr 1879 13 Jun 1898 28 Sep 1898
Tonnage
1,960 GRT
Dimensions
282’6” (bp) x 35’10” x 21’
Machinery
1 screw, vertical compound, 2 boilers, IHP 1,200, 11 knots
Complement
68
Armament
2–6 pdr
Service record: Out of comm 10 Mar 1899–7 Jan 1900, 11 Jun 1900–25 Nov 1902 and 2 Mar 1904- 2 Apr 1909. Sunk in collision with m/v Rosario di Gregorio southwest of Cape Hatteras, 9 Aug 1910 (none lost). Name
Builder Swan Hunter
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
29 Sep 1894 12 Apr 1898 11 Apr 1898
ex-Merrimac (1898), ex-Solveig (1897) Tonnage
3,362 GRT
Dimensions
330’ (wl) 322’9” (oa) x 44’2” x 27’3”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE
Complement
(U)
Armament
2–6 pdr
Name
Builder Grangemouth
Tonnage Dimensions
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Acquired
Comm.
1 Apr 1897 19 Apr 1898 26 May 1898
Tonnage
1,285 GRT, 3,085 D
Dimensions
245’ (oa) 234’ (bp) x 33’6” x 16’10”
Machinery
1 screw, TE, 1 Scotch boiler, IHP 850, 10.5 knots
Complement
43 / 33
Armament
2–6 pdr
Service record: Out of comm 18 Jan 1899- 6 Jul 1911. Torpedo boat tender, 1911. Philippines 1911–21. Designated AF 5, 1920. Decomm 5 Jul 1921. Stricken 28 Mar 1922; to War Dept, 12 Jul 1922. Later history: Merchant Pompey, renamed Samal 1931. Sunk by Japanese aircraft in Philippines, Dec 1941. Name
Builder
Launched 1890
Acquired
Comm.
Saturn
Harlan
2 Apr 1898 11 Apr 1898
Tonnage
2,268 GRT, 6,220 D
Dimensions
297’1” (oa) 283’ (bp) x 40’ x 22’8”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, IHP 1,500, 11 knots; (1918) 2 B&W blrs
Complement
74 / 39; (1918) 124
Armament
2–6 pdr; (1918) 1–6”/50, 2–3”/50
Notes: Merchant name retained.
Service record: Sunk as blockship at entrance to Santiago de Cuba harbor, 3 Jun 1898.
Nanshan
Builder Austin
ex-Harlech (1898)
ex-Titania (1898), ex-C. Fellinger (1886), ex-Mercedes (1881)
Merrimac
Name Pompey
Launched
Acquired
16 Nov 1895 6 Apr 1898
Comm. 6 Apr 1898
Service record: Attack on Cienfuegos, 11 May 1898. Out of comm 4 Nov 1898–15 Aug 1900, 30 Jun-2 Dec 1903. Asiatic Fleet 1900–03. Out of comm 30 Sep 1911–3 Aug 1912. Mexican intervention 1914. Designated AG 4, 1920. Decomm 17 Mar 1922. Sold 25 Sep 1922, BU. Name
Builder
Launched
Scindia
Henderson
2,200 GRT, 4,950 D
Tonnage
4,534 GRT, 7,500 D; (1910) 9,250 D.
300’ (oa) 287’ (bp) x 39’1” x 21’3”
Dimensions
387’6”(oa) 375’4” (bp) x 46’6” x 25’
Acquired
Comm.
13 Jun 1890 12 May 1898 21 May 1898
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Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 3 S/E boilers, IHP 3,000, 12 knots
Complement
108
Displacement
12,585 tons
Armament
2–3,” 2–6 pdr; (1918) 4–6 pdr
Dimensions
465’9” (oa) 450’ (bp) x 60’1” x 26’
Notes: Merchant name retained.
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 6 B&W, IHP 7,500, 16 knots
Service record: Out of comm 27 May-23 Dec 1899. Renamed Ajax, 31 Dec 1900. Out of comm 16 Mar -16 Oct 1901, 4 Nov 1905–20 Jan 1907, 20 Jul 1909–30 Apr 1910. Carried submarines B-2 and B-3 as deck cargo from Norfolk to Manila Bay, Dec 1912–1913. Went aground in typhoon at Guam, 10 Nov 1913. Designated AC 14, 1920. †
Complement
92 (1918) 362; Prometheus: 196
Name
Builder
Scipio
Denny
Launched
Acquired
12 Mar 1880 5 May 1898
ex-Ontario (Oct 1905)
Comm. never
ex-Ravenna
Armament 4–3”/50; (1918) 4–5”/50, 1–3”/50AA. Notes: Authorized 1904. Converted to repair ships, 1912. Service records: 1 Vestal: Out of comm 25 Oct 1912- 3 Sep 1913, recomm as repair ship. Mexican intervention 1914. Queenstown, 1917–18. Designated AR 4, 1920. † 2 Prometheus: Out of comm 7 Apr 1913- 23 Dec 1914, recomm as repair ship. Brest 1918. Haiti 1919–20. Designated AR 3, 1920. †
Tonnage
6,864 D
No.
Dimensions
383’ (wl) x 40’ x 23’6”
AC 3 Jupiter
Name
Mare I NYd
Builder
Machinery
1 screw, compound, IHP 2400, 14.5 knots
AC 4 Cyclops
Cramp
Armament
none
AC 8 Neptune
Maryland
Laid Down 2 Jun 1909
Displacement
19,360 tons (Neptune: 19,375 tons)
Service record: No service, conversion canceled 20 Jun 1898. Stricken 15 Jun 1899, sold 28 Dec 1899.
Dimensions
542’ (oa) 520’ (wl) x 65’ x 27’8”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, IHP 7,200, 14 knots
Builder Thompson
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
27 May1889 16 Apr 1898 2 May 1898
7 May 1910
7 Nov 1910
(1918) GE turbine, electric drive, 3 D/E boilers
Later history: Merchant Scipio 1900. Destroyed by fire en route Cartagena/ Antwerp, 3 Jan 1902. Name
Comm.
23 Mar 1910 21 Jan 1911 20 Sep 1911
Notes: Found abandoned at sea off Cuba, 5 May 1898.
Southery
Launched
18 Oct 1911 24 Aug 1912 7 Apr 1913
Neptune: Westinghouse turbine, reduction gear. 3 D/E boilers Complement
94; (1918) 163
ex-Southery, ex-Lonoconing, ex-Southery
Armament (1918) 4–4”/50 Notes: Authorized 1908–09. Re-engined 1918.
Tonnage
2,068 GRT, 3,100 D
Service records:
Dimensions
302’9” (oa) 288’ (bp) x 38’9” x 21’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1,300, 9 knots
Complement
59 / 167
Armament
2–3 pdr; (1910) none
3 Jupiter: Mexican intervention 1914. Damaged by fire in hold at Mare Island, 18 Mar 1914. NOTS. Collision with schooner Horatio G. Foss, 28 May 1918. Decomm 20 Mar 1920. Converted to first aircraft carrier, rec CV 1, renamed Langley, 21 Apr 1920. † 4 Cyclops: Mexican intervention 1914. NOTS. Left Barbados 4 Mar 1918 and not heard from again (309 lost). 8 Neptune: Out of comm 13 Oct 1913- 7 Dec 1914. Santo Domingo, 1916. Decomm 28 Jun 1922. †
Service record: Decomm 18 Feb 1899. Prison ship, Norfolk 1900, Boston 1902, Portsmouth 1903–1913. RS Portsmouth 1918–22, Boston 1922–33. Designated IX 26, 1920. †
No. Name
Builder
Sterling
Duncan
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
24 Aug 1881 16 Apr 1898 16 Apr 1898
ex-Lamington Tonnage
2,016 GRT, 5,663 D
Dimensions
284’ (oa) 275’ (bp) x 37’ x 24’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 S/E boiler, IHP 926, 11 knots
Complement
60
Armament
2–6 pdr; (1918) 4–6 pdr
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
AC 5 Vulcan
Maryland
5 Oct 1908 15 May 1909 2 Oct 1909
AC 6 Mars
Maryland
5 Oct 1908 10 Apr 1909 26 Aug 1909
AC 7 Hector
Maryland
5 Oct 1908
3 Jul 1909
22 Oct 1909
Notes: Merchant name retained. Service record: Out of comm 1 Mar 1899–1902, 30 Apr 1910–2 Feb 1916. Went aground off Cape Henry after collision with m/v Dorothy, 2 Dec 1911. In collision with collier USS Nereus, 19 Apr 1917. NOTS. Decomm 7 Jul 1919. Stricken 3 Aug 1919, sold 15 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Llai Llai 1919. Sunk in collision with cruiser O’Higgins at Iquique, Chile, 11 Mar 1920. No.
Name
AC 1 Vestal
Builder New York NYd
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
25 Mar 1907 19 May 1908 4 Oct 1909
ex-Erie (Oct 1905) AC 2 Prometheus
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Mare I NYd
18 Oct 1907
5 Dec 1908 15 Jan 1910
Figure 9.14: The collier Jupiter (AC 3) before the war. The inscription on her bow reads “Auxiliary U.S. Navy Jupiter.” In 1920 she was converted to the Navy’s first aircraft carrier, the Langley . (see p. 19).
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Notes: Authorized 1911. Two similar ships, Achilles and Ulysses, were owned by the Panama Canal Co.
Displacement
11,230 tons; 5,451 GRT
Dimensions
403’ (oa) 385’ (bp) x 53’ x 24’8”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 4 S/E boilers, IHP 3,818, 12.6 knots
Complement
74; (1918) 129
Armament (1918) 4–4”/50 Notes: Authorized 1908. Service records: 5 Vulcan: Out of service 4 May 1912 -25 Feb 1914. Mexican intervention 1914. Decomm 20 Jul 1921. Stricken 26 Apr 1923, sold 12 Dec 1923. Later history: Merchant Coos Bay. Wrecked at Point Lobos, San Francisco Bay, 22 Oct 1927. 6 Mars: Out of comm 3 Jul-11 Dec 1912 and 15 Jul 1913–8 May 1914. NOTS. Decomm 27 Dec 1921. Stricken 26 Apr 1923, sold 22 Jun 1923. Later history: Merchant Mars 1923. Wrecked in cyclone at Daiquiri, Cuba, 8 Nov 1924. 7 Hector: Santo Domingo, 1916. Wrecked off South Carolina, 14 Jul 1916 and sank on 17 Jul. No.
Name
Builder
AC 9 Proteus
Newport News
AC 10 Nereus
Newport News
Laid Down
Launched
31 Oct 1911 14 Sep 1912
Comm. 9 Jul 1913
4 Dec 1911 26 Apr 1913 10 Sep 1913
Service records: 11 Orion: Mexican intervention 1914. NOTS. † 12 Jason: Damaged by fire while fitting out, 8 Mar 1913. “Xmas Ship” to Europe, 1914. NOTS. † AC 13 Abarenda AC 14 Ajax AC 15 Brutus AC 16 Caesar AC 17 Nero
Supply Ships Name Celtic
Builder Workman Clark
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1 Nov 1890 14 May 1898 27 May 1898
ex-Celtic King (1898) Tonnage
3,738 GRT, 6,428 D (1910) 8,000 D
Dimensions
383’1” (oa) 371’4”(bp) x 44’7” x 24’9”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 D/E Scotch boilers, IHP 1,890, 10 knots; (1918) 4 B&W blrs
Displacement
19,080 tons; 10,653 GRT
Dimensions
522’ (oa) 500’ (bp) x 62’ x 27’8”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 3 D/E boilers, SHP 7200,
Complement
103 / 147
179
Armament
none; (1910) 2–6 pdr; (1918) 4–3”/50, 1–3”/50AA
Complement
Notes: Reboilered 1918.
Armament 4–4”/50 Notes: Authorized 1910. Service records: 9 Proteus: Mexican intervention 1914. NOTS. In collision with British m/v Port Philip which sank, in New York harbor, 16 Oct 1918. † 10 Nereus: Mexican intervention 1914. Out of comm 10 May 1916- 6 Apr 1917. Collision with USS Sterling, 19 Apr 1917. Damaged by grounding, 18 Apr 1917. NOTS. Decomm 30 Jun 1922. † No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
AC 11 Orion
Maryland
6 Oct 1911 23 Mar 1912 29 Jul 1912
AC 12 Jason
Maryland
26 Mar 1912 16 Nov 1912 26 Jun 1913
Service record: Philippine campaign. Out of comm 18 Sep 1903 -19 Oct 1905 and 23 Feb 1907–23 Oct 1908. Mexican intervention 1914. Haiti 1915. Santo Domingo, 1916. NOTS. Designated AF 2, 1920. Decomm 23 Jun 1922. Sold 17 Jan 1923 at Manila. Later history: Merchant Celtic 1923. BU 1929 Osaka, Japan. Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
25 Oct 1889
4 Jun 1898
3 Dec 1898
Culgoa
Thompson
Tonnage
3,444 GRT, 6,000 D
Dimensions
346’4” (oa) 334’4”(bp) x 43’ x 21’9”
Displacement
19,250 tons, 10,650 GRT
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 D/E Scotch boilers, IHP 2,350, 14.6 knots
Dimensions
536’(oa) 514’(bp) x 65’ x 27’8”
Complement
40 / 121; (1918) 189
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 3 D/E boilers, SHP 6800, 14.4 knots
Armament
3–6 pdr; (1910) 2–1 pdr; (1918) 4–3”/50
Complement
179
Notes: Merchant name retained.
Armament
4–4”/50
Service record: Philippine campaign. Out of comm 16 Oct 1901- 1 Oct 1902, 11 Aug 1905–12 Sep 1907. Stricken 7 May 1906, reinstated 30 Jun 1906. Great White Fleet. Mexican intervention 1914. Haiti 1915. Santo Domingo, 1916. NOTS. Designated AF 3, 1920. Decomm 31 Dec 1921. Sold 25 Jul 1922. Later history: Merchant Champlain 1923. BU 1924 New York.
Figure 9.15: The collier Jason (AC 12), before the war.
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Figure 9.16: The storeship Celtic (AF 2) at San Diego, 1920.
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AK 10 Quincy AK 11 Robert L. Barnes No.
Name
AK 13 Capella
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Hog Island
1 Jul 1919
3 Mar 1920
8 Dec 1921
ex-Comerant AK 15 Sirius
Hog Island
22 Apr 1918 31 Dec 1918 20 Jan 1922
ex-Saluda AK 16 Spica
Hog Island
15 Jul 1918
8 Aug 1919
1 Mar 1940
ex-Shannock AK 17 Vega
Hog Island
8 Jul 1918
18 Jul 1919 21 Dec 1921
ex-Lebanon
Figure 9.17: The supply ship Culgoa (later AF 3), probably in 1906. She was purchased in 1898.
Displacement
4,070 tons, 11,450 f/1
Dimensions
401’ (oa) 390’ (wl) x 54’ x 24’5”
Machinery
1 screw, Curtiss geared turbines, 3 B&W boilers, IHP 2,500, 11.5 knots
Complement
91
Armament 2–5”/51, 4–3”/50AA Service records: Name Supply
Builder Cramp
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
7 Jun 1873 10 Apr 1898 19 Jun 1898
ex-Illinois Tonnage
3,341 GRT, 4,325 D
Dimensions
355’8” (oa) 342’7” (bp) x 43’4” x 20’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 D/E Scotch boiler, IHP 1,069, 9.6 knots
Complement
106 / 142
Armament
2–3”; (1902) 6–6 pdr; (1910) 6–6 pdr, 4–1 pdr; (1918) 4–6 pdr
AK 13 Capella: Acquired 20 Nov 1921. † AK 15 Sirius: Acquired 10 Dec 1921. † AK 16 Spica: Acquired 16 Nov 1921, not comm. † AK 17 Vega: Acquired 2 Dec 1921. † No.
Name
AK 12 Arcturus
Name
Builder
Launched 16 Jan 1884
Acquired
Comm.
Zafiro
Hall Russell
Tonnage
1,062 GRT
9 Apr 1898 10 Apr 1898
Dimensions
213’8” (bp) x 31’9” x 15’6”
Machinery
1 screw, compound, Scotch boiler, IHP 850, 10.5 knots
Complement
45
Armament
1–1 pdr
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
1920
5 Jun 1920
1 Feb 1922
ex-Gold Star, LD as Benwood AK 14 Regulus
Notes: Former American Line trans-Atlantic liner. Service record: Out of comm 28 Apr 1899–1 Aug 1902. Station ship Guam, 1902–19. Attempted to put prize crew in German gunboat Cormoran at Guam, 6 Apr 1917 but German ship was blown up by her crew. Decomm 15 Sep 1919. Stricken 30 Sep 1920, sold 30 Sep 1921. BU 1928.
Builder Beth (Wilmington) Beth (Wilmington)
1920
14 Aug 1920 8 Aug 1940
ex-Glenora, LD as Berclair Displacement
4,679 tons, 10,550 f/1
Dimensions
391’9” (oa) 377’ (wl) x 52’ x 24’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 3 S/E boilers, IHP 2,500, 11 knots
Complement
91
Armament 2–5”/51, 4–3”/50AA Service records: AK 12 Arcturus: Acquired 8 Nov 1921. Rec AG 12 and renamed Gold Star, 12 May 1922. † AK 14 Regulus: Acquired 7 Nov 1921, not comm. †
Notes: Purchased at Hong Kong. Merchant name retained. Civilian manned. Service record: Philippine campaign. Philippines 1898–1904. Boxer Rebellion. Decomm 10 Jun 1904. Stricken 15 Jan 1906, trfd to Army 10 May 1907, sold 21 Oct 1910. Later history: Merchant Zafiro 1911, renamed Bowler 1917, Belen Quezada 1921. RR 1930.
Cargo Ships AK 1 Houston AK 2 Kittery AK 3 Newport News AK 4 Bath AK 5 Gulfport AK 6 Beaufort AK 7 Pensacola AK 8 Astoria AK 9 Long Beach
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Figure 9.18: The cargo ship Kittery (AK 2). She was originally a German freighter seized in 1917.
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Tonnage
4,154 GRT, 8,325 D
Dimensions
388’7” (oa) 353’6’ (bp) x 46’1” x 25’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 3 D/E boilers, IHP 1,750, 12.5 knots
Complement
82; (1918) 129
Armament
3–3”; (1899) 3–6 pdr; (1910) 1–3 pdr; (1918) 1–5”/51, 2–3”/50
Service record: Asiatic Stn 1899–1903. Philippine campaign. Out of comm 1 Aug-15 Dec 1903 and 30 Jul-15 Sep 1904. Great White Fleet. Pacific Fleet 1909–18. Mexican intervention 1914. NOTS. Designated AF 4, 1920. Decomm 6 Mar 1922. Sold 17 Aug 1922. Later history: Merchant Glacier 1923, renamed Carbella 1941, Presidente Juarez 1945. BU 1956 Inverkeithing. No. AF 1
Figure 9.19: The cargo ship Gold Star (AG 12). Station ship at Guam during the 1920s. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
Name
AE 1 Pyro AE 2 Nitro
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Puget Sd NYd
9 Aug 1918 16 Dec 1919 10 Aug 1920
Puget Sd NYd
19 Mar 1919 16 Dec 1919 2 Apr 1921
7,025 tons
Dimensions
482’9” (oa) 460” (wl) x 60’11” x 20’11”
Machinery
2 screws, Parsons geared turbines, 4 B&W boilers, IHP 6,700, 16 knots
Complement
195
Armament 4–5”/51, 2–3”/50AA Service records:
Comm. 2 Jun 1917
Displacement
8,500 tons
Dimensions
422’11” (oa) 400’ (bp) x 55’2” x 20’8”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 3 Ward boilers, IHP 4000, 14 knots
Complement
240
AF 2 Celtic: supply ship AF 3 Culgoa: supply ship AF 4 Glacier AF 5 Pompey: collier AF 6 Rappahannock: NOTS No.
Name
AF 7
Arctic
AF 8
Boreas
Builder Moore
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
18 Mar 1918
4 Jul 1918
7 Nov 1921
19 Mar 1918
4 Jul 1918
6 Aug 1940
30 Dec 1918
7 Jun 1919
6 Dec 1921
ex-Yamhill
AF 9
Moore
Yukon
Moore ex-Mehanno
Refrigerator Ships Builder Thompson
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
22 Jul 1891
1 Jul 1898
5 Jul 1898
ex-Delmonico (12 Jul 1898), ex-Port Chalmers (6 Jul 1898)
Figure 9.20: The ammunition ship Nitro (AE 2). She and her sister were built specially for the transportation of explosives.
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Launched
ex-Yaquina
AE 1 Pyro: † AE 2 Nitro: †
Name
Laid Down
21 Jun 1915 18 May 1916
Service record: NOTS. Eastern Mediterranean 1922–23. † Laid Down
Displacement
Glacier
Builder Boston NYd
Armament 4–5”/50, 1–3”/50AA guns Notes: Authorized 1913. First built for the purpose store ship.
Ammunition Ships No.
Name Bridge
Displacement
4,654 tons, 12,600 f/1
Dimensions
416’6” (oa) 402’6” (wl) x 53’ x 26’5”
Machinery
1 screw, Parsons geared turbines (Boreas: Curtis), 4 Heine boilers (Yukon: 3 S/E); IHP 2,800, 11 knots
Complement
175
Armament 2–5”/51, 4–3”/50AA guns Notes: Boreas acquired and laid up.
Figure 9.21: The storeship Glacier (AF 4) at San Diego, 1920. She was acquired in 1898.
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Armament
5–6 pdr; (1910) none; (1918) 4–3”/50
Notes: Refitted 1910. Service record: Out of comm 1 Feb 1899–22 Aug 1900. Philippine campaign. Out of comm 16 Mar 1906–29 Nov 1907. Decomm 15 Oct 1909, civilian crew. Mexican intervention 1914. Recomm 9 Jan 1918. NOTS. Collided with HM Submarine H-14, 18 Apr 1918. Designated AO 7, 1920. Decomm 28 Jun 1922. † No.
Figure 9.22: The storeship Bridge (AF 1) at Brooklyn, June 21, 1917, shortly after being commissioned. She was the first Navybuilt refrigerator ship.
AF 7 Arctic: Acquired 4 Nov 1921. † AF 8 Boreas: Acquired 6 Dec 1921, not comm. † AF 9 Yukon: Acquired 14 Nov 1921. Decomm 14 Apr 1922. †
Builder Craig Taylor
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
4 Mar 1893 12 Aug 1898 28 Aug 1898
ex-Luciline (1898) Tonnage
3,319 GRT, 6,159 D
Dimensions
343’6” (oa) 332’ (bp) x 42’2” x 20’11”
Machinery Complement
Laid Down
Launched
14
Maumee
Mare I NYd
23 Jul 1914 17 Apr 1915 23 Oct 1916
15
Cuyama
Mare I NYd
15 Dec 1915 17 Jun 1916
2 Apr 1917
16
Brazos
Boston NYd
21 Jun 1917
1 May 1919
1 Oct 1919
17
Neches
Boston NYd
28 Jun 1919
2 Jun 1920 25 Oct 1920
18
Pecos
Boston NYd
8 Dec 1913 11 Jul 1914
Comm.
Mare I NYd
5 Jun 1915
2 Jun 1920 23 Apr 1921 25 Aug 1921
Displacement
14,500 tons
Dimensions
475’7” (oa) 455’ (wl) x 56’ x 26’2”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 4 B&W boilers, IHP 5200, 14 knots; Maumee: 2 diesel. Cuyama: 3 D/E boilers
Complement
144
Service records:
Tankers Name
Builder
Kanawha
Armament 4–4”/50; Brazos, Neches, Pecos: 4–5”/51, 2–3”/50AA Notes: Authorized 1912–15 as Fuel Ships 13–18. Maumee was first USN surface ship powered by diesel engines.
Service records
Arethusa
Name
13
Kanawha: NOTS. Designated AO 1, 1920. † Maumee: NOTS. Designated AO 2, 1920. Decomm 9 Jun 1922. † Cuyama: Fitted to transport aircraft. NOTS. Collided with m/v Pioneer, 3 Jun 1918. Designated AO 3, 1920. † Brazos: Designated AO 4, 1920. Eastern Mediterranean 1922. † Neches: Designated AO 5, 1920. † Pecos: Designated AO 6, 1920. † AO 7 Arethusa AO 8 Sara Thompson: ex NOTS AO 14 R.L. Barnes: rec AK 11 No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
1 screw, VTE, 2 D/E Scotch boilers, IHP 1,227, 10 knots; (1918) 4 B&W blrs, IHP 1700.
AO 9 Patoka
Newport News
17 Dec 1918 26 Jul 1919 13 Oct 1919
AO 11 Sapelo
Newport News
3 May 1919 24 Dec 1919 19 Feb 1920
84
AO 12 Ramapo
Newport News
16 Jan 1919 11 Sep 1919 15 Nov 1919
AO 13 Trinity
Newport News
10 Nov 1919
AO 18 Rapidan
Newport News
17 Feb 1919 25 Oct 1919
AO 19 Salinas
Newport News
10 Apr 1919 5 May 1920 16 Dec 1921
3 Jul 1920
4 Sep 1920 1 Jan 1922
ex-Hudsonian
Figure 9.23: The storeship Arctic (AF 7) in the East River, New York.
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Figure 9.24: The oiler Kanawha (AO 1) at Greenock, Scotland, during the war.
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Distilling Ships No.
Name
Builder
Iris
Leslie
Launched
Acquired
22 Oct 1885 25 May 1898
Comm. 1 Aug 1898
ex-Menemsha, ex-Dryden (1895)
Figure 9.25: The oiler Cuyama (AO 3), about 1920. The funnel of another ship can be seen behind.
AO 20 Sepulga
Newport News
20 Aug 1919 21 Apr 1920 13 Jan 1922
ex-Fleetco AO 21 Tippecanoe Newport News
1 Oct 1919
5 Jun 1920
4 Mar 1940
Tonnage
16,800 tons, 8,267 GRT
Dimensions
477’10” (oa) 463’3” (bp) x 60’ x 26’2”
Machinery
1 screw, VQE, 3 S/E boilers, IHP 2756, 11 knots, except Trinity, Tippecanoe: Curtis turbines
Complement
156
Patoka: NOTS. † Sapelo: In collision with m/v Cavi at Venice, Italy, 18 Jul 1921. † Ramapo: † Trinity: † Rapidan: Acquired 29 Oct 1921. Decomm 22 Jun 1922. † Salinas: Acquired 29 Oct 1921. Decomm 20 Jun 1922. † Sepulga: Acquired 13 Dec 1921. Decomm 15 Apr 1922. † Tippecanoe: Acquired 6 Mar 1922, not comm. † AO 10 Alameda
Builder Cramp
1 screw, vertical compound, 2 D/E Scotch boilers, IHP 1,300, 10.5 knots
Complement
109
Armament 2–6 pdr Service record: Asiatic Sqn 1899–1903. Philippine campaign, 1899–1900. Repaired at Hong Kong 31 Jan–May 1900. Boxer Rebellion. Decomm 18 Dec 1903, in service as collier for Asiatic Fleet. Recomm 15 Oct 1909 as torpedo boat tender. Mexican intervention 1914. Decomm 2 May 1916. Stricken 3 May 1917, sold. Later history: Merchant Iris 1917. Used for merchant marine training 1917– 18. BU 1928. Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Niagara
Roach
Tonnage
5,221 tons; 2,265 GRT
Dimensions
274’ (bp) x 38’ x 19’6”
Machinery
1 screw, vertical compound, IHP 1600, 12 knots
Complement
57
Armament
2–6 pdr
Comm.
28 Apr 1877 11 Apr 1898 16 Apr 1898
Notes: Acquired from Ward Line.
Laid Down
Launched
Name Rainbow
Comm.
16 Dec 1918 15 Jul 1919 17 Oct 1919
Cramp
6 Jan 1919 14 Aug 1919 28 Dec 1921
AO 16 Laramie
Cramp
14 Apr 1919 26 Nov 1919 28 Dec 1921
Cramp
2 Jun 1919 16 Mar 1920 16 Jun 1940
Displacement
14,450 tons, 7,253 GRT
Dimensions
446’ (oa) 430’ (bp) x 58’ x 25’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 3 S/E boilers, IHP 2800, 11 knots
Complement
107
Builder Laing
Launched 1 Jul 1890
Acquired
Comm.
29 Jun 1898 18 Jul 1898
ex-Norse King (1898)
AO 15 Kaweah AO 17 Mattole
321’ (oa) 310’6” (bp) x 38’6” x 24’
Machinery
Later history: Merchant Niagara 1899, renamed Brunswick 1907, Truxillo 1918. BU 1925.
Service records:
Name
2,716 GRT, 6,100 D
Dimensions
Service record: Decomm 14 Oct 1898. Stricken 20 Apr 1899, sold 19 Jul 1899.
Armament 2–5”/51, 2–3”/50 AA Notes: Tippecanoe acquired and laid up.
No.
Tonnage
Tonnage
2,985 GRT, 6,206 D; (1910) 4,360 D, 3,455 GRT
Dimensions
351’10” (oa) 326’9” (bp) x 41’1” x 22’9”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 D/E Scotch boilers, IHP 1,800, 12 knots
Complement
55 / 291 (1918) 274
Armament
6–6 pdr; (1910) 6–6 pdr, 6–1 pdr; (1918) 4–5”/40.
Notes: Converted to submarine tender, 1917–18.
Armament 2–5”/51, 2–3”/50 AA guns Notes: Mattole acquired and laid up. Service records: Alameda: NOTS. Damaged by explosion and fire off Cape Henry, Va., 19 Nov 1921. Decomm 29 Mar 1922. Stricken 8 Aug and sold 9 Aug 1922. Later history: Merchant Olean 1923, renamed Sweep 1943. Reacquired as IX 143, 1944. † Kaweah: Acquired 29 Oct 1921. Decomm 15 Aug 1922. † Laramie: Acquired 29 Oct 1921. Decomm 19 Jun 1922. † Mattole: Acquired 6 Mar 1922, not comm. †
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Figure 9.26: The USS Iris, acquired in 1898 to provide fresh water.
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Service record: Converted to distilling ship, recomm 2 Dec 1901. Far East, 1902–14. Philippine campaign. Flagship Philippine Squadron 1902–6. Flagship Asiatic Fleet 1911–12. Out of comm 24 Dec 1914 -29 Jan 1916. RS Mare Island 1916–17. Atlantic Fleet 1918. Designated AS 7, 1920. Far East 1921–24. †
Name
Builder Delaware River
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
10 Feb 1894 21 Apr 1898 11 May 1898
ex-Yorktown (1898) Tonnage
2,898 GRT, 3,894 D
Dimensions
309’7” (bp) x 40’ x 18’9”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, IHP 3,000, 16 knots
Complement
120
Armament
4–6 pdr
Service record: Fleet scout off Cuba. Decomm 15 Dec 1899. To War Dept. 22 Jan 1900. Later history: Army transport Rawlins 1900. Merchant Powhatan 1902, renamed Cuba 1920, Seneca 1925. Burned and sank at Hoboken, N.J., 30 Dec 1927. Refloated 2 Sep 1928 and BU. Builder
Launched
City of Peking Roach Tonnage
Comm.
13 May 1874 10 May 1898
5,080 GRT 1 screw, vertical compound, 4 boilers, 14 knots
Armament 2–3 pdr Notes: Four masts, two funnels. Chartered from Pacific Mail Line. Service record: Iron hull. Decomm 1 Sep 1898. Later history: Merchant City of Peking, 1898. BU 1910. Name Manila
Builder
Launched
Ramage & Ferguson 18 Aug 1883
Acquired
Comm.
May 1898
20 Jul 1898
ex-Manila, ex-Carriedo (1886) Tonnage
Complement
102
Armament
2-4.7”, 2–3 pdr
Service record: Philippine campaign. Decomm 1 Jul 1903. Prison ship, Mare Island, 1907–13. Stricken 7 May 1913. Later history: Merchant Manila 1913, renamed Wanli 1920. Sunk in collision with m/v Teli off Shantung peninsula, China, 21 May 1923. Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
General Alava
McMillan
8 May 1895 21 Feb 1900 9 Mar 1900
Tonnage
740 GRT, 1,115 D
Dimensions
212’6” (bp) x 29’9” x 11’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 S/E cyl.boilers, IHP 770, 10.5 knots
Complement
96
Armament
2–6 pdr, 2–3 pdr; (1918) 2–6 pdr
Notes: Captured from Spain 1898. Service record: Philippine campaign. Out of comm 24 Jan 1903–11 Jun 1904, 26 Feb-18 Dec 1906. Designated AG 5, 1920. † Name Hancock
Builder Elder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
18 Mar 1879 8 Nov 1902 20 Nov 1902
ex-USAT Hancock (1902), ex-Arizona (1898)
Dimensions 423’ x 48’ x 24’ Machinery
1 screw, 2 cyl.compound engines, 2 S/E Scotch boilers, IHP 750, 9 knots
Name
Notes: Acquired from Old Dominion Line. Converted by Morgan IW.
Name
209’9” (bp) x 31’2” x 13’3”
Machinery
Notes: Ex-Spanish. Captured aground in Bakor Bay, Philippines, May 1898. Iron hull.
Transports Resolute
Dimensions
1,900 D; (1910) 1,750 D.
Tonnage
8,500 D,
Dimensions
465’6” (oa) 450’2” (bp) x 45’4” x 24’3”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 3 D/E & 2 S/E blrs, IHP 3100, 13 knots
Complement
188; (1918) 278
Armament
(1918) 4–3”/50, 2–3”/50AA, 2–3 pdr.
Notes: Transferred from the Army. Originally purchased from Guion Line. In 1879 she ran at full speed into an iceberg but was able to make port with no loss of life. Original two funnels replaced by large single funnel 1898. Iron hull. Service record: Out of comm 9 Mar-21 Sep 1903. Receiving ship, New York 1903–13. Mexican intervention 1914. Santo Domingo 1916. C&TF war 2/1438. Haiti 1919. Out of comm 18 Oct 1919–15 Mar 1920.. Designated AP 3, 1920. Rec IX 12, 24 Apr 1922. †
Lawton, see auxiliary cruiser Badger (p. 32), reacquired 12 Nov 1902, stricken 24 Apr 1907.
Figure 9.27: The submarine tender Rainbow (AS 7) during the war in dazzle paint. She was acquired in 1898 for use as a distilling ship to provide fresh water.
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Figure 9.28: The small transport Manila, captured in the Philippines, 1898.
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Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 5 D/E & 2 S/E boilers, IHP 9000, 15.5 knots
Complement
580; troops 3500.
Armament 4–5”/51, 2–1 pdr Notes: NGL liner seized at New York 6 Apr 1917. Service record: C&TF war: 8/24770; postwar: 7/27098. Damaged in collision with transport USS Huron in North Atlantic, 25 Apr 1918. Decomm 5 Sep 1919. Stricken 22 Sep 1919. Rtnd to USSB. Later history: Merchant Aeolus 1919, renamed City of Los Angeles 1923. Reengined 1924. BU 1937 Osaka. No.
Name
Builder
3004 Agamemnon
Vulcan
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
12 Aug 1902 22 May 1917 21 Aug 1917
ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II (5 Sep 1917) 4508 Mount Vernon
Figure 9.29: The transport General Alava during the 1900s. Acquired after the Spanish-American War in the Philippines.
Vulcan
1 Dec 1906
6 Apr 1917
28 Jul 1917
ex-Kronprinzessin Cecilie ( Jun 1917) Tonnage
19,360 and 19,503 GRT; 30,000 and 32,130 D
Dimensions
Agamemnon: 706’6” (oa) 684’3” (bp) x 72’3” x 29’10” Mount Vernon: 706’6” (oa) 685’4” (bp) x 72’2” x 31’6”
No.
Name
Builder
AP 1
Henderson
Phila. NYd
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
19 Jun 1915 17 Jun 1916 24 May 1917
Displacement
10,000 tons, 7,493 GRT, 11,227 f/1
Dimensions
483’10” (oa) 460’ (wl) x 61’ x 19’10”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 3 B&W boilers, IHP 4000, 14 knots
Endurance
6480/10
Complement
424
Armament 8–5”/50, 2–3”/50AA, 2–3 pdr guns Notes: Authorized 1913. Construction of Heywood (AP 2) authorized 29 Aug 1916, but number was not used until 1941. Similar to hospital ship Relief. Originally built as transport for Marines, 1,600 troops. Service record: Damaged by fire at sea in North Atlantic, 2 Jul 1918; troops removed by destroyers Mayrant and Paul Jones and transport Von Steuben.. Rammed U-139 at sea, 14 Aug 1918. C&TF war 10/16352, postwar 6/8606. Haiti 1920. † AP 2 Heywood: (authorized, not built) AP 3 Hancock No.
Name
Builder
AP 4
Argonne
Hog Island
AP 5
Chaumont
Hog Island
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
22 Nov 1918 24 Feb 1920 8 Nov 1921 1918
31 Mar 1920 22 Nov 1921
Displacement
8,400 tons, 7,555 GRT, 11,100 f/1
Dimensions
448’ (oa) 437’ (bp) x 58’3” x 23’9”
Machinery
1 screw, Curtis geared turbines, 6 B&W boilers, SHP 6,000, 15 knots
Complement
249
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 4 D/E & 4 S/E boilers, IHP 45000, 24 knots
Complement
Agamemnon: 962; Mount Vernon: 523; troops 5800
Armament
Agamemnon: 4–6”/40, 2–3”/50, 2–1 pdr guns; Mount Vernon: 4–5”/51, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: NGL liners interned at New York and Bar Harbor, respectively, Aug 1914 and seized 6 Apr 1917. Engines sabotaged by crews. Both were laid up in 1919 and not used again. Four funnels, three masts. Kaiser Wilhelm II was the largest liner when built and won the trans-Atlantic speed record in 1903. Service records: Agamemnon: C&TF war 10/36097, postwar 9/41179. Damaged in collision at sea with transport USS Von Steuben, 9 Nov 1917. Decomm and trfd to War Dept, 27 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Agamemnon 1920, renamed Monticello 1929. BU 1940 Baltimore Mount Vernon: C&TF war 9/33692, postwar 8/42500. Torpedoed by U-82 200 miles off Brest, 5 Sep 1918 (36 killed). Decomm and stricken 29 Sep 1919. Rtnd to War Dept. Later history: Merchant Mount Vernon 1919. BU 1940 Baltimore No.
Name
3006 America
Builder Harland & Wolff
Launched
Acquired
20 Apr 1905 17 Jul 1917
Comm. 6 Aug 1917
ex-Amerika ( Apr 1917) Tonnage
22,622 GRT; 41,500 D
Armament none Notes: Acquired 3 Nov 1921 from War Department. Service records: Argonne: † Chaumont: Acquired 3 Nov 1921. †
Troop Transports No.
Name
3005 Aeolus
Builder Schichau
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
2 Dec 1899
16 Jul 1917
4 Aug 1917
ex-Grosser Kurfurst (6 Sep 1917) Tonnage
13,102 GRT; 22,000 D
Dimensions
580’10” (oa) 562’ (bp) x 62’ x 28’7”
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Figure 9.30: The transport Mount Vernon (Id. 4508) after the war. She was the former German liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie.
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Dimensions
687’ (oa) 669’ (bp) x 74’3” x 39’5”
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 8 D/E boilers, IHP 17500, 17.5 knots
Complement
1005, troops 7000
Armament
4–6”/50, 2–1 pdr guns; 2–6” added Feb 1918
Notes: HAPAG liner interned at Boston, Aug 1914. Four masts, two funnels. Service record: C&TF 9/39768, postwar 8/46823. Damaged in collision in convoy with British m/v Instructor, which sank, 14 Jul 1918. Sank at wharf at Hoboken, NJ, 15 Oct 1918 (6 dead), refloated 21 Nov, completed Feb 1919. Decomm and trfd to War Dept, 26 Sep 1919. Later history: As USAT, carried Czech Legion from Vladivostok, May 1920. Merchant America, 1920. USAT Edmund B. Alexander, 1941. BU 1957 Baltimore. No.
Name
Builder
3007 Antigone
Launched
Tecklenborg
Acquired
8 Dec 1900 12 Jul 1917
Comm. 5 Sep 1917
ex-Neckar (6 Sep 1917) Tonnage
9,835 GRT, 15,000 D
Dimensions
518’1” (oa) 498’3” (bp) x 58’1” x 27’
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 2 D/E & 3 S/E boilers, IHP 5600, 14 knots
Complement
585, troops 3500
Armament
4–5”/51, 2–1 pdr guns
No.
Notes: German, NGL, interned at Baltimore Sep 1914.
Later history: Merchant Antigone 1919, renamed Potomac 1921. BU 1927 Baltimore. Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
3662 Calamares
Workman Clark
3 Sep 1913
1 Apr 1918
9 Apr 1918
4540 Pastores
Workman Clark 17 Aug 1912 1 May 1918
6 May 1918
Workman Clark 28 Mar 1913 12 Apr 1918
17 Apr 1918
…
Name
Tenadores
Service record: C&TF war 6/21628. Torpedoed and sunk by U-86 off Brest, 1 Jul 1918 (6 dead). Name
3010 De Kalb
Service record: C&TF war 8/16526, postwar 8/22065. Decomm and trfd to War Dept, 24 Sep 1919.
No.
Figure 9.31: USS Pastores (Id. 4540), a troopship acquired during the war from the United Fruit Co.
Builder Vulcan
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
18 Jun 1904
Apr 1917
12 May 1917
ex-Prinz Eitel Friedrich (1917) Tonnage
8,797 GRT, 14,280 D
Dimensions
506’6” (oa) 488’3” (bp) x 55’7” x 26’
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 2 D/E & 2 S/E boilers, IHP 7000, 16.5 knots
Complement
534, troops 1600
Armament 8–5”/51, 4–3”/50, 2–3”/50AA, 4–1 pdr guns Notes: NGL, former German auxiliary cruiser, interned at Norfolk Apr 1915. Used briefly as auxiliary cruiser 1917. Service record: C&TF war 11/11334, postwar 8/20332. Decomm 22 Sep and stricken 23 Sep 1919.
Tonnage
7,782 GRT, 10,000 D (Pastores: 13,000)
Dimensions
485’ (oa) 470’4” (bp) x 55’3” x 27’4”
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 3 D/E & 1 S/E boilers, SHP 7000, 17 knots
No.
Complement
232, troops 2100 and 1200
1902 Finland
Armament
4–5”/50, 2–1 pdr guns
Later history: Merchant Mount Clay 1921. BU 1934 Baltimore. Name
1541 Kroonland
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Cramp
21 Jun 1902 24 Apr 1918 26 Apr 1918
Cramp
20 Feb 1902 22 Apr 1918 25 Apr 1918
Notes: United Fruit Co.
Tonnage
12,770 and 12,760 GRT, 22,000 D
Service records:
Dimensions
580’ (oa) 560’ (bp) x 60’2” x 31’4”
Calamares: C&TF war 5/7657, postwar 5/10113. Decomm 19 Aug and returned, 18 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Calamares 1919. Reacquired as Calamares (AF 18), 12 Dec 1941. Sold 1946, BU 1948. Baltimore. Pastores: C&TF war 6/9928, postwar 8/14000. Decomm and returned, 8 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Pastores 1919. Reacquired as Pastores (AF 16), 23 Dec 1941. Sold 1946, BU 1947 Oakland. Tenadores: C&TF war 13/15698 postwar 1/1664. Went aground in fog and wrecked on Ile d’Yeu off Brest, 28 Dec 1918.
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 9 S/E boilers, IHP 10700, 15.7 knots
Complement
414, troops 3800
No.
Name
1409 Covington
Builder Schichau
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
24 Jul 1908
26 Jul 1917
28 Jul 1917
Armament 4–4”/50, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: American Line, acquired from US Army. Four masts, two funnels. Service records: Finland: C&TF war 5/12654, postwar 8/27762. Torpedoed off French coast, 28 Oct 1917. Decomm and stricken 15 Nov 1919. Later history: Merchant Finland. BU 1928 Blyth. Kroonland: C&TF war 5/14125, postwar 8/23598. Stricken 1 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Kroonland. BU 1927 Genoa. No.
Name
Builder
3018 George Washington Vulcan
Launched
Acquired
10 Nov 1908 6 Apr 1917
Comm. 6 Sep 1917
ex-Cincinnati (Apr 1917)
Tonnage
25,570 GRT, 39,435 D
Tonnage
16,339 GRT, 41,500 D
Dimensions
722’5” (oa) 699’1” (bp) x 78’2” x 33’
Dimensions
607’ (oa) 582.3 (bp) x 65.4 x (U)
Machinery
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, IHP 11000, 15.5 knots
2 screws, VQE, 8 D/E & 4 S/E boilers, IHP 22000, 18.5 knots
Complement
776 troops 4100
Complement
949, troops 6500
Armament
4–6”
Armament 4–5”/51, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: NGL liner. Interned at New York, Aug 1914. Four masts, two funnels.
Notes: HAPAG liner interned at Boston, Aug 1914. Sister Cleveland acquired 1919 (see p.149).
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Figure 9.32: The transport George Washington (Id. 3018), the ship which President Wilson traveled on to France in 1919. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph) Service record: C&TF war 9/48373, postwar 9/34142. Carried President Wilson to France for Versailles Peace Conference and back, Dec 1918. Decomm and returned 28 Nov 1919. To USSB, 28 Jan 1920. Later history: Merchant George Washington 1920. Reacquired as Catlin (AP 19), 28 Jan 1941. Sold 1941, merchant George Washington, to USAT, 1942. BU 1951 Baltimore. No.
Name
Builder
4569 Great Northern …
Northern Pacific
Cramp Cramp
Launched 7 Jul 1914
Acquired
Comm.
19 Sep 1917 3 Nov 1917
17 Oct 1914 17 Sep 1917 3 Nov 1917
Tonnage
8,255 GRT, 14,000 and 12,500 D
Dimensions
509’6” (bp) x 63’1” x 27’6”..
Machinery
3 screws, Parsons turbines, 12 Mosher boilers, SHP 25000, 23 knots.
Complement
427, troops 3300 and 2800
Armament 4–6”/50, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: Built for passenger service on the Pacific coast. Service records: Great Northern: C&TF war 10/28248, postwar 8/22852. In collision with British m/v Brinkburn in North Atlantic, 2 Oct 1918. (7 killed). Decomm and trfd to War Dept 15 Aug 1919. Later history: USAT Great Northern, 1919. Reacquired by USN as AG 9, fleet flagship, 3 Aug 1921. Renamed Columbia, 17 Nov 1921. Decomm 4 Mar 1922. Later history: Merchant H.F. Alexander 1922. Transport George S. Simonds 1942, H.F. Alexander 1946. BU 1948 Baltimore. Northern Pacific: C&TF war 9/20711, postwar 4/8117. Ran aground off Fire Island, NY, with 2,100 troops, 1 Jan 1919 (all saved). Refloated 18 Jan 1919. Decomm and returned 20 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Northern Pacific. Destroyed by fire off Cape May, NJ, 7 Feb 1922. No.
Name
Builder
1663 Harrisburg
Thomson
Launched
Acquired
23 Oct 1888 17 Apr 1918
Figure 9.33: The transport Northern Pacific aground off Fire Island, New York, 1 Jan 1919. All 2,100 soldiers on board returning from Europe were saved, including over 1,000 wounded.
Armament
Harrisburg: 2–6”/50, 2–4”/50, 2–1 pdr guns
Plattsburg: 3–6”/40, 2–3”/50, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: Served as auxiliary cruisers in 1898. (see p. 33). Reengined in 1901; one funnel removed. Chartered from International Mercantile Marine Co. (Inman Line). Service records: Harrisburg: C&TF war 4/9855, postwar 6/14140. Decomm and returned 25 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Philadelphia 1919. BU 1923. Plattsburg: C&TF war 4/8776, postwar 7/14634. Decomm and returned 6 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant New York 1919. BU 1923. No.
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1280 Henry R. Mallory Newport News 19 Aug 1916 13 Apr 1918 17 Apr 1918 Tonnage
6,063 GRT, 11,000 D
Dimensions
440’2” (oa) 424’3” (bp) x 54’6” x 24’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 4 S/E boilers, IHP 4800, 15 knots
Complement
199, troops 2000
Armament 4–5”/40, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: Mallory Lines. Built for New York-Galveston service.
Comm. 29 May 1918
ex-Philadelphia (1917), ex-Paris (1901), ex-City of Paris (1893) 1645 Plattsburg
Thomson
15 Mar 1888 9 May 1918
24 May 1918
ex-New York (1917), ex-City of New York (1893) Tonnage
10,786 and 10,798 GRT; 15,000 and 10,000 D
Dimensions
565’ (oa) 517’ (bp) x 63’3” x 28’
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 6 D/E & 4 S/E boilers, IHP 20000, 20.7 knots
Complement
565, troops 2600
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Figure 9.34: The transport Harrisburg (Id. 1663) in dazzle paint at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1918. She was the former liner City of Paris and served as the auxiliary cruiser Yale in 1898.
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142 The New Navy, 1883-1922
Service record: C&TF war 6/9756, postwar 7/12143. Trfd to War Dept, 23 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Henry R. Mallory 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-402 west of Ireland, 7 Feb 1943. No.
Name
1408 Huron
Builder Vulcan
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1 Aug 1896
6 Apr 1917
25 Jul 1917
ex-Friedrich der Grosse Tonnage
10,771 GRT, 15,000 D
Dimensions
545’6” (oa) 515’3” (bp) x 60’ x 28’
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 5 D/E & 2 S/E boilers, IHP 6800, 15.5 knots
Complement
480, troops 3400
Armament
4–5”/51, 2–1 pdr guns
Notes: NGL liner, interned at New York, Aug 1914. Boilers sabotaged by crew. Two masts, two funnels. Service record: C&TF war 8/20871, postwar 7/20582. In collision with transport USS Aeolus, 26 Apr 1918. Decomm and returned, 2 Sep 1919, to USSB. Later history: Merchant Huron 1919, renamed City of Honolulu 1922. Burned at sea 670 miles west of Los Angeles, 13 Oct 1922, and sunk by gunfire of USCGC Shawnee on the 17th. No.
Name
2708 Koningin der Nederlanden
Builder
Launched
Nederland SBM 15 Mar 1911
Acquired
Comm.
Mar 1918
4 Apr 1918
Figure 9.35: USS Koningin der Nederlanden (Id. 2708), a former Dutch liner, in 1919. Notes: HAPAG liner, interned at New York, Aug 1914. Two masts, three funnels. Largest ship in the world when built. Service record: C&TF war 10/96804, postwar 9/93746. Decomm and returned, 29 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Leviathan. BU 1938 Rosyth. No.
Name
Builder
Launched
Tonnage
8,225 GRT, 13,600 D
Dimensions
455’2” (bp) x 55’2” x 26’5”
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 3 D/E & 2 S/E boilers, IHP 6600, 14.5 knots
Complement
221, troops 2200
Tonnage
11,629 and 10,230 GRT, 14,000 D
Armament
4–6”/50, 2–1 pdr guns
1644 Louisville
Cramp
Acquired
Comm.
24 Nov 1894 26 Apr 1918 27 Apr 1918
ex-St. Louis (1917) 1643 St. Paul
Cramp
10 Apr 1895
Apr 1918
never
Dimensions
535’6” (bp) x 63’ x 27’5”
Notes: Dutch liner.
Machinery
Service record: C&TF war 3/6283, postwar 6/11339. NOTS. Decomm and returned 7 Nov 1919.
2 screws, VQE, 6 D/E & 4 S/E boilers, IHP 20000, 19.25 knots
Complement
565, troops 2500
Armament
Louisville: 1–5”/51, 4–4”/50, 2–1 pdr guns
Later history: Merchant Koningin der Nederlanden. BU 1932 Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. No.
Name
Builder
2700 Lenape
Newport News
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
17 Aug 1912 10 Apr 1918 24 Apr 1918
Tonnage
5,179 GRT, 7,000 D
Dimensions
398’ (oa) 376’8” (bp) x 50’ x 18’6”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 4 S/E boilers, IHP 3500, 15 knots
Complement
236 troops 1900
Armament
1–5”/40, 1–3”/50 guns
Notes: Clyde Line. Acquired from Army. Service record: C&TF war 6/8975, postwar none. Stricken and returned to Army, 28 Oct 1918. Later history: Merchant Lenape 1919. Beached on fire at Lewes, Del., 18 Nov 1925. BU 1926 Baltimore. No.
Name
1326 Leviathan
Builder Blohm & Voss
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
3 Apr 1913
Jun 1917
25 Jul 1917
ex-Vaterland Tonnage
54,282 GRT, 69,000 D
Dimensions
950’ (oa) 907’6” (bp) x 100’3” x 37’9”
Machinery
4 screws, Parsons turbines, 46 w/t boilers, SHP 90000, 26.3 knots
Complement
1755, troops 12000
Armament
8–6”/50, 2–1 pdr guns
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Figure 9.36: The transport Leviathan (Id. 1326) at Hoboken, New Jersey, 1917. As the German liner Vaterland she was the largest ship in the world which was in New York at the outbreak of the war. Notice the 6-inch guns on the bow.
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Notes: Served as auxiliary cruisers in 1898 (see p. 33). Acquired by Army as troopships in 1917 and transferred to Navy in 1918. Apparently St. Paul was never renamed Knoxville, as reported by some sources. Service records: Louisville: C&TF war 4/9247, postwar 7/14823. Decomm 9 Sep 1919. Returned 11 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant St. Louis. Burned while refitting at Hoboken, 8 Jan 1920, not repaired. BU 1924 Genoa. St. Paul: Capsized at pier at New York, 28 Apr 1918 (2 killed); refloated 11 Sep 1918. Conversion canceled, Nov 1918. Stricken and returned, 24 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant St. Paul, no service. BU 1923 Wilhelmshaven. No.
Name
3011 Madawaska
Builder Vulcan
Launched 20 Jul 1907
Acquired
Comm.
Service record: C&TF war 8/22311, postwar 8/19201. Decomm and stricken 18 Nov 1919. Later history: Merchant Martha Washington 1922, renamed Tel Aviv 1934. Damaged by fire at Trieste, 27 Mar 1934, and BU. No.
Name
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1589 Matsonia
Newport News
16 Aug 1913 22 Jan 1918
1 Mar 1918
1514 Maui
Union IW
23 Dec 1916 6 Mar 1918
6 Mar 1918
Tonnage
9,730 GRT, 17,000 and 17,500 D
Dimensions
Matsonia: 501’4” (oa) 480’ (bp) x 58’1” x 29’ Maui: 501’ (oa) 484’ (wl) x 58’ x 30’2”
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 4 D/E & 4 S/E boilers, IHP 9000, 17 knots Maui: Parsons geared turbines, 8 B&W boilers, SHP 10000, 18 knots
6 Apr 1917 27 Aug 1917
ex-Konig Wilhelm II (15 Sep 1917)
Builder
Complement
340, troops 3400 and 3800
Armament
4–6”/50, 2–1 pdr guns
Tonnage
9,410 GRT, 15,000 D
Dimensions
508’ (oa) 490’4” (bp) x 55’3” x 27’5”
Notes: Matson liners. Engines and funnel aft.
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 3 D/E & 1 S/E boilers, IHP 7800, 15.5 knots
Service records:
Complement
521, troops 2800
Matsonia: C&TF war 6/13329, postwar 8/23321. Decomm 12 Sep and returned 17 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Matsonia 1919, renamed Etolin 1937. BU 1957 Baltimore. Maui: C&TF war 4/11042, postwar 8/25217. Returned 8 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Maui 1919. BU 1949.
Armament 4–6”/40, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: Hapag liner, interned at New York Aug 1914. Service record: C&TF war 9/17932, postwar 7/16978. Decomm and trfd to War Dept, 2 Sep 1919. Later history: USAT Madawaska, renamed U.S. Grant 1922. Reacquired as U.S. Grant (AP 29), 16 Jun 1941. Returned 1945 and BU 1948 Baltimore. No.
Name
1633 Manchuria
Builder NY Sbdg
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
2 Nov 1903 10 Apr 1918 25 Apr 1918
LD as Minnekahda 1615 Mongolia
NY Sbdg
25 Jul 1903 27 Apr 1918 8 May 1918
LD as Minnelora Tonnage
13,638 GRT, 26,500 and 26,695 D
Dimensions
615’8” (oa) 600’ (bp) x 65’ x 33’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 4 D/E & 4 S/E boilers, IHP 10000, 16 knots
Complement
560, troops 4800 and 4700
Armament
Manchuria: 1–6”/45, 2–4”/50, 2–1 pdr guns
Mongolia: 3–6”/40, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: Atlantic Transport Co. liners, formerly Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Four masts, one funnel. Manchuria: C&TF war 4/14491, postwar 9/39501. Beached on Staten Island after collision with monitor USS Amphitrite in New York harbor, 13 Jun 1917. Decomm and returned 11 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Manchuria 1919, renamed President Johnson 1928, Santa Cruz 1947. BU 1952 Savona. Mongolia: C&TF war 5/19013, postwar 8/34813. Decomm and returned 11 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Mongolia 1919, renamed President Fillmore 1929, Panamanian 1947. BU 1949 Hong Kong. Name
Builder
3019 Martha Washington Russell
Launched
Acquired
10 Jun 1908 12 Dec 1917
Comm. 2 Jan 1918
Tonnage
8,312 GRT, 14,500 D
Dimensions
470’ (oa) 460’ (bp) x 56’ x 24’
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 6 S/E boilers, IHP 7218, 17.2 knots
Complement
427, troops 3400
Armament 4–5”/51, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: Austrian liner (Unione Austriaca), interned at Hoboken, NJ 1914. Two masts, two funnels.
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Name
Builder Blohm & Voss
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
5 Sep 1896
6 Apr 1917
3 Aug 1917
ex-Barbarossa (1917) Tonnage
10,983 GRT, 16,000 D
Dimensions
544’ (oa) 527’3” (wl) x 60’ x 26’
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 4 D/E & 4 S/E boilers, IHP 7200, 14 knots
Complement
494, troops 3200
Armament
4–6”/40, 2–1 pdr guns
Notes: NGL liner, interned at New York, Aug 1914. Two masts, two funnels. Service record: C&TF 7/18542, postwar 8/20871. Stricken and returned to Army, 27 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Mercury 1919. BU 1924 Baltimore. No.
Name
1536 Orizaba 2999 Siboney
Service records:
No.
No.
3012 Mercury
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Cramp
26 Feb 1918 11 Apr 1918 28 May 1918
Cramp
15 Aug 1917 8 Apr 1918
8 Apr 1918
LD as Oriente Tonnage
7,652 GRT, 13,000 and 11,250 D
Dimensions
443’3” (oa) 424’6” (bp) x 60’ x 24’5”
Machinery
2 screws, Parsons geared turbines, 8 S/E boilers, SHP 9000, 17 knots
Complement
346, troops 4100 and 4000
Armament
4–5”/51, 2–1 pdr guns
Notes: Built for Ward Line, acquired on completion. Service records: Orizaba: C&TF 6/15712, postwar 9/31705. Decomm and returned, 4 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Orizaba 1919. Reacquired as Orizaba (AP 24), 4 Jun 1941. Trfd to Brazil, renamed Duque de Caxias, 1946. BU 1962. Siboney: C&TF war 7/20219, postwar 10/34702. 5-inch gun exploded at sea, 15 Aug 1918 (4 killed). Decomm and stricken, 10 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Siboney 1919, renamed USAHS Charles A. Stafford 1944. BU 1957.
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No.
Name
Builder
3880 Paysandu
Reiherstieg
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
19 Mar 1898 29 Jan 1919
8 Mar 1919
ex-Bahia (1917) Tonnage
4,817 GRT, 5,750 D
Dimensions
375’8” x 46’7” x 24’
Machinery
1 screw, VQE,
Complement
(U); troops 1400.
Armament
none
No.
Notes: Interned at Montevideo, Uruguay, transferred to USSB 1918. Later history: Merchant Paysandu 1919. BU 1928 Copenhagen. Name
Builder
3044 Pocahontas
Vulcan
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
19 Jun 1900
Apr 1917
25 Jul 1917
ex-Prinzess Irene (1 Sep 1917) 10,893 GRT, 14500 D
Dimensions
564’ (oa) 523’5 (bp) x 60’2” x 26’
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 3 D/E & 3 S/E boilers, IHP 8000, 16 knots
Complement
532, troops 2900
Armament
4–6”/40, 2–1 pdr guns
Notes: NGL liner. Interned at New York, Aug 1914. Two masts, two funnels. Service record: C&TF war 9/20503, postwar 9/20693. Attacked by gunfire of U-151, 2 May 1918. Decomm and returned 7 Nov 1919 to USSB. Later history: Merchant Pocahontas 1919, renamed Bremen 1922, Karlsruhe 1928. BU 1933 Bremen. Name
Builder
3013 Powhatan
Vulcan
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
25 Nov 1899
1917
16 Aug 1917
ex-Hamburg (5 Sep 1917), ex-Red Cross (1914), ex-Hamburg (1914) Tonnage
10,532 GRT, 17,000 D
Dimensions
499’3” (bp) x 60’2” x 29’8”
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 3 D/E & 3 S/E boilers, IHP 8000, 15 knots
Complement
533, troops 3100
Armament
4–6”/40, 2–1 pdr guns
ex-Prinzess Alice (1917), ex-Kiautschou (1904) Tonnage
10,981 GRT, 17,500 D
Dimensions
544’11” (oa) 522’8” (wl) x 60’1” x 29’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 3 D/E & 3 S/E boilers, IHP 9000, 16 knots
Complement
449, troops 3900
Service record: C&TF war 6/21216, postwar 8/24859. Decomm and returned, 16 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Princess Matoika 1919, renamed President Arthur 1922, City of Honolulu 1927. Damaged by fire at Honolulu, 25 May 1930. BU 1933 Osaka. No.
Name
2505 Rijndam
Builder Harland & Wolff
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
18 May 1901
Mar 1918
1 May 1918
Tonnage
12,527 GRT, 22,070 D
Dimensions
560’ (oa) 550’3” (bp) x 62’3” x 32’3”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 3 D/E & 3 S/E boilers, IHP 7000, 15 knots
Complement
636, troops 3700
Armament 4–6”/50, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: Dutch liner (Holland America Line) requisitioned 1918. Two masts, one funnel. Service record: C&TF war 6/17913, postwar 7/20972. Decomm, stricken and returned, 22 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Rijndam 1919. BU 1929 Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. No.
Notes: NGL liner. Interned at New York Aug 1914. Made one trip under Red Cross charter in Sep 1914. Two masts, two funnels.
Name
1634 Sierra
Builder Cramp
Launched
Acquired
29 May 1900 27 May 1918
Tonnage
5,989 GRT, 10,000 D
Service record: C&TF war 7/14613, postwar 6/15392. Decomm 2 Sep 1919, to War Dept.
Dimensions
416’ (oa) 400’ (bp) x 50’2” x 24’
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 8 S/E boilers, IHP 8244, 16 knots
Later history: merchant New Rochelle 1921, renamed Hudson 1921, President Fillmore 1922. BU 1928 Baltimore.
Complement
284, troops 1700
No.
Name
Builder
3014 President Grant Harland & Wolff
Launched
Acquired
19 Dec 1903 6 Apr 1917
Comm. 2 Aug 1917
President Lincoln
Harland & Wolff
Comm. 1 Jul 1918
Armament 4–6”/50, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: Oceanic SS Co. Service record: C&TF war 1/1712, postwar 8/10689. Decomm and stricken, 1 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Gdansk 1921, renamed Sierra 1924. BU 1934 Osaka.
ex-Scotian (1907) …
Comm.
14 Sep 1900 4 Apr 1917 27 Apr 1918
Armament 4–6”/50, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: HAPAG liner. Interned at Cebu, Philippines, Aug 1914.
Tonnage
No.
Name
2290 Princess Matoika Vulcan
Service record: C&TF postwar 2/2736. Decomm and returned 29 Jul 1919.
No.
Service records: Pres.Grant: C&TF 8/39974, postwar 8/37025. Decomm and trfd to War Dept, 6 Oct 1919. Later history: USAT, carried Czech Legion from Vladivostok, May 1920. Merchant, Mar 1921, renamed Republic 1924, USAT, 1931. Reacquired as Republic (AP 33), 22 Jul 1941. BU 1952 San Francisco. Pres.Lincoln: C&TF war 5/20143. Torpedoed and sunk by U-90 600 miles W of Brest, 31 May 1918 (26 dead).
8 Oct 1903
6 Apr 1917
25 Jul 1917
No.
Name
Builder
3016 Susquehanna Blohm & Voss
ex-Servian (1907)
Launched
Acquired
20 Sep 1899 6 Apr 1917
Comm. 5 Sep 1917
ex-Rhein (1917)
Tonnage
Grant: 18,072 GRT, 33,000D; Lincoln: 18,162 GRT, 29,000 D
Tonnage
10,058 GRT, 16,950 D
Dimensions
615’ (oa) 599’ (bp) x 68’2” x 34’
Dimensions
520’ (oa) 501’ (bp) x 58’1” x 28’
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 4 DE, 1 S/E & 1 w/t boilers, IHP 7650, 14.5 knots
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 2 D/E & 2 S/E boilers, IHP 5300, 14 knots
Complement
514, troops 3300
Complement
563, troops 5900 and 4700
Armament
4–5”/51, 2–1 pdr guns; Lincoln: 4–6”
Armament 4–6”/40, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: NGL liner. Interned at Baltimore Aug 1914. Four masts, one funnel.
Notes: HAPAG liners, not completed until 1907. Interned at New York, Aug 1914. Lincoln damaged by German crew.
Service record: C&TF war 8/18345, postwar 7/15537. Decomm 27 Aug 1919. Stricken 16 Sep 1919.
Six masts, one funnel.
Later history: Merchant Susquehanna 1919. BU Yokohama 1929.
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Armament 4–6”/50, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: Dutch liner. Service record: C&TF war 5/8349, postwar 7/15737. Stricken 6 Oct 1919 and returned. Later history: Merchant Zeelandia 1919. BU 1936 Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht.
Cross Channel Transports Small passenger vessels requisitioned for use carrying U.S. and British troops and German prisoners-of-war between England and France. No.
Name
1298 Charles
Figure 9.37: The transport Sierra (Id. 1634) in a French port, 1918.
Name
3017 Von Steuben
Builder Vulcan
Launched
Acquired
30 Mar 1901 6 Apr 1917
Comm. 9 Jun 1917
ex-Kronprinz Wilhelm Tonnage
14,908 GRT, 22,000 D
Dimensions
663’ (oa) 635’ (bp) x 66’ x 30’
Machinery
2 screws, VQE, 12 D/E & 4 S/E boilers, IHP 35000, 23 knots
Complement
975, troops 2900
Launched
Acquired
30 Jan 1907 21 Mar 1918
Comm. 9 Apr 1918
ex-Harvard (11 Apr 1918) 1672 Yale
No.
Builder Delaware River Delaware River
1 Dec 1906 13 Mar 1918
25 Mar 1918
Tonnage
3,737 GRT
Dimensions
403’ (oa) 386’6” (wl) x 51’3” x 19’
Machinery
3 screws, Parsons turbines, 12 S/E boilers, HP 10,000; 22.4 knots
Armament 8–5”/51, 4–3”/50, 2–3”/50AA, 4–1 pdr guns Notes: Former German auxiliary cruiser, interned 26 Apr 1915 at Newport News. NGL liner, armed and commissioned at sea 6 Aug 1914. Comm in USN as auxiliary cruiser but never used as such. Converted to transport, Sep 1917. Two masts, four funnels. As German liner broke trans-Atlantic speed record, 1901. Service record: C&TF war 9/14347, postwar 8/22025. Damaged in collision with transport Agamemnon west of Brest, 9 Nov 1917. 5-inch gun exploded, 5 Mar 1918 (3 killed). Transferred 2,000 troops from burning USS Henderson at sea, 3 Jul 1918. 3 lost overboard in hurricane, Aug 1918. Decomm and stricken 14 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Von Steuben 1919. BU 1924 Baltimore. No.
Name
Builder
2168 Wilhelmina
Newport News
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
18 Sep 1909 26 Jan 1918 26 Jan 1918
Tonnage
6,954 GRT, 13,500 D
Dimensions
451’2” (oa) 426’1” (bp) x 56’ x 24’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 6 S/E boilers, IHP 6700, 15 knots
Complement
248, troops 2100
Figure 9.38: The transport Wilhelmina (Id. 2168), a former Matson liner, leaving the Brooklyn Navy Yard on May 1, 1918.
Armament 4–6”/50, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: Matson Line. Engines and funnel aft. Service record: C&TF war 6/11053, postwar 7/11577. Decomm, stricken 16 Aug 1919 and returned. Later history: Merchant Wilhelmina 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-94 in North Atlantic, 2 Dec 1940. No.
Name
2507 Zeelandia
Builder Stephen
Launched
Acquired
26 Apr 1910 24 Feb 1918
Tonnage
7,995 GRT, 12,950 D
Dimensions
440’ (wl) x 55’7” x 27’
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 3 D/E boilers, IHP 5300, 15 knots
Complement
322, troops 3000
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Comm. 3 Apr 1918
Figure 9.39: The transport Zeelandia (Id. 2507), a former Dutch passenger liner.
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Complement
201
No.
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Craig (Toledo)
1903
19 Apr 1918
9 Nov 1918
Armament (U) Notes: Admiral Line. Outfitted at Mare Island NYd. Conversion to aircraft tenders planned 1919.
Tonnage:
1,719 GRT
Service records:
Dimensions:
265’ (oa) 247’7 (bp) x 40’3” x 12’9”
Charles: Decomm 10 Jun 1920. Stricken 20 Apr 1920, sold 14 Oct 1920. Later history: Merchant Harvard 1920. Wrecked on Point Arguello, Cal., 30 May 1931. Yale: C&TF, postwar 1/901. Decomm 10 Jun 1920, sold. Later history: Merchant Yale 1920. Reacquired as Greyhound (IX 106), 3 Feb 1942. Sold 1946. BU 1949 San Francisco. Launched
Acquired
Comm.
2196 Narragansett
No.
Name
Harlan
Builder
Apr 1913
11 Jan 1918
28 Jan 1918
2195 Nopatin
Harlan
Apr 1913
11 Jan 1918
28 Jan 1918
2527 City of South Haven
Machinery: 1/VTE; 2500 hp Service record: never sailed to Europe. Stricken 27 Sep 1919. Sold 30 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant City of Miami 1919, renamed E.G. Crosby 1924. Burned at shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., 3 Dec 1935. BU 1937. No.
Name
Builder
2222 Puritan
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1901
20 Nov 1918
1918
Craig (Toledo)
Tonnage:
1,762 GRT 259’ x 40’6” x (U)..
ex-Manhattan (1915)
Dimensions:
Tonnage
2,534 and 3,539 GRT
Dimensions
332’ (oa) 320’2” (bp) x 48’1” x 16’
Machinery: 1 VTE; 15.6 knots Service record: Decomm 30 Sep 1919.
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 6 S/E boilers, IHP 4000, 23 knots
Complement
168
Later history: Merchant Puritan 1919, renamed George M. Cox 1933. Wrecked on Isle Royale, Lake Superior, 27 May 1933.
Armament (U) Notes: Central Vermont Nav. Co.
No.
Name
Builder
1478 Theodore Roosevelt
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1906
26 May 1918
1918
Toledo SB
Service records:
Tonnage:
1,955 GRT
Narragansett: Cross Channel Fleet 1918. Ran aground on Isle of Wight, 31 Jan 1919. Decomm 12 Sep 1919 Stricken 13 Aug 1920. Later history: Merchant Narragansett 1920, renamed Richelieu 1924. BU 1966 Antwerp. Nopatin: 1918 Cross Channel Fleet Decomm 15 Aug 1919. Stricken 22 Jul 1920. Later history: Merchant DeWitt Clinton 1920, renamed USAT Col. Frederick C. Johnson 1942, Derecktor 1948, Galilah 1950. BU 1953 Genoa.
Dimensions:
287’ (oa) 275’8” (bp) x 40’ x 12’6”
No.
Name
2432 Blue Ridge
Builder
Launched
Globe (Cleveland)
1891
Acquired
Comm.
19 Apr 1918 17 Oct 1918
ex-Virginia (1917) Tonnage:
1,606 GRT
Dimensions:
270’ x 38’3” x 12’
Machinery:
2/VTE, 16.5 knots
Complement:
87
Machinery: 1/VTE, 5000 hp, 20.8 knots Service record: officers’ training ship. Sold 1 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Theodore Roosevelt 1919. BU 1950 Milwaukee. Note: Acquisition of Manitou (2608) and Woonsocket canceled.
Post Armistice Acquisitions The transports in this section were acquired after the war to bring the troops back to America.
Ex‑German, Acquired 1919 No.
Name
4051 Cap Finisterre
Builder Blohm & Voss
Armament: none Service record: Arrived at Boston from Great Lakes, 28 Dec 1918; never sailed to Europe. Stricken 11 Jul 1919.
Tonnage:
14,503 GRT; 23,900 D
Dimensions:
560’ x 65’4” x (U)
Later history: Merchant Avalon 1919. BU 1960 Long Beach, Cal.
Machinery:
2/VQE
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
8 Aug 1911 11 Apr 1919
Complement: 450 Service record: C&TF postwar 3/9718. Decomm and returned 25 Nov 1919. Later history: Merchant Cap Finisterre 1919, renamed Taiyo Maru 1921. Torpedoed and sunk by submarine USS Grenadier southwest of Kyushu, 8 May 1942. No. 4040
Name
Builder
Graf Waldersee Blohm & Voss
Launched
Acquired and Comm.
10 Dec 1898 28 Mar 1919
LD as Pavia
Figure 9.40: USS Charles (Id. 1298), in dazzle camouflage, in a European port, 1918. She was the former Admiral Line ship Harvard.
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2596
Patricia
Vulcan
20 Feb 1899 28 Mar 1919
…
Pretoria
Blohm & Voss
9 Oct 1897
Tonnage:
13,102, 13,234 and 14,466 GRT
Dimensions:
585’ (oa) 561’ (bp) x 62’2” x 25’9”
Machinery:
2/VQE, 13 knots
29 Mar 1919
Complement: 553. Service records:
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Graf Waldersee: C&TF postwar 2/7728. Beached off Long Beach, NY, after a collision with m/v Redondo in fog off Sandy Hook, 11 Jun 1919. Decomm and returned 25 Nov 1919, BU 1922 Altenwerder. Patricia: C&TF postwar 3/8572. Stricken 13 Sep 1919 and trfd to GB 18 Sep 1919. Later history: merchant Patricia 1919. BU 1921 Port Glasgow. Pretoria: C&TF postwar 3/10364. Returned 25 Nov 1919. Later history: Merchant Pretoria 1919. BU 1922 Troon. No.
Name
Builder
4080
Imperator
Vulcan
Tonnage:
52,226 GRT, 60,000 D
Launched
Acquired and Comm.
23 May 1912 5 May 1919
Machinery: 4/turb, 23 knots Service record: C&TF postwar 3/28030. Decomm and returned 24 Nov 1919. Later history: to UK, merchant Imperator 1919, renamed Berengaria 1921. BU 1938 Jarrow. No.
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
29 Aug 1905 15 Feb 1919
Tonnage:
24,581 GRT
Dimensions:
677’6” (bp) x 77’4” x 28’
27 Apr 1919
Later history: merchant Empress of Scotland 1921. BU 1930 Blyth. Name
4063
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Tonnage:
17,082 GRT
Builder
Later history: Merchant Santa Elena 1919, renamed Linois 1922, Orvieto 1942. Scuttled by Germans at Marseille, 22 Aug 1944. No.
Launched
Acquired and Comm.
Tecklenborg 21 Oct 1907 30 Mar 1919
Zeppelin
Tonnage:
14,588 GRT
Later history: merchant Empress of China 1921, renamed Empress of India 1921, Montlaurier 1922, Monteith 1925, Montnairn 1925. BU 1930 Genoa.
4052
Santa Elena
Tonnage:
7,415 GRT
Builder
Launched
Acquired and Comm.
Bremer Vulkan 9 Jun 1914
5 Mar 1919
Machinery:
2/VQE
Service record: C&TF postwar 4/15800. Stricken 25 Nov 1919. Later history: merchant Ormuz 1920, renamed Dresden 1927. Wrecked near Kopervik, Norway, 20 Jun 1934.
Ex‑German, Seized in United States 1917, Acquired by USN 1919 Name
1888
Builder
Amphion
Launched
Tecklenborg 9 Feb1899
Acquired and Comm. 12 Apr 1919
ex-Köln Tonnage:
7,409 GRT; 15,530 D
Dimensions: 429’ x 54’ Machinery:
2/VTE
Service record: Interned at Boston Aug 1914, seized 1917. USAT 1917–19. C&TF postwar 3/6417. Returned 27 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Amphion 1919. BU 1924 Baltimore.
Machinery: 4/VQE, 15.5 knots Service record: C&TF postwar 4/14161. Decomm in England and returned 25 Nov 1919.
Name
Name
4042
Dimensions: 610’ (oa) 589’10” (bp) x 68’3” x 27’6
No.
1/VQE
No.
Machinery: 2/VQE, 17.5 knots Service record: C&TF postwar 4/22674. Decomm and returned 23 Dec 1919. No.
Machinery:
Service record: Former German (seaplane tender 1914–19) C&TF postwar 2/1707. Decomm and returned 20 Aug 1919
Dimensions: 550’ x 67’ x (U)
Dimensions: 906’ (oa) 883’ (bp) x 98’3” x 35’2”
3963 Kaiserin Auguste Vulcan Victoria
Dimensions: 446’10” x 54’8” x 23’6”
Builder Blohm & Voss
Launched
Acquired and Comm.
16 Nov 1907 6 Apr 1919
No.
Name
1605
Arcadia
Tonnage:
5,453 GRT
Builder
Launched
Harland & Wolff
8 Oct 1896
Acquired and Comm. 20 Jan 1919
Dimensions: 400’ x 49’ x 25’3” Dimensions: 1/VQE Armament:
2‑3”/50
Service record: Interned at Newport News 1914. C&TF postwar 5/4700. Decomm and returned 29 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Arcadia 1919. BU 1927 Japan. No.
Name
2187
Artemis
Builder Harland & Wolff
Launched 5 Jul 1902
Acquired and Comm. 8 Apr 1919
ex-Bohemia (1917), ex-Iowa (1913) Tonnage:
8,414 GRT; 12,540 D
Dimensions: 500’6” x 58’4” Machinery:
2/VTE
Service record: Interned at New York, 1914. Acquired from Army. C&TF postwar 4/11760. Decomm and returned 18 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Artemis 1919, renamed Empire Bittern 1941. Sunk as blockship at Arromanches, 23 Jul 1944. No.
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
1534 Black Arrow Bremer Vulkan 5 Nov 1904 12 Dec 1918
Figure 9.41: USS Imperator (Id. 4080). The huge German liner taken into service in 1919 to bring troops home.
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ex-Black Hawk (1919), ex-Rhaetia (1917) Tonnage:
6,600 GRT; 12,200 D
Dimensions:
408’3” x 52’9”
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Machinery: 1/VQE Service record: Hamburg-America Line, interned at Philadelphia 1914. Acquired from Army. C&TF postwar 3/4759. Stricken 9 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Black Arrow 1919. BU 1924 Perth Amboy, NJ. No. 4036
Name
Builder
Callao
Vulcan
Launched 2 Nov 1912
Acquired and Comm.
1/VTE
Later history: Merchant Montpelier 1919, renamed Nevadan 1927, Jan Tomp 1943, Nevadan 1944. BU 1948 San Francisco. No.
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired and Comm.
26 Apr 1919 1395
ex-Sierra Cordoba Tonnage:
Machinery:
Service record: C&TF postwar 4/7587. transferred from US Army. Returned 18 Oct 1919.
Nansemond
Harland & Wolff
10 Sep 1896 20 Jan 1919
ex-Pennsylvania
8,135 GRT
Dimensions: 439’ x 56’ x.(U)..
Tonnage:
Machinery: 2/VTE Service record: Seized by Peru and chartered to USN. C&TF postwar2/3731. Returned 26 Sep 1919.
Dimensions: 559’5 x 62’2 x 32’8
Later history: Merchant Callao 1919, renamed Ruth Alexander 1922. Bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft at Balikpapan, Borneo, 31 Dec 1941.
Service record: German, interned at New York, served with Army 1917–19. C&TF postwar 5/23619. Decomm and returned 25 Aug 1919.
No. 3024
Name Freedom
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Blohm &Voss 3 Feb 1894
24 Jan 1919
13,332 GRT
Machinery:
2/VQE
Armament:
2‑6”/40, 2‑3”/50
Later history: Merchant Nansemond 1919. BU Baltimore 1924. No.
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired and Comm.
ex-Iroquois (1919), ex-Wittekind (1917) Tonnage:
1628
5,640 GRT
Tonnage:
2/VTE
Armament: 2–4”/40 Service record: Interned at Boston. Acq from Army. C&TF postwar, 4/4,981. Decomm and returned, 23 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Freedom 1919. BU 1924. No. 1443
Name
Builder
General G.W. Goethals
Bremer Vulkan
Launched
Acquired and Comm.
30 Dec 1911 10 Mar 1919
18 Jun 1904 7 Feb 1919
4,650 GRT; 8750 D
Dimensions: 371’ x 45’4” x (U)… Machinery:
1/VQE
Service record: Interned at New York 1914. C&TF postwar 4/3446. Returned 19 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Otsego 1919, renamed Ural 1945, Dolinsk 1952. BU 1955 Vladivostok. No. 1677
ex-Grunewald (1917) Tonnage:
Reiherstieg
ex-Prinz Eitel Friedrich (1917)
Dimensions: 383’5”(bp) x 46’4” x 24’10” (lengthened 1899) Machinery:
Otsego
Name Philippines
Builder Blohm & Voss
Launched 5 Feb 1898
Acquired and Comm. 1 May 1919
ex-Hercules (1919), ex-Bulgaria (1917), ex-Canada (1913), exBulgaria (1913)
4,833 GRT; 7700 D
Dimensions: 367’ x 48’7” x 27’6” Machinery: 1/VQE, 11 knots Service record: German, interned at Cristobal. C&TF postwar 4/4238. Decomm and returned 13 Sep 1919.
Tonnage:
Later history: Merchant Gen. G.W. Goethals 1919, renamed Munorleans 1926. BU 1936 Blyth.
Service record: German, interned at Baltimore. Operated by Army 1917–19. C&TF postwar 2/4142. Decomm and returned 23 Oct 1919.
No.
Name
Builder
Launched 29 Sep 1902
Acquired and Comm.
10,237 GRT
Dimensions: 501’4” x 62’2” x 30’2” Machinery:
2/VQE
Later history: Merchant Philippines 1919. BU 1924 Perth Amboy. No.
Name
Builder
1365
General W.C. Gorgas Neptun
Tonnage:
4,564 GRT; 5,300 D
Dimensions:
386’ x 45’3” x 24’4”
Tonnage:
Machinery:
1/VQE, 10 knots
Dimensions: 367’11” x 48’7” x 34’2”
1760
ex-Prinz Sigismund (1917)
Later history: Merchant General W.C. Gorgas 1919, renamed Mikhail Lomonosov 1945. BU 1958.
1954
Name Montpelier
Builder Neptun
ex-Bochum Tonnage:
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Bremer Vulkan
30 Dec 1911
17 Feb 1919
Launched 26 Apr 1912
Acquired and Comm.
4,708 GRT
Machinery:
1/VQE
Armament:
1–5”/51, 1–3”/50
Service record: ex-Army collier, ex-German. C&TF postwar 2/2820. Decomm and returned 5 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Shoshone 1919, renamed Manoa 1920, Grunewald 1926. BU 1933 Hamburg. No.
Name
Builder
Launched
5 Mar 1919 1320
6,128 GRT; 16,430 D
Dimensions: 477’ x 58’ x..
Shoshone
Acquired and Comm.
ex-Wasgenwald (1916)
Complement: 154 Service record: German, interned at Colon, Panama; acquired from Army C&TF postwar 2/2063.. Decomm and returned 28 Jul 1919.
No.
Launched
8 Mar 1919
Suwanee
Bremer-Vulkan 1 Oct 1913
Acquired and Comm. 11 Apr 1919
ex-Mark Tonnage:
8,428 GRT
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Dimensions: 491’2” x 59’1” x 26’ Machinery:
1/VTE
Service record: German, NGL, interned at Manila. Never commissioned. C&TF postwar 3/4801. Returned 4 Oct 1919. Later history: merchant Poznan 1920, Paul Luckenbach 1922. Torpedoed and sunk by I-29 in Arabian Sea, 22 Sep 1943.
Other Acquisitions No.
Name
Builder
1467 Ancon
Launched
Maryland
Acquired
Comm.
21 Dec 1901 16 Nov 1918 28 Mar 1919
Later history: Merchant Marica 1919, renamed Lillian Luckenbach 1922. Sunk in collision with m/v Cape Henlopen off Cape Charles, Va., 27 Mar 1943. Sol Navis: C&TF postwar 2/3264. Stricken 22 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Sol Navis 1919, renamed Harry Luckenbach 1920. Torpedoed and sunk by U-91 NE of St. Johns, Nfld, 17 Mar 1943. South Bend: C&TF postwar 3/4875. Stricken 1 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant South Bend 1919, renamed J.L. Luckenbach 1922, San Francisco 1948, Diponegoro 1951, Djakarta Raya 1952. BU 1959 Hong Kong. No.
Name
4041
Builder
Eten
ex-Shawmut (1909)
Launched
Blohm & Voss
Acquired and Comm.
11 Feb 1907 1 May 1919
ex-Rhakotis (1917)
Tonnage:
9,332 GRT; 20000 D
Tonnage:
Dimensions:
489’6” x 58’
Dimensions: 435’8” x 53’3” x 24’6”…
Machinery:
2/VTE, 4000 hp
Machinery: 2/VTE, 14 knots Service record: Interned at Callao, Peru, 29 Nov 1914. Seized by Peru, 8 Oct 1917, renamed Eten. C&TF postwar 2/3296. Decomm and stricken 19 Aug 1919.
Service record: Acquired from Army. C&TF postwar 2/6112. Decomm and returned 25 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Ancon 1919, renamed Permanente 1941, Tidewater 1946, Continental 1948, Ancon 1950. BU 1950 Savona No.
Name
Builder
3818 Buford
Launched
Acquired
Harland & Wolff 29 Aug 1890 14 Jan 1919
Comm. 15 Jan 1919
ex-Mississippi (1898) Tonnage:
5,040 GRT
Dimensions:
371’ x 44’2” x 26’
Machinery:
1/VTE
Armament:
2‑3”/50
Later history: Merchant Buford 1923. BU 1929 Yokohama. Name
Later history: Merchant Eten 1919, renamed Rimac (Peruvian naval transport) 1922. BU 1959 Osaka. No.
Name
Builder
3875
Floridian
Tonnage:
6.930 GRT; 9800 D
Maryland
Launched 1915
Acquired and Comm. 28 Jan 1919
Dimensions: 415’ x 53’8” x 29’6”
Service record: Army transport. C&TF postwar 5/4717. Decomm and returned 2 Sep 1919.
No.
6,982 GRT; 6900 D
Builder Maryland
Launched
Acquired and Comm.
10 Aug 1912 29 Jan 1919
Machinery: 1/VQE, 14 knots. Service record: C&TF postwar 4/7209. Decomm 16 Jul 1919. Stricken 4 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Floridian 1919. Sunk in collision with m/v Admiral Fiske off Umatilla LV, Oregon, 1 Sep 1928. No.
Name
Builder
1544 Kentuckian
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1910
16 Dec 1918
28 Jan 1919
Maryland
3382
Dakotan
Tonnage:
6,582 GRT
Tonnage:
6,649 GRT
Dimensions:
414’6” x 53’8” x (U)…
Dimensions:
428’9” x 53’6” x 28’
Machinery:
1/VQE, 4000 hp, 15 knots
Machinery: 1/VQE, 2500 hp. Service record: C&TF postwar 5/8895. Decomm and returned 15 Sep 1919.
Complement: 88 Armament:
Later history: Merchant Kentuckian 1919. Sunk as blockship, Omaha Beach, Normandy, 12 Aug 1944.
2‑5”/40
Service record: C&TF postwar 5/8812. Decomm and returned 31 Jul 1919.
No.
Name
Builder
Launched
Later history: Merchant Dakotan 1919, renamed Ziryanin 1943. BU 1969 Split. No.
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
4307
Edellyn
Sun
14 Jan 1919 18 Jul 1919
4031
Marica
Sun
30 Nov 1918 19 Apr 1919 9 Jun 1919
18 Jul 1919
LD as Jacob Luckenbach 4031A 4019
Sol Navis
Sun
4 Feb 1919 7 Jul 1919
25 Jun 1919
South Bend
Sun
29 Oct 1918 7 Mar 1919 14 Apr 1919
LD as M.E. Luckenbach Tonnage:
8,775 GRT
Dimensions:
473’7” (bp) x 60’ x 31’ x 31’
Machinery:
2/turb, 5000 hp
4043
Mobile
Blohm & Voss
Acquired and Comm.
26 Sep 1908 26 Mar 1919
ex-Cleveland (29 Mar 1919) Tonnage:
16,960 GRT
Dimensions: 607’ (oa) 588’10” (bp) x 65’3” x (U)… Machinery: 2/VQE, 15.5 knots Notes: (sister of Covington, p. 140) Service record: C&TF postwar 4/21073. Decomm and returned 25 Nov 1919. Later history: Merchant Mobile 1919, renamed King Alexander 1920, Cleveland 1923. BU 1933 Hamburg. No.
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired and Comm.
Service records:
2869
Santa Ana
Cramp
13 Oct 1917 11 Feb 1919
Edellyn: C&TF postwar 1/985. Decomm and returned 4 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Edellyn 1919, renamed Dorothy Luckenbach 1922, USAHS Ernestine Koranda 1944, Dorothy Luckenbach 1950. BU 1957 San Francisco. Marica: C&TF postwar 2/3243. Decomm and returned 12 Sep 1919.
4352
Santa Elisa
NY Sbdg
24 Sep 1918 17 Jun 1919
4352A
Santa Leonora
NY Sbdg
19 Dec 1918 7 Jul 1919
2169
Santa Rosa
Cramp
27 Dec 1916 10 Mar 1919
3804
Santa Teresa
Cramp
4 Jul 1918
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Tonnage
5,102 GRT, 9,000 D
Dimensions:
506’ (oa) 492’ (bp) x 58’3” x 29’
Dimensions
373’9” (oa) 360’ (bp) x 51’9” x 24’5”
Machinery:
2/VTE, 4800 hp, 12 kts
Machinery
1 screw, VQE, S/E boilers, IHP 3400, 12 knots
Complement: 78
Complement
222, troops 1700
Armament: 1–5”/40, 1–3”/50 Service record: C&TF postwar 4/16,631. Decomm and returned 19 Aug 1919.
Armament 1–5”/51, 1–4”/40, 2–1 pdr guns (Santa Teresa) Service records:
Later history: Merchant Virginian 1919. BU 1948 Philadelphia.
Santa Ana: C&TF postwar 4/5960. Decomm 21 Jul 1919 and stricken. Later history: Merchant Santa Ana. 1919, renamed Guatemala 1928, Santa Cecilia 1931, Irwin 1936, USAHS John L. Clem 1941. BU 1948 Baltimore. Santa Elisa: C&TF postwar 2/2312. Decomm 15 Oct 1919 and stricken. Later history: Merchant Santa Elisa 1919, renamed Baranof 1936. BU 1955 Sakaide, Japan. Santa Leonora: C&TF postwar 1/395. Decomm 19 Aug 1919 and stricken. Later history: Reacquired as Canopus (AS 9), 19 Dec 1921. Scuttled off Bataan, 10 Apr 1942. Santa Rosa: C&TF postwar 4/6302. Operated by Army, 29 Aug 1917. Stricken 27 Oct 1919 and returned. Later history: Merchant Santa Rosa 1919, renamed Oregonian 1925. Sunk by German aircraft off North Cape, 13 Sep 1942. Santa Teresa: C&TF postwar 8/14264. Decomm 7 Oct 1919 and stricken. Later history: Merchant Santa Teresa 1919, renamed Kent 1936, USAT Ernest Hinds 1941. In USN as AP 28, 1941–42, then USAT/USAHS 1944–46. BU 1957 Baltimore. No.
Name
4008
Santa Cecilia
Tonnage:
6,462 GRT
Builder Cramp
Launched
Acquired and Comm.
17 Sep 1913 20 Mar 1919
Hospital Ships Name Solace
Builder Newport News
Launched
Acquired
8 Aug 1896
7 Apr 1898 14 Apr 1898
ex-Creole (1898) Tonnage
3,801 GRT, 5,700 D
Dimensions
377’ (oa) 361’2” (bp) x 44’ x 17’1”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 3 D/E Scotch boilers, IHP 3,200, 15 knots
Complement
122 /105; (1918) 272
Armament
3–6 pdr; (1910) none
Notes: Purchased from Cromwell Line. Service record: Philippine campaign. Out of comm 12 Oct 1905- 3 Jun 1908 and 14 Oct-20 Nov 1909. Mexican intervention 1914. Haiti 1915. Santo Domingo, 1916. Designated AH 2, 1920. Decomm 20 Jul 1921. † Name Relief
Builder Delaware River
Launched
Acquired
ex-USAHS Relief (1902), ex-John Englis (1898)
Machinery: 1/VQE, 3000 hp. Service record: ex-Army. C&TF postwar 4/6126. Decomm and returned 6 Oct 1919.
Tonnage
3,094 GRT, 3,300 D
Dimensions
314’ (oa) 299’2” (bp) x 46’ x 15’10”
Later history: Merchant Santa Cecilia 1919. BU 1935 Moji.
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 6 S/E cyl.boilers, IHP 2666, 15 knots
Complement
97
Armament
none
Name
3125A
Santa Malta
Tonnage:
6,393 GRT
Builder Cramp
Launched 4 Dec 1918
Acquired and Comm. 17 May 1919
Dimensions: 420’6” x 53’9” x 26’2” Machinery: 1/VQE Service record: C&TF postwar 3/3756. Stricken 6 Nov 1919. Later history: Merchant Santa Malta 1919, renamed Hawaiian 1925, Fortune 1949. BU 1958 La Spezia. No.
Name
1614 Troy
Builder Eastern SB
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
16 Apr 1903
Feb 1919
Feb 1919
Comm.
22 Oct 1896 13 Nov 1902 6 Feb 1908
Dimensions: 404’6” (bp) x 53’10” x
No.
Comm.
Notes: Acquired by Army 1898, trfd to Navy 1902. Service record: Inactive to 1908. Great White Fleet. Severely damaged in typhoon and by fire off Luzon, 18 Nov 1908. Found unseaworthy, stationary hospital, Olongapo, PI. Decomm 10 Jun 1910. Renamed Repose, 11 Apr 1918. Sold 15 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Hai Ning 1922, renamed Mindanao 1937, Lanao 1937. Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Cebu, PI, Dec 1941 or Mar 1942.
ex-Minnesota (19 Feb 1919) Tonnage
20,718 GRT, 37,336 D
Dimensions
630’ (oa) 608’ (bp) x 73’6” x 37’6”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 4 D/E & 4 S/E boilers, IHP 10000, 17 knots
Complement
troops 5900
Armament 4–4”/50, 2–1 pdr guns Notes: Atlantic Transport Line, built for Great Northern SS Co. Service record: C&TF postwar 3/14039. Stricken 15 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Minnesota 1919. BU 1924 Wilhelmshaven. No. …
Name Virginian ex-Maine (1907)
Tonnage:
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7,924 GRT
Builder Maryland
Launched 1903
Comm. 1 Feb 1919
Figure 9.42: The hospital ship Solace in 1899 when serving the Army.
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No. ….
Name
Builder
Comfort
Cramp
Launched 15 Oct 1906
Acquired
Comm.
17 Jul 1917 18 Mar 1918
ex-Havana 1305 Mercy
Cramp
Ambulance Boats
Tonnage
10,112 tons, 6,391 GRT
Dimensions
429’10” (oa) 413’ (wl) x 50’2” x 24’
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 8 S/E boilers, IHP 8500, 18 knots
SP-
Service records: Comfort: C&TF postwar 3/1192. Designated AH 3, 1920. Decomm 5 Aug 1921. † Mercy: C&TF postwar 4/1946. Haiti 1919–20. Designated AH 4, 1920. † Name
Builder
Laid Down
Phila. NYd
Launched
Name
2362 Adrian
Complement 322 Notes: Ward Line ships purchased from War Dept. Did not sail to Europe until end of the war. Saratoga sank at her pier in New York after collision with m/v Panama, 30 Jul 1917; raised and taken over by Navy.
No.
AH 2 Solace AH 3 Comfort AH 4 Mercy
27 Mar 1907 27 Sep 1917 24 Jan 1918
ex-Saratoga
AH 1 Relief
Service records: Pacific Fleet. †
Comm.
14 Jul 1917 23 Dec 1919 28 Dec 1920
Displacement
9,800 tons, 8,288 GRT
Dimensions
483’10” (oa) 460’ (bp) x 61’ x 19’6”
Machinery
2 screws, Parsons geared turbines, 3 B&W boilers, SHP 5,250, 16 knots
Complement 398 Notes: Authorized 1916. First hospital ship built as such. Similar to transport Henderson.
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1911
14 Nov 1918
1918
14 Nov 1918
1918
McKie
ex-Westport (19 Nov 1918) …
Southport
McKie
1911
Tonnage:
246 GRT
Dimensions:
125’7”(bp) x 21’2” x 6’5”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 knots
Complement: 16 Notes: Wood hulls, excursion steamers. Service records: Adrian: 5th ND. Decomm and returned 29 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Westport 1919, renamed US Army Col. Louis F. Garrard. Merchant 1956. Southport: 1st ND. Returned 15 Nov 1919. Later history: Merchant Southport 1919, renamed US Army Col. Frank H. Adams. Merchant 1956. SP-
Name
Builder Launched Acquired
2366 Boston Floating Hospital
Atlantic
Tonnage:
672 GRT
Dimensions:
160’4” (bp) x 47’ x 8’3”
1906
1917
Comm. 7 Jan 1918
Machinery: 1/VC; 200 hp Notes: steel hull. Service: Returned 2 Jun 1918. Later history: Merchant The Boston Floating Hospital 1918. Burned at Boston, 1 Jun 1927. Converted to tanker, 1933 renamed Marshall B. Hall 1933. RR 1952. SP-
Name
2415 Sea Gate
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1907
9 Oct 1918
Oct 1918
Marvel
Tonnage:
244 GRT
Dimensions:
130’ (oa) 122’2” (bp) x 27’2” x 6’9”
Machinery: 1/VC, 13 knots Service: 3rd ND. Returned 14 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Sea Gate 1919, renamed Seawanhaka. se1948
Figure 9.43: The first hospital ship Relief was acquired from the Army in 1902.
Figure 9.44: The hospital ship Mercy (AH 4).
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Figure 9.45: USS Relief (AH 1), the first built-for-the-purpose hospital ship.
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Training Ships
Armament
none
Notes: Authorized 1903. Brigantine. Name
Builder
Laid Down
Chesapeake
Bath
Displacement
1,175 tons
Dimensions
224’3” (oa) 175’ (bp) x 37’ x 16’6”
Machinery
none
Complement
46
Armament
6–4,” 4–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr
Launched
2 Aug 1898 20 Jun 1899
Comm. 3 Dec 1899
Service record: Newport, RI, 1905–12, 1914–20. Annapolis 1912–14. Loaned to Alaska (Dept of Interior), 7 May 1920. Later history: Merchant Boxer 1920.
Miscellaneous Ships Bear: (1884) USRC, see p. 203 Thetis: USRC, see p. 204
Notes: Authorized 1897. Converted to submarine tender, 1910. Service record: Renamed Severn, 15 Jun 1905. Decomm 1 Aug 1916. Sold 12 Oct 1916. Later history: Merchant John J. Phillips 1917. se1927. Name Cumberland Intrepid
Builder Boston NYd Mare I NYd
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
21 Jan 1904 17 Aug 1904 20 Jul 1907 2 Jan 1904
8 Oct 1904 16 Aug 1907
Name
Builder
Launched 1871
Acquired
Comm.
Fern
Delamater
30 Jan 1891 22 Apr 1891
Displacement
840 tons
Dimensions
160’ x 28’ x 11’9”
Machinery
1-screw, vertical compound, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 300, 9 knots
Complement
12 5–3 pdr, 4–1 pdr
Displacement
1,800 tons
Armament
Dimensions
211’7” (oa) 176’5” (wl) x 45’8” x 16’5”
Machinery
none
Complement
336
Armament
6–4”/40, 4–6 pdr, 2–1 pdr guns
Service record: Acquired from USLHS. Damaged in collision, Oct 1891. Despatch vessel at Key West 1898. Decomm 22 Oct 1898. D.C.Naval Militia, 1899. Minnesota Naval Militia 1905 Renamed Gopher, 27 Dec 1905. Recomm 30 May 1917. TS Great Lakes 1917–18. Out of comm 19 Apr 1919–15 May 1921. Designated IX 11, 1920. †
Notes: Authorized 1903. Steel barks. Service records: Cumberland: RS Norfolk, 1914. Rec IX 8, 1920. † Intrepid: Served in San Francisco Bay area. RS Mare Island 1912–14, 1920–21. Out of comm 15 Oct 1914–11 Nov 1915. Decomm 30 Aug 1921. Stricken 20 Dec 1921. Later history: Merchant Intrepid (barge) (USN in 1945), lost. Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
15 Jan 1904 11 Oct 1904 11 May 1905
Name Earnest
Builder (Baltimore)
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1875
1898
28 Feb 1898
Displacement: 127 tons Dimensions:
89’ x 23’ x 7’3.”
Notes: Acquired from USC&GS. Two-mast schooner. Service record: Lighter at Puget Sound and San Francisco. Went aground in storm, Mar 1904. Stricken 24 Mar 1905. Sold 10 May 1905. Later history: Merchant Academy 1905. Se1906
Boxer
Portsmouth NYd
Displacement
346 tons
Dimensions
125’4” (oa) 108’ (wl) x 29’9” x 9’2”
Machinery
none
Eagre
Van Dusen
Complement
64
ex-Mohawk
(Williamsburg NY)
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1875
1903
31 Jul 1903
Displacement: 275 tons
Figure 9.46: The training ship Intrepid in 1903.
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Figure 9.47: USS Gopher (later IX 11), formerly the lighthouse tender Fern, acquired in 1891.
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Dimensions:
Note: The Spanish cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa, sunk at Santiago, was raised 25 Sep 1898 but was lost while under to tow to Norfolk near Cat Island, Bahamas, 5 Nov 1898.
140’ (oa) 121’ (bp) x 30’4” x 9’
Notes: Sailing ship. Acquired from USC&GS. Schooner yacht. Service record: Tender, Norfolk NYd. Stricken 10 Sep 1910. Sold 14 Nov 1910. AG 1 Hannibal: collier AG 2 Lebanon: collier AG 3 Nanshan: collier AG 4 Saturn: collier AG 5 General Alava: transport AG 6 Dubuque: gunboat AG 7 Paducah: gunboat AG 9 Columbia: transport Great Northern AG 12 Gold Star: AK 12 AG 13 Pensacola: cargo ship AG 14 Abarenda: collier No.
Name
AG 8 Mahanna
Builder McEachern
Launched
Acquired
20 Nov 1918 20 Sep 1920
286’ (oa) 273’ (wl) x 46’ x 23’2”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE
Complement
44
Comm. 29 Sep 1920
Hog Island Hog Island
In service
2 Oct 1922
1922
5,990 tons
Dimensions
268’(bp) x 45’2” x 23’11”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1,400 IHP,
Complement
(U)
Name
IX 27 Sturgeon Bay
Builder Rieboldt
Displacement
1,800 tons
Dimensions
245’ (wl) x 42’ x 24’
Launched
Laid Down
Launched
3 Jul 1918
Comm.
30 May 1919 23 Feb 1922
SP-
Name
1270 Adirondack 18 Jul 1918 10 May 1919 30 Nov 1921
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1896
25 Sep 1917
never
Englis
Tonnage:
3,644 GRT
ex-Shaume
Dimensions:
388’2” (bp) x 50’ x 10’
4,060 tons
Machinery:
SW/beam, 11 knots
Dimensions
401’(oa) x 390’ (wl) x 54’ x 24’5”
Machinery
1 screw, Curtiss GT, 3 B&W boilers, IHP 2,500, 11.5 knots
Complement: 135 Notes: wood river boat
Complement
218
Armament
2–5”/51, 4–3”/50AA, 2–6 pdr
Service record: 3rd ND. Floating barracks and receiving ship, Brooklyn, NY. Stricken and returned 24 Jan 1919.
Service records: AG 10 Antares: Acquired 14 Nov 1921. † AG 11 Procyon: Acquired 29 Oct 1921. Flagship, Fleet Base Force, US Battle Fleet, 1921–31. † Name
IX 3
Briarcliff
Comm. 7 Jun 1922
Accommodation (Barracks) Ships
Displacement
No.
Acquired
25 Apr 1918 24 Sep 1921
Service record: Floating Armory, NY Naval Militia. †
ex-Nedmac AG 11 Procyon
Acquired
4 Jan 1919
Machinery 1 screw, VTE, 1,500 IHP Notes: Wood hull.
Service Record: Decomm 15 Sep 1921. Returned to USSB 2 Dec 1921.
AG 10 Antares
Launched
Displacement
No.
Dimensions
Builder
Builder Shattuck
Service Record: New Jersey Naval Militia 1922–41. †
4,000 tons
Name
Name
Armament 1–4”/50, 1–6 pdr Note: Wood hull.
Displacement
No.
No.
IX 33 Newton
Builder Russell
Launched
Acquired
29 Jul 1918
1 Jan 1922
Acquired
Comm.
Later history: Merchant Adirondack 1919. Sank at Athens, NY, while laid up, Dec 1925. BU. SP-
Name
1966 C.W. Morse Tonnage:
Builder Harlan
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1903
12 Dec 1917
Dec 1917
4,307 GRT
Displacement 5,990 tons f/1 Dimensions
268’ (bp) x 45’2” x 23’11”
Machinery
never installed
Complement
(U)
Armament
1–4”/50
Notes: Wood hull. Acquired incomplete. Service record: NY naval militia. † No.
Name
Builder
IX 25 Reina Mercedes Cartagena
Launched
12 Sep 1887 17 Jul 1898
Displacement
2,835 tons
Dimensions
297’ (oa) 292’ (wl) x 43’3” x 16’8”
Machinery
removed
Complement
91
1902
Notes: Former Spanish cruiser. Damaged by U.S. gunfire and scuttled to block channel at Santiago de Cuba, 3 Jul 1898. Captured 17 Jul 1898. Refloated 1 Mar 1899 and towed to Norfolk. Repaired 1902 as non-self-propelled receiving ship, Newport RI, 1905–12, Annapolis 1912–57. †
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Figure 9.48: The former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes (IX 25), housed over at Annapolis.
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Dimensions:
411’1” (bp) x 50’9” x 10’
Machinery:
SW/beam, 11.3 knots
Complement:
110
Service record: Renamed Grampus (YFB 53),… Nov 1920. Decomm 11 Dec 1930. Stricken 30 Dec 1930, sold 1931 Later history: Merchant Boothbay 1931, renamed Deepwater 1931. Reacquired as YFB-53, 12 Apr 1944. Sold 1946, merchant Liberty 1948, renamed Island Queen II 1965, Provincetown 1966, St. Thomas 1967. FFU 1981.
Notes: steel psgr ship Service record: 3rd ND. Receiving ship. Returned 10 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant C.W.Morse 1919, renamed Fort Orange 1923. BU 1936 New Haven, Conn. SP-
Name
Builder
1221 Hildegarde
Launched
Harlan
Acquired
1897
In service
12 Oct 1917 12 Oct 1917
Tonnage:
184 GRT
Dimensions:
136’6” (oa) 105’ (bp) x 26’ x 18’3”
Notes: steel schooner.
SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1914
1917
1918
Harlan
Name
Builder
2284 General Putnam
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1902
6 Feb 1918
29 Jul 1918
Pusey
Tonnage:
205 GRT
Dimensions:
122’7” (bp) x 28’ x 8’6”
Machinery:
1/VC, 10.4 knots
Complement:
13
Notes: steel passenger steamer
Service record: 2nd ND. Barracks ship, New London, Conn. Returned 6 Feb 1919.
2563 Mandeville
SP-
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 2 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant General Putnam 1919. se1948 SP648
Name
Builder
George F. Pierce
Abbott
Launched 1912
ex-Hanover
Tonnage:
252 GRT
Tonnage:
467 GRT
Dimensions:
129’8” (oa) 121’4” (bp) x 25’4” x 8’
Dimensions:
179’7” (bp) x 32’ x 5’5”
Machinery:
1/VC, 250 hp, 10.4 knots
Machinery:
StnW/beam, 14 knots
Complement: 23
Notes: steel river steamer.
Armament:
Service record: Pensacola. Returned.. Apr 1919.
Notes: wood tug
Later history: Merchant Mandeville 1919, renamed William Penn. se1964 SP1240
Name
Builder
Seneca
Roach
Launched
Acquired
4 Sep 1884
18 Oct 1917
2–3 pdr
Service record: 4th ND. Decomm 17 Mar 1922, sold 5 Jun 1922. Later history: Merchant George F. Pierce 1922, renamed Betterton. se1964 SP-
Name
2513 Glenville
Builder
Launched
Lawrence Foulkes
1886
Tonnage:
2,208 GRT
Dimensions:
283’ (bp) x 42’ x 22’3”
Tonnage:
268 GRT
Machinery:
removed 1914
Dimensions:
120’6”(oa) 109’6”(bp) x 29’ x 7’8”
Notes: iron schooner
Machinery:
1/sgl, 10 knots
Service record: Floating base, Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Sold 10 Sep 1919.
Notes: wood ferry
Later history: Merchant Seneca 1919. Sunk in collision with m/v Siboney off Sandy Hook, NJ, 18 Feb 1928.
Later history: Merchant Glenville 1919. se1923 Name
3054 Gratitude
SP-
Name
3268
Builder
Atlantic
Launched
(Rockland, Me) 1894
In service 13 Sep 1918
ex-Ruth (1910) Tonnage:
188 GRT
Dimensions:
115’ (oa) 103’3” (bp) x 26’ x 7’1”
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
(Philadelphia)
1880
1 Apr 1918
1 Apr 1918
Acquired
Comm.
ex-Captain Miller, ex-Gratitude Tonnage:
214 GRT
Dimensions:
140’ (oa) 133’9” (bp) x 20’ x (U)…
Machinery:
1/VC, 13 knots
Complement:
9
Service record: 5th ND. Returned 15 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Gratitude 1919. se1923
Notes: wood ferry Service record: 6th ND. Served at Parris Island, SC. Foundered at her wharf, 25 Nov 1920. Sold 12 Sep 1921.
SP-
Name
3138 Griswold
Later history: Merchant. Foundered in Cooper River, SC, 10 Sep 1925. Name
1708 Boothbay
Builder
Launched
Neafie
1907
Acquired
Comm.
14 Dec 1917 14 Dec 1917
Builder
Launched
Nicholson (Albany)
1899
133 GRT
Dimensions:
92’2” (bp) x 25’ x 5’6”
334 GRT
Machinery:
1/VC, 8.6 knots
Dimensions:
126’ (bp/oa) x 33’ x 8’5”
Complement:
8
Machinery:
1/VTE, 600 hp, 12 knots
Notes: wood ferry
Complement:
28
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ex-Alice May Tonnage:
Tonnage:
Notes: steel tug
In service
Notes: steel psgr steamer
Complement: 6
SP-
Acquired
9 Apr 1918 10 Apr 1918
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 11 Sep 1919.
SP-
Ferries
Acquired 1 Feb 1918
Service record: 3rd ND. Decomm and returned 20 Jun 1919 Later history: Merchant Griswold 1919. se1923.
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SP2311
Name
Builder
Launched
Herman S. Caswell (Noank, Conn.)
Tonnage:
1878
Acquired 14 Mar 1918
114 GRT
Machinery: 1/simple, 10 knots Notes: wood passenger steamer
1043 Machigonne
Launched
Neafie
Name
1227 Patchogue
Later history: Merchant Herman S. Caswell 1919, renamed Marilda II 1939. se1941 Builder
120’4” (oa) 117’ (bp) x 43’ x 6’6”
SP-
Service record: 3rd ND, Returned 7 Mar 1919.
Name
244 GRT
Dimensions:
Machinery: 2/cmpd, 8.5 knots Service record: YFB 1163. Newport, RI. Renamed Taposa, 18 Dec 1941. Stricken 12 Feb 1944.
Dimensions: 82’9” (bp) x 17’8” x 7’6”
SP-
Tonnage:
Acquired
1907
Comm.
2 Oct 1917 15 May 1918
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1912
29 Sep 1917
Sep 1917
Jacob
Tonnage:
135 GRT
Dimensions:
99’9” (bp) x 23’3” x 3’
Machinery: 2/VTE, 11 knots Notes: wood psgr steamer
425 GRT
Service record: YFB 1227. 3rd ND. Sold 16 Jun 1922.
Dimensions:
136’6” (bp) x 29’ x 8’6”
Later history: Merchant Fire Island 1922. se1948
Machinery:
1/VTE, 550 hp, 12 knots
Complement:
34
Tonnage:
SP-
Name
2364 Postmaster General
Builder
Launched
Palmer (Noank)
1898
Acquired
Armament: 2–1 pdr Notes: steel psgr steamer
Tonnage:
434 GRT
Service record: 2nd ND. Returned 29 May 1919.
Dimensions:
145’ (oa) 132’6” (bp) x 31’2” x 7’9”
Later history: Merchant Machigonne 1919, renamed Hook Mountain 1929, Block Island 1940. Reacquired 25 Feb 1941 as League Island (YFB 20), sold 1947. Merchant Yankee 1948. se1990.
Machinery:
1/VC, 14 knots
SP-
Name
3061 Majestic
Builder
Launched
Crescent
1903
Acquired
Comm.
30 Aug 1918 30 Aug 1918
ex-Happy Day 707 GRT
Dimensions:
201’10” (bp) x 30’ x 10’3”
Machinery:
SW/beam, 12 knots
Service record: 5th ND. Returned 24 Mar 1919. Name
Builder
Acquired
Comm.
1901
21 Mar 1918
Mar 1918
ex-John P. Wilson (1914c) Tonnage:
350 GRT
Dimensions:
131’ (bp) x 27’ x 6’9”
Machinery:
2/VC, 500 hp, 8.6 knots
Builder
Launched
New England SB
Jun 1902
Tonnage:
2,329 GRT
Dimensions:
317’6” (bp) x 40’1” x 14’
Acquired 26 Nov 1917
Service record: Returned 15 Apr 1918
Launched
Neafie
Name Ransom B. Fuller
Machinery: SW/beam; 1600 hp, Notes: wood hull (lengthened 1910).
Later history: Merchant Majestic 1919. se1928 SP-
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 6 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Postmaster General 1919. RR 1925 …
Complement: 27 Notes: steel psgr steamer
2313 Merchant
Complement: 6 Notes: wood hull.
SP-
Tonnage:
Comm.
28 Feb 1918 20 Jun 1918
Later history: Merchant Ransom B. Fuller 1918, renamed Broadway 1931. BU 1935, Cornwell, NY. SP-
Name
1427 Sappho
Complement: 22 Notes: steel psgr steamer
Builder
Launched
New England SB
1886
Acquired
Comm.
10 Aug 1917 14 Sep 1918
Tonnage:
275 GRT
Dimensions:
180’ (oa) 149’ (bp) x 28’9” x 8’9”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 15 knots
Service record: Returned 3 Apr 1919.
Complement: 30 Service record: Damaged in collision with m/v Delaware at Philadelphia, 25 Aug 1918. 4th ND. Decomm and returned 18 Feb 1919.
Later history: Merchant Merchant 1919, renamed Westchester 1929. BU 1938.
Later history: Merchant Sappho 1919, renamed Pawtucket. se1941 aband 48
SP-
Name
2047 Moosehead
Builder Bath
Launched
Acquired
12 Jul 1911 28 Mar 1918
Comm. 1918
SP1113
Name
Builder
Tinicum
Launched
Roach
1905
Tonnage:
677 GRT
Tonnage:
481 GRT
Dimensions:
195’(oa) 185’2”(bp) x 35’9” x 10’9”
Dimensions:
151’ (oa) 140’6” (bp) x 30’ x 10’
2/VTE, 2350 hp, 19 knots
Machinery:
1/VC, 500 hp, 13.8 knots
Machinery:
Complement: 30 Notes: steel tug.
Complement: 10 Notes: steel psgr steamer Service record: YFB 2047 Renamed Porpoise, 11 Aug 1920. Sold 24 Feb 1931.
Service record: Philadellphia NYd. Returned 26 Mar 1919.
Later history: Merchant Mayflower 1931, to US Army, renamed Col. William B. Cowin 1941. Sank after stranding on Hen & Chickens Reef, 17 Dec 1941.
Later history: Merchant Tinicum 1919. se1941
SP-
Name
1163 Narragansett
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Acquired 30 Apr 1918
Builder Saunders & Son
Launched 1905
Acquired
In service
11 Jun 1918 11 Jun 1918
SP-
Name
2129 Willoughby
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
(S.Rondout, NY)
1903
18 Feb 1918
8 Feb 1918
ex-Augustus J. Phillips
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156 The New Navy, 1883-1922
Unclassified Vessels
Tonnage:
147 GRT
Dimensions:
104’6” (bp) x 22’ x (U)…
Machinery:
1/VC
Note: These were mostly old ships that had lost their original designation and were hulked and serving as barracks, prisons, or training ships. The IX designation did not become official until authorized on 17 Feb 1941. Before that date, these were unofficial filing numbers, not hull numbers. IX 16, 35–37 never used.
Complement: 17 Notes: wood hull. Service record: 5th ND. Decomm and returned 26 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Willoughby 1919. se1923
Miscellaneous Types SP-
Name
1578 Berkshire
Builder
Launched
Cramp
1881
Acquired
Comm.
1 Apr 1918 24 Apr 1918
Tonnage:
2,014 GRT
Dimensions:
266’ (oa) 250’ (bp) x 36’6” x 20’
Machinery:
1/cmpd, 1500 hp, 12 knots
Complement: 86; iron psgr steamer Service record: 3rd ND. Minesweeping training ship. Decomm and trfd to USSB, 22 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Luxor, 1925. BU 1926. SP-
Name
Builder
2423 Commodore Quayle (Cleveland) Tonnage:
2,082 GRT
Dimensions:
265’ x 42’ x 15’5”
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1875
1 Sep 1918
1918
Machinery: 1/… Armament: 1–4”; wood hull. Service record: Armory and RS, Chicago. IX 7 Decomm 10 Mar 1930 and BU. SP-
Name
1254 Old Colony
Builder Cramp
Launched
Acquired
26 Jun 1907 12 Nov 1917
Tonnage:
4,779 GRT
Dimensions:
395’ (oa) 375’ (bp) x 52’2” x 16’
Comm. never
Machinery: 3/Parsons turb., 22 knots; steel psgr steamer Service record: To UK, 20 May 1918, conversion to minelayer incomplete. Sold Mar 1920, BU 1922 Hamburg SP-
Name
3583 Rogday
Builder Manitowoc
Launched 1915
Acquired
Comm.
15 Nov 1918 22 Nov 1918
ex-Nevada Tonnage:
2,122 GRT
Dimensions:
230’ (oa) 212’ (bp) x 42’ x…; Machinery: 1/VTE
IX 1 IX 2 IX 3 IX 4 IX 5 IX 6 IX 7 IX 8 IX 9 IX 10 IX 11 IX 12 IX 13 IX 14 IX 15 IX 16 IX 17 IX 18 IX 19 IX 20 IX 21 IX 22 IX 23 IX 24 IX 25 IX 26 IX 27 IX 28 IX 29 IX 30 IX 31 IX 32 IX 33
Annapolis Boston (Despatch) Briarcliff Cheyenne Chicago (Alton) Coast Battleship 4 Commodore Cumberland Dubuque Essex Gopher (Fern) Hancock Hartford Hawk see PY 2 Illinois (Prairie State) Kearsarge Monadnock Nantucket Newport Old Constellation Old Constitution Oregon Paducah Philadelphia Reina Mercedes Southery Sturgeon Bay Wheeling Wilmette Wilmington (Dover) Wolverine Yantic Newton
see PG 10 see protected cruiser see BM 10 see protected cruiser see BB 4 (Iowa) see SP see training ship see PG 17 see screw gunboat see AP 3 see screw sloop see BB 7 see BB 5 see BM 3 see gunboat see PG 12 see under Sailing Ships see under Sailing Ships see BB 3 see PG 18 see cruiser 4 see collier see PG 14 see gunboat see PG 8 see sidewheel gunboat see screw gunboat
Complement: 96; steel icebreaker, ex-Russian Service record: 1st ND. Decomm 18 Jun 1919, returned 24 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Nevada 1919. Foundered in gale 200 m. southwest of Cape Farewell, 16 Dec 1943. SP-
Name
3664 William F. Green
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
(Ellsworth, Me.)
1879
12 Sep 1918
1918
ex-John J. Taylor Tonnage:
389 GRT
Dimensions: 115’7” (bp) x 28’ x 10’4”; wood schooner Service record: 1st ND. To USCG, 7 May 1920, sold 1 May 1922.
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10
Naval Overseas Transportation Service
Established 9 Jan 1918
Complement:
Cargo Ships Requisitioned U.S. Flag Ships No.
Name
70
Armament: Alaskan: 1‑6”/50, 1–6 pdr; Arizonan: 1‑5”/40, 1‑3”/50 Service records:
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
4464 Agwidale
5,080
Newport News
5 Sep 1918 16 Nov 1918
2197 Munaires
5,095
Newport News 17 Nov 1917 14 Jan 1918
1301 Mundelta
5,288
Newport News 15 Mar 1917 20 Sep 1918
2093 Munindies
5,095
Newport News 17 Oct 1917 17 Dec 1918
Alaskan: C&TF postwar: 4/8,643. Collided with m/v Pearl F. in convoy at sea, 3 May 1918. Collided with USS Kerlew, 13 May 1918. Sank fishing boat in collision east of Gibraltar, 22 Oct 1918. Decomm and returned 5 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Alaskan 1919, renamed Memore, 1926. BU 1932 Genoa. Arizonan: C&TF postwar: 4/7,794. Decomm and returned 29 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Arizonan 1919. BU 1928 Osaka. No.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Dimensions:
385’ (oa) 370’ (bp) x 53’ x 24’4”
2292 @American
5,650
Delaware River
14 Jul 1900 25 May 1918
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
3277
5,670
Delaware River
7 Nov 1900 10 Aug 1918
Complement:
60
1323 #Oregonian
5,648
Delaware River
Armament:
1–4”/50, 1–3”/50 (Munaires: 1–6”/50, 1–3”/50; Mundelta: 2–4”/50) Service records: Agwidale: Decomm and returned 11 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Agwidale 1919, renamed Wei Ming, 1946. BU 1959 Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Munaires: In collision with USS Otsego, 3 Dec 1918. Decomm and returned 25 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Munaires 1919, renamed Pleiades 1937, Taimon Maru N0.6, 1941. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Nautilus off Hachinoe, Japan, 28 Sep 1942. Mundelta: Decomm and returned 11 Feb 1919 Later history: Merchant Mundelta 1919, renamed Munlock, 1938. Captured at Yokohama, 8 Dec 1941, renamed Rizan Maru. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Searaven off Sakhalin Island, 25 Sep 1944. Munindies: Decomm and returned 24 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Munindies 1919, renamed Elena R, 1937. Sunk by mine off Shambles LV, 22 Nov 1939. No.
Name
4542 Alaskan 4542A Arizonan
1901
17 Aug 1918
Dimensions:
430’ (oa) 406’9” (bp) x 51’1” x 28’ (Hawaiian 26’1”)
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Complement:
70
Armament: 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50 (Hawaiian: 1–6”/50, 1–3”/50) Service records: American: Collided with and sank USS West Gate in convoy, 7 Oct 1918. Decomm and returned 4 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant American 1919, renamed Honolulan, 1925. BU 1926 Osaka. Hawaiian: Damaged in collision with m/v Larchgrove, which sank, off Gibraltar, 26 Oct 1918. Decomm and returned 21 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Hawaiian 1919, renamed Uba, 1925. Storage hulk, 1936, se1950. Oregonian: Decomm and returned, 15 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Oregonian 1919, renamed Coloradan, 1925. BU 1926 Osaka.
Builder
Launched
Comm.
No.
8,617
Union IW
1901
23 Mar 1918
…
8,672
Union IW
GRT
Hawaiian
Name Antilla
GRT 3,668
Builder Gray
Launched
Comm.
19 Nov 1903 20 May 1918
ex-Luristan (1905)
20 Sep 1902 14 Aug 1918
Dimensions:
490’ (oa) 470’1” (bp) x 57’2” x 31’6”
Dimensions:
358’ (bp) x 45’ x (U)…
Machinery:
2/VQE, 10.2 kts
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Complement:
52
No.
Service record: Decomm and returned 20 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Antilla 1919. BU 1931 Baltimore. No.
Name
3842 Auburn
GRT 6,047
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Chester SB 25 Sep 1918 24 Jan 1919
LD as War Gun Dimensions:
417’6” (oa) 401’ (bp) x 54’ x 25’7”
Machinery:
1/West turb, 11 kts
Complement:
76
1631 @Ausable
3,153
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Smit
1901
1 Oct 1918
ex-Laura (1915) Dimensions:
327’6” (oa) 317’8” (bp) x 48’8” x 21’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 8 kts
Complement:
52
Armament:
419’ (oa) 405’ (bp) x 52’5” x 25’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Complement:
93
Armament:
1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr
Name
2213 Cacique
Later history: Merchant Auburn 1919. BU 1932 Baltimore. GRT
Builder
GRT 6,202
Builder
Dimensions:
394’2” (bp) x 52’3” x 27’11”
Machinery:
1/VQE, 10 kts
Complement:
70
Armament:
1‑5”/51, 1–6 pdr
No. …
Name Californian
GRT
Builder
5,658
Union IW
413’ (bp) x 51’ x 26’2”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Later history: Merchant Ausable 1919, renamed Mette Jensen 1925, Kuhrs 1928. BU 1937 Bo’ness.
Complement:
78
GRT 4,992
3056 Cape Henry
4,992
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Launched
Comm.
12 May 1900 14 May 1918
Service record: Sunk by mine off Ile de Ré, Bay of Biscay, 22 Jun 1918 (none lost).
Sparrows Pt 17 Aug 1918 28 Sep 1918
No.
Sparrows Pt 30 Mar 1918 25 Oct 1918
3401 Canibas
Name
Sparrows Pt 22 Jun 1918 26 Jul 1918
3311 Sagadahoc
GRT 6,846
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Texas SS
4 Jul 1918
10 Sep 1918
Texas SS
27 Apr 1918
9 Jul 1918
LD as New Jersey
LD as War Dolphin 3214 @Cape Lookout 4,986
Comm.
Later history: Merchant Cacique 1919. BU 1934 Osaka.
2–3”/50
Name
Launched
Service record: Returned 24 Mar 1919.
Dimensions:
No.
Comm.
Short Bros. 15 Nov 1909 19 Aug 1918
Service record: Collided with HM Yacht Monsoon, 25 Nov 1918. Decomm and returned 19 Apr 1919.
3565 Berwyn
Launched
Northumberland 23 Jan 1913 26 Jul 1918
Dimensions:
No.
Name
GRT
Service record: Torpedoed and sunk by U-46, northwest of coast of Spain, 16 Sep 1918 (19 dead).
Service record: no service. Decomm and returned 22 Feb 1919.
No.
Name
1335 Buena Ventura 4,881
6,846
ex-Bath, LD as Massachusetts
LD as War Shark Dimensions:
435’ (oa) 421’ (bp) x 54’ x 26’7”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
70
LD as War Dragon
Armament:
Canibas: 1–6”/50, 1–3”/50; Sagadahoc: 2–3”/50
Dimensions:
391’9” (oa) 377’ (bp) x 52’ x 23’10”
Service records:
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
62
Armament:
1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr (Berwyn: 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50; Hatteras: 1– 6”/40, 1–3”/50)
Canibas: Returned 4 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Canibas 1919, renamed Mauna Ala 1923. Wrecked off Columbia River, Ore., 10 Dec 1941. Sagadahoc: Decomm and returned 18 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Sagadahoc 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-124 south of St. Helena, 3 Dec 1941.
2970 Cape Romain
4,992
Sparrows Pt
4 May 1918 25 Jun 1918
LD as War Mercury 2142 Hatteras
4,919
Sparrows Pt 20 Nov 1917 23 Dec 1917
Service records: Berwyn: Decomm and returned 10 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Berwyn 1919. Wrecked in Kuria Muria Islands, Arabia, 8 Jun 1920. Cape Henry: Returned 3 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Cape Henry 1919, renamed Dorothy 1929, Carmen 1951, Elaine 1953. BU 1954 Baltimore. Cape Lookout: Returned 7 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Kosciuszko 1919, renamed Jean 1928. BU 1954 Baltimore. Cape Romain: Returned 3 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Cape Romain 1919, renamed Emilia 1929, Isabel 1951, Rosalind 1953. Foundered south of Crete, 3 Feb 1956. Hatteras: Twice disabled in storms in North Atlantic, Feb and Mar 1918. Decomm and returned 8 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Hatteras 1919, renamed Hatterlock 1937, Renzan Maru, 1941. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Porpoise off Kamaishi, Japan, 1 Jan 1943.
No.
Name
3520 Cape May
GRT 6,867
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Sparrows Pt 24 Aug 1918 25 Oct 1918
LD as War Saturn Dimensions:
429’7” (oa) 416’ (bp) x 53’6” x 29’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE
Complement:
52
Armament:
1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr
Service record: C&TF postwar 3/5,726. Returned 25 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Cape May 1919, renamed Maliko 1926, Shahin 1947, Bharatratna 1948. BU 1953 Japan. No.
Name
1445 Carolinian
GRT 4,170
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Furness
3 Sep 1906
5 Oct 1918
ex-Southerner (1916), ex-Harley (1915) Dimensions:
359’10” (bp) x 50’2” x 23’11”
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Machinery:
1/VTE, 9 kts
Complement:
42
Armament:
1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr
Service record: Served in English Channel area. Returned 22 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Carolinian 1919, renamed Proteus 1927, Stefanios 1932. Wrecked off Cape Verde, 16 Apr 1934. No.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
1406
Carrillo
5,012
Workman Clark 17 May 1911 16 Sep 1918
4524
Sixaola
5,017
Workman Clark 24 Aug 1911 19 Sep 1918
4521 +Tivives
5,017
Workman Clark 1 Aug 1911
5 Jul 1918
Dimensions:
394’ (oa) 378’9” (bp) x 50’3” x 25’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 kts
Complement:
70
Armament:
Carrillo: 1‑5”/40, 1–6 pdr; Sixaola: 1‑4”/50, 1–6 pdr; Tivives: 1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50.
Note: Acquired from United Fruit Co. Service records: Carrillo: Returned 8 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Carrillo 1919. BU 1948 Baltimore. Sixaola: Damaged by fire and sank at pier at New York, 23 Feb 1919 (2 killed), refloated. Decomm and returned 12 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Sixaola 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-159 northwest of Colon, Panama, 13 Jun 1942. Tivives: Decomm and returned 25 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Tivives 1919. Sunk by German aircraft west of Algiers, 21 Oct 1943. No.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
1538 @Cauto
3,820
Seattle
23 Sep 1916 13 Jul 1918
1533
3,833
Seattle
21 Oct 1916 13 Sep 1918
Panuco
Dimensions:
368’ (oa) 351’ (bp) x 47’11” x 22’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 14 kts
Complement:
62/101
Armament:
Cauto: 1‑5”/40, 1–6 pdr
Cauto: Returned 22 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Cauto 1919. Wrecked at Puerto Mexico, 28 Nov 1937. Panuco: Decomm and returned 28 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Panuco 1919. Destroyed by fire at New York, 18 Aug 1941. Name
GRT
Volunteer: Decomm and returned 27 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Volunteer 1919, renamed Andalusia 1947. Beached on fire near Cape Flattery and broke in two, 4 Nov 1949. No.
Name
1359 %Charlton Hall
Builder
Launched
Comm.
3630 Challenger
7,953
Union IW
4 Jul 1918
4 Oct 1918
3134 #Liberator
7,951
Union IW
24 Mar 1918
2 Jul 1918
3242 Volunteer
7,955
Union IW
18 May 1918 23 Aug 1918
GRT 4,749
Builder Hamilton
Launched
Comm.
14 May 1907 14 Jun 1918
Dimensions:
412’6” (oa) 400’ (bp) x 50’ x 25’4”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
62
Armament: 1‑5”/40, 1–6 pdr Service record: Returned 3 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Charlton Hall 1919, renamed Atlantis 1930, Anastasis 1930. BU 1934 Shanghai. No.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
2774 @Clare
3,455
Maryland
3459
3,628
Maryland
21 Jul 1915
3,372
Maryland
20 Mar 1916 25 Mar 1918
Edith
2510 @Margaret
Service records:
No.
Figure 10.1 USS Liberator (Id. 3134), a NOTS cargo ship, at St. Nazaire, France.
28 Dec 1915 19 Sep 1918
Dimensions:
338’ (oa) 327’2” (bp) x 46’2” x 21’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
52/70
1 Oct 1918
Armament: 1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr (Edith: 1–5”/40, 1–3”/50) Service records: Clare: Decomm and returned 24 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Clare 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-103 in Yucatan Channel, 21 May 1942. Edith: Decomm and returned 18 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Edith 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-159 north of Barranquilla, Colombia, 7 Jun 1942. Margaret: Renamed Chatham, 18 Apr 1918. Returned 10 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Margaret 1919. Missing, torpedoed and sunk by U-571 off Puerto Rico, 11 Apr 1942.
Dimensions:
410’ (oa) 401’ (bp) x 56’ x 30’
Machinery:
1/Curtis GT, 10.5 kts
No.
Complement:
70
3679 Cohasset
Armament:
Challenger: 1–5”/40, 1–6pdr.
Name
GRT 5,769
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Fore River
3 Nov 1918
5 Dec 1918
LD as War Crown
Note: Liberator converted to transport 1919
Dimensions:
406’4” (oa) 389’8” (bp) x 55’ x 25’5”
Service records:
Machinery:
1/Curtis GT, 10 kts
Challenger: Sold 2 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Challenger 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-155 east of Grenada, 17 May 1942. Liberator: C&TF postwar 5/9,658. Decomm and returned, 4 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Liberator 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-332 off Cape Hatteras, 19 Mar 1942.
Complement:
42
Armament: 1‑5”/40, 1–6 pdr Service record: Decomm and returned 9 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Cohasset 1919. BU Baltimore 1937.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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No. …
Name Corozal
GRT
Builder
3,063
Newport News
Launched
Comm.
31 Dec 1910 28 Mar 1918
3580
Morristown
5,139
Standard SB
2226 +Muscatine
4,730
Standard SB 20 Oct 1917 2 May 1918
4 Jul 1918
ex-Stian, LD as Scandinavic
Dimensions:
350’ (oa) 347’7” (bp) x 46’9’ x 20’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Dimensions:
392’6” (oa) 377’ (bp) x 52’ x 23’8”
Complement:
70
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Complement:
86
Armament: 1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50 Service record: Returned 28 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Corozal 1919, renamed Yung Hsing 1946, Fairside 1950, Lin Chen 1951, Chung Hsing 8 1952. RLR 1959. No.
Name
1486 Craster Hall
GRT 4,319
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Hamilton
4 Feb 1909
9 May 1918
Dimensions:
392’6” (oa) 380’ (bp) x 50’ x 24’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
62
Armament: 1‑5”/51, 1–6 pdr Service record: Decomm and returned 5 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Craster Hall 1919. Beached after collision with m/v Reginolite off Talara Point, Peru, 19 Jun 1927. No.
Name
GRT
3327 @Defiance
7,898
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Beth (Alameda).
4 Jul 1918
5 Sep 1918
Beth (Alameda)
4 Jul 1918 18 Nov 1918
LD as War Ocean 3676 Independence
7,893
LD as War Harbour 3671 Invincible
7,888
Beth (Alameda)
4 Aug 1918 17 Oct 1918
LD as War Rock 3514 Victorious
7,881
Beth (Alameda)
4 Jul 1918
19 Oct 1918
LD as War Haven 440’ (bp) x 56’ x 28’8”
Machinery:
1/Curtis GT (Independence: GE), 11 kts
Armament: 2–5” (Independence) Service records:
Name
GRT 4,430
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Standard SB 8 Oct 1917 26 Oct 1918
ex-Jupiter (1918) 3554
Hickman
5,121
Standard SB 10 Jul 1918 16 Nov 1918
LD as War Pride 3160 +Ice King
4,737
Standard SB 22 Dec 1917
3 Jul 1918
ex-Passaic, LD as War Unit 3497 +Montclair
4,773
No.
Name
GRT
4597 Edgar F. Luckenbach 8,061
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Newport News 29 Mar 1918 11 Jul 1918
Dimensions:
442’2” (oa) 425’ (bp) x 57’3” x 31’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Complement:
70
No.
Defiance: Decomm and returned 1 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Defiance 1919, renamed Pan-Delaware 1938, Ingrid 1947, Giacinta Fassio 1949, Emma Fassio 1959. BU 1960 La Spezia. Independence: Decomm and returned 20 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Independence 1919, renamed City of Norfolk 1931. Reacquired as Neville (AP 16), 14 Dec 1940. Sold 1946, BU 1957 Fieldsboro, N.J. Invincible: Decomm and returned 15 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Invincible, renamed Empire Porpoise 1941, Chrysanthemum 1946, Chryss 1950, Atlit 1952. BU 1954 Trieste. Victorious: Decomm and returned 25 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Victorious 1919. Renamed City of Havre 1931, City of Los Angeles 1938. Reacquired as George F. Elliot (AP 13), 30 Oct 1940. Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal, 8 Aug 1942. Democracy
Democracy: Decomm and returned 15 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Democracy 1919. Renamed Point Arena 1937, Arena 1940, Irish Plane 1941. Wrecked off Ballycotton, Eire, 1 Feb 1947. Hickman: Decomm and returned 5 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Hickman 1919. BU 1932 Baltimore. Ice King: Decomm and returned 26 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Ice King 1919. Renamed Georgian 1928, Hilton 1936. BU 1951 Fieldsboro, N.J. Montclair: Decomm and returned 7 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Montclair 1919. BU 1937 Baltimore. Morristown: Decomm and returned 13 Jun 1919 Later history: Merchant Morristown 1919. BU 1936 Baltimore. Muscatine: Decomm and returned 16 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Muscatine 1919. Renamed Floridian 1928, Elizabeth 1936. Torpedoed and sunk by U-103 in Yucatan Channel, 21 May 1942.
Later history: Merchant Edgar F. Luckenbach 1919. Grounded and sank after collision with ferry New Orleans in Mississippi River, 21 Jul 1939.
Complement: 70
No.
Armament: 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50 (Montclair, Morristown: 1–4”/50, 1–3”/50) Service records:
Armament: 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50 Service record: C&TF postwar 5/9372. Decomm and returned 30 Oct 1919.
Dimensions:
2215
16 Oct 1918
Standard SB 30 Mar 1918 18 Aug 1918
LD as War Speed
Name
GRT
Builder
1662 Edward Luckenbach
8,151
Fore River
2407 Julia Luckenbach
8,151
Fore River
Launched
Comm.
14 Sep 1916 29 Aug 1918 1917
Dimensions:
456’5” (oa) 436’7” (bp) x 57’2” x 32’
Machinery:
1/Curtis GT, 15 kts
Complement:
62
15 Aug 1918
Armament:
Edward Luckenbach: 2–5”/40; Julia Luckenbach: 1–4”/50, 1–3”/50. Service record: Converted to transports Nov 1918. Edward Luckenbach: C&TF postwar 3/6,812. Collided with USS Winding Gulf, 22 Nov 1918. Decomm and returned 6 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Edward Luckenbach 1919. Sunk by mine off Key West, 1 Jul 1942. Julia Luckenbach: C&TF postwar 4/10,579. Decomm and returned 9 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Julia Luckenbach 1919. Sunk in collision with m/v Resolution off Cape Agulhas, 22 Sep 1943. No.
Name
1407 El Capitan
GRT 5,216
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Newport News 18 Aug 1917 22 Mar 1918
Dimensions:
364’ (oa) 364’ (bp) x 51’ x 23’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts, Complement: 52
Armament: 1–6”/50, 1–6 pdr Service record: Decomm and returned 1 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant El Capitan 1919. Damaged by German aircraft and sunk by U-251, convoy PQ-17, north of Norway, 10 Jul 1942.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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No.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
No.
Name
1594 Eurana
GRT 5,915
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Union IW
1916
21 Sep 1918
3307 #El Occidente
6,008
Newport News 24 Sep 1910 29 Aug 1918
4504 #El Oriente
6,008
Newport News 6 Aug 1910 29 Jul 1918
Dimensions:
410’ (oa) 399’8” (bp) x 56’2” x 26’
4505 #El Sol
6,008
Newport News 11 May 1910 3 Aug 1918
Machinery:
1/Parsons GT, 10 kts
Dimensions:
430’1” (oa) 405’7” (bp) x 53’1” x 26’
Complement:
70
Machinery:
1/VTE, 16 kts
Armament:
2–4”/40
Complement:
112
Service record: C&TF postwar 2/1,886. Decomm and returned 9 Oct 1919.
Armament:
El Occidente: 4–5”/40, 2–1 pdr; El Oriente: 1–4”/50, 1–6 pdr; El Sol: 1–5”/50, 1–6 pdr
Later history: Merchant Eurana 1919, renamed Alamar 1930. Sunk by German aircraft off North Cape, Norway, 27 May 1942.
Service record:
No.
Builder
Launched
Comm.
El Occidente: Decomm and returned 18 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant El Occidente 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U435 off Iceland, 13 Apr 1942. El Oriente: C&TF postwar 2/2,981. Decomm and returned 15 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant El Oriente 1919, renamed Henri Dunant 1944, El Oriente 1945. BU 1947 Baltimore. El Sol: C&TF postwar 2/2,710. Decomm and returned 18 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant El Sol 1919. Sunk in collision with m/v Sac City in New York harbor, 11 Mar 1927.
2160 #F.J. Luckenbach
8,074
Fore River
15 Sep 1917
9 Jan 1918
2291 #K.I. Luckenbach
8,074
Fore River
27 Oct 1917 9 Aug 1918
3020 #Katrina Luckenbach 8,075
Fore River
22 Feb 1918 18 May 1918
No. 2465
Name Elinor
GRT 4,295
Builder Baltimore
Launched
Comm.
17 Oct 1917 30 Mar 1918
LD as General de Castelnau 2691 +Luella
4,152
Baltimore
10 Nov 1917 27 May 1918
ex-War Whale 3791 +North Pole
4,130
Baltimore
28 May 1918 10 Jan 1919
3666 +Polar Bear
4,297
Baltimore
22 Sep 1918
Baltimore
11 Feb 1918 23 Oct 1918
3 Dec 1918
LD as War Neptune 3301 +Polar Sea
4,120 4,297
Baltimore
9 Nov 1918
3665 +South Pole Dimensions: Machinery: Complement: Armament:
4,130 4,130
468’3” (oa) 447’ (bp) x 56’ x 30’6”
Machinery:
2/Curtis GT, 13 kts
Complement:
92
Armament:
1–6”/40, 1–3”/50, (Katrina Luckenbach: 1–5”/51, 1–6 pdr)
Service records: Converted to troop transports, Mar 1919. F.J.Luckenbach: C&TF postwar 2/4,695. Decomm and returned 18 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant F.J. Luckenbach 1919, renamed Comptroller 1947. BU 1951. K.I.Luckenbach: C&TF postwar 3/4,833. Damaged by fire at New York, 17 Feb 1919. Decomm and returned 5 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant K.I. Luckenbach 1919, renamed Stocksun 1951. BU 1954 Tokyo. Katrina Luckenbach: Decomm and returned 25 Nov 1919. Later history: Merchant Katrina Luckenbach 1919, renamed Stockstar 1951. BU 1953 Baltimore. Builder
Launched
5,400
NY Sbdg
8 Dec 1917 19 Feb 1918
2068 @Glen White
5,438
NY Sbdg
20 Apr 1918 22 Jul 1918
5 Nov 1918
3844 @William N. Page
5,676
NY Sbdg
7 Sep 1918 18 Dec 1918
5 Dec 1918
3379
5,438
NY Sbdg
22 Jun 1918 19 Aug 1918
4 Jan 1919
LD as War Venus 3651 +Polarland
Baltimore Baltimore
6 Apr 1918 17 Jun 1918
GRT
Dimensions:
No.
LD as Warrenton 3787 +Polar Star
Name
2429
Name Fairmont
Winding Gulf
GRT
Comm.
353’3” (oa) 339’ (bp) x 49’ x 23’
Dimensions:
395’1” (oa) 368’6” (bp) x 55’ x 27’
1/Curtis/West GT, 11 kts (average)
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
62
Complement:
70
Elinor, Polar Sea: 1–6”/50, 1–6 pdr; Luella: 1–6”/50, 1–3”/50; Polarland: 1–4”/50, 1–3”/50
Armament:
Fairmont: 1–6”/50, 1–6 pdr; Glen White: 1–5”/51, 1–6 pdr; W.N.Page: 1–4”/50, 1–3”/50; Winding Gulf: 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50
Service records: Elinor: Went aground, 17 Jun 1918. Decomm and returned 26 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Elinor 1919. BU 1930 Baltimore. Luella: Decomm and returned 26 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Luella 1919. BU 1932 Baltimore. North Pole: Decomm and returned 14 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant North Pole 1919. BU 1937 Baltimore. Polar Bear: Decomm and returned 10 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Polar Bear 1919. BU 1930 Baltimore. Polar Sea: Decomm and returned 12 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Polar Sea 1919. BU 1937 Baltimore. Polar Star: Decomm and returned 14 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Polar Star 1919. BU 1930 Baltimore. Polarland: Decomm and returned 10 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Polarland 1919. Foundered off Sable Island near Halifax, NS, 9 Nov 1919. South Pole: Decomm and returned 12 May 1919. Later history: Merchant South Pole 1919. BU 1937 Baltimore.
Service records: Fairmont: Decomm and returned 28 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Fairmont 1919, renamed Nebraskan 1921, Black Point 1927. Torpedoed and sunk by U-853 off Long Island, 5 May 1945. Glen White: Decomm and returned 16 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Glen White 1919. BU 1948 Philadelphia. W.N.Page: Decomm and returned 31 May 1919. Later history: Merchant William N. Page, 1919. BU 1952 Savona. Winding Gulf: Collided with USS Edward Luckenbach, 22 Nov 1918. Decomm and returned 26 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Winding Gulf 1919. BU 1948 Philadelphia. No.
Name
2282 Felix Taussig
GRT
Builder
6,253
Newport News
2102 William A. McKenney 6,256
Launched
Newport News 28 Oct 1916
Dimensions:
410’6” (oa) 395’ (bp) x 55’1” x 26’5”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 and 9 kts
Comm.
3 Jan 1917 31 Aug 1918 5 Jun 1918
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Complement:
62
No.
Armament:
Felix Taussig: 1–4”/50, 1–3”/50; William A. McKenney: 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50
1637 Guantánamo
Name
GRT
Builder
3,292
Gray
Launched
ex-Registan (1911)
Service records:
Dimensions:
362’ (oa) 350’8” (bp) x 46’6” x 20’7”
F.Taussig: Returned 26 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Felix Taussig 1919, renamed Georgie 1947, Ata 1948. BU 1954 Osaka. W.A.McKenney: Decomm and returned 31 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant William A. McKenney 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-175 off Orinoco River, 5 Oct 1942.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
68
No.
Name
GRT
Frederick Luckenbach
2,903
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Armament: 1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr Service record: Cuban registry. Decomm 25 Jan 1919. Returned 4 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Guantánamo 1919, renamed Comerio 1927, Vittorin 1940, Grey Lag 1941, Hai Lung 1946. BU 1960 Taiwan.
Readhead 29 Feb 1888 5 Oct 1918
No.
ex-San Mateo (1915), ex-Charters Towers (1889)
Name
GRT
1617 Herman Frasch 3,803
Builder
317’6” (oa) x 40’2” x (U)
Dimensions:
345’ (bp) x 48’5” x 25’3”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
42
Complement:
89
Name
3063 Fresno
GRT 6,005
Builder Moore
Launched
No.
6,002
18 May 1918 22 Jun 1918
Moore
14 Mar 1918
6,002
Moore
27 Jan 1918 13 May 1918
6,171
Moore
3 Jun 1918
9 Dec 1917 21 Sep 1918
LD as War Buoy Dimensions:
416’6” (oa) 402’7” (bp) x 53’ x 26’6”
Machinery:
1/Parsons turb, 9 to 10.5 kts
Complement:
77
Armament:
1–4”/40, 1–3”/50 (Pasadena: 1–5”/51; Yellowstone: 1–6”/50, 1–3”/50) Acquisition canceled: Coronado (2217) and Chipchung (3965). Service records: Fresno: Decomm and returned 4 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Fresno 1919. BU 1936 Baltimore. Oakland: Decomm and returned 13 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Oakland 1919. BU 1932 Baltimore. Pasadena: Collided with French m/v Ville de Majunga, 5 Oct 1918. Decomm and returned 28 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Pasadena 1919. BU 1938 Baltimore. Yellowstone: Damaged in collision with wharf at St. Nazaire, 15 Feb 1919. Decomm and returned 24 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Yellowstone 1919. Lost by grounding at Punta Delgada, Azores, 16 Dec 1920, CTL. No.
Name
1618 Frieda
GRT 3,365
Builder Fore River
Dimensions:
348’8” (bp) x 45’1” x 24’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Launched
Launched
Newport News 10 Jun 1911
3,178
Newport News
Comm. 6 Nov 1918
4 Oct 1913 25 Nov 1918
3,101
Newport News 12 Dec 1912 20 Dec 1917
Dimensions:
328’ (oa) 313’6” (bp) x 46’ x 20’8”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9 kts
Complement:
65
Armament:
Hilton: 1‑5”/40, 1‑3”/50, Crowell: 1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50
Service records: Hilton: Collided with m/v Poplar Branch, 21 Feb 1919. Decomm and returned 16 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Hilton 1919, renamed barge Hercules 1935. BU 1951 Norfolk, Va. L.K.Thurlow: Decomm and returned 27 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Lewis K. Thurlow 1919, renamed barge Ajax, 1937. BU 1951 Norfolk, Va. P.H.Crowell: Repair ship at Lorient. Decomm and returned 20 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Peter H. Crowell 1919. BU 1937 Baltimore. No.
Name
1303 #Howick Hall
GRT 5,096
Builder Hamilton
Launched
Dimensions:
413’ (oa) 400’9” (bp) x 51’6” x 25’11”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
91
Armament:
1‑4”/50, 1‑3”/50
Comm.
1 Oct 1910 24 Aug 1918
Service record: Decomm and returned 13 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Howick Hall 1919, renamed Dovenden 1930, Ircania 1935, Raceland 1941. Sunk by German aircraft off North Cape, 28 Mar 1942.
Comm.
No.
26 Oct 1912 9 Oct 1918
Name
3865 Indianapolis
GRT 8,164
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Penn SB
4 Jul 1918
12 Dec 1918
LD as War Serpent
Complement: 70 Service record: Decomm and returned 28 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant Frieda 1919, renamed Peh Shan 1937, Norse Carrier 1937, Sana Maru 1941. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Kingfish off Indochina, 20 Oct 1943.
Builder
3,102
ex-Lewis K. Thurlow (1917) 2987 @Peter H. Crowell
LD as War Beacon 2657 Yellowstone
GRT
2987A L.K. Thurlow
Comm.
LD as War Breeze 2943 Pasadena
Name
1574 Hilton
LD as War Coast 2847 Oakland
Comm.
Service record: Acquired from Army. Sunk in collision with USS George G. Henry southeast of Nova Scotia, 4 Oct 1918 (26 dead).
Later history: Merchant Frederick Luckenbach 1919, renamed Castle Lodge 1923, Virginia Pretelt 1923, Kirsten Jensen 1924. BU 1924 Genoa. No.
Launched
Fore River 11 Dec 1909 19 Sep 1918
Dimensions:
Armament: 2–3”/50 Service record: Acquired at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 7 May 1919.
Comm.
5 May 1910 21 May 1918
Dimensions:
445’ (oa) 439’6” (bp) x 60’ x 28’5”
Machinery:
1/Curtis turbine, 11 kts
Complement:
70
Service record: Returned 9 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Indianapolis 1919. BU 1932 Baltimore.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Builder
Launched
Comm.
3002 #Iowan
No.
Name
6,716
Maryland
1914
23 Dec 1917
4545 #Minnesotan
6,656
Maryland
3280 #Ohioan
6,646
Maryland
3299 #Panaman 3511 #Scranton
GRT
6,655
Name
GRT 3,820
8 Jun 1912 23 Aug 1918 1914
Maryland
6,855
No.
2996 Lake Tahoe
1913
Maryland
1913
Builder
Launched
Gt Lakes (Detroit)
8 Dec 1917 16 Feb 1918
LD as S.N.A. 4
7 Aug 1918 12 Aug 1918
Dimensions:
387’3” (oa) 373’ (bp) x 43’9” x 23’
14 Sep 1918
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
82 1‑5”/40, 1‑3”/50
ex-Pennsylvanian (1917)
Comm.
Dimensions:
428’9” (oa) 407’8” (bp) x 53’6” x 28’
Armament:
Machinery:
1/VQE, 12/14 kts
Complement:
96
Service record: Renamed Evansville, 25 Nov 1918. Decomm and returned 23 Aug 1919.
Armament:
1–5”/40, 1–3”/50, Iowan: 1–4”/50, 1–6 pdr; Minnesotan: 1– 4”/50, 1–3”/50 Service records: See Dakotan of this type under transports (p. 149). Others converted after Nov 1918. Iowan: C&TF postwar 6/9,876. Decomm and returned 22 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Iowan 1919, renamed Tashkent, 1943, to North Korea 1966. Minnesotan: C&TF postwr 4/8,038. Decomm and returned 21 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Minnesotan 1919, renamed Maria Luisa R. 1949. BU 1953 Bari. Ohioan: C&TF postwar 6/8,383. Decomm and returned 6 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Ohioan 1919. Wrecked near Point Lobos, Cal., 7 Oct 1936. Panaman: C&TF postwar 6/11,393. Damaged by fire, 5 Sep 1918. Decomm and returned 18 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Panaman, 1919, renamed Marcella 1947. BU 1954 Baltimore. Scranton: C&TF postwar 3/5,625. Decomm and returned 31 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Pennsylvanian. Sunk as blockship at Normandy, Aug 1944. No.
Name
1308 Jean
GRT
Builder
3,125
Launched
Newport News
Comm.
19 Jun 1909 30 Aug 1918
Dimensions:
323’1” (oa) 311’ (bp) x 46’1” x 20’8”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 knots
Complement:
62
Armament: 2–3”/50 Service record: Decomm and returned 15 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Jean 1919, renamed Margareta Calafati 1926, Gladstone 1927, Sports 1928, Magdalena 1941, Sports 1947. BU 1954 Dunston. No.
Name Isabela
3944 Mariana …
Montoso
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
3,063
Newport News 24 Jun 1911 12 Apr 1918
3,063
Newport News 22 May 1915 28 Jul 1918
3,129
Newport News
21 Jan 1911 11 Dec 1918
Dimensions:
347’8” (oa) 335’ (bp) x 46’9” x 20’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts: Complement: 62
Armament: 1–4”/50, 1–3”/50; Isabela: 2–4”/50, 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50 Service records: Isabela: Decomm and returned 14 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Isabela 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-751 off Navassa Island in Caribbean, 19 May 1942. Mariana: Decomm and returned 4 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Mariana 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-126 southwest of Bermuda, 6 Mar 1942. Montoso: Decomm and returned 13 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Montoso 1919, renamed Chee Hsing 1946, Starside 1950. RR 1953.
Later history: Merchant Evansville 1919, renamed Soriana 1938. Scuttled by RN in Scapa Flow, 15 Mar 1939; BU 1948. No. 2953
Name Lancaster
GRT
Builder
7,699
Launched
Comm.
Sun
5 May 1918 19 Jun 1918
Sun
4 Jul 1918
ex-War Trojan 3581 #Neponset
7,622
28 Oct 1918
LD as Merrimac 3023 Radnor
7,699
Sun
23 Mar 1918 13 May 1918
ex-War Indian Dimensions:
450’ (oa) 435’ (bp) x 58’ x 28’1”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Armament:
Lancaster: 1–5”/51. 1–6 pdr; Neponset: 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50; Radnor: 1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr
Notes: Lancaster and Radnor converted to troop transports 1919. Service records: Lancaster: C&TF postwar 4/5,624. Decomm and returned, 4 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Lancaster. Wrecked near Casablanca, 30 Dec 1942. Neponset: Decomm and returned, 4 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Neponset 1919, renamed Susan V. Luckenbach 1929. BU 1947. Radnor: C&TF postwar 4/5,876. To USSB, 24 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Radnor 1919, renamed Jacob Luckenbach 1930, Tung Ping 1947, Pacific Dragon 1950, Oceanic Justice 1955. BU 1959 Tokyo, Japan. No.
Name
3513 M.J.Scanlon Dimensions:
GRT 5,672
Builder
Launched
Comm.
NY Sbdg
4 Jul 1918
23 Sep 1918
377’6” (oa) 361’9 (bp) x 51 x 28’1
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Armament:
1‑4”/40, 1‑3”/50
Service record: Decomm and returned 25 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant M.J. Scanlon 1919, renamed Missoula 1925, Malamton 1935, Minotaur 1941. Torpedoed and sunk by U-124 off Dutch Guiana, 9 Jan 1943. No.
Name
3305 Macona
GRT 5,311
Builder Delaware River
Launched
Comm.
14 Mar 1903 19 Aug 1918
ex-City of Macon (1916) Dimensions:
397’8” (oa) 377’6” (bp) x 49’ x 22’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Armament:
2–4”/40
Service record: Decomm and returned 25 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Macona 1919. Stranded on Nidingen Light, Sweden, 17 Jan 1920.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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No.
Name
3637 Major Wheeler Dimensions:
GRT 3,430
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Hanlon
4 Jul 1918
8 Oct 1918
No.
319’9” (oa) 305’ (bp) x 46’ x 22’2”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Complement:
70
…
Armament: 2–4”/40 Service record: Decomm and returned 19 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Major Wheeler 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-107 off US Atlantic coast (missing), 5 Feb 1942. No.
Name Mauban
GRT 1,253
Builder
Launched
Campbeltown 22 Sep 1900
Dimensions:
230’ (bp) x 34’6” x 17’3”
Machinery:
1/VTE
Complement:
67
Comm. 3 Oct 1918
Armament: 1–3”/50 Service record: Acquired at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 11 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Mauban 1919. Scuttled at Manila, 27 Dec 1941; salved, 1942 renamed Manbo Maru. Sunk by mine in Kii Channel, 12 May 1945. No.
Name
1655 #Mexican
GRT 8,673
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Union IW
1907
23 Dec 1917
Dimensions:
488’3” (oa) 472’4” (bp) x 57’2” x 32’
Machinery:
2/VTE, 13 kts
Complement:
108
Armament: 1‑6”/50, 1‑6 pdr Service record: C&TF postwar 5/12,386. Decomm and returned 4 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Mexican 1919. BU 1947 Brunswick, Ga. No. …
Name Middlesex
GRT 4,727
Later history: Merchant Mount Shasta 1919. Sunk as bombing target by US Army Air Corps, Aug 1931.
Builder NY Sbdg
Launched
Comm.
21 Sep 1912 21 Jan 1918
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
4,293
Newport News
6 May 1916 17 Sep 1918
4526 Stephen R. Jones
4,387
Newport News
23 Oct 1915 3 May 1918
Dimensions:
375’ (oa) 359’8” (bp) x 49’ x 25’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
75
Armament: 2–3”/50 Service record: Munalbro: Decomm and returned 21 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Munalbro 1919, renamed barge James L. Richards, 1936. BU 1954 New York. Stephen R. Jones: Decomm and returned 8 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Stephen R. Jones 1919. Went aground and capsized in Cape Cod Canal, 28 Jun 1942. No.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
3,315
Maryland
10 Apr 1916 31 Aug 1918
1607 Munsomo
3,315
Maryland
29 Apr 1916 26 Jul 1918
Dimensions:
328’6” (oa) 327’2” (bp) x 46’2” x 21’6’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
62
Armament: 2–3”/50 Service record: Munplace: Decomm and returned 15 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Munplace 1919. BU 1939 Baltimore. Munsomo: Decomm and returned 4 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Munsomo 1919, renamed Capo Orso 1938. Torpedoed and sunk by British aircraft off Marittimo, Italy, 16 Feb 1943. No.
Name
2054 Munrio
GRT
Builder
3,868
Maryland
Launched
395’3” (oa) 369’ (bp) x 50’1” x 25’
Dimensions:
346’6” (oa) 333’7” (bp) x 48’2” x 23’
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Complement:
52
Complement: 60 Service record: Decomm and returned 3 Feb 1919.
No.
Name
4324 Moldegaard
GRT 2,852
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Bergens
1906
30 Oct 1918
Dimensions:
321’1” (bp) x 45’2” x 19’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9 kts
Comm.
14 Sep 1916 14 Nov 1918
Machinery:
Later history: Merchant Middlesex 1919. BU 1952 Philadelphia.
Comm.
2346 Munplace
Dimensions:
Armament: 1‑5”/40, 1‑3”/50 Service record: Decomm 31 Jan 1919, returned 7 Feb 1919.
Comm.
Munalbro
Later history: Merchant Munrio, renamed Szent Gellert 1937, Carola 1940, Mary Louise 1946, Maria L. 1950, Tropic 1950, Nerina 1950. Wrecked west of Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba, 25 Nov 1950. No.
Name
4460 Munwood
GRT
Builder
3,190
Scotts
Launched
Comm.
7 May 1914 26 Oct 1918
Dimensions:
345’ (bp) x 48’ x 24’2”
Armament: 2–3”/50 Service record: Decomm and returned 16 Sep 1919.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Complement:
87
Later history: Merchant Moldegaard 1919. Wrecked west of Halifax, NS, 1 May 1925.
Armament: 1‑5”/50, 1‑3”/50 Service record: Collided with British m/v Baylulu, 20 Jan 1919. Decomm and returned 3 Mar 1919.
No.
Name
1822 Mount Shasta
GRT 4,865
Builder Moore & Scott
Launched
Comm.
30 Jun 1917 26 Aug 1918
ex-Sagaland (1917) Dimensions:
390’ (oa) 376’ (bp) x 52’3” x 23’6”
Machinery:
1/Curtis turbine, 10.5 kts
Complement:
52
Armament: 1–3”/50 Service record: Decomm and returned 19 May 1919.
Later history: Merchant Munwood 1919, renamed Vila 1928. Sunk in collision with m/v Rodi off mouth of Piave River, Italy, 20 Feb 1935. No.
Name
4359 @Newton Dimensions:
GRT 5,001
Builder Fore River
Launched
Comm.
25 Sep 1911 6 Aug 1918
406’ (oa) 389’ (bp) x 54’6” x 23’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Armament:
1–5”/51, 1‑3”/50
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Later history: Merchant Point Lobos 1919, renamed Ernest H. Meyer 1929, Morlen 1940, Frideborg 1947, Nicolaos A. Mastrandreas 1954. Sank after fire at Port Ibrahim, Egypt, 5 Dec 1967.
Service record: Collided with breakwater at La Pallice, France, 12 Sep 1918. Decomm and returned 24 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Newton 1919. BU 1948 Philadelphia. No.
Name
1597 Norlina Dimensions: Machinery: Complement:
GRT 4,596
Builder
Launched
Gray
9 Nov 1908
Comm. 1 May 1918
Name
GRT
Builder
2,873
Beth (Wilmington)
ex-Georgiana (1916), ex-Harfleur (1915)
Dimensions:
322’ (oa) 310’ (bp) x 48’3” x 19’
397’ (oa) 385’ (bp) x 50’9” x 23’11”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
73
62
Armament:
1‑5”/40, 1–6 pdr
Later history: Merchant Norlina 1919. Stranded on Point Reyes, Cal., 4 Aug 1926. Name
1639 Peerless
GRT 6,273
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Union IW
Feb 1917
8 Dec 1918
No.
Name
1627 +Sagua
GRT
Builder
3,298
Swan Hunter
2176 +Tanamo
3,298
Swan Hunter
Dimensions:
345’ (oa) 331’1” (bp) x 45’ x 21’1”
410’ (bp) x 56’ x 27’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12/13 kts.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Service records:
6,273
Union IW
Jan 1917
23 Dec 1918
Armament: Peerless: 1–4”/50, 1–3”/50; Tiger: 1–5”/40, 1–3”/50 Service records: Converted to transports Mar 1919.Converted to tankers 1928. Peerless: C&TF postwar 3/4,659. Decomm and returned 22 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Eagle 1919. BU 1949 Savona. Tiger: C&TF postwar 3/7,739. Decomm and returned 23 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Tiger 1919. Torpedoed by U-754 off Chesapeake Bay, 1 Apr 1942 and sank in tow. Name
1616 Pleiades
GRT 3,753
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Maryland
1899
27 Aug 1918
No.
Name
1557 Saint Francis
GRT 5,102
Builder North Ireland
7 May 1914 12 Aug 1918 12 Mar 1914 17 Aug 1918
Dimensions:
420’ (oa) 405’ (bp) x 52’ x 25’9”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12.5 kts.
Armament: 2–4”/40 Service record: Collided with m/v Gen.O.H.Ernst, 4 Jan 1919. Decomm 7 Mar 1919, returned 18 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Pleiades 1919, renamed Segundo 1923, Cabo Santa Maria 1925, Mina Piquera 1932. BU 1950 Bilbao. GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
NY Sbdg
9 Sep 1915
2 Aug 1918
Launched
Comm.
14 Feb 1914 25 Jun 1918
ex-San Francisco (1917)
331’6” (oa) 324’ (bp) x 47’ x 24’
Name
Comm.
Sagua: Decomm and returned 19 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Sagua 1919, renamed Cuyamapa 1924, Sagua 1935, Galilea 1946. BU 1957 Spezia. Tanamo: Decomm and returned 24 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Tanamo 1919, renamed Lempira 1924, Tanamo 1934, Samaria 1946. Capsized at Genoa, 2 Feb 1951, BU.
Dimensions:
No.
Launched
ex-Van Hogendorp (1917)
Dimensions:
No.
Comm.
ex-Van der Duyn (1917)
ex-Eagle 1640 Tiger
Launched
19 Dec 1917 1 Mar 1918
Service record: Sunk by mine southeast of Fenwick LV, Md., 9 Nov 1918 (none lost).
Armament: 2–4”/40 Service record: Decomm and returned 2 May 1919.
No.
No.
2317 Saetia
Service record: Collided with m/v Togo Maru, 28 Sep 1918. Decomm and returned 28 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant San Francisco 1919, renamed Lammot du Pont 1933. Torpedoed and sunk by gunfire by U-125 southeast of Bermuda, 23 Apr 1942. No.
Name
GRT
Builder
4522 Santa Barbara
6,621
Cramp
Launched
Comm.
19 Nov 1915 15 Apr 1918
4523 Santa Clara
6,462
Cramp
5 Jun 1913 12 Oct 1918
Dimensions:
395’1” (oa) 377’5” (bp) x 55’2” x 27’
3125 Santa Olivia
6,421
Cramp
12 Jan 1917
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
1590 Santa Paula
6,415
Cramp
20 Mar 1917 17 Aug 1918
3308 Plymouth
5,266
1 Jul 1918
Armament: 1‑5”/40, 1‑3”/50 Service record: Decomm and returned 25 Feb 1919.
Dimensions:
420’2” (oa) 404’6” (bp) x 53’9” x 28’4”
Machinery:
1/VQE, 12 kts
Later history: Merchant Plymouth 1919. BU 1948 Wilmington, Del.
Complement:
70
Armament:
1–6”/50, 1–6 pdr; Barbara: 1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr; Clara: 1– 5”/51, 1–3”/50
No.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
3496 Point Bonita
2,675
Albina
27 Mar 1918 7 Oct 1918
3404 Point Lobos
2,670
Albina
11 Apr 1918 25 Oct 1918
Dimensions:
300’ (oa) 289’ (bp) x 44’1” x 19’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement: 70 Service records: Point Bonita: Decomm and returned 7 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Point Bonita 1919, renamed San Pedro 1923, Oliver Olson 1937. Reacquired by USN as Camanga (AG 42), 25 Apr 1942. Sold 1945, merchant Oliver Olson. Lost by stranding at Bandon, Ore., 3 Nov 1953. BU 1954 Napa, Cal. Point Lobos: Decomm and returned 24 Apr 1919.
Service records: Converted to transports, 1919. Santa Barbara: C&TF postwar 4/6310. Went aground, 13 Aug 1918. Decomm and returned 6 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Santa Barbara 1919, renamed American 1925. Torpedoed and sunk by U-504 in Gulf of Honduras, 11 Jun 1942. Santa Clara: C&TF postwar 4/6,863. Decomm & returned 19 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Santa Clara 1919, renamed Columbian 1925, Kapitan Smirnov 1945. BU 1971. Santa Olivia: C&TF postwar 4/7,491. Decomm and returned 21 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Santa Olivia, renamed Kansan 1925, Jackstar 1946. BU 1955 La Spezia Santa Paula: C&TF postwar 4/7,447. Decomm and returned 21 Aug 1919.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Later history: Merchant Santa Paula 1919, renamed Montanan 1925. Torpedoed and sunk by I-27 off Socotra, Arabia, 3 Jun 1943. No.
Name
2873 Santa Luisa
GRT
Builder
4,944
Cramp
Launched
Comm.
23 Mar 1918 12 Aug 1918
Service record: Renamed Durham, 23 Nov 1918. Decomm and returned 29 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Sherman 1919. BU 1924 Genoa. No.
Name
GRT
Dimensions:
373’9” (oa) 360’ (bp) x 51’9” x 24’5’
Machinery:
1/VQE, 12.5 kts
Dimensions:
Complement:
85
Machinery:
1/West.GT, 11 kts
Armament:
1‑5”/51, 1–6 pdr
2149 Sudbury
Armament: 2–6”/50 Service record: Decomm 9 Dec and returned 14 Dec 1918.
No.
Name
GRT
Builder
5,409
Hamilton
Launched
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Chester SB 29 Sep 1917 4 Mar 1918
402’1” (oa) 384’9” (bp) x 51’ x 23’10”
Service record: Decomm and returned 11 Apr 1918.
Later history: Merchant Santa Luisa 1918, renamed El Salvador 1928, Santa Ana 1931, Mount McKinley 1936. Wrecked off Unimak, Alaska, 11 Mar 1942.
1503 Santa Rosalia
5,075
Comm.
21 Sep 1911 20 May 1918
Later history: Merchant Sudbury 1918, renamed Munbeaver 1927, Capo Alga 1938. Damaged by British aircraft at Nantes, France, Mar 1944, scuttled, 18 Aug 1944. BU 1946. No.
Name
GRT
Builder
Dimensions:
419’ (oa) 406’ (bp) x 52’7” x 24’7”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Dimensions:
484’5” (oa) 471’ (bp) x 57’ x 29’3”
Complement:
62
Machinery:
2/VQE, 13.5 kts
1354 Texan
8,615
NY Sbdg
Launched
Comm.
16 Aug 1902 23 Mar 1918
Armament: 1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50 Service record: Decomm and returned 26 Jun 1919.
Complement:
70
Armament:
1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50
Later history: Merchant Santa Rosalia 1919, renamed Stefanos Costomenis 1929. Foundered in North Atlantic, 18 Feb 1936.
Service record: C&TF 1919 4 trips/8,668 troops. Decomm and returned 22 Aug 1919.
No.
Name
2253 Santiago
GRT
Builder
3,490
Hamilton
Launched
Comm.
8 Sep 1906 11 Jun 1918
Later history: Merchant Texan 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-126 in Windward Passage, 12 Mar 1942.
ex-Tabaristan (1907)
No.
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Dimensions:
370’ (oa) 358’ (bp) x 44’11” x 22’1”
3171 #Walter A. Luckenbach 8,286
Seattle
19 Dec 1917
9 Jun 1918
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Dimensions:
469’3” (oa) 447’ (bp) x 55’11” x 30’7”
Complement:
52
Machinery:
2/Parsons GT, 14 kts
Armament: 1–5”/51, 1–6 pdr Service record: Cuban registry. Decomm and returned 21 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Santiago 1919. Foundered SE of Cape Hatteras, 12 Mar 1924. No.
Name
2038 #Satsuma
GRT 4,204
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Short Bros
1 May 1901
1 Oct 1918
Name
Complement:
70
Armament:
1‑4”/50, 1‑3”/50
Notes: Converted to transport 1919. Service record: C&TF postwar 5/12,525. Decomm and returned 28 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Walter A. Luckenbach 1919, renamed Mardin 1949. BU 1959 Bremerhaven.
Dimensions:
380’3” (oa) 370’4” (bp) x 48’8” x 26’4”
No.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
1510 Walter D. Munson
Name
GRT 4,388
Armament: 1‑4”/50, 1‑6 pdr Service record: Decomm and returned 31 Jan 1919.
Dimensions: Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Later history: Merchant Satsuma 1919, renamed Casmona 1925. Foundered off Ile de Bas, English Channel, 7 Dec 1929.
Armament:
1‑5”/50, 1‑3”/50
No.
Name
2063 Severance
GRT 4,927
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Ropner
3 Aug 1909 19 Aug 1918
Later history: Merchant Walter D. Munson 1919, renamed Mount Kyllene 1940. BU 1959 Hong Kong. No.
378’3” (oa) 366’ (bp) x 53’ x 23’6”
3550 West Mead
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Name
2812 West Wood
Later history: Merchant Severance 1919, renamed Yankee Sword 1941. BU 1948 Philadelphia.
3815 Western Ally
GRT 4,725
GRT 5,618
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Ames
27 Aug 1918 29 Oct 1918
Ames
12 Jan 1918 14 Jul 1918
Ames
9 Nov 1918 15 Jan 1919
Ames
31 May 1918
LD as War Dido
Complement: 62 Service record: Returned 3 Mar 1919.
Name
Comm.
Service record: Decomm and returned 14 Apr 1919.
Dimensions:
No.
Launched
384’6” (oa) 369’ (bp) x 48’ x 22’6”
ex-Nordskov, ex-Marina Quezada (1917), ex-Gladstone (1914)
3345 Sherman
Builder
Sparrows Pt 4 Aug 1917 19 Apr 1918
5,612
LD as War Apollo
Builder
Launched
Comm.
5,680
LD as War Hector 3198 Westford
Workman Clark 17 Nov 1892 30 Aug 1918
5,620
2 Jul 1918
LD as War Diana
ex-Gobernador Bories (1916), ex-Senator (1914)
3202 Westmount
5,504
Ames
16 Apr 1918 21 May 1918
Dimensions:
400’4” (bp) x 45’4” x 26’2”
3548 Westport
5,591
Ames
12 Aug 1918 10 Sep 1918
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Dimensions:
423’9” (oa) 409’6” (bp) x 54’ x 24’
Complement:
52
Machinery:
1/VTE (Westwood, Westford: 1/turb), 10.5/12 kts
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Armament:
Westmount: 1–4”/40; West Wood: 1–6”/50, 1–6 pdr; Westford: 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50
No.
Name
2888 West Bridge
Acquisition canceled: Western Knight.
3254 West Point
West Mead: Decomm and returned 9 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant West Mead 1919, renamed Willanglo 1927, San Angelo 1929, Empire Springbuck 1940. Torpedoed and sunk by U-81 off Cape Farewell, 7 Sep 1941. West Wood: Decomm and returned 26 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Westwood 1919. BU 1932 Baltimore. Western Ally: Decomm and returned 23 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Western Ally 1919, renamed Forbes Hauptmann 1929, Empire Kittiwake 1940, Norfalk 1942. Sunk by mine off Normandy, 24 Jun 1944. Westford: Decomm and returned 21 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Westford 1919. BU 1935 Baltimore. Westmount: Decomm and returned 31 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Westmount 1919, renamed Pacific Redwood 1927, Empire Chamois 1941, Granview 1947, Chamois 1949. BU 1958 Antwerp. Westport: Decomm and returned 31 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Westport 1919, renamed Empire Nightingale 1941, Inchmull 1946, Jalamatsya 1948, Ricnat 1953. BU 1953 Bo’ness. Name
3315 West Coast
GRT 5,688
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Columbia River
6 Jul 1918
9 Aug 1918
LD as War Dagger 3216 West Gate
5,800
Columbia River
27 Jan 1918 29 May 1918
Columbia River
27 Feb 1918 22 May 1918
LD as War Agate 3120 West Indian
5,828
LD as War Diamond 3551 Western Belle
5,688
Columbia River
28 Sep 1918 22 Nov 1918
Columbia River
10 Aug 1918 17 Oct 1918
Columbia River
20 Nov 1917 19 Oct 1918
LD as Poincaré 3741 Western Plains
5,689
LD as Nivelle 3098 Westward Ho
5,814
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Duthie
24 Apr 1918 26 May 1918
Duthie
15 Nov 1917 8 Aug 1918
Duthie
29 Jul 1918 25 Sep 1918
Duthie
25 May 1918 29 Jun 1918
LD as War Topaz
Service records:
No.
GRT 5,818
LD as War Sirdar Dimensions:
423’9” (oa) 410’ (bp) x 54’ x 24’
Machinery:
1/Kerr turb., 10.5 kts
Armament:
West Gate, Westward Ho: 1–5”/51, 1–6 pdr.
Service records: West Coast: Decomm and returned 26 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant West Coast 1919. BU 1930 Baltimore. West Gate: Sunk in collision with USS American in convoy southeast of Nova Scotia, 7 Oct 1918 (7 dead). West Indian: Out of comm 5 Sep-7 Nov 1918, defective machinery. Decomm and returned 1 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant West Indian 1919. BU 1938 Briton Ferry, UK. Western Belle: Collided with m/v Oberon, 5 Feb 1919. Decomm and returned 3 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Western Belle, 1919. BU 1938 Briton Ferry, UK. Western Plains: Decomm and returned 30 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Western Plains, 1919. BU 1938 Baltimore. Westward Ho: Comm at Brest. Decomm and returned 19 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Westward Ho 1919, renamed Westward Ho Maru 1937, Izan Maru 1938. Went aground off Oha, Sakhalin, 24 Oct 1939; refloated 24 Jan 1941 and salved, renamed Meizan Maru. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Grayling, 27 Aug 1943.
5,676
LD as War Leopard 3771 Western Hope
5,676
LD as War Ruby 3153 Western Sea
5,813
LD as War Emerald 4210 Western Star
5.628
Duthie
4 Jul 1918
28 Aug 1918
Duthie
6 Nov 1917 20 Jun 1918
Duthie
17 Feb 1918 22 May 1918
Duthie
21 Sep 1918 21 Nov 1918
LD as Viviani 2890 Westerner
5,699 LD as Hallbjorg
2867 Westover
5,769 LD as War Sun
3675 Westpool
5,724 LD as Pétain
Dimensions:
423’9” (oa) 410’ (bp) x 54’ x 24’
Machinery:
1/Curtis turb, 10/12 kts
Armament:
West Bridge: 1–4”/50, 1–3”/50; West Point, Westerner: 1–5”/51, 1–6 pdr; Westover: 1–6”/50, 1–6 pdr.
Service records: West Bridge: Torpedoed by U-107 off French coast, 15 Aug 1918 (4 dead). Decomm and returned 1 Dec 1919. Later history: Merchant West Bridge, renamed Barbara Cates 1929, Pan Gulf 1938, Lermontov 1945. BU 1966 Split. West Point: In collision with m/v Silver Shell, 5 Sep 1918. Decomm and returned 24 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant West Point 1919. BU 1938 Hamburg, Germany, Western Hope: Decomm and returned 5 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Western Hope 1919. BU 1932 Baltimore. Western Sea: Decomm and returned 9 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Western Sea 1919. BU 1931 Baltimore. Western Star: Decomm and returned 1 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Western Star 1919. BU 1935 Baltimore. Westerner: Decomm and returned 21 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Westerner 1919. BU 1935 Baltimore. Westover: Torpedoed and sunk by U-92, 40 miles off French coast, 11 Jul 1918 (11 dead). Westpool: Collided with m/v Lakehurst, 14 Jan 1919. Decomm and returned, 31 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Westpool 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U73southwest of Iceland, 3 Apr 1941. No.
Name
1321 Jeannette Skinner
GRT 5,715
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Skinner & Eddy 30 Jun 1917 12 Apr 1918
LD as Knud Knudsen, ON J.M. Fox 2159 West Haven
5,699
Skinner & Eddy
1 Nov 1917 18 Jun 1918
ex-War Flame 1787 Western Front
5,742
Skinner & Eddy 15 Sep 1917 11 May 1918
ex-Indiana, LD as Nikkosan Maru, ON Martha Washington Dimensions:
424’ (oa) 410’ (bp) x 54’ x 24’
Machinery:
1/Curtis GT (West Haven, VTE), 10 to 12 kts
Complement: 32 Armament:
J.Skinner: 1–6”/50, 1–6 pdr; Western Front: 1–4”/50, 1–6 pdr; West Haven: 1–5”/51, 1–6 pdr.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Service records:
Service records:
J.Skinner: Collided with m/v Ceylon Maru, 2 Nov 1918. Decomm and returned 18 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Jeannette Skinner 1919. BU 1945 Baltimore. West Haven: Decomm and returned 21 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant West Haven 1919, renamed Marian Otis Chandler 1929, Onomea 1938, Empire Leopard 1940. Torpedoed and sunk by U-402 off Greenland, 2 Nov 1942. Western Front: Collided with and sank British m/v Clan Matheson in convoy, 23 May 1918. Decomm and returned 15 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Western Front 1919. Destroyed by fire off Scilly Islands, 11 Jul 1921.
Most had engine trouble.
No.
Name
3170 West Shore
GRT 5,831
Builder
Launched
Comm.
NW Steel
12 Jan 1918
7 Aug 1918
West Shore: Decomm and returned 4 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant West Shore 1919. BU 1930 Baltimore. West View: Decomm and returned 20 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant West View 1919. BU 1938 Barrow, UK. Westchester: Decomm and returned 25 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Westchester 1919. BU 1933 Baltimore. Western Chief: Decomm and returned 28 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Western Chief 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Emo south of Iceland, 14 Mar 1941. Western Comet: Decomm and returned 1 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Western Comet 1919. Damaged by grounding at
LD as War Archer West View
St. Nazaire, 8 Jul 1921, CTL. BU 1924 New York.
5,871
NW Steel
26 Aug 1918 21 Nov 1918
Western Light: Decomm and returned 14 May 1919.
LD as Meuse 3122 Westchester
Later history: Merchant Western Light 1919. BU 1938 Rosyth, Gt
5,725
NW Steel
5 Dec 1917
10 Aug 1918
Britain. Western Maid: Decomm and returned 20 Mar 1919.
LD as War Ally 3161 Western Chief
5,869
NW Steel
20 Apr 1918
Later history: Merchant Western Maid 1919, renamed Empire Cormorant
3 Jul 1918
1941. Scuttled with gas in Bay of Biscay, 1 Oct 1945.
LD as Marne 3569 Western Comet 5,871
NW Steel
23 Jul 1918
22 Sep 1918
NW Steel
27 May 1918
30 Jul 1918
NW Steel
8 Jul 1918
17 Aug 1918
Western Ocean: Decomm and returned 22 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Western Ocean 1919, renamed Empire Opossum
LD as Argonne 3300 Western Light 5,869
1941, Marianne Clunies 1949, Ansgaritor 1950. BU 1959 Rotterdam. Western Spirit: Decomm and returned 17 Apr 1919.
LD as Pershing 3703 Western Maid 5,871
Later history: Merchant Western Spirit 1919. BU 1932 Baltimore. No.
LD as Aisne 3151 Western Ocean 5,869
NW Steel
19 Mar 1918
Name
2353 Winnebago
18 Jun 1918
NW Steel
6 May 1918
30 Jul 1918
LD as Verdun Dimensions:
423’9” (oa) 410’5” (bp) x 54’ x 24’1”
Machinery:
1/Curtis GT, 12.5 kts
Armament:
Western Comet, Western Light, Western Spirit: 1–4”/50, 1–3”/50; Western Chief, West Shore: 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50; Westchester: 1– 6”/40, 1–6 pdr; Western Ocean: 2–3”/50.
Builder
Launched
Craig Taylor 3 May 1900
Comm. 6 Mar 1918
ex-Haugarland (1915), ex-Hampton (1913), ex-Heathcraig (1907)
LD as Joffre 3164 Western Spirit 5,869
GRT 4,362
Dimensions:
360’8” (bp) x 48’2” x 24’7”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 8.7 kts
Complement:
75
Armament:
1–5”/50, 1–3”/50
Service record: Returned 11 Jun 1918. Later history: Merchant Winnebago 1919, renamed Fie Jensen 1923, Ontario 1925. BU 1927 Rotterdam.
Requisitioned Ships—U.S. Shipping Board Designs Design 1013 GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Armament
2581
No.
@Absaroka
Name
5,568
Skinner & Eddy
24 Nov 1917
17 Sep 1918
1‑6”/50, 1‑3”/50
3147
Wakulla
5,898
Los Angeles SB
14 Jan 1918
26 Jun 1918
1‑5”/40, 1–6 pdr
LD as Taconic 3230
Wassaic
5.909
Los Angeles SB
14 Apr 1918
14 Oct 1918
1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50
3119
West Alsek
5,573
Skinner & Eddy
11 May 1918
4 Jun 1918
1‑4”/50, 1–6 pdr
3221
West Apaum
5,573
Skinner & Eddy
23 May 1918
20 Jun 1918
1‑4”/50, 1–3”/50
3253
West Cohas
6,086
Skinner & Eddy
4 Jun 1918
29 Jun 1918
1‑4”/50, 1–3”/50
3912
West Compo
6,188
NW Steel
27 Nov 1918
3 Feb 1919
3813
West Cressey
6,091
Skinner & Eddy
14 Nov 1918
17 Dec 1918
3313
West Ekonk
6,086
Skinner & Eddy
22 Jun 1918
14 Jul 1918
3907
West Elcajon
6,084
Skinner & Eddy
1918
18 Jan 1919
3661
West Elcasco
6,087
Skinner & Eddy
21 Sep 1918
23 Oct 1918
1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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3704
West Eldara
6,087
Skinner & Eddy
14 Oct 1918
3330
West Galeta
6,000
Los Angeles SB
4 Jul 1918
23 Nov 1918 4 Sep 1918
3347
West Galoc
5,990
Los Angeles SB
25 May 1918
21 Aug 1918
3220
West Gambo
6,087
Skinner & Eddy
4 Jul 1918
20 Jul 1918
3322
West Gotomska
6,087
Skinner & Eddy
17 Jul 1918
7 Aug 1918
3794
West Grama
6,047
Los Angeles SB
4 Jul 1918
9 Jan 1919
3335
West Hobomac
6,087
Skinner & Eddy
27 Jul 1918
17 Aug 1918
3695
West Hosokie
6,087
Skinner & Eddy
15 Aug 1918
29 Aug 1918
3718
West Humhaw
6,087
Skinner & Eddy
28 Aug 1918
17 Sep 1918
3701
West Kyska
5,971
NW Steel
7 Oct 1918
22 Nov 1918
1‑5”/51, 1–6 pdr 1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50
1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50
LD as West Yaquina 3700
West Lashaway
6,087
Skinner & Eddy
12 Sep 1918
1 Oct 1918
2758
West Lianga
6,222
Skinner & Eddy
20 Apr 1918
20 Aug 1918
3638
West Loquassuck
6,087
Skinner & Eddy
21 Sep 1918
15 Oct 1918
3636
West Madaket
6,087
Skinner & Eddy
5 Oct 1918
30 Oct 1918
3681
West Mahomet
6,087
Skinner & Eddy
19 Oct 1918
14 Nov 1918
3856
West Wauna
6,188
NW Steel
9 Nov 1918
14 Jan 1919
3801
West Zeda
5,658
NW Steel
26 Oct 1918
23 Dec 1918
3584
West Zucker
6,000
Los Angeles SB
31 Aug 1918
21 Nov 1918
3501
West Zula
6,000
Los Angeles SB
4 Jul 1918
26 Sep 1918
Dimensions:
423’9” (oa) 410’5” (bp) x 54’ x 24’2”
Machinery:
1/Parsons turb (Los Angeles SB); 1/GE turb (NW Steel); 1/VTE (Absaroka, West Alsek, West Apaum); 1/Curtis GT(Skinner & Eddy), 10.5 to 11.5 kts
Armament:
1-5’’/51, 1-3’’/50 (Wassaic, W. Ekonk, Gotomska, Humhaw), 1-5’’/40, 1-6 pdr (Wakulla, W. Galoc, Lianga), 1-4’’/50, 1-3’’/50 (W. Apaum, Cohas), 1-4’’/50, 1-6 pdr (W. Alsek), 1-6’’/50, 1-3’’/50 (Absaroka). Units comm after the end of the war were not armed.
Service records: Absaroka: Decomm and returned 4 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Absaroka 1919, renamed Primavista 1940, Panenterprise 1948, Maryland 1952. BU 1954 Faslane. Wakulla: Decomm and returned 18 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Wakulla 1919. BU 1931 Baltimore. Wassaic: Decomm and returned 29 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Wassaic 1919. BU 1931 Baltimore. West Alsek: Decomm and returned 27 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant West Alsek 1919. BU 1933 Baltimore. West Apaum: Decomm and returned 25 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant West Apaum 1919. BU 1933 Baltimore. West Cohas: Decomm and returned 9 May 1919. Later history: Merchant West Cohas 1919, renamed Empire Simba 1940. Scuttled with gas off Scotland, 11 Sep 1945. West Compo: Decomm and returned 22 May 1919. Later history: Merchant West Compo 1919. BU 1936 Baltimore. West Cressey: Decomm and returned 13 May 1919. Later history: Merchant West Cressey 1919, renamed Briansk I 1943, Tallinn 1945. Stranded in storm near Cape Kamtschatsky, 4 Sep 1946. West Ekonk: Decomm and returned 9 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant West Ekonk 1919, renamed Empire Wildebeeste 1941. Torpedoed and sunk by U-106 southeast of Cape Sable, 24 Jan 1942. West Elcajon: Collided with USS West Zeda, 24 May 1919. Decomm and returned 26 May 1919. Later history: Merchant West Elcajon 1919, renamed Golden Kauri 1928, Waipio 1939, Paralos II, 1946. BU 1954 Osaka. West Elcasco: Decomm and returned 14 Jun 1919.
1‑5”/51, 1–‑6 pdr
Later history: Merchant West Elcasco 1919, renamed Maj.Gen. Henry Gibbins (US Army) 1941. Torpedoed and sunk by U-158 in Gulf of Mexico, 23 Jun 1942. West Eldara: Decomm and returned 4 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant West Eldara 1919, renamed Mae 1936. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515 off Georgetown, British Guiana, 17 Sep 1942. West Galeta: Decomm and returned 9 May 1919. Later history: Merchant West Galeta 1919. BU 1938 Baltimore. West Galoc: Decomm and returned 24 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant West Galoc 1919. BU 1930 Baltimore. West Gambo: Decomm and returned 17 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant West Gambo 1919, renamed Empire Hartebeeste 1941. Torpedoed and sunk by U-596 in North Atlantic, 20 Sep 1942. West Gotomska: Decomm and returned 6 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant West Gotomska 1919, renamed Andalien 1943. BU 1948 Philadelphia. West Grama: Decomm and returned 16 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant West Grama 1919. Sunk as blockship at Normandy, Gooseberry 1, 8 Jun 1944. West Hobomac: Decomm and returned 10 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant West Hobomac 1919, renamed Ile de Batz 1940. Torpedoed and sunk by U-68,,, 17 Mar 1942. West Hosokie: Decomm and returned 2 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant West Hosokie 1919, renamed Constance Chandler 1930, Liloa 1938, Belorussia 1945. BU 1960. West Humhaw: Decomm and returned 27 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant West Humhaw, 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-161 southwest of Accra, West Africa, 8 Nov 1942.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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West Kyska: Decomm and returned 3 May 1919. Later history: Merchant West Kyska 1919. BU 1947 Oakland, Cal. West Lashaway: Decomm and returned 12 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant West Lashaway 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-66 northeast of Georgetown, British Guiana, 30 Aug 1942. West Lianga: Decomm and returned 24 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant West Lianga 1919, renamed Helen Whittier 1929, Kalani 1938, Empire Cheetah 1940, Hobbema 1942. Torpedoed and sunk by U-132 near Iceland, 3 Nov 1942. West Loquassuck: Decomm and returned 17 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant West Loquassuck 1919. BU 1936 Baltimore. West Madaket: Decomm and returned 8 May 1919. Later history: Merchant West Madaket 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U584 south of Cape Farewell, 5 May 1943.
Design 1014 No.
Name
3552 Bellingham
GRT 4,854
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Todd (Tacoma) 28 Sep 1918 30 Oct 1918
LD as War Herald 3141 @Chebaulip
4,855
Todd (Tacoma) 28 Mar 1918 12 Jul 1918
ex-Tacoma (1918), LD as War Artist 3095 Vittorio Emanuele III
4,855
Todd (Tacoma) 24 May 1918 28 Jun 1918
3549 Willimantic
5,237
Todd (Tacoma) 29 May 1918 2 Nov 1918
Dimensions:
396’ (oa) 380’ (bp) x 53’ x 23’9”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Complement:
52
Armament:
Chebaulip: 1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr; Vittorio Emanuele III: 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50.
Service records: Bellingham: Decomm and returned 10 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Bellingham 1919, renamed Nevastroi 1929. Damaged by mine at Seishin, Korea, 16 Aug 1945. Probably salvaged; BU 1964. Chebaulip: Decomm and returned 7 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Chebaulip 1919, renamed Kashirstroi 1930. BU 1962. Vittorio Emanuele III: Decomm and returned 3 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Vittorio Emanuele III 1919, renamed Vitorlock 1938, Wazan Maru 1941. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Sargo, south of Honshu, 26 Apr 1944. Willimantic: Decomm and returned 21 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Willimantic 1919. Sunk by gunfire of U-156 in North Atlantic southeast of Bermuda, 24 Jun 1942.
Design 1015 No.
Name
3139 @Alloway
GRT 6,165
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Moore
14 Mar 1918 12 Jul 1918 14 Mar 1918 26 Jul 1918
LD as Shintaku 3146 @Aniwa
6,165
Moore
3829
Kamesit
6,171
Moore
22 Sep 1918 29 Jan 1919
3797 +Oskawa
6,100
Moore
18 May 1918
3792
Zaca
6,165
Moore
29 Aug 1918 30 Dec 1918
3407
Zirkel
6,171
Moore
8 Aug 1918 27 Sep 1918
Dimensions:
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6 Jan 1919
West Mahomet: Decomm and returned 3 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant West Mahomet 1919. BU 1938 Rosyth. West Wauna: Decomm and returned 19 May 1919. Later history: Merchant West Wauna 1919, renamed Empire Grebe 1941, Inchmark 1946. Wrecked on Schilpad Island, Banda Sea, 26 May 1949. West Zeda: Collided with USS West Elcajon, 24 May 1919. Decomm and returned 26 May 1919. Later history: Merchant West Zeda 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-129 southwest of Trinidad, 23 Feb 1942. West Zucker: Decomm and returned 29 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant West Zucker 1919. BU 1938 Baltimore. West Zula: Decomm and returned 24 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant West Zula 1919. BU 1937 Baltimore.
Machinery:
1/Curtis turb, 10–11 kts
Complement:
70
Armament:
Alloway: 1–4”/50, 1–3”/50, Aniwa: 1‑6”/40, 1–6 pdr; Kamesit: 2‑3”/51, 2‑4”/50
Service records: Alloway: Decomm and returned 3 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Alloway 1919. Went aground on Uganak I. en route to BU, 12 Feb 1929. Aniwa: Decomm and returned 21 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Aniwa 1919. BU 1929 Baltimore. Kamesit: Decomm and returned 23 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Kamesit 1919. BU 1930 Baltimore. Oskawa: Decomm and returned 27 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Oskawa 1919, renamed Empire Raven 1942, Southern Raven 1948. BU 1952 Port Glasgow. Zaca: Decomm and returned 12 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Zaca 1919. Afire and beached off Trinidad, 20 Oct 1920, refloated and BU 1924 New York. Zirkel: Returned 3 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Zirkel 1919. BU 1929 Baltimore.
Design 1016 No.
Name
GRT
Builder Baltimore
Launched
Comm.
3786 Fort Wayne
6,245
3512 Naiwa
6,240
3836 West Cobalt
6,179
Columbia River 26 Oct 1918 29 Dec 1918
3982 West Corum
5,795
Columbia River 31 Dec 1918 10 Feb 1919
Baltimore
28 Sep 1918 27 Dec 1918 4 Jul 1918
Dimensions:
423’6” (oa) 410’5” (bp) x 54’ x 24’2”
Machinery:
1/GE GT, 10–11 kts
Complement:
60/85
4 Nov 1918
Armament: Naiwa: 1‑4”/50, 1‑3”/50 Service records: Fort Wayne: Decomm 17 Apr and returned 23 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Fort Wayne 1919. BU 1934 Shimonoseki, Japan. Naiwa: Returned 9 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Naiwa 1919. BU 1929 Baltimore. West Cobalt: Decomm and returned 5 May 1919. Later history: Merchant West Cobalt 1919, renamed Empire Miniver 1940. Torpedoed and sunk by U-99 off Rathlin Head, 19 Oct 1940. West Corum: Decomm and returned 9 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant West Corum 1919, renamed Will H. Point 1941. BU 1947 Hillside NJ.
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Design 1019 No.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
2 Jun 1918 30 Sep 1918
3423 Isanti
6,177
W.Pipe
3519 Nantahala
6,176
W.Pipe
3800 Oskaloosa
6,162
W.Pipe
28 Aug 1918 20 Dec 1918
3871 West Avenal
5,723
W.Pipe
13 Oct 1918
3812 West Carnifax
5,627
Southwestern
4 Jul 1918
16 Nov 1918 1 Feb 1919
19 Oct 1918 31 Dec 1918
Dimensions:
423’9” (oa) 410’5” (bp) x 54’ x 24’2”
Machinery:
1/Curtis GT (W.Pipe), 10.5 kts
Complement: 70 Service records: Isanti: Decomm and returned 24 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Isanti 1919. BU 1930 Baltimore Nantahala: Decomm and returned 30 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Nantahala 1919. BU 1929 Baltimore Oskaloosa: Decomm and returned 27 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Oskaloosa 1919. BU 1929 Baltimore West Avenal: Decomm and returned 5 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant West Avenal 1919. BU 1929 Baltimore West Carnifax: Decomm and returned 9 May 1919. Later history: Merchant West Carnifax 1919, renamed Exford 1928, Pan Royal 1933. Sunk in collision with m/v George Davis and Evita south of New York, 11 Feb 1943.
Design 1021 No.
3439 Ozaukee
GRT 4,045
Builder
Launched
Long Beach SB
Comm.
5 Jun 1918 30 Sep 1918
354’ (oa) 341’ (bp) x 48’ x 22’4”
Machinery: 1/GE turb, 10.5 kts. Service record: Decomm and returned 3 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Ozaukee 1919. BU 1929 Baltimore.
Design 1022 No.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
3861 Sac City
5,735
Hog Island 30 Sep 1918
3828 Saccarappa
5,735
Hog Island 24 Aug 1918 31 Dec 1918
Dimensions:
6 Jan 1919
401’ (oa) 390’ (bp) x 54’3” x 24’5”
Machinery: 1/GE turb, 12.5 kts. Service records:
Service records: Newburgh: Decomm and returned 19 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Newburgh 1919. BU 1931 Baltimore. Wathena: Decomm and returned 10 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Wathena 1919. BU 1938 Philadelphia. Watonwan: Decomm and returned 14 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Watonwan 1919. BU 1931 Baltimore.
Design 1037 No. 3657
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Federal
6,868
Federal
10 Aug 1918 15 Nov 1918
3461 #Liberty
6,868
Federal
19 Jun 1918
7 Oct 1918
3929
Marne
6,868
Federal
12 Oct 1918
3 Feb 1919
3837
Mercer
6,868
Federal
12 Oct 1918 16 Jan 1919
3799
Piave
6,868
Federal
7 Sep 1918 18 Dec 1918
Dimensions:
411’6” (oa) 395’6” (bp) x 55’ x 26’6”
Machinery:
1/GE turb, 11 kts
Armament:
Liberty: 1–6”/50, 1–3”/50
Federal: Decomm and returned 17 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Federal 1919, renamed Federlock 1937, Fukuzan Maru 1941. Sunk by US aircraft at Takao, Formosa, 9 Jan 1945. Liberty: Decomm and returned 7 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Liberty (USAT), 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese SS I-166 southeast of Bali, 11 Jan 1942. Marne: Never sailed. Decomm and returned 6 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Marne 1919, renamed Marne Maru 1937, Yozan Maru 1938. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Scorpion, 27 Apr 1943. Mercer: Decomm 26 May and returned 3 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Mercer 1919, renamed Empire Kangaroo 1941, Parthenia 1946, Erminia Mazzella 1949, Pina Onorato 1951. BU 1958 La Spezia. Piave: Went aground in storm on Goodwin Sands, Dover Strait, 29 Jan 1919 (none lost).
No.
Name
3696 Edenton
GRT 6,992
3894 Edgecombe
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Skinner & Eddy
9 Nov 1918
5 Dec 1918
Skinner & Eddy 23 Nov 1918 24 Dec 1918
Dimensions:
423’9” (oa) x 54’ x 26’8”
Machinery:
1/Curtis GT, 12 kts
Complement:
70
Acquisition canceled: West Arrow (2585).
Design 1025
Service records:
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
3768 Newburgh
6,099
Newburgh SB
3884 Wathena
6,107
Merchant SB
11 Sep 1918
3872 Watonwan
6,107
Merchant SB
14 Aug 1918 4 Feb 1919
Dimensions:
60
Armament: Watonwan: 1–4”/50, 1–3”/50 Acquisition canceled: Waubesa (3955), New Windsor (4050). Note: Navy sources give Watonwan Id. 3872 and 4296.
Design 1079
Sac City: Decomm and returned 17 Jun 1919 Later history: Merchant Sac City 1919, renamed Black Falcon 1932, Mary Luckenbach 1941. Torpedoed and sunk by German aircraft off North Cape, 14 Sep 1942. Saccarrappa: no service. Returned 14 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant Saccarappa 1919, renamed Alcoa Cutter 1941, Bienvenido 1947. Wrecked near Keelung, Taiwan, 27 Feb 1952.
No.
1/West. turb, 11 kts
Complement:
Service records:
Name
Dimensions:
Machinery:
2 Sep 1918 31 Dec 1918 1 Feb 1919
417’9” (oa) 400’9” (bp) x 54’ x 25’6”
Edenton: Decomm and returned 12 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Edenton 1919, renamed USAT Irwin L. Hunt 1941. BU 1948 Seattle. Edgecombe: Decomm and returned 25 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Edgecombe 1919. Reacquired as AD 13, 16 Nov 1921. (See p. 127)
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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No.
Launched
2,511
Hodge
4 Jul 1918 18 Nov 1918
3810 Banago
2,511
Alabama
4 Jul 1918
3594 Bancroft
2,537
Grant Smith
28 Apr 1918
2,551
Hillyer
22 Jul 1918
Alpaco
…
Baxley
…
Pascagoula
GRT
Baxley: Decomm and returned 2 Dec 1918. BU 1923.
Builder
…
Name
2,551
Comm.
Pascagoula: Never sailed. Decomm and returned 21 Dec 1918. Later history: Merchant Pascagoula 1919. BU 1923.
29 Sep 1918
“Lakers”
1 Oct 1918
Diercks-Blodgett 15 May 1918 4 Oct 1918
No.
Name
3319
Robert M. Thompson
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Gt Lakes (Ecorse)
1912
30 Aug 1918
Dimensions:
268’ (bp) x 45’2” x 23’6”; wood hulls
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
53
Dimensions:
261’ (oa) 253’ (bp) x 43’8” x 24’4”
Armament:
Baxley: 1–3”/50
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Service records:
Complement:
62
Alpaco: no service. Decomm and returned 19 Dec 1918. BU 1923.
Armament:
2–3”/50
Banago: Collided with schooner Augusta W. Snow, 5 Nov 1918. Decomm and
Service record: Engine trouble. Decomm and returned 14 Feb 1919.
returned 21 Dec 1918. BU 1923.
Later history: Merchant Robert M. Thompson 1919. BU 1928 St.David’s,
Bancroft: No service, not in NOTS. Returned………. BU 1923.
No.
2,458
Scotland.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Armament
1765
%Carib
2,118
Detroit SB
28 Oct 1916
27 Dec 1917
1‑5”/40, 1–6 pdr
1648
%Choctaw
2,081
Chicago SB
7 Jul 1917
4 Mar 1918
1‑5”/40, 1–6 pdr
1842
%Kiowa
2,039
Amer (Cleveland)
16 Jun 1917
26 Feb 1918
1‑5”/50, 1‑3”/50
1573
Levisa
2,118
Detroit SB
12 Aug 1916
19 Nov 1918
2–3”/50
2036
%Manta
2,081
Chicago SB
1916
8 Dec 1917
1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50
…
%Ozama
2,118
Detroit SB
7 Oct 1916
6 Dec 1917
2–3”/50
1766
%Sioux
2,048
Amer (Cleveland)
25 Oct 1916
1 Dec 1917
1‑5”/51, 1–3”/50
Dimensions:
261’ (oa) 251’ (bp) x 43’6” x 17’9”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9 kts
Complement:
63
Armament: Service records:
1–5”/51, 1–3”/50; Levisa, Ozama: 2–3”/50
Carib: Returned 27 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant Carib 1919. BU 1928 Baltimore. Choctaw: Returned 16 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant Choctaw 1919, renamed Othander 1929, Tung Lung 1935, Shoka Maru 1938. Sunk by US aircraft off Hokkaido, Japan, 14 Jul 1945. Kiowa: Decomm and returned 18 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant Kiowa 1919, renamed Valka 1928, Kurzeme 1930, Elizabete 1934, Siona 1956. BU 1959 Dunston-on-Tyne Levisa: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 1 Apr 1919.
No. 2915
Name Lake Arthur
Later history: Merchant Levisa 1919, renamed Bjerka 1929, Foo Ming 1946. BU 1958 Taiwan. Manta: Damaged in storm in mid-Atlantic, 30 Oct 1918. Decomm and returned 13 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Manta 1919, renamed Ringa 1930, Trym 1932. Abandoned off Utsire, Norway, 20 Jan 1937. Ozama: Decomm and returned 13 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Ozama 1919, renamed Malmo 1928. Wrecked in Baltic on Ameland Island, 17 Nov 1928. Sioux: Decomm and returned 14 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Sioux 1918. BU 1928 Baltimore.
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Armament
1,948
Detroit SB
16 Feb 1918
27 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
2,026
Superior SB
19 Jan 1918
17 Oct 1918
1–3”/50
2,046
Superior SB
31 Jul 1917
24 Jan 1918
1‑5”/51, 1–6 pdr
2,054
Chicago SB
28 Feb 1918
15 Nov 1918
1–3”/50
LD as War Palm 4358
Lake Capens LD as War Otter
1791
%Lake Champlain LD as War Chant
3597D
Lake Clear
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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LD as War Laurel 2557
Lake Crescent
2,051
Chicago SB
31 Jan 1918
19 Oct 1918
1–3”/50
1,948
Detroit SB
22 Sep 1917
17 Jan 1918
1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50
2,013
Amer (Lorain)
4 May 1918
23 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
1,948
Detroit SB
3 Nov 1917
15 Jan 1918
1‑5”/51, 1–6 pdr
LD as War Duty 2190
%Lake Erie LD as War Beaver
4410
Lake Fernwood LD as War Branch
2991
%Lake Forest ex-War Fox
4215B
Lake Geneva
1,998
McDougall
22 Jun 1918
22 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
4410C
Lake Harney
2,013
Amer (Lorain)
18 May 1918
27 Jul 1918
1–3”/50
1,998
McDougall
4 Jul 1918
10 Oct 1918
1–3”/50
2,080
Chicago SB
6 Oct 1917
11 Jan 1918
1–5”/51, 1–3”/50
2,020
Amer (Cleveland)
23 Feb 1918
2 Oct 1918
1–3”/50
2,020
Amer (Cleveland)
22 Sep 1917
31 Jan 1918
1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50
2,015
Amer (Cleveland)
15 Dec 1917
5 Oct 1918
1–3”/50
1,997
McDougall
30 Mar 1918
4 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
2,535
Detroit SB
11 Aug 1917
12 Jan 1918
1‑5”/51, 1–6 pdr
1,993
McDougall
27 Oct 1917
19 Oct 1918
1–3”/50
2,005
Superior SB
15 Dec 1917
10 Oct 1918
1–3”/50
1,948
Detroit SB
2 Mar 1918
27 Nov 1918
1–3”/50
2,013
Amer (Lorain)
1 Jun 1918
13 Nov 1918
1–3”/50
2,080
Chicago SB
15 Sep 1917
26 Feb 1918
1–5”/50, 1–3”/50
1,985
McDougall
15 Oct 1917
4 Jan 1918
1–5”/, 1–3”/
2,028
Amer (Cleveland)
30 Aug 1917
21 Jan 1918
1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50
2,046
Superior SB
22 Sep 1917
25 Jan 1918
1–5”/51, 1–6 pdr
1,948
Detroit SB
10 Oct 1917
15 Dec 1917
1‑5”/40, 1‑3”/50
LD as War Vigil 4215E
Lake Helen LD as Madon ?
2144
%Lake Huron LD as War Hound
4410E
Lake Lillian LD as War Raven
2993
%Lake Michigan LD as War Finch
4410F
Lake Otisco LD as War Oak
4215
Lake Pepin LD as Meurthe
1788
%Lake Placid LD as War Path
2782
Lake Traverse LD as War Centaur
2652
Lake Tulare LD as War Valour
2926
Lake Weston LD as War Swift
4410G
Lake Wimico LD as War Poplar
2997
Lake Worth LD as War Banner
2180
Lakemoor ex-Maski
2994
%Lakeport LD as War Penguin
2158
%Lakeside ex-War Signal
2555
%Lakewood LD as War Honour
Dimensions:
261’ (oa) 251’ (bp) x 44’ x 17’9” (Capens 253’ (bp))
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9–10 kts
Complement:
52
Service records: Lake Arthur: Collided with m/v Lake Yelverton, 22 Dec 1918. Decomm and returned 3 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Arthur 1919, renamed Virginia Limited 1921, Valentine 1930, Sesostris 1932. Scuttled in North Sea with gas bombs, 17 Nov 1945. Lake Capens: Acquired at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 27 Sep 1919.
Later history: Merchant Lake Capens 1919. BU 1957. Lake Champlain: Decomm and returned 20 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Champlain 1919, renamed Nipponier 1920, Fruithandel 1925, Meisei Maru 1927. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Flying Fish east of Chongjin, Korea, 11 Jun 1945. Lake Clear: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Collided with m/v War Weapon, 25 Dec 1918. Returned 28 Aug 1919.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Later history: Merchant Lake Clear 1919, renamed Sandcraft as dredge, 1923. Sunk in collision with m/v Melrose at New York, 2 Jul 1950. Lake Crescent: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 25 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Crescent 1919, renamed Padilla 1926, Morea 1935. Sunk by gunfire of British submarine Osiris off Durazzo, Albania, 16 Aug 1940. Lake Erie: Went aground, 27 Apr 1918. Sunk in collision with m/v Hazelbranch off Lavernock, Wales, 16 Jan 1919 (none lost), salved, sold. Later history: Merchant Gezina 1920, renamed Ragni 1946, Arpeco 1957, Force 1958. BU 1959 Grimstad, Norway. Lake Fernwood: Comm at Brest. Decomm and returned 9 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Fernwood 1919, renamed Virginia Despatch 1923, Mercurio 1935. Sunk by Allied aircraft bomb at Parenzo, Istria, 23 Sep 1944; BU 1949 Pola. Lake Forest: Damaged by submarine gunfire in N.Atlantic, 27 Jun 1918. Returned 4 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Forest 1919, renamed Venetier 1920, Tabakhandel 1925, Este 1926, Chollin 1937, Rafael Ariztia 1948, San Patricio 1956, Mary V 1957, Kadio S. 1957. BU 1960 Spain. Lake Geneva: Decomm and returned 17 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Geneva 1919, renamed John J. O’Hagan 1925. Reacquired by USN as Manomet (AG 37), 22 Sep 1941, renamed Aries 1942. Sold 1947, merchant John J. O’Hagan 1947, Adelanto 1947. BU 1952. Hong Kong. Lake Harney: Decomm and returned 26 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Harney 1919, renamed Germinal 1923, Mall 1929, Irish Rose 1942, Flamenco 1946, Nizeti 1952, Ata 1957. Wrecked off Zanzibar, 21 Feb 1958. BU 1959 Dar-es-Salaam. Lake Helen: Decomm and returned 7 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Helen 1919, renamed York 1926, Skogvik 1929, Kama 1933. RR 1963. Lake Huron: Returned 24 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Huron 1919, renamed Serbier 1920, Cap La Hève 1924, Binab 1931, Benito 1935, Advance 1936, Trojan 1941, Trojan III 1944, Advance 1947, Mister Stathis 1963, Aghios Dimitrios 1965. BU 1966. Lake Lillian: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 27 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Lillian 1919, renamed Bestum 1923, Hai Jui 1934. Sunk by Japanese aircraft at Ichang, China, 8 Dec 1941. Lake Michigan: Returned 4 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Michigan 1919, renamed Picardier 1920. Wrecked in Baltic off Hornslandet, 21 Nov 1923. No.
Lake Otisco: Returned 4 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Otisco 1919, renamed Floreal 1923, Nivaa 1929, Usko 1933, Meero 1939. Torpedoed and sunk by Finnish mtb Sjoski near Koivisto, 3 Sep 1941. Lake Pepin: Decomm and returned 18 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Pepin 1919, renamed Samoa 1923. BU 1948 Pittsburgh, Cal. Lake Placid : Decomm and returned 18 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Placid 1919. Sunk by mine off Goteborg, Sweden, 20 May 1919. Lake Traverse: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 26 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Traverse 1919. Foundered near Tortuga Island, 6 Jul 1955. Lake Tulare: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 15 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Tulare 1919, renamed Bestik 1923, Hai Hsing 1934. Sunk by Japanese aircraft in Szechuan, China, 8 Dec 1941. Lake Weston: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Went aground in Bristol Channel, 28 Dec 1918, salved. Later history: Merchant Panaghis Vergottis 1919, renamed Strand 1925, Rondo 1935, Salt 1938, Solbritt 1939, Fidelia 1955. BU 1959 Odense, Denmark. Lake Wimico: Returned 16 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Wimico 1919, renamed Contoy 1929, converted to barge 1942, Blanche Sheridan 1948. BU 1960. Lake Worth: Haiti 1919–20. Decomm and returned 2 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Worth 1919, renamed Phoenicier 1920, Amberstone 1924, Ørland 1927. Sunk by German aircraft off Midsund, Norway, 29 Apr 1940. Lakemoor: Torpedoed and sunk by UB-73 off Cornwall, England, 11 Apr 1918 (48 dead). Lakeport: Decomm and returned 31 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lakeport 1919, renamed Danubier 1920, Houthandel 1925, Koshin Maru 1927. Wrecked in gale at Kawasaki, Japan, 11 Dec 1945. Lakeside: Decomm and returned 6 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Lakeside 1919, renamed Sicilier 1920, Koffiehandel 1925, Cap Fedhala 1926, Virginia 1932. Stranded on Isle of Wight in fog, 24 Dec 1952. BU 1953 Aviles. Lakewood: Decomm and returned 25 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Lakewood 1919, renamed Cambrier 1920, Cap d’Alprecht 1924, Biodd 1931, Yung Chi 1935. Lost, Dec 1941, also reported sunk as blockship in Yangtze River, Aug 1937.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Armament
3568
Lake Catherine
2,016
Toledo SB
25 May 1918
4 Oct 1918
1–3”/50
4406
Lake Frances
2,016
Toledo SB
15 Jun 1918
31 Jul 1918
1–4”/40
4369B
Lake Sunapee
2,009
Toledo SB
28 Dec 1917
13 Nov 1918
1,984
Toledo SB
3 Oct 1917
30 Jan 1918
1–5”/50, 1–3”/50
1,984
Toledo SB
17 Oct 1917
16 Feb 1918
1–5”/51, 1–3”/50
1,984
Toledo SB
15 Sep 1917
11 Jan 1918
1‑5”/51, 1–6 pdr
LD as War Flag 2995
%Lake Superior LD as War Bayonet
2990
%Lakebridge LD as War Rifle
1792
%Lakeshore LD as War Shell
Dimensions:
261’ (oa) 251’ (bp) x 44’ x 18’7”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Complement: Service records:
58
Lake Catherine: Decomm and returned 15 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Catherine 1919, renamed Oscar J. Lingeman 1925, Aetna 1937. Reacquired by USN as Manasquan (AG 36), 14 Oct 1941. To USCG (WIX 273), 22 Oct 1943. BU 1946 Baltimore.
Lake Frances: Collided with French schooner Ninette, 14 Jan 1919. Decomm and returned 23 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Frances 1919, renamed Lee Hwa 1946. BU 1954. Lake Sunapee: Decomm and returned 3 Jul 1919.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Later history: Merchant Lake Sunapee 1919, renamed Frank Lynch 1922, Nestor 1937, Otto 1939, Irish Willow 1941, Veraguas 1946. BU 1960 Tamise, Belgium. Lake Superior: Decomm and returned 31 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Superior 1919, renamed C.D. Johnson III 1926, Anna Schafer 1934. Reacquired by USN as Tuluran (AG 46), 16 Oct 1942. BU 1947 Terminal I. Lakebridge: Haiti 1919–20. Returned 5 Aug 1919.
Later history: Merchant Lakebridge 1919, Cascade 1923. Burned near Calcutta, India, 22 Aug 1941. Lakeshore: Decomm and returned 6 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Lakeshore 1919, renamed Olympic 1923. Reacquired by USN as Taganak (AG 45), 23 May 1942. Sold, 1946, renamed merchant Olympic, Glento 1947, Pilhamn 1948, Lulu 1954. BU 1961 Piraeus.
Design 1020 Laker type a No.
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Armament
Lake Benbow
Name
2,368
Detroit SB
4 Jul 1918
17 Aug 1918
1–3”/50
4276C
Lake Berdan
2,342
Chicago SB
4 Jul 1918
24 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
3597C
Lake Blanchester
2,346
Amer (Cleveland)
8 Jun 1918
10 Aug 1918
1–4”/40
Lake Bloomington
2,342
Chicago SB
18 Jun 1918
21 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
Lake Damita
2,371
Detroit SB
29 Jun 1918
2 Aug 1918
1–3”/50
4407L
Lake Dancey
2.323
Superior SB
27 Jul 1918
29 Oct 1918
1–3”/50
4428
Lake Daraga
2,371
Detroit SB
12 Jun 1918
27 Jul 1918
1–4”/40
4131
Lake Dymer
2,357
Superior SB
22 Jun 1918
16 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
4353Z
Lake Eckhart
2,337
Amer (Lorain)
25 Jun 1918
20 Aug 1918
1–3”/50
4353AA
Lake Eliko
2,330
Amer (Lorain)
4 Jul 1918
4 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
3765B
Lake Elsinore
2,330
Amer (Lorain)
20 Jul 1918
13 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
4409A
Lake Gakona
2,368
Detroit SB
13 Jul 1918
22 Aug 1918
4086A
Lake Garza
2,331
Amer (Lorain)
31 Jul 1918
24 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
4086
Lake Gaspar
2,331
Amer (Lorain)
22 Aug 1918
10 Oct 1918
1–3”/50
3765C
Lake Gedney
2,333
Amer (Cleveland)
31 Jul 1918
6 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
3765A
Lake Larga
2,371
Detroit SB
11 May 1918
25 Nov 1918
1–3”/50
3765E
Lake Lasang
2,371
Detroit SB
22 May 1918
10 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
Lake Lemando
2,370
Amer (Cleveland)
23 Feb 1918
21 Nov 1918
1–3”/50
4311G
Lake Osweya
2,416
Saginaw SB
20 Jul 1918
17 Oct 1918
1–3”/50
4311H
Lake Winooski
2,416
Saginaw SB
11 Sep 1918
25 Nov 1918
1–4”/50, 1–3”/50
3974
Lake Yahara
2,338
Chicago SB
28 May 1918
28 Dec 1918
4114
Lake Ypsilanti
2,368
Detroit SB
31 Aug 1918
11 Jan 1919
Dimensions:
261’ (oa) 251’ (bp) x 43’6” x 21”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9–10 kts
Complement:
52
Armament:
1–3”/50
Service records: Most carried coal from Wales to France 1918–19. Lake Benbow: Decomm and returned 17 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Benbow 1919, renamed Nidaros 1937, Eastern Trader 1946, Santa Dolores 1956. BU 1959 Hong Kong Lake Berdan: Decomm and returned 8 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Berdan 1919. BU 1926 River Rouge. Lake Blanchester: Decomm and returned 1 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Blanchester 1919. BU 1926. River Rouge Lake Bloomington: Wrecked in the Gironde River, France, 11 Dec 1918 (none lost). Lake Damita: Went aground and sank in Brest harbor, France, 6 Nov 1918 (none lost). Lake Dancey: Decomm and returned 9 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Dancey 1919. BU 1926 River Rouge. Lake Daraga: Decomm and returned 24 Nov 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Daraga 1919. BU 1928. Lake Dymer: Decomm and returned 23 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Dymer 1919. BU 1926.
Lake Eckhart: Collided with British m/v Ala, 24 Oct 1918. Decomm and returned 31 Jul 1919 Later history: Merchant Lake Eckhart 1919. BU 1926 River Rouge Lake Eliko: Decomm and returned 8 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Eliko 1919. BU 1928 Lake Elsinore: Collided with French m/v Vidar, 23 Nov 1918. Decomm and returned 4 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Elsinore 1919. BU 1928. Lake Gakona: Decomm and returned 23 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Gakona 1919. BU 1928 River Rouge Lake Garza: Collided with British m/v Michael, 5 Oct 1918. Decomm and returned 21 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Garza 1919. BU 1926 River Rouge Lake Gaspar: Decomm and returned 31 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Gaspar 1919. BU 1926 River Rouge Lake Gedney: Decomm and returned 18 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Gedney 1919. BU 1926 River Rouge. Lake Larga: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 21 Apr 1919 Later history: Merchant Lake Larga 1919. BU 1928 River Rouge
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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176 The New Navy, 1883-1922 Lake Lasang: Comm at Brest. Decomm and returned 15 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Lasang 1919. BU 1928 River Rouge Lake Lemando: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Made no voyages. Decomm and returned 10 Oct 1919 Later history: Merchant Lake Lemando 1919. BU 1927 River Rouge Lake Osweya: Decomm and returned 7 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Osweya. Torpedoed and sunk by U-96 south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, 20 Feb 1942. Lake Winooski: Decomm and returned 11 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Winooski 1919. BU 1928 River Rouge Lake Yahara: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 26 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Yahara 1919. BU 1928 River Rouge. Lake Ypsilanti: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 15 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Ypsilanti 1919. BU 1927.
Figure 10.2 The NOTS Cargo ship Lake Osweya, a typical “Laker.” No. …
Name Lake Borgne
Dimensions:
261’ (oa) 251’ (bp) x 43’6” x 21’ Machinery: 1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
58
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
2,100
Globe (Superior)
4 Jul 1918
2 Sep 1918
Armament: 1–3”/50 Service record: Wrecked near Point Mathieu, Brest, France, 21 Oct 1918 (none lost). No.
Name
4394
Lake Charlotte
4331
Lake Conesus
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
2,239
Gt Lakes (Ashtabula)
20 Apr 1918
17 Oct 1918
2,292
Gt Lakes (Detroit)
13 Jun 1918
14 Nov 1918
2,308
Gt Lakes (Detroit)
12 Dec 1917
26 Sep 1918
2,217
Gt Lakes (Ashtabula)
27 May 1918
7 Aug 1918
2,292
Gt Lakes (Detroit)
22 May 1918
29 Nov 1918
2,221
Gt Lakes (Ashtabula)
4 Jul 1918
8 Sep 1918
2,308
Gt Lakes (Detroit)
12 Dec 1917
13 Nov 1918
2,238
Gt Lakes (Ashtabula)
20 Dec 1917
17 Oct 1918
2,292
Gt Lakes (Detroit)
4 Jul 1918
15 Aug 1918
LD as War Cymbal LD as War Gnome 2957
Lake Elizabeth LD as Mascotte
4429A
Lake Harris LD as War Fairy
4269
Lake Mary LD as War Flute
4429
Lake Pleasant LD as War Sprite
2904
Lake St. Clair LD as War Goblin
4261
Lake St. Regis LD as War Elfin
…
Lake Silver LD as War Harp
Dimensions:
261’ (oa) 253’ (bp) x 43’6” x 19’10”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9.5–11 kts
Complement:
52
Armament: Service records:
1–3”/50, except 1-4’’/50, 1-3’’/50 (L. Winooski)
Lake Charlotte: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Collided with USS Soestdijk, 22 Nov 1918. Decomm and returned 23 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Charlotte 1919. BU 1928 Detroit. Lake Conesus: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 11 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Conesus 1919. BU 1926 Detroit Lake Elizabeth: Comm at Brest. Collided with USS Lake Pewaukee, 9 Oct 1918. Decomm and returned 25 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Elizabeth 1919. BU 1926. Lake Harris: Decomm and returned 5 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Harris 1919. BU 1928 Detroit.
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Lake Mary: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 26 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Mary 1919. BU 1928 Detroit. Lake Pleasant: Decomm and returned 8 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Pleasant 1919, renamed Stamo 1946, Adriatica 1950. Stranded south of Bodo, Norway, 5 Nov 1956. BU 1957 Bo’ness. Lake St.Clair: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Decomm and returned 11 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake St. Clair 1919. BU 1926. Lake St.Regis: Comm at Cardiff, Wales. Returned 26 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake St. Regis 1919. BU 1928 Detroit. Lake Silver: Decomm and returned 21 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Silver 1919. BU 1928 Detroit.
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No.
Name
2992
GRT
%Lake Ontario
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Armament
2,003
Manitowoc
20 Oct 1917
19 Feb 1918
1–5”/50, 1–3”/50
2,167
Manitowoc
25 Feb 1918
7 Sep 1918
1–3”/50
2,003
Manitowoc
29 Sep 1917
23 Feb 1918
1–5”/51, 1–3”/50
ex-War Castle 2906
Lake Pewaukee LD as War Sentry
2186
%Lakeview ex-War Victor
Dimensions:
261’ (oa) 250’6” (bp) x 44’ x 20’2”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement: Service records:
64 Service records:
Lake Ontario: Decomm and returned 27 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Ontario 1919. BU 1928 Detroit. Lake Pewaukee: Comm at Brest. Collided with USS Lake Elizabeth, 9 Oct 1918. Decomm and returned 22 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Lake Pewaukee 1919. BU 1926 Detroit. Lakeview: Decomm and returned 30 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Lakeview 1919. BU 1928.
Japanese‑Built No.
Name
3585 Eastern Light
GRT 7,192
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Osaka IW
1917
6 Dec 1918
Dimensions:
429’ (oa) 416’ (bp) x 55’6” x 27’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE
Complement: 67 Service record: Decomm and returned 16 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Eastern Light 1919, renamed Willkeno 1926, Isthmian 1937, Illinoian 1939. Sunk as blockship, Normandy, 28 Aug 1944. No.
Name
3342 Eastport
GRT 4,385
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Osaka IW
1917
18 Oct 1918
Dimensions:
345’ (bp) x 49’10” x 23’8’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9 kts
Complement: 70 Service record: Decomm and returned 29 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Eastport 1919, renamed Itelmen 1930. se 1940. No.
Name
3500 Eastern Shore
GRT 6,805
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Harima
1917
1 Dec 1918
Dimensions:
425’ (bp) x 53’8” x 28’3”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Argonne: Decomm and returned 30 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant Argonne 1919, renamed Calonne 1922, Wally 1934. BU 1935 Spezia. Eastern Queen: Decomm and returned 19 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Eastern Queen 1919. BU 1936 Baltimore Easterner: Decomm and returned 14 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Easterner 1919, renamed Mari Chandris 1937. Caught fire during German air raid at Falmouth, England, and scuttled, 10 Jul 1940. No.
Name
3390 Eastern Chief
GRT 4,660
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Uraga
1917
27 Sep 1918
ex-Yoshida Maru N0.3 Dimensions:
358’ (bp) x 51’ x 22’9”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Complement: 70 Service record: Decomm and returned 29 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Eastern Chief 1919. BU 1936 Baltimore.
Former German Ships Many German and Austrian ships were in US ports since 1914, protected by US neutrality laws. When the United States declared war on 6 Apr 1917 they were seized. Many were found to have their engines sabotaged by their crews, delaying their entry into US service.
Complement: 70 Service record: Decomm and returned 27 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Eastern Shore 1919. BU 1935 Baltimore. No. …
Name #Argonne
GRT 5,870
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Kawasaki
1916
19 Oct 1918
Kawasaki
1918
26 Oct 1918
Kawasaki
1918
12 Nov 1918
ex-Taifuku Maru 3406 #Eastern Queen 5,858 ex-Tofuku Maru 3331
Easterner
5,806
ex-Seifuku Maru Dimensions:
397’ (oa) 385’ (bp) x 51’ x 27’1”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
70
Armament:
Argonne: 1‑6”/50, 1–6 pdr
Figure 10.3 The NOTS cargo ship Eastport, at Galveston, 14 Feb 1919.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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No.
Name
4253AA Artigas
GRT 4,849
Builder Bremer Vulkan
Launched 29 May 1911
Comm. 18 Jun 1918
No.
Name
1957 @Casco
GRT
Builder
4,594
Launched
Flensburger 9 Aug 1910
Comm. 8 Jan 1918
ex-Elmshorn (1917)
ex-Wiegand (1917)
Dimensions:
415’ (oa) 397’ (bp) x 54’ x 23’6”
Dimensions:
417’ (oa) 399’2” (bp) x 53’7” x d27’7”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Complement:
70
Complement:
67
Armament: 1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr Service record: Interned at Manila 1914. Sold 22 Mar 1919.
Armament: 1–6”/50 Service record: Seized by Uruguay at Montevideo, 1917 and comm there. Decomm and returned 4 Jan 1919.
Later history: Merchant Casco 1919, renamed Mannheim 1922, Elmshorn 1923. BU Hamburg 1933.
Later history: Merchant Artigas 1919, renamed Elias G. Culucundis 1928, Tenterden 1929, Elias G. Culucundis 1930, Argentina 1932, Valsole 1935, Tina Primo 1936. Sunk by mine near Goodwins off British coast, 18 Mar 1940.
—-
No.
Name
2005 @Astoria
GRT 2,789
Builder
Launched
Blumer
9 Apr 1902 15 Nov 1917
319’7” (bp) x 46’ x 20’9”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9.5 kts
Complement:
120
Later history: Merchant Astoria 1922, Hartwelson 1930. Wrecked on Bantam Rock, Me., broke in two &sank, 5 Mar 1943. No.
Name
GRT 2,554
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Oderwerke 25 Sep 1913 30 Jul 1917
Dimensions:
344’ (oa) 329’2” (bp) x 46’2” x 20’2”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
99
2179 Bavaria
GRT 3,898
Dimensions:
364’ x 44’ x 24’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
85
Launched
Comm.
20 Feb 1890
22 Apr 1918
ex-Constantia (1917), ex-Gapsal (1906) (Russian Navy), exConstantia (1905), ex-Benares (1897) Dimensions:
339’6” (bp) x 41’9” x 21’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Later history: Cuban merchant Maximo Gomez (transport) 1920. BU 1929. No.
Name
2989 @Gulfport
GRT
Builder
1,657
Rickmers AG
Launched
Comm.
24 May 1902 1 Sep 1917
ex-Locksun (1917), ex-Andrée Rickmers (1906) Dimensions:
267’4” (oa) 254’ (bp) x 37’2” x 18’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 7.5 kts
Complement:
52
Later history: Merchant Commercial Scout 1922, renamed Lok Sun 1924. Wrecked on Samun Island, south of Hong Kong, 14 Jul 1929.
Armament: 3–3”/50 Service record: Interned at New Orleans 1914. Designated AK 4. Decomm 9 May 1922. † Name
Builder Barclay Curle
Armament: 1–4”/50, 1–6 pdr Service record: German naval collier, interned at Honolulu. Designated AK 5. Haiti, 1919–20. Decomm 3 Mar 1922. Sold 25 Jul 1922.
ex-Andromeda
No.
GRT 3,026
Armament: 1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr Service record: Seized by Cuba at Cienfuegos, 1917. Decomm and returned 13 Jul 1918.
Armament: 4–3”/50 Service record: Interned at Jacksonville, 1914, scuttled there 4 Apr 1917, raised. Rammed by French transport Drôme while at anchor at Brest, 15 Feb 1918. Designated AK 8 Decomm 20 Apr 1921. Sold 20 Dec 1921.
1997 @Bath
Name Constantia
Comm.
ex-Frieda Leonhardt (1917), ex-Burbo Bank (1914) Dimensions:
No.
Builder
Launched
Reiherstieg 28 Jun 1905
Comm. 4 Jan 1918
No. –
Name @Houston
GRT 4,525
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Bremer Vulkan
11 Apr 1903
3 Jul 1917
ex-Liebenfels (1917) Dimensions:
392’ (oa) 375’8” (bp) x 50’9” x 25’4”
Armament: 1–6” Service record: Seized by Cuba at Havana, 7 Apr 1917. Returned 11 Jun 1918. Later history: Merchant Calixto Garcia 1920, renamed Lotte 1924, Gernis 1927. BU 1934 Hamburg. No.
Name
3008 @Beaufort
GRT 1,769
Builder H.Koch
Launched
Comm.
24 Feb 1909 20 Sep 1917
ex-Rudolf Blumberg (1917), ex-Rheingraf (1911) Dimensions:
288’11” (oa) 275’9” (bp) x 40’2” x 18’4”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 8 kts
Complement:
92
Armament: 4–3”/50 Service record: Interned at Pensacola 1914. Carried four 14-inch naval rifles to France. Out of comm 16 Nov 1919–1 Mar 1920. Designated AK 6. Haiti, 1919–20. †
Figure 10.4 The cargo ship Houston (later AK 1), a NOTS cargo ship, was the former German Liebenfels.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Machinery:
1/VQE, 11 kts
No.
Complement:
145
2078 @Pensacola
Armament:
4–3”/50
Name
GRT 3,974
Builder Neptun
Dimensions:
339’1” (bp) x 51’2” x 23’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.75 kts
Later history: Merchant North King 1923. BU 1958 Osaka.
Complement:
115
Name
1843 Itasca
GRT 4,730
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Armstrong 19 Jun 1905 20 Aug 1917
ex-Setos (1917)
Armament: 4–3”/50 Service record: Interned at Wilmington, Del. Transported 4–14” railway guns to France, 1918. Designated AK 7 Haiti 1919. Rec AG 13, 26 Jun 1922. †
Dimensions:
412’ (oa) 400’ (bp) x 51’ x 25’4”
No.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
2998 Pequot
Name
Complement:
104
GRT 5,621
Builder Tecklenborg
Launched
ex-Ockenfels (1917) Dimensions:
426’9” (oa) 421’ (bp) x 55’1” x 25’2”
Machinery:
1/VQE, 10 kts
Later history: Merchant Honolulu 1919, renamed Commercial Trader 1923. BU 1935 Savona.
Complement:
70
…
Name Kittery
GRT 1,849
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Seebeck
28 Aug 1905
6 Jul 1917
ex-Prasident (1917) Dimensions:
293’8” (oa) 282’2” (bp) x 40’6” x 13’3”
Machinery:
2/VTE, 15.5 kts
Complement:
87
Armament:
4–3”/50
…
GRT 2,974
Builder Pickersgill
Launched
Comm.
5 Oct 1892 20 Dec 1917
ex-Hohenfelde (1917), ex-Nicolaos Castriotis (1905), exYarrowdale (1902) Dimensions:
330’ (oa) 318’2” (bp) x 41’11” x 22’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 8.5 kts
Complement:
104
Armament:
1–3”/50
GRT 3,716
Builder Doxford
Name
Dimensions:
367’ (oa) 349’2” (bp) x 51’ x 21’4”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
Launched
Comm.
31 Aug 1909 2 Feb 1918
98
Armament: 4–3”/50 Service record: Interned at Pensacola. Collided with HM tug Hallgarth, 8 Apr 1918. Designated AK 10. Decomm 5 Jun1922. Sold 25 Sep 1922. Later history: Merchant Quincy 1923, renamed Burgeo Star 1936, Haidah 1937. Missing en route Seattle/Hong Kong, 24 Oct 1937. No.
Later history: Merchant Long Beach 1922, renamed Golden Gate 1924. BU 1924 Genoa No.
Name @Quincy
Name
1854 #Rappahannock
Service record: Interned at Savannah. Went aground, 3 Apr 1918. Designated AK 9. Haiti 1919–20. Decomm 26 Apr 1921. Sold 24 May 1922.
1322 +Moccasin
Later history: Merchant Pequot 1919, renamed Argenfels 1923. BU 1933 Hamburg.
ex-Vogesen (1917)
Name
2136 @Long Beach
Armament: 1–5”/40, 1–3”/50 Service record: Interned at Boston. Decomm and returned 11 Jul 1919.
No.
Service record: Interned at San Juan, PR. Designated AK 2. Haiti 1919–20. † No.
Comm.
9 Apr 1910 28 Oct 1918
Service record: Seized at Honolulu, 6 Apr 1917. (No record of commissioning) Renamed Honolulu, 26 Jul 1918. Returned 2 Apr 1919.
No.
Comm.
ex-Nicaria (1917)
Service record: Interned at Charleston 1914. Scuttled there, 31 Jan 1917, salved. Designated AK 1. Decomm 23 Mar 1922. Sold 27 Sep 1922.
No.
Launched
15 Aug 1901 8 Oct 1917
GRT 4,760
Builder
Launched
GRT 6,478
Builder Bremer Vulkan
Launched
Comm.
10 Mar 1913 8 Dec 1917
ex-Pommern (1917) Dimensions:
497’9” (oa) 471’2” (bp) x 59’2” x 26’9”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 4580 hp, 11.5 kts
Comm.
Flensburger 21 Mar 1903 26 Feb 1918
ex-Prinz Joachim (1917) Dimensions:
370’9” (bp) x 45’2” x 24’3”
Machinery:
1/VQE, 13.5 kts
Armament:
1–6”/50, 1–3”/50
Service record: Interned at New York. Went aground, 17 Sep 1918. Decomm & returned 2 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Porto Rico 1919. BU 1933 Mobile. No. …
Name @Newport News
GRT 3,537
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Flensburger 12 Nov 1904 14 Jul 1917
ex-Odenwald (1917), ex-St. Jan (1907) Dimensions:
371’5” (oa) 356’9” (bp) x 45’5” x 23’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 kts
Complement:
150
Armament:
4–3”/50
Service record: Interned at San Juan. Designated AK 3. †
Figure 10.5 USS Pensacola (later AG 13), a former German cargo ship.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Complement:
159
Armament:
1–5”/51, 1–3”/50; (1923) 4–5”/51
Armament: 1–5”/40 Service record: Interned at Philadelphia. Decomm and returned 11 Feb 1919.
Service record: Interned at Honolulu, 1914. Collided with m/v Yangtze, 8 Dec 1918. Out of comm 26 Aug 1919–17 Jan 1921. Designated AF 6. † No.
Name
1958 Ticonderoga
GRT 5,130
Later history: Merchant Keresaspa 1919, renamed Pannonia 1922, Malakoff 1927. Wrecked near Port Mahon, Spain, 2 Jan 1929.
Builder
Launched
Comm.
No.
Rickmers
14 Jan 1914
5 Jan 1918
…
Name Kerkenna
GRT 3,621
Builder Hamilton
401’1” x 53’2” x 25’6”
Dimensions:
330’9” (bp) x 45’8” x 22’2”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Machinery:
1/VTE, 8 kts
Armament:
1–6,” 1–3”
Complement:
65
Service record: Interned at Manila, 1914. Collided with m/v Mexico, 14 Mar 1918. Collided with battleship Pennsylvania, 20 May 1918. Sunk by gunfire of U-152 in mid-North Atlantic, 30 Sep 1918 (213 dead). Name
GRT
1824 #Wabash
Builder
5,586
Comm.
ex-Borneo (1917)
ex-Camilla Rickmers (1917) Dimensions:
No.
Launched
25 Jul 1900 28 Sep 1918
Launched
Comm.
Armament: 2–3”/50 Service record: Interned at Tampa. Decomm and returned 16 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Kerkenna 1919, renamed Mount Summit 1921, Alfold 1922, Doris 1926, Ikbal 1929. BU 1963 Turkey.
Wigham Richardson 11 Sep 1900 16 Feb 1918
No.
ex-Seneca (1918), ex-Tubingen (1917), ex-Wartburg (1905)
Name
1325 Kerlew
GRT 3,563
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Craig Taylor 26 Dec 1905 13 Nov 1918
Dimensions:
393’ (oa) 381’ (bp) x 49’11” x 26’
Machinery:
1/VQE, 11.5 kts
Dimensions:
336’ (oa) 326’ (bp) x 41’11” x 23’6”
Complement:
82
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11.5 kts
Armament:
1–5”/40, 1–3”/50
Complement:
77
ex-Virginia (1917)
Service record: Interned at Manila 1914. Damaged in collision with USS Wakiva, 22 May 1918. Decomm and returned 21 Apr 1919.
Armament: 1–4”/40 Service record: Decomm and returned 12 Apr 1919.
Later history: Merchant Celeste Frankel 1919, renamed Wabash 1921. BU 1924 Genoa.
Later history: Merchant Kerlew 1919, renamed Mount Sidney 1921, Haros 1922, Paolina Giuffrida 1927. BU 1933 Venice.
No.
Name
GRT
1840 Wachusett
4,149
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Blohm & Voss
25 Jan 1896
9 Jan 1918
No.
Name
1473 Kermanshah
ex-Suevia (1917), ex-Ceres (1898)
GRT
Builder
4,948
Launched
Comm.
13 Dec 1909 3 Aug 1918
ex-Himalaia (1917)
Dimensions:
387’ (oa) 371’2” (bp) x 44’2” x 25’9”
Dimensions:
390’ (bp) x 52’6” x 26’7”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9.5 kts
Complement:
52
Complement:
84
Armament:
1–4”/50, 1–3”/50
Service record: Interned at Manila 1914. Decomm and returned 6 Oct 1919.
Armament: 1–4”/50, 1–6pdr Service record: Interned at New York. Decomm and returned 5 Mar 1919.
Later history: Merchant Margaret Frankel 1920, renamed Wachusett 1921. BU 1924 Baltimore
Later history: Merchant Kermanshah 1919, renamed Oceana 1922, Nymphe 1927, Kalliopi 1928. Torpedoed and sunk by U-402 west of Ireland, 7 Feb 1943. No.
Former Austrian Ships No.
Name
1806 Keresan
GRT
… Builder
4,507
Pickersgill
Launched
ex-Erodiade (1917), ex-Electra (1912) 380’6” (oa) 348’6” (bp) x 50’1” x 22’8”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
62
Armament:
1–6”/50, 1–3”/50
GRT
1484 #Keresaspa
4,636
Builder
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9 kts
Complement:
86
378’ (bp) x 52’4” x 22’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9 kts
Complement:
67
Launched
…
Comm.
Name Kerowlee
GRT 3,550
Builder Readhead
Launched
Comm.
18 Feb 1901 17 Oct 1918
ex-Campania (1917)
Comm.
ex-Franconia (1917) 360’9” (bp) x 48’ x 13’5”
Dimensions:
No.
Northumberland 13 Feb 1903 31 Oct 1918
Dimensions:
Launched
Later history: Merchant Kermoor 1919, renamed Morawitz 1922, Purley Oaks 1926. BU 1936 Rosyth.
Later history: Merchant Keresan 1919, renamed Mount Seward 1921, Debreczen 1922, Fenwell 1927, Chislehurst 1928, Yolande B. 1933, Yolande 1934. Wrecked near Weihaiwei, China, 5 Mar 1938. Name
Builder
Thompson 11 Jun 1907 1 Nov 1918
Armament: 1–3”/50 Service record: Interned at Galveston, Tex., Aug 1914. Decomm and returned 5 May 1919.
Service record: Decomm and returned 26 Jun 1919.
No.
GRT 4,795
ex-Morawitz (1917)
Comm.
18 Nov 1912 18 Sep 1918
Dimensions:
Name Kermoor
Dimensions:
341’2” (bp) x 46’8” x 23’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
84
Armament: 2–3”/50 Service record: Interned at Galveston, Tex. Decomm and returned 11 Aug 1919.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Later history: Merchant Kerowlee 1919, renamed Mount Sterling 1921, Balaton 1922, Nicolaos A. 1927, Evi 1931. BU 1933 Italy. No.
Name
1489 Kerwood
GRT 3,651
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Richardson 28 Feb 1911 5 Nov 1918 Duck
Later history: Merchant Bali 1919, renamed Max Wolf 1940. Sunk by German aircraft at Rouen in Seine River, 9 Jun 1940. No. …
Name Batjan
GRT
Builder
6,232
Gray
Launched
Comm.
23 Dec 1912 28 Mar 1918
Dimensions:
418’ (oa) 400’ (bp) x 53’6” x 27’9”
ex-Budapest (1917)
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11.5 kts
Dimensions:
331’ (bp) x 48’4” x 21’4”
Complement:
62
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Armament:
1‑4”/50, 1‑3”/50
Complement:
52
Service record: Decomm and returned at Amsterdam, 25 Jun 1919.
Armament: 2–3”/50 Service record: Interned at Newport News, Va. Decomm and returned 19 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Kerwood 1919. Sunk by mine in North Sea, 1 Dec 1919. No.
Name
3090 Lucia
GRT 6,744
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Triestino
3 Jul 1912
(see note)
Dimensions:
436’ (oa) 420’ (bp) x 54’2” x 28’11”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 13 kts
Complement:
87
Name
3524 Lydia
GRT 3,905
Builder
Wigham 29 Jan 1902 Richardson
Dimensions:
375’4” (oa) 366’ (bp) x 48’2” x 22’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts.
26 Oct 1918
Complement: 70 Service record: Interned at Paramaribo, seized by Brazil Jun 1917. Returned 15 May 1919 Later history: Merchant Lydia 1919, renamed Manzoni 1925. Torpedoed and sunk by British aircraft at Tobruk, Libya, 5 Jul 1940. Name
Name
GRT 3,778
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Blohm & Voss
30 Jan 1901
2 Apr 1918
Dimensions:
358’ (oa) 345’ (bp) x 44’6” x 24’4”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9 kts
Complement:
70
Armament:
1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50
GRT
Later history: Merchant Besoeki 1919, renamed Anfitrite 1923, Falterona 1926. Stranded near Cap Gris Nez, France, 8 Jan 1929, refloated and BU. No.
Launched
ex-Szell Kalman (1918)
No.
No.
2534 @Besoeki
Service record: Returned 14 Jun 1919.
Armament: 2–3”/50 Service record: Sunk prior to commissioning. Torpedoed and sunk by U-155 in west Atlantic, 17 Oct 1918. No.
Later history: Merchant Batjan 1919, renamed Tjikampek 1926. BU 1932 Osaka.
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Russell
8 Dec 1899
9 Jan 1918
Name
3135 Beukelsdijk
GRT
Builder
6,801
Doxford
Dimensions:
440’2” (bp) x 62’ x 23’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Complement:
62
Armament:
1‑3”/50, 2–6 pdr
Later history: Merchant Beukelsdijk 1919. Stranded near Bodo, Norway, 29 Jan 1923. No.
Name
2541 #Buitenzorg
GRT 7,098
Builder
Launched
Comm.
de Schelde
1916
29 Mar 1918
Dimensions:
464’ (oa) 445’8” (bp) x 54’ x 27’7”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12.5 kts
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
70
Complement:
62
Armament:
1‑6”/50, 1‑3”/50
Armament: 2–4”/40 Service record: Interned at New Orleans. Decomm and returned 19 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Teresa 1919, renamed Demokratia 1923, Phoenix 1932. BU 1932 Genoa.
Service record: Decomm and returned at Rotterdam, 17 Jul 1919 Later history: Merchant Buitenzorg 1919. Wrecked off Oban, Scotland, 19 Jan 1941. No.
Name
2468 Bussum
Requisitioned Dutch Ships Dutch merchant ships in U.S. ports, requisitioned 20 Mar 1918 No.
Name
2483 @Bali
GRT 6,693
Builder Rotterdam DD
Dimensions:
420’6” (bp) x 54’8” x 27’7”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Complement:
70
Armament:
1–5”/51, 1–6 pdr
Launched
Comm.
6 Jan 1917 27 Mar 1918
Service record: Collided with m/v Bonnafon, 29 Jan 1919. Decomm and returned at Amsterdam, 30 May 1919.
14 Mar 1903 21 Mar 1918
Service record: Decomm and returned at Rotterdam, 19 May 1919.
344’6” (bp) x 49’9” x 17’9”
3,769
Comm.
ex-Grangesberg (1916)
Dimensions:
4478 Teresa
Launched
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Vuijk
1917
27 Mar 1918
3,683
Dimensions:
360’ (bp) x 48’ x 20’10”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts.
Service record: Decomm and returned 16 May 1918. Later history: Merchant Bussum 1918. Torpedoed and sunk by U-100 off Tory I, Scotland, 23 Nov 1940. No.
Name
2508 @Canton
GRT 2,286
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Vuijk
1913
18 Jun 1918
ex-Hercules (1918) Dimensions:
339’ (oa) 326’11” (bp) x 45’1” x 19’7”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 8 kts
Complement:
122
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Armament:
1–4”/40, 1–6 pdr
No.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Service record: Collided with m/v Norden, 5 Oct 1918. Returned to USSB 11 Mar 1919 but sailed to Europe with Navy crew and returned in Amsterdam, 10 May 1919.
Dimensions:
361’ x 44’ x 33’
Later history: Merchant Hercules 1919, renamed Herguler 1953, Yolac Merve 1957. BU 1964 Istanbul.
Machinery:
2/VTE, 12 kts.
Service record: Decomm and returned 17 May 1918.
No.
Name
2680 @Celebes
GRT
Builder
5,875
Furness
Dimensions:
394’ (oa/bp) x 51’6” x 25’10”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
62
Armament:
1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr
Launched
Comm.
29 May 1907 6 Apr 1918
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
2,927
Rijkee
1910
3 Apr 1918
2573 Pollux
2,573
Rijkee
1909
3 Apr 1918
326’11” (oa) x 44’4” x 18’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Armament:
1‑5”/40, 1–6 pdr (Clio)
Service records: Clio: No service. Decomm and returned 23 Apr 1918. Later history: Merchant Clio 1918, renamed Desna 1934. Sunk by mine off Novorossisk, Black Sea, 31 Jan 1943. Pollux: no service. Returned 28 Apr 1918 Later history: Merchant Pollux 1918, renamed Tabarka 1931. Sunk as blockship at Scapa Flow, 23 Mar 1941. No.
Name
2793 Drechterland
GRT
Builder
3,935
Laing
Launched
Comm.
28 Apr 1903 29 Mar 1918
ex-Steenbergen (1915), ex-Wensleydale (1911) Dimensions:
366’ (bp) x 46’9” x 25’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 7 kts
Complement:
62
Armament:
1–5”/50, 1–6 pdr
Name
GRT 3,233
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Rotterdam DD
8 Aug 1912
2 Apr 1918
332’ (bp) x 48’2” x 20’7”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 7.5 kts
Complement:
60
Later history: Merchant Dubhe 1918, renamed Boltenhagen 1929. Scuttled by Dutch at Delfzijl, 10 May 1940, refloated. Torpedoed and sunk by British submarine Sturgeon off Norway in Flekkefjord, 12 Aug 1942. Name
GRT 5,884
GRT 6,483
Builder Furness
6,445
Furness
Dimensions:
400’6” (bp) x 52’1” x 28’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
70
Armament:
Maartensdijk: 1–6”/50, 1–3”/50,
Launched
Comm.
12 Mar 1902 28 Mar 1918 18 May 1901 30 Mar 1918
Soestdijk: 1–4”/50. Service records: Maartensdijk: Decomm and returned 25 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Maartensdijk 1919, renamed Benvrackie 1924, Ani 1927. BU 1933 Trieste Soestdijk: Damaged in collision with USS Lake Charlotte, 22 Nov 1918. Decomm and returned at Rotterdam, 14 Jul 1919. Later history: Merchant Soestdijk 1919, renamed Callandia 1923. BU 1931 Osaka. No.
Name
GRT
2623 Malang
3,526
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Wigham Richardson
28 Oct 1898
2 Apr 1918
Dimensions:
332’6” (bp) x 44’ x 23’11”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
77
Armament:
2–4”/40
Service record: Decomm and returned at Rotterdam, 7 May 1919.
Name
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Bonn & Mees
1908
4 Apr 1918
GRT 3,024
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Rotterdam DD 15 Sep 1910
Dimensions:
334’ (oa) 325’7” (bp) x 47’ x 20’3
Machinery:
1/VTE, 8 kts.
1918
Service record: Not in NOTS. Sunk by gunfire of U-140 in NorthAtlantic, 6 Aug 1918. No.
Name
2498 Merauke
Service record: no service. Returned 6 Apr 1918.
No.
#Soestdijk
No.
Dimensions:
2682 #Gorontalo
Name
2533 Merak
Service record: Decomm and returned at Amsterdam, 12 Jul 1919.
No.
Comm.
20 Mar 1913 20 Mar 1918
Later history: Merchant Malang 1919, renamed Atlantide 1923. Stranded in Tagus River, Portugal, 18 Mar 1934. BU Savona.
Later history: Merchant Drechterland 1919. BU 1933 Savona.
2562 @Dubhe
Hamilton
ex-Rapallo (1909), LD as Egyptiana
2578 Clio Dimensions:
No.
3413
Later history: Merchant Celebes 1919, renamed Rijperkerk 1926. BU 1931 Genoa. Name
3,330
Later history: Merchant Jan van Nassau 1918. Sunk in collision with tug during gale at Valparaiso, Chile, 30 Jan 1929.
2497 Maartensdijk
Service record: Damaged by fire and beached, 23 Sep 1918. Collided with m/ v Tonbridge, 3 Oct 1918. Returned 2 May 1919.
No.
2805 Jan van Nassau
GRT 6,674
Builder
Launched
Comm.
de Schelde
1911
28 Mar 1918
Dimensions:
446’ (oa) 432’ (bp) x 54’4” x 26’2”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12.5 kts
Complement:
62
Armament:
1–5”/51, 1–6 pdr
Service record: Decomm and returned at Rotterdam, 8 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Merauke 1919. BU 1932. Rotterdam No.
Name
2516 Mercurius
GRT 2,863
Builder Hamilton
Launched
Comm.
18 Oct 1909 30 Apr 1918
Dimensions:
395’9” (bp) x 51’6” x 20’10”
Dimensions:
338’ (oa) 327’7” (bp) x 44; 2” x 19’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9.5 kts
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9 kts
Armament:
1–4”/50
Complement:
52
Service record: Decomm and returned 14 May 1919
Armament:
1–5”/40, 1–4”/40
Later history: Merchant Gorontalo 1919. BU 1931 Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht.
Service record: Decomm and returned at Rotterdam, 25 Jun 1919.
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Later history: Merchant Mercurius 1919. Wrecked in Gibraltar Strait, 7 Jan 1925. No.
Name
GRT
2535 Noord Brabant 2,332 Dimensions:
294’ (bp) x 44’2” x 19’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9 kts
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Boeles
1916
2 Apr 1918
Later history: Merchant Noord Brabant 1918, renamed Karen Rogenaes 1920. Wrecked in Strait of Belle Isle, 1 Oct 1921. Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
2586 Oosterdijk
8,251
Irvine
21 Feb 1913
2 Apr 1918
2514 #Westerdijk
8,260
Irvine
7 May 1913 27 Mar 1918
Dimensions:
475’ (oa) 450’5” (bp) x 55’ x 31’9”
Machinery:
1/VQE, 13 kts
Complement:
52
Name
GRT 4,726
Builder
Launched
Comm.
de Schelde
1904
25 Mar 1918
Dimensions:
406’6” (oa) 394’4” (bp) x 47’1” x 24’10”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 15 kts
Complement:
67
Later history: Merchant Ophir 1920, laid up. BU 1925. No.
Name
2546 Randwijk Dimensions:
GRT 2,401
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Smit
1912
2 Apr 1918
Comm.
7,549
Rotterdam DD
26 Sep 1914 29 Mar 1918
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
70
Armament: 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50 Service records: Roepat: Decomm and returned at Amsterdam, 30 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Roepat 1919. BU 1933 Osaka. Rondo: In collision with USS Graf Waldersee, 11 Jun 1919. Decomm and returned at Amsterdam, 21 Jun 1919. Later history: Merchant Rondo 1919. BU 1933 Genoa. Name
GRT 6,825
Builder Hamilton
Launched
Comm.
30 Apr 1912 29 Mar 1918
Dimensions:
448’ (oa) 430’4” (bp) x 55’4” x 25’10”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Complement:
62
Armament: 1–5”/51, 1–6 pdr Service record: Decomm and returned at Rotterdam, 14 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Samarinda 1919. BU 1932 Bruges. No.
Name
GRT 5,909
Builder Hamilton
Dimensions:
393’ (bp) x 51’6” x 20’10”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
62
Launched
Comm.
24 Dec 1907 6 Apr 1918
Armament: 1–4”/50 Service record: Collided with m/v Paris, 22 Sep 1918. Decomm and returned 17 Apr 1919. Later history: Merchant Ternate 1919. BU 1930 Osaka.
No.
Later history: Merchant Randwijk 1918. Sunk by Allied aircraft at Hamburg, 25 Oct 1944. Refloated 1947. BU Antwerp. Name
2493 Rijndijk Dimensions:
GRT 3,557
Builder
Launched
Rotterdam DD 27 Feb 1915
Comm. 9 Jul 1918
345’7” (bp) x 48’9” x 21’7”
Later history: Merchant Rijndijk 1919, renamed Antonis Georgandis 1930. Sunk by gunfire of U-101 northeast of Azores, 14 Jun 1940. Name
2718 Rijnland 2746 Zaanland
GRT
Builder
…
Name #Tjikembang
2783 #Tjisondari
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
8,013
De Schelde 26 Apr 1914 12 Apr 1918
8,039
De Schelde 10 Jan 1915
Dimensions:
510’6” (oa) 493’7” (bp) x 58’4” x 27’5”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12.5 kts
Complement:
70
3 Apr 1918
Armament: 1–6”/50, 1–3”/50 (Tjisondari) Service records:
Machinery: 1/VTE, 10.5 kts. Service record: No Navy service.
No.
Launched
17 Dec 1913 17 May 1918
287’5” (bp) x 45’2” x 20’9”
Machinery: 1/VTE, 10 kts. Service record: No service. Returned 23 Apr 1918
No.
Builder Hamilton
468’ (oa) 450’4” (bp) x 55’11” x 28’9”
2697 #Ternate
Armament: 1–6”/50, 1–4”/50 Service record: Seized at Honolulu. Sunk by explosion and fire at Gibraltar, 11 Nov 1918 (2 killed), salved. Decomm and returned, 16 Jan 1920.
GRT 7,563
Dimensions:
No.
Oosterdijk: Sunk in collision with m/v San Jacinto in North Atlantic, 10 Jul 1918 (none lost). Westerdijk: Decomm and returned at Rotterdam, 25 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Westerdijk 1919. BU 1933 Bo’ness. No.
Name
2511 Samarinda
Armament: 1–5”/51, 1–4”/40 (Westerdijk). Service records:
2800 Ophir
No.
2536 #Roepat 2488 #Rondo
Complement: 57 Service record: no service. Returned 22 Apr 1918.
No.
Later history: Merchant Rijnland 1919. BU 1933 Genoa. Zaanland: Sunk in collision with USS Hisko west of French coast, 12 May 1918 (none lost).
Launched
Comm.
5,421
Russell
25 Oct 1900 29 Mar 1918
5,417
Russell
7 Sep 1900 29 Mar 1918
Dimensions:
403’6” (oa) 389’5” (bp) x 51’2” x 23’5”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 and 9 kts
Complement:
81
Armament: 1–5”/51, 1–3”/50 (Rijnland) Service records: Rijnland: Decomm and returned at Amsterdam, 16 Aug 1919.
Tjikembang: Decomm and returned, 22 Oct 1919 Later history: Merchant Tjikembang 1919. BU 1939 Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. Tjisondari: Ran aground in Delaware River, 4 Jan 1919. Decomm and returned at Manila, 23 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Tjisondari 1919. BU 1939 Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. No.
Name
2515 #Veendijk
GRT 6,874
Builder
Launched
Sunderland 12 Feb 1914
Dimensions:
434’ (oa) 425’ (bp) x 54’ x 28’7”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Complement:
70
Comm. 5 Apr 1918
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Armament:
1–5”/51, 1–3”/50
Armament: 1–4’/40 Service record: Decomm and returned at Rotterdam, 21 Jul 1919.
Service record: Decomm and returned 21 Aug 1919.
Later history: Merchant Zuiderdijk 1919, renamed Misty Law 1923, Edera 1931, Frin 1956, Mahfuz 1956. BU 1958. Trieste
Later history: Merchant Veendijk 1919. BU 1933 Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. No.
Name
2567 Winterswijk
GRT 3,205
Dimensions:
320’ (bp) x 47’6” x 22’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9 kts.
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Smit
1914
2 Apr 1918
Tankers
Service record: Decomm and returned 27 Apr 1918.
No.
Later history: Merchant Winterswijk 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-432 in North Atlantic, 10 Sep 1941.
2185 Amabala
No.
Name
2724 #Zuiderdijk
GRT
Builder
5,207
Launched
Gray
Name
GRT
Builder
2,621
Launched
Comm.
Chicago SB 2 Mar 1901 21 Aug 1918
ex-Alabama (1918), ex-Northtown (1914)
Comm.
17 Jun 1912 23 Mar 1918
ex-Shahristan (1912)
Dimensions:
306’6” (oa) 294’ (bp) x 42’2” x 22’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 8.5 kts
Complement:
70
Dimensions:
412’ (oa) 400’ (bp) x 53’6” x 24’1”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Armament: 1–3”/50 Service record: Converted to tanker 1903. Decomm and returned 27 Feb 1919.
Complement:
70
Later history: Merchant Alabama 1919. BU 1950 Baltimore.
No.
Name
GRT
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Armament
2503
Broad Arrow
7,796
NY Sbdg
22 Dec 1917
17 Mar 1918
1–5”/40, 1–6 pdr
3835
Edward L. Doheny III
7,753
NY Sbdg
17 Aug 1918
25 Nov 1918
1–4”/50, 1–3”/50
1532
Standard Arrow
7,794
NY Sbdg
15 May 1916
22 Aug 1917
2–5”/40
2150
Sylvan Arrow
7,797
NY Sbdg
16 Oct 1917
19 Jul 1918
1–5”/50, 1–3”/50
Dimensions:
485’3” (oa) 468’6” (bp) x 62’8” x 27’
Machinery:
1/VQE, 10–12 kts
Complement:
75 Later history: Merchant John M. Connelly 1919, renamed Point Breeze 1927. BU 1946 Baltimore.
Service records: Broad Arrow: Collided with m/v Saranac, 11 Jun 1918. Decomm and returned 24 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Broad Arrow 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U124 northeast of Georgetown, 9 Jan 1943. E.L.Doheny: Decomm and returned 17 Nov 1919. Later history: Merchant Edward L. Doheny III 1919, renamed F.H.Wickett 1925, E.H. Seubert 1931. Torpedoed and sunk by U-510 in Gulf of Aden, 22 Feb 1944. Standard Arrow: Damaged in collision with m/v Norman Bridge, southeast of New York, 4 Feb 1918. Collided with m/v War Prophet, 4 Jun 1918. Decomm 29 Jan 1919, returned 13 Feb 1919. Later history: Merchant Standard Arrow 1919. Reacquired as Signal (IX 142), 4 Apr 1944. BU 1947 Mobile. Sylvan Arrow: Decomm and returned 20 Jan 1919 Later history: Merchant Sylvan Arrow 1919. Torpedoed by U-155 northwest of Trinidad, 20 May and sank 28 May 1942. No.
Name
2526 Chestnut Hill
GRT 4,935
Builder Penn. SB
Launched
Comm.
23 Aug 1917 14 Mar 1918
ex-Desdemona 2703 John M. Connelly
4,939
Penn. SB
9 Nov 1917
9 May 1918
Dimensions:
380’ (oa) 365’ (bp) x 50’9” x 24’5”
Machinery:
1/Curtis GT, 11 kts: Complement: 71
Armament:
Chestnut Hill: 1–5”/51, 1–6 pdr; J.M.Connelly: 1‑6”/50, 1–6 pdr
Service records: Chestnut Hill: Subchaser escort and tender. Returned 4 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Chestnut Hill 1919, renamed Caliche 1927, Donbass 1943, Caliche 1944. Sunk as target 1947. John M.Connelly: Decomm and returned 18 Jan 1919.
No.
Name
1952 Chinampa
GRT
Builder
6,894
Palmers
Launched
Comm.
28 May 1903 3 Oct 1918
ex-Cushing (1918), ex-Prometheus (1914) Dimensions:
442’ (oa) 426’9” (bp) x 54’8” x 26’2”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
96
Armament: 1‑5”/40, 1‑3”/50 Service record: Returned 27 May 1919 Later history: Merchant Chinampa, renamed Americano 1925, Tuxpam 1941. Torpedoed and sunk by U-129 in Gulf of Mexico, 27 Jun 1942. No.
Name
1758 Dochra
GRT 4,309
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Swan Hunter
9 Feb 1906
21 Oct 1917
Dimensions:
380’ (oa) 376’ (bp) x 51’ x 23’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
82
Armament: 2–4”/40 Service record: Decomm and returned 10 May 1919 Later history: Merchant Dochra 1919, renamed Alderney 1925, Capo Vado 1926. Sunk by British cruisers off Saseno Island, Albania, 12 Nov 1940. No.
Name
GRT
1613 Frank H. Buck 6,077
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Union IW
1914
25 Jan 1918
Dimensions:
425’ (oa) 408’2” (bp) x 55’6” x 27’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts:
Complement:
90
Armament:
1‑6”/50, 1‑4”/40
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Service record: Fought gun action with U-155, 1 Sep 1918. Collided with m/v Wico, 16 Jan 1919. Decomm 29 Dec 1918 and returned 31 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant Frank H. Buck 1919. Collided with m/v President Coolidge off San Francisco, beached, 6 Mar 1937. No.
Name
1656 Gargoyle
GRT 4,433
Builder Grangemouth
Launched
Comm.
18 Nov 1902 8 Aug 1917
ex-Pennoil (1914) Dimensions:
365’ (bp) x 50’ x 24’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts: Complement: 49
Armament:
2–3”/50
Later history: Merchant Gargoyle 1918, renamed Oswego 1920, Queen Maeve 1925, Petroil 1931, Zenobia Martini 1952. BU 1961 Savona. No.
Name
GRT 6,936
Dimensions:
425’ (bp) x 56’ x 26’6”
Machinery:
1/Curtis GT, 11 kts
Name
Sparrows Pt 18 Jan 1919 16 May 1919
6,958
Sparrows Pt 15 Feb 1919
Dimensions:
453’ (oa) 434’8” (bp) x 56’ x 26’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Complement:
67
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Union IW
1917
25 Aug 1918
No.
1279 J.M. Guffey
Service record: Damaged by gunfire from U-152 in N.Atlantic, 29 Sep 1918. Damaged in collision with USS Herman Frasch east of Cape Sable, 3 Oct 1918. Collided with m/v Kirwin Maru, 6 Dec 1918. Decomm and returned 21 May 1919. Later history: Merchant George G. Henry 1919. Reacquired as Victoria (AO 46), 15 Apr 1942. Decomm and returned 1945, renamed George G. Henry. BU 1949.
5,614
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Harlan
1915
8 Aug 1917
Name
GRT 2,520
Builder
Launched
NY Sbdg
4 May 1901 14 Oct 1918
292’2” (bp) x 40’2” x 22’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts.
Service record: Converted to tanker 1902. Comm at Invergordon, Scotland. Decomm and returned 17 Jun 1919 Later history: Merchant J.M. Guffey 1919, renamed Meloria 1927. BU 1935 Italy. Builder
Launched
Comm.
1562 Joseph Cudahy
No.
Name
3,302
GRT
Baltimore
1917
(see note)
1555 William Isom
3,302
Baltimore
9 Jun 1917
1 May 1918
426’ (oa) 411’7” (bp) x 53’5” x 24’8”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 kts
Complement:
65
Dimensions:
293’ (bp) x 47’2” x 22’11”
Armament:
2–4”/40
Machinery:
1/Parsons GT
Service record: Collided with HMS City of London, southeast of New York, 6 Sep 1918. Decomm and returned 5 Mar 1919.
Complement:
61
Later history: Merchant Gold Shell 1919, renamed Willy 1929, Itamaraty 1941. Damaged by explosion in drydock at Rio de Janeiro, 12 Jan 1949 and BU.
Armament:
Cudahy: 2–3”/50; Isom: 1–5”/40, 1–3”/50
Service records:
Name
GRT
2339 Herbert L. Pratt 7,150
Builder Union IW
Dimensions:
453’ (oa) 435’ (bp) x 56’ x 27’
Machinery:
1/Curtis GT, 11 kts
Complement:
69
Armament:
1‑5”/51, 1–6 pdr
Launched
Comm.
8 Nov 1917 10 Jun 1918
Joseph Cudahy: Torpedoed and sunk by U-90 700 miles west of Britain, 17 Aug 1918 (1 lost). (en route to commissioning) William Isom: Depot tanker, Le Verdon. Decomm and returned 21 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant William Isom 1919, renamed Edwin B. DeGolia 1930, Demosthenes 1948. BU 1955 Trieste. No.
Name
1470 Los Angeles
GRT 6,876
Service record: Damaged by mine off Cape Henlopen, 2 Jun 1918. Decomm and returned 18 Jan 1919.
Dimensions:
435’ (bp) x 56’2” x 27’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Later history: Merchant Herbert L. Pratt 1919. BU 1947 Baltimore.
Complement:
72
Armament:
1‑5”/40, 1‑3”/50
No.
Name
1953 Hisko
GRT 5,665
Builder
Dimensions:
401’ (bp) x 54’3” x 30’8”
Machinery:
1/West GT, 10 kts
Complement:
53
Armament:
1‑5”/40, 1‑3”/50
Launched
Chester SB 15 Oct 1917
Comm. 6 Dec 1917
Comm.
ex-M.S. Dollar (1902) Dimensions:
Dimensions:
No.
13 Jun 1919
Houma: Decomm and returned 4 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Houma 1919, renamed Cape Henlopen 1924, Winifred O’Donnell 1926, Nevada 1929. BU 1950 Philadelphia. Hoven: Decomm and returned 8 Sep 1919. Later history: Merchant Hoven 1919, renamed Beaconhill 1926. BU 1950 Baltimore. Hoxbar: Decomm and returned 28 Aug 1919. Later history: Merchant Hoxbar 1919, renamed Vera Cruz 1941. BU 1964.
59
3021 Gold Shell
Comm.
6,941
4341 Hoxbar
1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50
GRT
Launched
4341B Hoven
Armament:
Name
Builder
Sparrows Pt 2 Nov 1918 22 Jan 1919
Complement:
No.
GRT 6,915
Design 1047 Service records:
Service record: Decomm and returned 23 May 1918.
1560 George G. Henry
No.
4341A Houma
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Union IW
5 Feb 1916
9 Aug 1917
Service record: Damaged in collision with tanker HMS Kurumba, 13 Feb 1918. Decomm and returned 17 Jan 1919. Later history: Merchant Los Angeles 1919, renamed Toteco 1941. BU 1966 Mexico. No.
Name Quevilly
GRT 3,203
Service record: Damaged in collision with USS Zaanland, which sank, north of Azores, 12 May 1918. Collided with m/v Almirante, which sank, in fog off New Jersey, 6 Sep 1918. Decomm 1 Oct and returned 1 Nov 1919.
Dimensions:
322’ (bp) x 45’6” x…
Later history: Merchant Hisko 1919, renamed Beta 1925. BU 1948 Baltimore.
Machinery:
2/diesel
Builder
Launched
In service
Laporte (Rouen)
1897
14 Feb 1918
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 kts
Armament: 2–5”/ Service record: Decomm and returned 24 Jun 1918. Later history: Merchant Topila 1918, renamed Jorge S. 1947. BU 1950 Baltimore. No.
Name
3449 W.L. Steed
GRT 6,450
Dimensions:
433 (bp) x 56 x 25’6
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10.5 kts
Complement:
72
Builder
Launched
Fore River
Comm.
2 Sep 1918 18 Sep 1918
Armament: 1‑6”/50, 1‑3”/50 Service record: Decomm 26 Mar 1919 and returned. Later history: Merchant W.L. Steed 1919. Torpedoed and sunk by U-103 off Delaware Capes, 2 Feb 1942.
Figure 10.6 The NOTS tanker Los Angeles during the war.
No.
Name
2519 Wieldrecht Complement: 74 Notes: four-mast bark fitted with engines 1911
GRT 3,559
Builder
Launched
Rotterdam DD
Comm.
9 Oct 1913 17 Jun 1918
Dimensions:
340’ (oa) 331’ (bp) x 47’4” x 20’5”
Service record: French tanker chartered to NOTS, station tanker, Azores (not comm). Returned 12 Apr 1919.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 10 kts
Complement:
52
Later history: Merchant Quevilly 1919, renamed Deodata 1926. Sunk by mine near Dowsing LV, 21 Oct 1939.
Armament: 1‑5”/51, 1‑3”/50 Service record: Dutch, seized 1918. Comm 4 Apr 1918 but returned to Shipping Board; recomm at Montevideo, Uruguay. Decomm 8 Apr and returned 10 Apr 1919.
No.
Name
GRT
3088 Robert L. Barnes
1,915
Builder
Launched
Comm.
McDougall
1918
19 Oct 1918
Later history: Merchant Wieldrecht 1919, renamed Myriel 1930, Miriella 1947. BU 1955 Spezia
ex-R.L. Barnes Dimensions:
No.
258’6” (oa) 251’10” (bp) x 43’2” x 18’6”
Machinery: 1/VTE, 8.5 kts. Service record: Not in NOTS. Designated AK 11 Oil storage, Guam, 1920–41. † No.
Name
GRT
Builder
3148 Sara Thompson 2.691
Launched
Dimensions:
Comm.
Armstrong 25 Aug 1888 17 Sep 1918
321’ (oa) 309’6” (bp) x 40’3” x 22’
No.
Machinery: 1/VTE, 9 kts Service record: German tanker, lost in Mississippi River 1914. Raised 1917. Fuel storage, Cavite, PI, Nov 1919. Designated AO 8. † No.
Name
GRT
3001 Topila Dimensions:
5,125
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Newport News
12 Jun 1913
8 Sep 1917
GRT 7,157
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Cramp
22 Nov 1916
9 Jan 1918
446’ x 58’2” x 27’6”
Machinery: 1/VTE, 10.5 kts. Service record: Torpedoed and sunk by UC-58 off Rosyth, Scotland, 18 May 1918 (5 dead).
ex-Gutheil Dimensions:
Name
1581 William Rockefeller
Name
1319 Winifred
GRT 2,551
Builder
Launched
Comm.
Bath
1 Oct 1898
21 Jun 1918
Dimensions:
282’6” (bp) x 42’2” x 21’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9.5 kts
Armament: 2–4”/40 Note: Converted from cargo ship, 1903. Comm at Liverpool. Service record: Collided with m/v Architect, 9 Dec 1918. Decomm and returned 13 Mar 1919.
395’ (oa) 371’ (bp) x 59’ x 23’2”
Later history: Merchant Winifred 1919. BU 1936 Port Arthur, Tex.
SCHOONER BARGES Comm.
GRT
Dimensions
3027
No.
C.F. Sargent
Name
1874
Built
Pendleton (Yarmouth, Me.)
Builder
18 Oct 1917
1,689
220’3” (bp) x 41’3” x 26’2”
1238
Carrie Clark
1874
Clark (Waldboro, Me.)
8 Nov 1917
1,298
194’ (oa) 188’ (bp) x 39’7” x 23’6” 251’1” (bp) x 42’5” x 23’6”
ex-Anna, ex-Carrie M. Clark 1237
General Knox
1881
O’Brien (Thomaston, Me.)
8 Nov 1917
1,587
1272
J.B. Walker
1879
O’Brien (Thomaston, Me.)
8 Aug 1918
2,136
247’1” (bp) x 42’2” x 26’9”
3065
Josephus
1876
Haggett (Newcastle, Me.)
8 Nov 1917
1,406
229’ (oa) 213’ (bp) x 39’2” x 20’8”
3223
Katherine W. Cullen
1903
(Baltimore)
28 Sep 1918
703
144’9” (bp) x 30’2” x 15’
…
Nahunta
1866
Aitken Mansel
8 Aug 1917
1,213
226’6” (oa) 220’ (bp) x 38’8” x 20’9”
ex-West Point (1916),,, ex-The Bruce
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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3025
Old Dominion
1872
Harlan
8 Aug 1918
1,802
…
San Joaquin
1876
Soule (Freeport, Me.)
8 Aug 1918
1,551
266’10”(oa) 255’6”(bp) x 42’6” x 18’ 219’9” (bp) x 41’7” x…
3026
Solitaire
1879
Sewell (Bath)
8 Aug 1918
1,515
229’1” (oa) 213’ (bp) x 40’1” x 23’7”
1239
W.F. Babcock
1882
Sewall
8 Nov 1917
2,128
240’10” (oa)/ (bp) x 43’9” x 25’8”
1241
Washington
1879
MacDonald (Bath)
Oct 1917
1,724
221’3” (bp) x 41’6” x
ex-Manuel Llaguno Nahunta: Sold 2 Oct 1919, Merchant West Point, se23 Old Dominion: (former s/w) Returned 2 Oct 1919. Merchant Old Dominion, se 35. San Joaquin: Stricken 13 Jun and sold 11 Sep 1919. Merchant San Joaquin, se23. Solitaire: Decomm 27 Mar 1919. Stricken 13 Jun 1919, sold 11 Sep 1919. Merchant Solitaire, se1923. W.F.Babcock: Stricken and sold 20 Jun 1919. Washington: Went aground and sank in Ambrose Channel, 9 Dec 1917.
C.F.Sargent: Wrecked on Hen and Chickens Shoals, Mass., 31 Jul 1918. Carrie Clark: Returned 11 Sep 1919. Foundered northwest of Highland Light, NJ, 28 Nov 1921. General Knox: 5th ND. Stricken 13 Jun 1919, sold 11 Sep 1919. Merchant General Knox. se23. J.B. Walker: Returned 11 Sep 1919. Burned at Scotland, Va., 4 Apr 1924. Josephus: Decomm 13 Jun and returned 11 Sep 1919. Burned at Scotland, Va., 4 Apr 1924. K.W.Cullen: Foundered in tow southeast of Boston, 30 Dec 1918.
Other Non‑Powered Vessels (not NOTS) No.
Name
Built
GRT
Dimensions
Acquired
2nd
1891
184
103’6” (oa) x 28’6” x 7’7”
21 Dec 1917
(U)
(U)
(U)
(U)
Harvest Queen
2nd
1857
275
153’ (oa) x 36’ x 4’9”
18 Sep 1917
Helen
5th
1911
1285
228’6” x 37’6” x
24 Aug 1917*
Isaac L. Rice
RI
(U)
325
130’4” (oa) x 38’4” x 5’
11 Jul 1918
Lillie
7th
1873
43
67’9” x 24’5” x
15 Jun 1917
4 Sep 1917
1202
Maggie
5th
1869
606
164’ (oa) x 20’ x
Jun 1917
14 Jul 1920
2057
Raymond
2nd
1893
183
102’9” (oa) x 29’8” x 7’7”
21 Dec 1917
15 Aug 1919
Riverside
5th
1890
863
174’ (oa) x 36’9” x
9 Oct 1918*
12 Nov 1920
Shannon
3rd
1908
350
89’8” (oa) x 29’ x 16’
30 Aug 1917
26 May 1919 20 May 1919
2058
Christine
569
Empress
1215
1236
ND
Returned BU Nov 1917
15 Oct 1918
Salvage Barges 3226
Addie & Carrie
1884
179
113’2” (oa) x 29’5” x 5’9”
Sep 1918
3222
F.R. Sharp
1892
199
124’4” (oa) x 26’ x
(U)
(U)
3225
Henry Seymour
3rd
1890
169
91’ x 30’7” x 10’
22 Sep 1918
15 May 1919
3224
John W. Chittenden
3rd
1900
235
128’2” (oa) x 27’ x 10’6”
11 Sep 1918
15 May 1919
3418
Salvor
2nd
1899
180
116’ (oa) x 239’5” x 6’6”
12 Jul 1918
22 May 1919
3240
Superior
1902
167
105’6” x 28’6” x 9’
9 Oct 1918
(U)
Rin Tin Tin
1883
560
210’ x 50’ x 13’8”
19 Oct 1919
28 Jun 1922
600
99’ x 20’ x 10’9”
1918
4 Oct 1919
Towed back to US, 1919. Designated YW 30. 3200
Rondout
1895
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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SMALL CARGO SHIPS/ LIGHTERS (not in NOTS) SP-
Name
2211 Bella
Builder
Launched
Swan Hunter
1906
SP-
Acquired
Comm.
22 Feb 1918 15 Mar 1918
Tonnage:
1,272 GRT
Dimensions:
235’4” (oa) 227’3” (bp) x 31’8” x 15’9”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Complement:
46
Launched 1889
Name
Builder
Launched
Stephen
1890
Acquired 22 Oct 1917
Comm. never
ex-Boston (1917)
ex-Iroquois (1917), ex-Kennebec (1912) Tonnage:
1,652 GRT
Dimensions:
256’ (bp) x 37’7” x 9’
Machinery:
SW/beam, 10 knots
Complement:
35
SP-
Name
Builder
3079 Rosedale
1,694 GRT
Dimensions:
245’ (bp) x 36’1” x 18’
938 GRT 216’ (bp) x 34’2” x 8’6”
Machinery:
SW/beam, 13.9 knots
Complement:
35
Note: wood hull
SP-
Name
3710 St. Johns
Builder Harlan
1,098 GRT
Later history: Merchant Cambridge 1919. BU 1922.
Dimensions:
250’ x 38’ x…
Machinery:
SW/beam, 16 knots
Complement:
128
Abbott
22 Jul 1918
Dimensions:
Tonnage:
Catherine Johnson
Comm.
10 Jul 1918
Tonnage:
Service record: 3rd ND. Unsuitable. Stricken 1 Mar 1918, sold 10 Mar 1919.
Builder
Acquired
1877
Later history: Merchant Rosedale 1919. Burned at Berkley, Va., 13 Apr 1922.
Machinery: 1/VTE, 14 knots Note: steel cargo
Name
Launched
(Norfolk, Va.)
Service record: 4th ND. Returned 31 Mar 1919.
Tonnage:
390
Comm.
Service record: 5th ND. Returned 30 Apr 1919.
Later history: Merchant Bella 1920. Foundered near Kingston, Jamaica, 18 Jun 1922.
SP-
Acquired
12 Aug 1918 19 Apr 1918
Later history: Merchant Iroquois 1919. Abandoned 1924 and burned.
Service record: Comm at Pauillac, France. Decomm 20 Feb 1920. Sold 2 Aug 1920.
1651 Cambridge
Builder New England SB
Note: wood hull
Armament: 2‑3”/50 Note: steel cargo
SP-
Name
2679 Iro
Launched 1913
Acquired 24 Jul 1918
Comm. 15 Jun 1918
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1878
26 Jun 1917
1917
Note: fleet tender; iron hull.
ex-Edith B 196 GRT
Service record: 5th ND. Decomm and returned 10 Jun 1919
Dimensions:
110’ (oa) 100’ (bp) x 30’ x 7’
Machinery:
1/VC, 8.6 knots
Later history: Merchant St. Johns 1919, renamed Bombay…, Tolchester 1933. se1964
Complement:
13
Tonnage:
SP-
Name
2000 Samoset
Armament: 2–1 pdr Note: wood lighter
Builder Neafie
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1897
20 Mar 1918
1918
ex-Annie L. Vansciver
Service record: 3rd ND. Designated YF 161, 17 Jul 1920. Rec YC 660, 19 Nov 1930. Sold 29 Sep 1932.
Tonnage:
294 GRT
Dimensions:
107’6” (oa) 103’3” (bp) x 23’ x 3’9”
Later history: Merchant Catherine Johnson 1932, renamed Sorenson Bros, Vera Gordon Rowe se48
Machinery:
1/VC, 7 knots
SP…
Name Dana
Builder (Boston)
Launched 1891
Acquired
Comm.
23 Nov 1917 23 Nov 1917
ex-Catherine James Tonnage:
118 GRT
Dimensions:
84’7” (bp) x 26’2” x (U)…
Machinery: Note: lighter
(U)
Note: steel cargo Service record: 1st and 3rd ND. Stricken and sold 16 Jun 1922. Later history: Merchant Samoset 1922, renamed Everglades, City of Punta Gorda 1927, Seminole 1930. Sunk in collision with m/v Elisha Lee off Cape Charles, Va., 12 Apr 1947. SP2575
Name Springfield
Builder Pusey
Tonnage:
287 GRT
Service record: 3rd ND. Returned 21 May 1919.
Dimensions:
127’ (bp) x 24’ x 7’
Later history: Merchant Dana 1919. se1923
Machinery:
1/VC, 10.4 knots
SP-
Name
2681 Fenimore
Builder Bath IW
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
9 Aug 1892
Apr 1918
1918
ex-Frank Jones (1916) Tonnage:
1,634 GRT
Dimensions:
253’2” (bp) x 36’3” x 10’3”
Launched 1901
Acquired
Comm.
24 Apr 1918
Note: steel river boat Service record: 4th ND. Returned 24 Mar 1919. Later history: Merchant Springfield 1919. se1941
Machinery: SW/cmpd, 8.6 knots Note: wood psgr steamer Service record: Destroyed by fire at New York,, 22 Jun 1918 (2 killed).
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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Figure 10.7 USS Tudno, the former British excursion steamer St. Tudno, used to ferry troops from ships to shore at Brest.
SP…
Name Tudno
Builder Fairfield
Launched
Acquired
9 Apr 1891 21 Oct 1918
Comm. Nov 1918
ex-St. Tudno, ex-H.T.Jackson Tonnage:
754 GRT
Dimensions: 265’4” x 32’6” x 11’4” Machinery: SW/cmpd Service record: Excursion steamer loaned from Britain. Ferried troops from ships to shore at Brest. Returned 21 Aug 1919. BU 1922. Holland
@ - collier; # = horse transport; % - mine transport; + = refrigerator ship.
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11
TUGS
All tugs were disarmed in 1899. Name
Builder
Algonquin
Newport News
Name Launched Jan 1891
Acquired
Comm.
26 Mar 1898 2 Apr 1898
ex-El Toro Tonnage:
187 tons D, 130 GRT
Dimensions:
81’5” (bp) x 18’10” x 8’5”
Machinery:
1/VQE, IHP 250, 10 knots
Complement: 12 Armament:
1–6 pdr; (1918) 2–1 pdr
Notes: Iron hull. Service record: Cuba 1898–1900. Renamed Accomac, 15 Jun 1898. Florida, 1900–1911. Boston NYd 1911. Designated YT 18, renamed Nottoway, 1 Jul 1920. Name canceled 5 Oct 1942. Stricken 17 Apr 1946, sold 15 Oct 1946. Later history: Merchant Virginia. Wrecked in hurricane at Norfolk, Va., 12 Sep 1960.
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1888
18 Apr 1898
6 Jul 1898
Active
Union IW
Tonnage:
296 tons D, 174 GRT
Dimensions:
107’ (oa) x 22’6” x 10’
Machinery:
1/cmpd, IHP 600, 12 knots
Complement: 21 Armament:
2–3”; (1918) 2–1 pdr
Service record: ANF. Renamed Lively, 11 Apr 1918. Designated YT 14, 1 Jul 1920. Sank at moorings, Mare Island & decomm, 16 Aug 1926. Stricken 28 Aug 1929, sold 11 Feb 1930. Later history: Merchant Active. Reacquired as YTM 323, 2 Mar 1942. BU 1963. Name
Builder
Launched
Alice
Rodermond
1893
Tonnage:
356 tons D, 154 GRT
Dimensions:
101’9” x 25’6” x 8’
Machinery:
1/cmpd, IHP 250, 10 knots
Armament:
2–6 pdr
Acquired
Comm.
26 Mar 1898 6 Apr 1898
Notes: Wood hull. Name retained. Service record: Norfolk NYd. Stricken 28 Apr 1916. FFU Name Apache
Builder
Launched
Brown
1889
Acquired
Comm.
24 May 1898 11 Jun 1898
ex-J.D. Jones Tonnage:
650 tons D, 298 GRT
Dimensions:
141’6” x 29’ x 10’
Machinery:
1/VTE, IHP 550, 10 knots
Complement: 48 Armament:
1–3,” then 2–40”/40, 2–3 pdr. 1918: 2–1 pdr
Notes: Wood hull. Service record: Decomm 24 Sep 1898. New York NYd 1900–20. Renamed
Figure 11.1: Visiting the fleet in Boston: the tug Accomac, formerly Algonquin, at right, taking on visitors for the battleships anchored in the bay, 1916.
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Name Cheyenne
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1885
8 Jul 1898
30 Jul 1898
Pregnall
ex-Bristol Tonnage:
144 GRT
Dimensions:
96’9” x 23’2” x 9’6”
Machinery:
1/cmpd,, 11 knots
Complement: 17 Armament:
1–6 pdr
Notes: Wood hull. Service record: ANF. Blockade of Cuba 1898. Decomm 29 Aug 1898. Stricken 30 Mar 1900, sold 14 Nov 1900. Later history: Merchant Jacob Kuper 1901. Sunk by boiler explosion at Tompkinsville, NY, 13 Aug 1902. Name Chickasaw
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1882
25 Jun 1898
Jun 1898
Dialogue
Figure 11.2: The ocean tug Iroquois (later AT 46), which was acquired in 1898.
ex-Hercules Tonnage:
100 tons D, 70 GRT
Dimensions:
77’2” x 18’ x 8’
Machinery:
1/cmpd, 10 knots
Name Iroquois
1–3”
Notes: Iron hull. Service record: ANF. Decomm 26 Aug 1898. Stricken 2 Apr 1913 & sold. Later history: Merchant Rose Reichert 1913, renamed Harry R. Wheeler 1918. se1941. Name Choctaw
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1892
18 Apr 1898
6 Jul 1898
ex-Fearless (1898)
Complement: 17 Armament:
Builder Union IW
Launched
Neafie
1892
Acquired
Comm.
19 Apr 1898 19 Apr 1898
Tonnage:
702 D, 400 GRT
Dimensions:
152’6” (oa) 145’ (bp) x 26’ x 13’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, IHP 1,100, 13.25 knots
Complement: 39 Armament:
4–3”/50; (1918) 2–3 pdr
Service record: ANF. Hawaii 1899–1910. Collier and supply ship, California coast 1910–18. 13th ND 1919–25. Designated AT 46. † Name
Builder
Launched
ex-C.G. Coyle, ex-B.D. Wood (se1895)
Massasoit
Tonnage:
350 tons D, 152 GRT
ex-Alfred W. Booth
Dimensions:
91’5” x 21’ x 10’
Tonnage:
150 GRT, 202 D
Machinery:
1/cmpd, IHP 188, 10 knots
Dimensions:
89’5” (wl) x 19’ x 8’6”
Complement: 24
Machinery:
1/cmpd, IHP 150, 9 knots
Armament:
Complement: 10
1–3 pdr.
Neafie
1898
Acquired
Comm.
25 Apr 1898 21 Jun 1898
Notes: Iron hull.
Armament:
Service record: ANF. Out of comm 26 Aug 1898–15 Jun 1899, 15 Jul 1902– 1904. Washington NYd. Renamed Wicomico, 20 Feb 1918. Designated YT 26, 1 Jul 1920. Sunk in collision with destroyer Goff in Hampton Roads, 15 Feb 1940. Sold 10 Aug 1940.
Service record: Designated YT 15. Decomm 7 Feb 1931. Stricken 17 Dec 1936, sold 26 Jan 1937.
1–1 pdr
Later history: Merchant W.H. Hoodless, 1938. se1948 Name
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1888
26 Apr 1898
1898
Modoc
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1890
29 Apr 1898
1898
Dialogue
Hercules
Dialogue
Tonnage:
141 GRT, 198 D
Tonnage:
184 GRT, 240 D
Dimensions:
101’6” x 20’6” x 9’
Dimensions:
96’9” (wl) x 20’10” x 9’3”
Machinery:
1/VTE, IHP 350, 12 knots
Machinery:
1/VC, IHP 175, 10 knots
Complement: 39 Armament:
1–3 pdr
ex-Enterprise
Complement: 9 Armament:
no guns
Notes: Iron hull.
Notes: Iron hull.
Service record: Norfolk NYd 1900–14. Cargo carrier in Pacific, 1914–15 and east coast 1915–23. Designated YT 13, 1 Jul 1920. Decomm 17 Dec 1931. Stricken 4 Dec 1936, sold 25 Jan 1937.
Service record: Philadelphia 1898–1947. Designated YT 16. Name canceled, 5 Oct 1942. To USMC 30 Jan 1947. Later history: Merchant Flo. se1964
Later history: Merchant. Se1964
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Tugs 193
Name Mohawk
Builder
Launched
Marvel
1893
Acquired
Comm.
23 Apr 1898 23 Apr 1898
Dimensions:
149’ (bp) x 28’7” x 12’
Machinery:
1/VTE, IHP 2,000, 16 knots
Complement: 37
ex-Thomas P. Fowler Tonnage:
420 D 160 GRT,
Armament:
Dimensions:
104’ (bp) x 24’ x 11’
Machinery:
1/VC, IHP 400, 12 knots
Service record: Cuba 1898. Asiatic Stn 1900. Philippine campaign. Designated AT 49. Decomm 10 Apr 1922. †
2–9 pdr; (1918) 3–3 pdr
Complement: 12 Armament:
Name
none
Service record: Norfolk NYd. Designated YT 17. Name canceled 5 Oct 1942. To WSA 15 Oct 1946. Later history: Merchant Mohawk 1947. se1964 Name Nezinscot
Builder
Launched
Neafie
1897
Acquired
Comm.
25 Mar 1898 2 Apr 1898
Pontiac
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
McGiehan (Athens, NY)
1891
23 Apr 1898
2 Apr 1898
ex-Right Arm Tonnage:
238 GRT, 401 D
Dimensions:
124’4” x 27’ x 9’6”
Machinery:
1/VC, IHP 425, 10.5 knots
Complement: 11
ex-DeWitt C. Ivins
Armament:
Tonnage:
117 GRT, 156 D
Dimensions:
85’ (bp) x 19’ x 8’
Service record: Renamed Passaic, 11 Apr 1918. Designated YT 20. Sold 25 Feb 1922.
Machinery:
1/VC, IHP 400, 10 knots
Later history: Merchant Right Arm. Stranded in Absecon Inlet, NJ, 22 Apr 1923.
Complement: 15 Armament:
1–6 pdr
Note:
Steel tug
Name
Service record: Capsized and sank off Cape Ann, Mass, 11 Aug 1909 (4 dead). Name Osceola
Builder
2–6 pdr
Launched
Hillman
1896
Acquired
Comm.
31 Mar 1898 4 Apr 1898
ex-Winthrop
Potomac
Builder Wheeler
Launched
Acquired
31 Aug 1897 14 Apr 1898
Comm. 5 Apr 1898
ex-Robert W. Wilmot Tonnage:
785 D, 475 GRT
Dimensions:
138’9” (bp) x 28’6” x 12’
Machinery:
1/VTE, IHP 2,000, 16 knots
Complement: 37
Tonnage:
571 D, 352 GRT
Dimensions:
125’5” x 26’3” x 14’
Machinery:
1/VTE, IHP 800, 14 knots
Armament:
2–6 pdr; (1910) 2–1 pdr; (1918) 2–3 pdr
Complement: 30
Service record: Abandoned in ice off Newfoundland; 14 Feb 1914, salvaged. Recomm 9 Jun 1914. Haiti 1919–20. Designated AT 50. Decomm 26 Jun 1922. Stricken 31 Jul 1922, sold 1 Dec 1922.
Armament:
Later history: Merchant Robert W. Wilmot 1923. RR 1981.
2–6 pdr; (1918) 2–3 pdr
Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of Manzanillo, 18 Jul 1898. Out of comm 1898–1 Jul 1911. Haiti 1915 & 1919–20. Designated AT 47. Stricken 15 Nov 1922, sold 24 Mar 1923. Later history: Merchant Winthrop 1924. Foundered off Port Isabel, Tex., 9 Jul 1947. Name Pawnee
Builder
Launched
Rodermond
1896
Acquired
Name Powhatan
Builder Maryland
Launched 1892
Acquired
Comm.
8 Apr 1898 20 Apr 1898
ex-Pennwood Tonnage:
194 D, 156 GRT
Comm.
6 May 1898 27 Apr 1898
ex-John Dwight Tonnage:
151 GRT, 275 D
Dimensions:
112’ x 27’3” x 7’
Machinery:
1/VC, NHP 250, 10 knots
Complement: 9 Armament:
none
Notes: Wood hull. Service record: 3rd ND. Designated YT 21. Decomm 24 Mar 1922. Sold 23 Jul 1922. FFU
Peoria see Gunboat p. 76 Name Piscataqua
Builder Wheeler
ex-William H. Brown Tonnage:
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854 D, 518 GRT
Launched
Acquired
21 Oct 1897 11 May 1898
Comm. 18 Jun 1898
Figure 11.3: The ocean tug Potomac (later AT 50), about 1907, was acquired in 1898.
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Dimensions:
101’ (bp) x 21’ x 10’
Machinery:
1/VTE, IHP 397, 13 knots
Service record: ANF. Renamed Sebago, 1900. Designated YT 23. Stricken 25 Jan 1937, BU.
Complement: 35 Armament:
Name
1–3 pdr
Service record: Renamed Cayuga, 1 Sep 1917. Designated YT 12. Decomm 20 Apr 1928. Sold 5 Jun 1928 Later history: Merchant Pennwood 1928, renamed Mathiasen Bros, Top Sergeant 1939. Foundered in East River, NY, 3 Feb 1946. Name
Builder
Launched 1899
Acquired 1899
Comm. 1 Jul 1911
Tecumseh
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1896
2 Apr 1898
6 Apr 1898
Dialogue
ex-Edward Luckenbach Tonnage:
214 D, 149 GRT
Dimensions:
88’6” x 21’6” x 9’3”
Machinery:
1/VITE, IHP 500, 11 knots; 1918: 1/VC
Complement: 15 Armament:
1–6 pdr
Rocket
Pusey
Tonnage:
206 tons D
Dimensions:
93’ x 28’ x 9’
Service record: Out of comm 17 Sep 1898–….. 1899. Washington NYd 1899– 1940. Sank at wharf 22 Oct 1919, raised & refitted. Designated YT 24. Sold 22 Aug 1946.
Machinery:
8 knots
Later history: Merchant Edward Luckenbach 1946. se1964
Complement: 9 Armament:
2–3 pdr
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1893
2 Apr 1898
6 Apr 1898
Service record: Designated YT 22. Norfolk NYd. Decomm 16 Jan 1931. Stricken 28 Oct 1931, sold 1 Dec 1933.
Uncas
Later history: Merchant Rocket. se1935.
Tonnage:
441 D, 283 GRT
Dimensions:
119’3” x 25’ x 12’
Machinery:
1/VTE, IHP 750, 12 knots
Name Seminole
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1879
6 Jun 1898
23 Jul 1898
Spedden
ex-Kate Jones 122 GRT
Dimensions:
102’6” x 20’ x 8’6”
Machinery:
1/cmpd
Later history: Merchant Joseph D. Wood, 1922, renamed Henry W. Card, Relief. se1941
1–3 pdr
Ships captured: schr Antonio Suarez, 3 May 1898; Bella Inez, 13 Jul 1898.
Notes: Iron hull. Service record: ANF. Boston NYd. To War Dept, 16 Mar 1900. Later history: renamed General Ayres (US Army), merchant Kate Jones se1935. Name Sioux
Builder
Launched
Neafie
1892
Acquired
Comm.
26 Mar 1898 9 Apr 1898
ex-P.H. Wise Tonnage:
155 D, 111 GRT
Dimensions:
84’6” (bp) x 19’ x 8’
Machinery:
1/VC, IHP 290, 10 knots
Name Vigilant
Builder Cramp
Launched
Acquired
12 Nov 1882 19 Apr 1898
Comm. 6 Apr 1898
ex-Vigilant, ex-George W. Pride Jr. Tonnage:
300 D, 177 GRT
Dimensions:
116’ (oa) x 21’ x 9’
Machinery:
1/VC, IHP 450, 12 knots
Complement: 32 Armament:
2–3”/ 2–1 pdr
Notes: Wood hull.
Complement: 9 Armament:
1–6 pdr
Service record: Cuba 1898. Out of comm 30 Jun 1902–1 Jul 1911. Designated AT 51. Rec YT 110, 1 Jul 1921. Decomm 6 Mar 1922. Stricken 14 Mar 1922, sold 25 Jul 1922.
Complement: 19 Armament:
Complement: 28 Armament:
Tonnage:
Dialogue
ex-Walter A. Luckenbach
Service record: ANF. San Francisco 1898–1927. Designated YT 25. Stricken 26 Nov 1927, sold 25 Apr 1928.
1–6 pdr
Notes: Iron hull.
Later history: Merchant Vigilant 1928, renamed Goliah. BU 1954.
Service record: Sank at wharf at Portsmouth, NH, 27 Dec 1902; raised & repaired. Renamed Nyack, 20 Feb 1918. Designated YT 19. Sold 18 Jul 1921. Later history: Merchant J. Vincent O’Brien 1921, renamed J.M. Taylor. se1954.
Name Waban
Builder
Launched
Cramp
1880
Acquired
Comm.
25 Jun 1898 25 Jul 1898
ex-Confidence Name Takoma
Builder Dialogue
ex-Hortense
Launched 1893
Acquired 30 Apr 1898
Comm. 1898
Tonnage:
150 D, 85 GRT
Dimensions:
85’ x 17’6” x 8’
Machinery:
1/VC, IHP 300, 13 knots
Tonnage:
130 GRT
Dimensions:
99’ x 21’ x 8’
Armament:
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Notes: Iron hull.
Complement: 22 Armament:
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1–6 pdr
Complement: 16 1–3”
Service record: ANF. Guantanamo 1911–19. Stricken 17 Jul 1919 & sold. Later history: Merchant Waban 1919, Pennsylvania 19??, renamed Nig.
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Tugs 195
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1896
4 Apr 1898
6 Apr 1898
Displacement
192 tons; Unadilla: 355 tons Samoset, Pawtucket: 225 tons; Penacook, Pentucket, Sotoyomo: 230 tons
ex-Atlas
Dimensions
92’6” (oa) x 20’11” x 8’; Unadilla: 110’ x 25’ x 9’11”
Tonnage:
462 D, 323 GRT
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 S/E boiler, IHP 300, 13 knots
117’6” x 25’6” x 12’
Complement
9
1/VTE, IHP 650, 13 knots
Armament none Notes: Authorized 1889–1902. Most spent entire career at one navy yard. AT 1–9 rec YT 1–9, 1921.
Wompatuck
Harlan
Dimensions: Machinery:
Complement: 32 Armament:
2–6 pdr, 2–3 pdr; (1918) 2–1 pdr
Service record:
Notes: Iron hull. Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Bombardment of San Juan, 11 May 1898. Bombardment of Manzanillo, 18 Jul 1898. Out of comm 15 Oct 1898–12 Nov 1900. Asiatic Stn 1901–14. Philippine campaign. Cavite NYd 1914–42. Designated YT 27. Rec YO 64, 11 Feb 1928. Lost or scuttled at Cavite, Luzon, 2 Jan 1942. Name
Builder
Rapido
Carraca
Tonnage:
186 D
Dimensions:
96’ x 16’4” x 7’6”
Machinery:
(U)…… 10 knots
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1891
1898
1898
Notes: Wood hull. Captured 1898.
Sotoyomo: Puget Sd NYd. Pearl Harbor 1938–46. Destroyed 15 Feb 1946.
Service record: Cavite NYd. Sold 1918. FFU Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
In service
1891
1894
1894
Traffic
McCarty (Brooklyn)
Tonnage:
417 D
Dimensions:
106’ x 29’4” x 9’
Machinery:
1/vert.; IHP 240, 10 knots
Complement: 9 Armament:
Navajo
Builder Neafie
Launched 1907
Acquired
Comm.
21 Nov 1907 17 Mar 1908
ex-General Hubbard Tonnage
800 tons D.
Dimensions
141’4” (oa) 130’ (bp) x 27’6” x
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 935, 12 knots
Armament
Notes: Derrick mast. Freight steamer listed as a tug. Service record: New York NYd. Stricken 29 Jan 1924. Sold 15 Apr 1924 FFU Name
Name
Complement 28
2–1 pdr
Builder
Transfer
Wahneta: Norfolk NYd, 1893–1922. Sold 6 Dec 1922. Later history: Merchant Carl D. Colonna, 1923, renamed Roanoke 194? se1964. Iwana: Boston NYd, 1892–1946. Sold 20 Mar 1946. Narkeeta: Sold 28 Oct 1926. Later history: Merchant Edward L. Card, 1927. se1941. Unadilla: Mare I. NYd. Sold 1947. Samoset: Sold 9 Jan 1947 (USMC). Penacook: Portsmouth NYd. Sold 12 Aug 1947. Later history: Merchant Downer, 1948, renamed Peter C. Gallagher. se1964 Pawtucket: Puget Sd NYd. Sold 13 Dec 1946. Pentucket: Decomm 13 Jul 1933. Stricken 17 Dec 1936, sold 25 Jan 1937. Later history: Merchant Pentucket. se1948.
Launched
Acquired
In service
2–3 pdr
Service record: Designated AT 52. Pearl Harbor NYd. †
Comm.
New York 18 Aug 1904 24 May 1905 15 Sep 1905 19 Jul 1910 NYd
Tonnage:
684 tons D
Dimensions:
110’ x 30’ x 10’
Machinery:
1/VC; IHP 500, 8 knots
Complement:
9
Armament: 2–1 pdr Notes: Derrick mast, freight lighter. Service record: New York NYd. IX 46. Out of comm 6 Oct 1922–6 Feb 1924. Stricken 16 Sep 1945, sold 4 Aug 1945. Laid Down
Launched
Completed
1
No.
Wahneta
City Point
Apr 1891
3 Mar 1892
1892
2
Iwana
City Point
Apr 1891
12 Mar 1892
1892
3
Narkeeta
City Point
Apr 1891
11 Feb 1892
1892
4
Unadilla
Mare I NYd
29 Apr 1895
21 Sep 1895
1895
5
Samoset
Norfolk NYd 13 Jan 1895
20 Mar 1897
1898
6
Penacook
New York NYd
8 Feb 1898
29 Oct 1898
9 Feb 1899
7
Pawtucket
Mare I NYd
22 Jul 1898
17 Nov 1898 27 May 1899
8
Pentucket
Boston NYd
29 Jan 1903
16 Jul 1903
24 Jan 1904
9
Sotoyomo
Mare I NYd
2 Mar 1903
20 Aug 1903
1 Mar 1904
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Name
Builder
Figure 11.4: The ocean tug Navajo (later AT 52).
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Launched
Comm.
10
No.
Patapsco
Name
Portsmouth NYd 12 May 1907
Builder
Laid Down
29 Jun 1908
28 Jul 1909
11
Patuxent
Norfolk NYd
16 May 1908
4 May 1909
25 Jul 1907
Displacement
755 tons; 536 GRT
Dimensions
156’7” (oa) 148’ (bp) x 29’ x 12’3”
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1160, 13 knots
Complement
36
10 17: 46
Armament Service records:
2–3 pdr
14 Arapaho: Puget Sd NYd 1914–18. Comm 8 Feb 1918, trfd to Atlantic. Decomm 6 Apr 1922. † 15 Mohave: Puget Sd NYd 1914–18. NOTS. Haiti 1919–20. † 16 Tillamook: Mare Island NYd. † 17 Wando: † 18 Pocahontas: 5th ND. Renamed Chemung, 1 Sep 1917. Annapolis 1921–26. †
Armament 1–3”/50 Notes: Fitted for minesweeping 1913.
No.
Service records:
Name
AT 19
Patapsco: Mexican Intervention 1914. North Sea Mine Barrage 1918–19. † Patuxent: Mexican Intervention 1914. Haiti 1915. North Sea Mine Barrage 1918–19. Damaged by mine, 12 May 1919. † No.
Complement
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
AT 12
Sonoma
NY Sbdg
7 Nov 1911
AT 13
Ontario
NY Sbdg
23 Nov 1911 11 Apr 1912
Comm.
Amer (Buffalo)
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
4 Mar 1917
18 Oct 1917
18 May 1918
1917
5 Dec 1917
16 Jul 1918
ex-Huron (1 Sep 1917) AT 20
Sagamore Amer (Buffalo)
11 May 1912 6 Sep 1912 4 Sep 1912
Builder
Allegheny
ex-Comanche (30 Oct 1917) Tonnage
1,000 tons
Displacement
1,120 tons
Dimensions
155’9” (oa) 149’3” (bp) x 30’ x 14’7”
Dimensions
185’2” (oa) 175’ (bp) x 35’6” x 20’3”
Machinery
1 screw: VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1800, 14 knots
Machinery
1 screw: VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1500, 13 knots
Complement
44
Complement
54
Armament 2–3”/50AA Notes: Acquired while building.
Armament 1–3”/50 AA Notes: Authorized 1911. Fitted for minesweeping 1915.
Service records:
Service records: 12 Sonoma: Mexican Intervention 1914. † 13 Ontario: Mexican Intervention 1914. Queenstown & Western Europe 1918– 20. Samoa 1920–41. † No.
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
AT 14
Arapaho
Seattle
16 Dec 1913
20 Jun 1914
1914
AT 15
Mohave
Seattle
16 Dec 1913
20 Jul 1914
12 Aug 1914
AT 16
Tillamook
Seattle
6 Jan 1914
15 Aug 1914
1914
AT 17
Wando
Charleston NYd
14 Jun 1915
7 Mar 1916
3 Apr 1917
AT 18
Pocahontas
Norfolk NYd
2 Oct 1915
1 Apr 1916
14 Mar 1917
Displacement
575 tons
Dimensions
122’6” (oa) 115’ (bp) x 24’ x 12’10”; Wando, Pocahontas: 123’6” (oa) x 26’7” x 11’6”
Machinery
1 screw: VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 800, 11 knots
Figure 11.5: The ocean tug Ontario (AT 13), probably in 1919 in the North Sea.
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19 Allegheny: NOTS. Sank at Pensacola after being struck by propeller of USS Orion, 5 Jul 1922, salvaged. † 20 Sagamore: NOTS. † No.
Name
AT 21
Bagaduce
AT 22
Tadousac
Builder Ferguson
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
16 Jul 1918
5 Apr 1919
18 Sep 1919
17 Feb 1919
13 Jun 1919
ex-Ammonoosuc (24 Feb 1919) Ferguson
22 Jul 1918
ex-Chimo (24 Feb 1919) AT 23
Kalmia
Ferguson
23 Aug 1918 26 Aug 1919 18 Nov 1919
AT 24
Kewaydin
Ferguson
23 Aug 1918
25 Jun 1919
AT 25
Umpqua
Ferguson
19 Feb 1919
18 Sep 1919
6 Dec 1919
AT 26
Wandank
Ferguson
7 Apr 1919
21 Oct 1919
23 Mar 1920
AT 27
Tatnuck
Puget Sd NYd
3 Dec 1918
21 Feb 1919
26 Jul 1919
28 Feb 1919
20 Oct 1919
4 Nov 1919
ex-Iosco (24 Feb 1919) AT 28
Sunnadin
Puget Sd NYd
3 Dec 1918
ex-Katahdin (24 Feb 1919)
Figure 11.6: The ocean tug Koka (AT 31) was one of a class of nineteen tugs built for the Navy. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph)
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AT 29
Tugs 197
Mahopac
Puget Sd NYd 30 Nov 1918 27 May 1919
20 Oct 1919
ex-Kickapoo (24 Feb 1919) AT 30
Sciota
Puget Sd NYd 30 Nov 1918
11 Jun 1919
13 Nov 1919
11 Jul 1919
18 Feb 1920
24 Jul 1919
5 Dec 1919
12 Aug 1919
7 Feb 1920 15 May 1920
ex-Watauga (24 Feb 1919) AT 31
Koka
Puget Sd NYd 30 Nov 1918 ex-Oconee (24 Feb 1919)
AT 32
Napa
Puget Sd NYd
5 Mar 1919
ex-Yucca (24 Feb 1919) AT 33
Pinola
Puget Sd NYd
3 Mar 1919
ex-Nipsic (24 Feb 1919) AT 34
Algorma
Staten Island
6 Jan 1919
12 Jun 1919
AT 35
Carrabasset
Staten Island
6 Jan 1919
12 Jun 1919
30 Jun 1920
AT 36
Contocook
Staten Island
6 Feb 1919
12 Jan 1920
20 Aug 1920
AT 37
Iuka
Staten Island
6 Feb 1919
12 Jan 1920
29 Oct 1920
AT 38
Keosanqua
Staten Island
22 Mar 1919
26 Feb 1920
9 Dec 1920
AT 39
Montcalm
Staten Island
16 Jun 1919
26 Feb 1920
19 Jan 1921
ex-Kineo (24 Feb 1919) AT 40/45
Figure 11.7: Figure 29.7: The ocean tug Genesee (AT 55), used as a minesweeper during the war.
Staten Island
Displacement
1,000 tons
Dimensions
156’8” (oa) 149’3” (bp) x 30’ x 14’7”
Machinery
1 screw: VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1800, 13 knots
Complement
25
Displacement 775 tons
Armament
2–3”/50AA guns
No. AT 60
Name Bay Spring
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Providence Eng.
1920
25 Sep 1921
10 Nov 1921
Dimensions
150’ (oa) 141’3” (bp) x 27’8” x 14’1”
Notes: Authorized 1917.
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 850 hp, 11 knots
Service record:
Complement 37
21 Bagaduce: † 22 Tadousac: † 23 Kalmia: † 24 Kewaydin: † 25 Umpqua: Charleston NYd to 1941. † 26 Wandank: Norfolk NYd. 1922–40. † 27 Tatnuck: Alaska 1920–46. † 28 Sunnadin: Pearl Harbor 1920–45. † 29 Mahopac: 12th & 13th ND. † 30 Sciota: † 31 Koka: † 32 Napa: Guam 1919–29. †. 33 Pinola: Decomm 9 Jun 1922. † 34 Algorma: Decomm 3 May 1922. † 35 Carrabasset: Decomm 27 Mar 1922. † 36 Contocook: † 37 Iuka: † 38 Keosanqua: Decomm 8 Jun 1922. † 39 Montcalm: †
Armament 2–3 pdr Service record: Key West 1922–26. †
40–45 canceled 21 Dec 1918. AT 46 Iroquois AT 47 Osceola AT 48 Peoria AT 49 Piscataqua AT 50 Potomac AT 51 Uncas AT 52 Navajo AT 53 Delaware SP 467 AT 54 Conestoga SP 1128 AT 55 Genesee SP 1116 AT 56 Lykens SP 876 SP 1019 AT 57 Sea Rover AT 58 Undaunted SP 1950 SP 1015 AT 59 Challenge
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AUXILIARY TUGS (SP) SP2413
Name A.G. Prentiss
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
(Kennebunk, Me.)
1912
28 Mar 1918
1918
Tonnage:
252 GRT
Dimensions:
68’9” (bp) 76’ (oa) x 17’2” x 7’
Machinery:
1/Vsgl; 9 knots
Complement: 6 Service record: Returned 2 Dec 1918. Later history: Merchant A.G.Prentiss 1919. se1948 SP2725
Name Alex Brown
Builder Brown
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1912
30 Sep 1918
11 Oct 1918
Tonnage:
119 GRT
Dimensions:
90’ (oa) 80’ (bp) x 24’9” x 8’
Machinery: 2/VSgl, 8.5 knots Notes: Wood hull. Service record: 7th ND. Renamed Saco, 24 Nov 1920. Designated YT 31. Stricken 12 Oct 1926, sold 2 May 1927. SP…
Name
Builder
Amanda Moore
(Scranton, Miss)
Tonnage:
121 GRT
Dimensions:
100’ x 21’ x 8’3”
Machinery:
(U)
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1900
Apr 1918
never
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Service record: 5th ND. Evaluated as unsuitable, Apr 1918. Returned 12 May 1919. Later history: Merchant Campostella 1919. se1935 SP3104
Name Asher J. Hudson
Builder Dialogue
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1891
1 Aug 1918
1 Aug 1918
Tonnage:
136 GRT
Dimensions:
104’ (oa) 92’ (bp) x 21’ x 10’3”
Machinery:
1/VC, 11 knots
Armament: SP-
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1909
17 Apr 1918
8 Jun 1918
Tonnage:
199 GRT
Dimensions:
109’ (bp) x 23’ x 6’6”
Machinery:
1/VSgl, 10 knots
Later history: Merchant Clio 1922. se1941 SP-
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1904
17 Aug 1918
never
Neafie
Name Criccieth
Later history: Merchant Asher J. Hudson 1921, renamed Marathon. Wrecked on Inagua Island, Bahamas, 17 Jan 1969. Atlantic
Builder Clinton (Philadelphia)
Service record: 5th ND. Sold… May 1922.
Service record: 8th ND. Foundered at wharf at New Orleans, 28 Oct 1920. Renamed Yuma, 24 Nov 1920. Designated YT 37. No further service. Sold 5 Aug 1921.
859
Clio
Notes: Wood hull.
Armament: 2–3 pdr Notes: Iron hull.
Name
Name
2279
Complement: 24
Complement: 16
SP-
1–3”
Service record: Foundered in gale off Fenwick LV, 26 Feb 1918 (30 lost).
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Cox (Falmouth)
1905
Apr 1918
Apr 1918
ex-Conqueror Tonnage:
102 GRT
Dimensions:
90’4” x 17’9” x… 1/VC;…
Tonnage:
129 GRT
Machinery:
Dimensions:
81’8” (bp) x 20’ x 10’6”
Machinery:
1/VC, 10 knots
Service record: Acquired from RN, 1918. Brest 1918. Decomm & returned 15 Oct 1919. Later history: Merchant Criccieth 1919. BU1957.
Armament: 2–1 pdr Notes: Steel hull.
SP-
Service record: Sold 14 Sep 1921 Later history: Merchant Atlantic 1921, renamed Carrollton 1935, Salutation. SP-
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1898
12 Oct 1917
12 Oct 1917
2844
Name
Builder
Emma Kate Ross
Dialogue
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1882
2 Jul 1918
1918
Tonnage:
127 GRT
Dimensions:
104’2” (bp) x 20’ x 10’
ex-Luckenbach No.1 (1917), ex-M.E. Luckenbach (1916)
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Tonnage:
439 GRT
Complement:
13
Dimensions:
138’9” (bp) x 27’ x 15’
Armament:
1–6 pdr
Machinery:
1/TE, 11.75 knots
Notes: Iron hull.
1232
Barnegat
Dialogue
Complement: 40
Service record: 3rd ND. To USCG. Sold 16 May 1919.
Armament:
Later history: Merchant Emma Kate Ross, 19??, renamed Russell 5 1941, Essex, Helen M. Mathiasen 1948.
1‑3”/50
Note: steel tug Service record: Brest 1918. Decomm and trfd to Army 20 Aug 1920, sold 1923. Later history: Merchant G.E. Roper 1923. RR 1935 SP2671
Name
Builder
Carl R. Gray Rhode (Baltimore)
Tonnage:
115 GRT
Dimensions:
88’10” (bp) x 22’6” x 9’6”
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1918
5 Oct 1918
5 Oct 1918
Later history: Merchant Mae R. Mathiasen 1933, renamed Arthur C. Staples, Argo. se1948 458
Builder
Cherokee Dialogue
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Hong Kong
1907
28 Dec 1917
1917
Tonnage:
299 GRT
Dimensions:
106’ × 20’× …
Machinery:
(U)/…;
SP-
Service record: 5th ND. Renamed Nausett, 24 Nov 1920. Designated YT 35. Stricken 13 Mar 1933, sold 24 May 1933.
Name
Name Engineer
Service record: acquired from US Army. 16th ND. Returned 1919. Reacquired as YFB 12, 9 Oct 1922. Renamed San Felipe, 1 Nov 1922. Lost in Philippines, 2 Jan 1942.
Machinery: 1/VC Notes: Wood hull.
SP-
SP-
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1891
12 Oct 1917
5 Dec 1917
ex-Luckenbach No.2, ex-Edgar F. Luckenbach (1916)
2200
Name Howard Greene
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Baltimore
1917
11 Feb 1918
2 Feb 1918
Tonnage:
147 GRT
Dimensions:
92’ (bp) x 22’ x 9’10”
Machinery:
1/VC, 12.5 knots
Complement:
11
Armament:
2–1 pdr
Notes: Steel hull.
Tonnage:
272 GRT
Service record: Designated YT 32. Renamed Catawba, 1920. Out of service 20 Aug 1946. Sold 26 Dec 1946.
Dimensions:
120’ x 24’6” x 15’
Later history: Merchant F.L. Jenkins 1947, renamed Fort Jackson. se1974.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 1200 hp, Complement 42
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Tugs 199
SP3219
Name Inca
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1879
31 Jul 1918
2 Aug 1918
Dialogue
SP-
Name
1213
Montauk
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1899
12 Oct 1917
6 Dec 1917
Neafie
ex-Luckenbach No.3 (1917), ex-Walter A. Luckenbach (1916)
Tonnage:
103 GRT
Dimensions:
101’ (oa) 92’6 (bp) x 20’ x 7’9”
Tonnage:
434 GRT
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Dimensions:
134’6” (bp) x 26’ x 14’
Notes: Iron hull.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 800 hp, 11.5 knots
Service record: 6th ND. Returned 1 Feb 1919.
Complement: 40 Armament:
Later history: Merchant Inca 1919. se1948. SP…
Name James Woolley
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1899
22 Jul 1918
18 Jun 1918
Lockwood (E.Boston)
Tonnage:
92 GRT
Dimensions:
80’9” (bp) x 21’ x 9’10”
1‑3”/50
Notes: Steel hull. Service record: 3rd ND. Sold 21 May 1920. Later history: Merchant A.L. Bisso 1920. Foundered at New Orleans, 19 Sep 1947. SP-
Name
Builder
Navigator
Dialogue
Launched
Machinery:
(U)
2225
Complement:
11
Tonnage:
414 GRT
Notes: Wood hull.
Dimensions:
134’4” (bp) x 26’ x 13’9”
Service record: Designated YT 45. 1st ND. Decomm 11 Apr 1932. Stricken 22 Jul 1936, sold 22 Dec 1936.
Machinery:
1/VTE, 1000 hp, 12 knots
Armament:
2–6 pdr
Later history: Merchant James Woolley. se1964
Notes: Steel hull.
SP1136
Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Brown
1899
25 Sep 1917
19 Dec 1917
Mariner
ex-Jack T.Scully, ex-Nemasket (1916) Tonnage:
220 GRT
Dimensions:
109’ x 24’ x 10’8”
Machinery:
(U), 11 knots
Armament:
1–3”
SP3717
Name McDougall
Builder Neafie
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1900
3 Oct 1918
1918
Tonnage:
562 GRT
Dimensions:
168’ (bp) 170’ (oa) x 32’ x 9’3”
Machinery:
1/VC, 10 knots
Name
Builder
Oneonta
Willamette IW
1910
Acquired
Comm.
29 Apr 1918
29 Jun 1918
Tonnage:
214 GRT
Dimensions:
118’ (oa) 103’6” (bp) x 25’4” x 12’4”
Machinery:
1/VC, 11.5 knots
Complement: 32 Armament:
2–3 pdr
Notes: Steel hull. Service record: 13th ND. Returned 7 May 1919.
Name
982
Penobscot
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1903
29 Aug 1917
5 Dec 1917
Risdon
ex-Luckenbach No. 5
Notes: Steel hull. Later history: Merchant McDougall 1919. se1948
847
SP-
SP-
Service record: 8th ND. Returned 6 Mar 1919.
Name
Comm.
Later history: Merchant Oneonta 1919, renamed Sea King. se1959
Complement: 29
SP-
Acquired
20 Aug 1918 20 Aug 1918
Service record: Designated YT 39. 12th ND. Stricken 30 Dec 1946, to USMC 8 Aug 1947.
1138
Service record: 3rd ND. Foundered in gale off Long Island, NY, en route to Bermuda, 26 Feb 1918. (none lost)
1898
Builder
Menhaden Crockett (Pocomoke)
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1905
May 1917
21 May 1917
Tonnage:
269 GRT
Dimensions:
121’6” (oa/bp) x 24’6” x 13’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 11 knots
Complement:
38
Armament:
1‑3”/50
Tonnage:
93 GRT
Service record: 5th ND. Mediterranean. Damaged by fire off Villafranca, Italy, 5 Oct 1918 (1 killed). Designated YT 42. To USMC, 31 Jan 1947.
Dimensions:
100’ (oa) 94’ (bp) x 17’9” x 7’9”
Later history: Merchant Mary B. 1947. se1948
Machinery:
1/VSgl, 8 knots
Complement: 19 Armament:
2–1 pdr
SP604
Notes: Wood hull.
Name
Builder
R.W. Wilmot Globe (Cleveland)
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1898
4 Jan 1918
29 Jan 1918
Service record: 5th ND. Decomm & returned 12 Mar 1919.
Tonnage:
569 GRT
Later history: Merchant Menhaden 1919. se1923
Dimensions:
142’ (oa) 130’ (bp) x 31’6” x 14’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE
Armament:
1–3”
Service record: To France, 4 Apr 1918. Later history: renamed Loup Cervier, 1918. R31
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SP1014
Name
Builder
Sea Rover
Fulton IW
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1902
11 Dec 1917
31 Jan 1918
SP1390
Name Underwriter
Builder Dialogue
Tonnage:
199 GRT
Tonnage:
170 GRT
Dimensions:
121’ (bp) x 24’6” x 14’
Dimensions:
112’8” (bp) x 22’ x 9’3”
Machinery:
1/VC, 10 knots
Machinery:
1/VC 13 knots
Complement: 20
Complement 22
Armament:
Armament: none Notes: Iron hull.
1‑3”/50
Service record: Bermuda 1918. Damaged in hurricane off Bermuda, 2 Sep 1918. Designated AT 57. Decomm 4 Mar 1921. Sold 25 Feb 1922. Later history: Merchant Sea Rover 1922. se1949.
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1881
1 Jul 1918
9 Aug 1918
Service record: 8th ND. Designated YT 44. Renamed Adirondack, 15 Oct 1920. Decomm 1 Mar 1922. Sold 6 Jun 1922. Later history: Merchant Underwriter 1922. se1935
SP…
Name Virginian ex-Blue Belle
Builder Kemble (Camden, NJ)
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1904
1917
Jan 1918
SP2360
Name
Builder
William F. Dialogue McCauley
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1894
13 Apr 1918
13 Apr 1918
Tonnage:
179 GRT
Tonnage:
149 GRT
Dimensions:
102’6” (bp) x 22’6” x 11’3”
Dimensions:
90’ (bp) 100’ (oa) x 21’ x 12’
Machinery:
1/VC, 10 knots
Machinery:
1/VC, 12 knots
Complement
15
Complement 15
Note:
wood tug
Note:
steel tug
Service record: 5th ND. Returned 12 May 1919.
Service record: 12th ND. Returned 26 Nov 1918.
Later history: Merchant Virginian 1919, renamed Richard Card. se1941
Later history: Merchant William F. McCauley 1918, renamed Captain Collier. se1948
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12
United States Revenue Cutter Service
United States Coast Guard (28 Jan 1915) The United States Revenue Marine, later called the Revenue Cutter Service, was established in 1789 to prevent smuggling by sea. It is, therefore, the senior uniformed service. The Service experimented with steam vessels before the Civil War with mixed effect. During the latter half of the nineteenth century, it was responsible for law enforcement and safety at sea. A patrol in the Bering Sea was inaugurated in addition to its operations on the inland rivers, Great Lakes, and all coast areas of the United States. During the Spanish-American War, thirteen cutters were taken into naval service, including the McCulloch, which was present at the Battle of Manila Bay.1 In 1912 after the sinking of the liner Titanic, the Service became responsible for American participation in the International Ice Patrol. In 1915 the Revenue Cutter Service was combined with the Life-Saving Service, which operated lifeboats and stations on the coasts. The new merged organization, the United States Coast Guard, came into being on 28 Jan 1915. On 6 Apr 1917, on the declaration of war with Germany, the Coast Guard became part of the Navy. A number of cutters were stationed in Europe and others took part in anti-submarine operations in the North Atlantic.2 When alcoholic beverages became illegal in 1920, the Coast Guard became responsible for preventing importation of liquor by sea. Smuggling became so widespread that dozens of new cutters were built or transferred from the Navy. All ships of the Coast Guard are referred to as “cutters.” Coast Guard cutters were not identified by numbers during the period covered in this volume. Although they had building numbers, these were not used later. Cutters were usually known by the surname only, rather than the complete name. 1.
In USN 24 Mar 1898—17 Aug 1898. (Marked *)
2.
All vessels in USN 6 Apr 1917—28 Aug 1919
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Ships on Coast Guard List, 1883 *Levi Woodbury William H. Seward Thomas Ewing Andrew Johnson Peter G. Washington *Louis McLane George M. Bibb William E. Chandler William H. Crawford John A. Dix Hugh McCulloch Hannibal Hamlin Schuyler Colfax *U.S. Grant Albert Gallatin *Alexander Hamilton
1863 1864 1864 1865 1865 1865 1865 1866 1865 1865 1866 1866 1871 1871 1871 1871
Figure 12.1: The Revenue Cutter Woodbury, built in 1863, at Camden, Maine, about 1910.
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Manhattan George S. Boutwell Oliver Wolcott Samuel Dexter *Richard Rush Alexander J. Dallas John F. Hartley *Thomas Corwin Tench Coxe Salmon P. Chase Walter Forward James Guthrie William P. Fessenden
1873 1873 1873 1974 1874 1874 1875 1876 1876 1878 1882 1882 1883
Service Notes: Woodbury: Eastport, Me. Sold 10 Aug 1915. Later history: merchant Laksco. RR 1932. Seward: New England/Louisiana. Sold 10 Jun 1901. Later history: merchant barge Eugenia. se1906 Ewing: Chesapeake Bay. Sold 29 Apr 1895 Later history: merchant Clifton. Wrecked off Beaufort, SC, 18 May 1909. Johnson: Great Lakes. Sold 2 Jun 1897. Washington: Philadelphia. Sold 3 Feb 1906. McLane Gulf of Mexico. Sold 23 Oct 1903. Later history: merchant Louis Dolive. RR 1919. Bibb: Great Lakes. Sold 24 Oct 1891. Later history: merchant Pentagoet. Foundered at sea off Cape Cod, 27 Nov 1898. Chandler: New York. Sold 28 Sep 1903. Later history: merchant Grant. Crawford: Chesapeake Bay. Sold 24 Apr 1897. Later history: merchant General J.A. Dumont. Burned at Severn Side, Md., 22 Dec 1914. Dix: Gulf of Mexico. Sold 18 May 1891. Later history: merchant Gov. John A. Dix. RR 1908. McCulloch: Charleston, SC. Sold 20 Feb 1889. Later history: merchant Jupiter.
Hamlin: Boston. Sold 28 Aug 1899. Colfax: Charleston, SC. Decomm 1 Sep 1899. Engines removed later, Station
ship Baltimore. Sold 16 Jan 1924.
Grant: Pt Townsend. ANF. Sold 28 Nov 1906. Gallatin: Boston. Wrecked off Manchester, Mass., 6 Jan 1892 (1 killed). Hamilton: New York. Sold 6 Mar 1906. Later history: Merchant Pilot 1906, renamed Keechi. Manhattan: New York.
Decomm 19 Dec 1917, renamed Arundel. Sold 1927.
Boutwell: Savannah New Bern, NC. Sold 23 Oct 1907. Later history: merchant E.T. Chamberlin.
Wolcott: Pt Townsend. Sold 19 Feb 1897. Later history: merchant Wolcott. Dexter: Newport, RI. Sold 18 Jul 1908. Later history: merchant Leroy. Foundered off St. Andrews Bar, Fla., 16 Nov 1926.
Rush: Pacific coast. ANF. Sold 11 Jan 1913. Later history: merchant Rush. se1923
Dallas: New London/Lake Ontario. Sold 2 Jul 1908. Later history: merchant Dallas.
Hartley: San Francisco. Foundered at wharf at San Francisco, 2 Apr 1914, not repaired. Sold 1 Aug 1919.
Later history: Merchant Wotoc. se1923 [Rebuilt at Baltimore 1895:
48 tons; 88’ (oa) x 17’6” x 9’3”]
Corwin: Alaska. ANF. Sold 14 Feb 1900. Later history: Merchant Corwin. RR 1912c.
Chase: Philadelphia. Sold 20 Feb 1895. Later history: Merchant Alma. Se06
Forward: Training Ship. Trfd to US Public Health Service, 17 Jul 1907. Quarantine barge. Forward: Gulf of Mexico. Sold 24 Oct 1912. Later history: Merchant Forward. Guthrie: Baltimore. [Rebuilt by Spedden with steel hull 1893–95.] † Fessenden: Great Lakes/Key West. Sold Mar 1908. Later history: Merchant Chippewa. BU 1942.
Launches Name
Built/Acq
Station
Disposition
Discover
1869
Savannah
Sold 19 Mar 1896.
Search
1869
Philadelphia/Baltimore
Sold 11 Jul 1896.
Vanderbilt
1875
Bay Shore, NY
Sold 1 Aug 1891.
Alert
1876
Elizabeth City, NC
Sold 8 Jul 1896.
Cruising Cutters Name
Figure 12.2: The Revenue Cutter Dallas, built in 1874.
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Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
(U)
1883
29 Jun 1884
*Commodore Perry
Union DD
Displacement:
282 tons
Dimensions:
161’ (oa) x 25’ x 12’
Machinery:
1 screw, direct-acting, 1 boiler
Complement:
41
Armament:
2 guns.
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Notes: Iron hull, brigantine rig. Replaced Perry, built in 1865. Transferred from Lake Erie to Alaska, 1895.
Service record: USN 1898. Blockade of Cuba. Great Lakes 1899–1917 and 1919–28. Damaged by explosion of m/v Mont Blanc at Halifax, 6 Dec 1917. †
Service record: ANF. Wrecked on Tonki Point, St. Paul Island, Alaska, 27 Jul 1910 (none lost).
Ships captured: Lafayette (French), schr España, 13 Jul 1898.
Name
Builder
Launched
Comm.
1884
Name Winona
1887
Builder Pusey
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
4 Aug 1890
1890
1890
William E. Smith
(U)
Displacement:
133 tons
Displacement: 321 tons
Dimensions:
117’8” (oa) x 19’ x 6’5
Dimensions:
148’6” (oa) 138’6” (wl) x 26’3” x 6’10”
Machinery:
1 screw
Machinery:
2 screws, compound, hp 600
Complement: 11 Notes: Former harbor tug.
Complement:
39
Armament:
1–3 pdr
Service record: Station: New Orleans. Stricken 1899.
Notes: Hull poorly designed, engines inadequate. Service record: Station: Gulfport, Miss. Sold 18 Aug 1915.
Later history: FFU
Ship captured: Saturnina, 24 Apr 1898. Name Bear
Builder Stephen
Launched
Acquired
19 Jan 1874 3 Mar 1885
Comm. Apr 1885
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Dimensions:
198’6” (oa) x 28’6” x 18’3”
Machinery:
1 screw, compound, 1 B&W boiler, 8 knots
Displacement: 708 tons Dimensions:
Complement:
51
Machinery:
Armament:
3–6 pdr
2 screws, compound, (1905) 1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1200, 12 knots
Complement:
41
Armament:
4–6 pdr; war 3–3”/50
Service record: Served on West Coast and in Alaska. † Name
Builder
Laid Down 1888
Launched
1890
Comm.
Galveston
Notes: Wood hull, barkentine. Whaler, acquired from USN in 1885. Acquired by USN 28 Jan 1884 & comm 17 Mar 1884. Served in Greeley rescue mission, 1884. Decomm Apr 1885 & trfd to USRCS.
Reeder
Launched
Displacement: 703 tons
18 Dec 1890 22 Aug 1891
185’3” (bp) x 29’ x 9’3”
Notes: Iron hull. Re-engined 1905. Service record: Station: Baltimore. Renamed Apache, 30 Dec 1904. Out of commission 1921. †
Comm.
29 Apr 1889 10 Oct 1889
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
*Lot M. Morrill
Pusey
Displacement:
288 tons
Dimensions:
145’3” (oa) x 24’ x 9’6”
Machinery:
1 screw, vertical compound, 1 B&W, 13 kts
Complement:
38
Displacement: 670 tons Dimensions:
Armament:
war 1–3”/50, 2–6 pdr
Machinery:
2 screws, VTE, 2 B&W boilers, 800 hp, 15 knots
Complement:
49 Armament:
Notes: Iron hull.
*William Windom
Iowa
1894
Comm.
23 Jun 1895 30 Jun 1896
170’8” (oa) 158’7” (bp) x 27’ x 9’6”
3–3 pdr; war 1–3”/50, 2–6 pdr
Notes: Completed at Baltimore. Rebuilt 1915, reboilered & converted to oil fuel. Service record: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Attack on Cienfuegos, 11 May 1898. Station: Galveston, Tex. Renamed Comanche, 13 Dec 1915. † Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
*Gresham
Globe (Cleveland)
17 Jan 1896 12 Sep 1896 30 May 1897
*Manning
Atlantic
1896
11 Aug 1897
*Algonquin
Globe (Cleveland)
1897
8 Dec 1897 20 Jun 1898
Onondaga
Globe (Cleveland)
1897
23 Dec 1897 24 Oct 1898
Displacement
936 tons G: 1,090 tons.
Dimensions
205’6” (oa) 193’ (wl) x 32’ x 13’3”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 4 S/E boilers (Gresham, Onondaga) IHP 2500, 17 knots;
6 Jan 1898
(1916) Manning, Algonquin: 2 B&W boilers.
Figure 12.3: The Revenue Cutter Bear, which served in the Arctic for several decades.
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Complement
73
Armament
4–6 pdr. War: Algonquin, Gresham: 4–3”/50; Manning: 4–4”/50
Notes: Manning, composite hull. Gresham, Algonquin and Manning cut in two and transferred from Great Lakes, 1898. Last cutters rigged for sail. Algonquin, Manning converted to oil fuel 1916.
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Service records: Gresham: Station: Boston. † Manning: Blockade of Cuba 1898. Station: Astoria, Ore. & Savannah, Ga. 1916 Gibraltar 1917–18. † Algonquin: Station: San Juan, PR., Astoria, Ore. 1916 Gibraltar 1917–18. † Onondaga: Station: Norfolk, Va. Laid up 1916. † Name
Builder
Laid Down 1896
Launched
*McCulloch
Cramp
Displacement
1,280 tons
Dimensions
219’ (oa) 200 (bp) x 32’6” x 14’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 boilers, 2300 hp, 16 knots
Complement
130
Armament
4–6 pdr; war 3–3”/50
Comm.
19 Dec 1896 12 Dec 1897
Notes: Composite hull. Reboilered 1915. Rigging removed, reduced to two masts about 1900. Service record: Dispatch boat for Asiatic squadron at Manila Bay, 1898. Bombardment and capture of Manila, 13 Aug 1898. Station: San Francisco. Sunk in collision with m/v Governor off Point Conception, Cal., 13 Jun 1917 (1 lost). Name
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1881
3 Mar 1899
1900
Complement
67
Armament
4–6 pdr; war 4–3”/50
Notes: Reboilered 1916. Service record: Station: Wilmington, NC. † Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Tuscarora
Trigg
Displacement
739 tons
Dimensions
178’ (oa) x 30’ x 10’11”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 B&W, 1 S/E boilers, 14.2 kts
Complement
65
Armament
1–3 pdr; war 1–3”/50, 2–6 pdr
Service record: Station: Milwaukee, Wis. † Name
Builder
Laid Down
Mohawk
Trigg
Displacement
1,150 tons
Dimensions
205’6” (oa) x 32’ x 12’7”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE,
Complement
1903
71
Stephen
Displacement
1,250 tons
Dimensions
188’6” (oa) 166’ (bp) x 29’ x 18’
Machinery
1 screw, compound, 530 ihp, 7.5 knots
Complement
107
Androscoggin
Rodermond
Armament
3–3 pdr
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
1906
16 Jan 1907
8 Jul 1908
Displacement
1,200 tons; 1,605 tons
Notes: Acquired from US Navy. Wood hull; barkentine, built as whaler with ice-strengthened hull.
Dimensions
210’ (oa) 188’ (bp) x 35’2” x 17’6”
Service record: Station: Hawaii. Decomm 30 Apr 1916. Sold 9 Jun 1916.
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, IHP 1800, 13 kts
Complement
74
Armament
4–6 pdr; war 3–3”/50, 1–6 pdr
Builder
Laid Down 1898
Launched
Seminole
Columbian
Displacement
860 tons
Dimensions
188’ (oa) x 29’6” x 11’8”
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 B&W boilers, 14.7 knots
Comm.
18 Mar 1899 3 Sep 1900
Figure 12.4: The Revenue Cutter McCulloch was with Admiral Dewey’s squadron at Manila Bay in 1898.
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Launched 10 May 1904
Armament 4–6 pdr Service record: Station: New York. Sunk in collision with British m/v Vennacher in Ambrose Channel, NY, 1 Oct 1917. (None lost)
Thetis
Name
Comm.
20 Feb 1901 12 Oct 1901 27 Dec 1902
Notes: Wood hull. First built-for-the-purpose icebreaker. Service record: Station: Portland, Me. Sold 10 May 1922.
Figure 12.5: The Revenue Cutter Tuscarora was stationed on the Great Lakes.
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Figure 12.7: The Revenue Cutter Snohomish, 1909, at Bellingham, Washington.
Figure 12.8: The Revenue Cutter Seneca, built in 1908 to destroy derelicts.
Figure 12.6: The Revenue Cutter Mohawk, about 1912.
Name
Builder
Pamlico
Pusey
Displacement Dimensions
Laid Down 1906
Launched
Comm.
8 Mar 1907 26 Jul 1907
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Seneca
Newport News
455 tons f/1
Displacement
1,445 tons
158’ (oa) x 30’ x 5’8”
Dimensions
204’ (oa) 192’ (wl) x 34’ x 17’3”
Machinery
2 screw, VTE, 1 B&W boiler, HP 600, 9.8 kts
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 S/E boilers, 1,500 HP, 12.5 knots
Endurance
2000/8
Endurance
4000/10
Complement
33
Complement
74
Armament
2–3 pdr; war 2–6 pdr
Armament
4–6 pdr; war 4–4”/50
Comm.
19 Apr 1907 18 Mar 1908 6 Nov 1908
Notes: Built for service in inland waters, light draft.
Notes: Derelict destroyer
Service record: Station: Newbern, NC. Out of commission 1921. †
Service record: Station: New York. Attempted to salvage torpedoed m/v Wellington which sank off France, 17 Sep 1918 (10 lost). †
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Comm.
14 Mar 1908 15 Nov 1908
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Pusey
Displacement
879 tons
Itasca
Dimensions
152’ (oa) 139’6” (bp) x 29’ x 15’5”
ex-USS Bancroft
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 B&W & 1 S/E boilers, 1200 HP, 12 kts
Displacement
980 tons
Complement
53
Dimensions
189’5” (oa) x 32’ x 13’10”
Armament
2–1 pdr; war 1–3”/50, 2–6 pdr
Machinery
2 screws, VTE, 2 B&W boilers, 1213 HP, 14.5 knots
Notes: Seagoing tug type for rescue at sea.
Complement
72
Service record: Station: Neah Bay, Wash. †
Armament
4–6 pdr; war 2–3”/50, 2–6 pdr guns
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1907
Launched
Snohomish
S.L. Moore
Feb 1891
Comm.
30 Apr 1892 17 Jul 1907
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Notes: Practice ship transferred from USN 1906. Cadet training ship. Service record: Station: Arundel Cove, Md.; San Juan, P.R. Sold 11 May 1922. FFU Name
Builder
Acushnet
Newport News
Displacement
800 tons
Dimensions
152’(oa) x 29’ x 13’9”
Laid Down 1907
Launched
Comm.
16 May 1908 6 Nov 1908
Armament
3–6 pdr
Service records: Miami: Station: Key West, Fla. Renamed Tampa, 1 Feb 1916. Torpedoed & sunk by German submarine U-53 in English Channel, 26 Sep 1918 (all hands, 127 lost). Unalga: Station: Seattle, Wash. 1913–1930. † Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
1914
1 May 1915
28 Jul 1915
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 B&W boilers, IHP 1000, 12.5 knots
Ossipee
Complement
54
Tallapoosa
Newport News
2–1 pdr
Displacement
912 tons
Notes: Seagoing tug.
Dimensions
150’ (wl) 165’10” (oa) x 32’ x 11’9”
Service record: Station: Woods Hole, Mass. †
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 B&W & 1 S/E boilers, IHP 1200, 12.5 knots
Complement
78
Armament
4–6 pdr; war Ossipee: 4–4”/50; Tallapoosa: 1–4”/50, 2–6 pdr
Armament
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Newport News
16 Nov 1914 1 May 1915 12 Aug 1915
Tahoma
NY Sbdg
8 Jun 1908 10 Oct 1908 28 Dec 1908
Notes: Ossipee had hull strengthened for light icebreaking.
Yamacraw
NY Sbdg
9 Jun 1908 24 Oct 1908 17 Mar 1909
Service records:
Displacement
1,082 tons
Dimensions
191’8” (oa) 177’6” (bp) x 32’6” x 13’
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 2 B&W boilers, IHP 1400, 14 knots
Complement
69
Armament
4–6 pdr; Yamacraw: war 2–4”/50, 2–3”/50
Ossipee: Portland, Me. Gibraltar, 1917–18. † Tallapoosa: Mobile, Ala. †
Stern‑Wheel River Boats
Service records: Tahoma: Station: Seattle, Wash. Wrecked on Buldir Island, Alaska, 20 Sep 1914 (none lost). Yamacraw: Station: Savannah. Lost 10 men while attempting to assist stranded steamer Louisiana off Virginia coast, 4 Mar 1917.† Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
Miami
Newport News
31 May 1911 10 Feb 1912 27 Apr 1912
Unalga
Newport News
10 Aug 1911 10 Feb 1912 23 May 1912
Name Nunivak
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
1898
23 Jun 1898
1 May 1899
Birch (San Fran.)
Displacement: 486 tons Dimensions: Machinery:
207’(oa) x 36’ x 2’6”
compound, sternwheel.
Service record: Towed to Alaska, poorly built. Yukon River. Sold 18 Sep 1902. Name
Builder
Built
Displacement
1,181 tons
Kankakee
Dimensions
190’ (oa) x 32’6” x 14’1”
Yocona
Dubuque
Machinery
1 screw, VTE, 1 B&W & 1 S/E boilers, IHP 1300, 12.5 knots
Displacement:
383 tons
Endurance
5000/9
Dimensions:
182’ (oa) 156’6” (bp) x 34’ x 3’6”
70
Machinery:
compound, sternwheel; 500 HP, 8 mph.
Complement
Comm.
Dubuque
19 Oct 1919 19 Oct 1919
Notes: Steel hull, wood cabin. Service records: Kankakee: Evansville, Ind. † Yocona: Vicksburg, Miss. †
Tugs Name *Hudson
Builder Dialogue
Displacement:
Launched
Comm.
17 Aug 1893
15 Sep 1893
179 tons
Dimensions:
96’6” (oa) x 20’ x 9’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 12 knots
Complement:
11
Service record: Blockade of Cuba. Attack on Cardenas, 11 May 1898. New York. † Ships captured: sloops Cristina, Donna Ynez, Josefita, 13 Jul 1898; sloop Christina 6 Aug 1898.
Figure 12.9: The Revenue Cutter Acushnet, about 1915, at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
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United States Revenue Cutter Service 207
Name
Builder
Builder
Laid Down
Arcata
Boote (San Fran.)
1903
190 tons
Displacement:
138 tons
94’6” (oa) x 20’6” x 9’6”
Dimensions:
85’ (oa) x 17’6” x 10’4”
Machinery:
1/VC
Machinery:
1/VC, 11 knots
Complement
14
Complement:
12
Armament:
1–3 pdr; war 2–6 pdr
Armament:
1–1 pdr
*Calumet
Bell
Displacement: Dimensions:
Launched
Comm.
Oct 1894
18 Oct 1894
Service record: New York. † Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
1895
3 Feb 1896
17 Jun 1897
Moran
Displacement:
250 tons
Dimensions:
110’ (oa) x 20’6” x 10’3”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 1 B&W boiler, 500 shp
Complement:
22
Service record: San Francisco. † Launched
Comm.
Winnisimmet
Spedden
Builder
11 Oct 1902
30 Jul 1903
Wissahickon
Spedden
11 Jun 1904
3 Dec 1904
Displacement:
182 and 194 tons
Dimensions:
96’6” (oa) x 20’6” x 9’
Machinery:
1/VTE, 8 kts
Complement:
11
Armament:
2–1 pdr
Service records:
Comm.
Name
Builder
Laid Down 1907
Launched
Davey
Pusey
Displacement:
182 tons
Dimensions:
92’6” (oa) x 19’ x 10’2”
Machinery:
1/VC, 1 boiler, SHP 275; 10.5 knots
Complement:
14
Armament:
1–1 pdr
Comm.
14 Mar 1908 6 Aug 1908
Service record: New Orleans. † Name
Builder
Laid Down
Tioga
(Solomons, Md.)
Displacement:
131 tons
Dimensions:
81’10” x 20’ x 8’8”
Machinery:
1/Vcompound, 9.8 knots
Complement
11
Launched
1915
Comm.
4 May 1916 17 Oct 1916
Service record: †
Winnisimmet: Boston. † Wissahickon: Philadelphia. † Name
Launched
29 Sep 1903 17 Oct 1903
Service record: Port Townsend, Wash. †
Golden Gate
Name
Name
Builder
Mackinac
Spedden
Displacement:
241 tons
Dimensions:
110’ (oa) x 20’6” x 10’6”
Machinery:
1/VTE; 10 knots
Complement:
11
Armament:
1–6 pdr
Launched
Comm.
11 Oct 1902
29 Oct 1903
Service record: Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. †
Name
Builder
Manhattan
(Balboa, CZ)
Laid Down 1917
Launched
Comm.
15 Jun 1918 15 Apr 1921 ?
Displacement: 379 tons Dimensions:
120’3” (oa) x 24’ x 11’9”
Machinery:
1/VTE, 9 knots
Complement:
19
Armament:
2–1 pdr
Service record: New York. †
Harbor Cutters and Launches Name Charles B. Penrose
Builder
Built
Acq/Comm
Tonnage
Dimensions
Machinery
(Bentley Manor, NY)
(U)
24 Mar 1883
41
67’ x 12’ x 5’
1/VC 1/VC
ex-Josie R. (21 Apr 1883) Tybee
Dialogue
1895
19 Nov 1895
40
63’ x 11’8”
Guard (i)
(Pt Townsend, Wash.)
1896
19 Aug 1896
22
65’ x 9’6” x 5’5”
1/VC
Scout (i)
(Pt Townsend, Wash.)
1897
11 Jan 1897
22
65’ x 9’6” x 5’5”
1/VC; 1–3 pdr
Delmarva
(Clinton, Conn.)
1900
6 Oct 1900
(U)
46’7” x 12’11” x 3’
Alert (i)
(Middletown, Conn.)
1896
7 Jan 1901
35
61’6”(oa) x 11’3” x 5’2”;
(U)
1899
2 Jun 1905
(U)
36’ x 9’ x 3’
2/..
ex-Lucy F. (7 Jan 1901) Patrol (i)
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Builder
Built
Acq/Comm
Tonnage
Dimensions
Carolina
Name
(Morehead City, NC)
1906
1906
(U)
57’6” x 13’1”
Machinery
Alert (ii)
(Mobile, Ala.)
1907
9 Oct 1907
35
61’(oa) x 11’ x 5’
1/VTE
Guide
Electric Launch (Bayonne NJ)
1908
4 May 1908
41
70 x 13’6” x 4’6”
2/gasoline
Vigilant
(Bay City, Mich.)
1910
(U)
45
45’(oa) x 11’7” x 3’6”
gasoline
Guard (ii)
Mare Island NYd
1913
9 Dec 1913
52
67’7 x 12’6
1/VTE,
Scout (ii)
(Astoria, Ore.)
1903
May 1914
40
61’6” x 13’ x 5’6”
gasoline
Magothy
West Bay City SB Co.
1895
May 1916
83
100’2”(oa) x 13’2” x 7’7”
1/VTE
1917
(U)
11
50’ x 11’ x 3’6”
1917
24 Apr 1917
23
68’9” x 14’ x 3’7”
18 Apr 1917
12
ex-Bratton (PHS, 1916), ex-Wapiti Advance
Richardson Boat (N.Tonawanda NY)
Patrol (ii)
(City Island, NY)
Search
Dachel-Carter
Catherine
(Chincoteague, Va.)
1910
5 Oct 1918
Coquet
(Madison, Md.)
1906
11 Apr 1917
120
58’ x 18’
Sentinel
(N.Tonawanda, NY)
17 Jun 1918
12
45’ x 11’6” x 4’
Richard Caswell
(Baltimore)
1900
1918
200
Emma Kate Ross
Dialogue
1882
2 Jul 1918 350
Davis
1915
13 Jun 1919
68
69’5” x 18’7” x 7’9”
Herreshoff
(U)
22 Nov 1919
(U)
62’4” x 10’11” x 3’
1916
(U)
22 Nov 1919
(U)
64’ x 9’4” x 3’
(Jacksonville, Fla.)
1913
15 Sep 1919
(U)
40’ x 10’ x 2’
(Quincy, Mass)
1909
15 Sep 1919
(U)
44’6” x 9’7” x 3’9”
Herreshoff
1912
15 Sep 1919
(U)
63’ x 12’ x 3’6”
(Pt. Jefferson, NY)
1907
2 Dec 1919
(U)
90’3” x 14’ x 3’9”
Herreshoff
1917
22 Nov 1919
(U)
62’4” x 10’11” x 3’6”
(Boothbay Hbr, Me.)
1913
Jun 1919
(U)
73’ x—x 6’3”
(Jacksonville, Fla.)
1916
4 Sep 1919
(U)
41’ x 10’ x 2’3”
(Salisbury, Md.)
1916
19 Dec 1919
(U)
59’ x 13’ x 2’9”
(W.Lynn, Mass.)
1915
15 Sep 1919
(U)
59’ x 13’
(Alameda, Cal.)
1917
15 Sep 1919
(U)
64’ x 15’8” x 5’1”
(Los Angeles, Cal.)
1917
3 Dec 1919
(U)
65’ x 13’6” x 3’3”
1905
1919
(U)
42’10” x 9’6” x 2’8”
(Essington, Pa.)
1913
(U)
75’ x 16’ x 3’4”
40’ x 10’ x 3’ 47’ x 10’6” x 3’6”
84’9” x 18’6”
1–3 pdr
104’2” x 20’ x 12’
1, v/comp 1–6 pdr
ex-SP 2844 Takana ex-SP-3039 Arrow ex-Apache (SP-729) Cossack ex-SP-695 Dare
ex-Kathrick II (SP-148) (18 Dec 1919) Dart ex-Natoya (SP-517) Dash
ex-Artmar III (SP-408)(16 Dec 1919) Javelin ex-SP-438, ex-Jessamine Kangaroo ex-SP 1284 Leader ex-Admiral (SP-541) Lookout
ex-Miss Anne II (SP-657)(16 Dec 1919) Messenger ex-Marguerite (SP-193) Pioneer ex-Gurkha (SP-600) Sentinel (ii) ex-Sentinel (SP-180) Swift ex-Broadbill (SP-823) Valiant ex-Virginia Vidette
31 Mar 1919
ex-Howarda (SP-144)
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United States Revenue Cutter Service 209
Name Voyager
Built
Acq/Comm
Tonnage
Dimensions
Defoe
Builder
(U)
15 Sep 1919
(U)
52’ x 10’6” x 4’
(Baltimore, Md.)
1898
10 Sep 1919
95
125’ x 16’6” x 7’
(Neponset, Mass.)
1897
22 Apr 1921
Machinery
ex-Voyager (SP-361) York ex-Chilhowee (SP-525) Relief Notes:
Penrose: Pensacola, Fla. † Tybee: Savannah, Ga. † Guard (i): Sold 22 Mar 1912 Delmarva: † Carolina: Sold 3 Aug 1922. Magothy: Acquired from Public Health Svc. Sold 22 Jul 1920. Scout: Sold 2 Apr 1915. Guide: First CG vessel with gasoline engines. New York. † Guard: Friday Harbor, Wash. † Alert (ii): Mobile, Ala. Sold 21 Aug 1920 Patrol (i): to USN, 1 Aug 1915 Vigilant: † Scout: Seattle, Wash. † Advance: † Patrol (ii): New York. † Search: †. Catherine: Renamed Venture, 16 Dec 1919. † Coquet: Returned to US Army, May 1919. Sentinel (i): † Richard Caswell: Rtnd to War Dept, 31 Jan 1919. Acq by USN as YTL-608, 18 May 1944. Sold 1947. Emma Kate Ross: Rtnd to owner, 16 May 1919. Takana: Rtnd to owner, 1919. Arrow: † Cossack: Key West, Fla. † Dare: Manteo, NC. † Dart: Sold 7 Jun 1922. Dash: Buzzards Bay. † Javelin: Sold 31 Jul 1922. Kangaroo: Key West, Fla. † Leader: Burned after explosion off Portsmouth, N.H., 2 Apr 1920. Lookout: Beaufort, SC. † Messenger: Mobile, Ala. † Pioneer: Narragansett, RI. † Sentinel (ii): Renamed Tulare, 16 Dec 1919. San Francisco, Cal. † Swift: San Francisco, Cal. Valiant: New Orleans, La. Sold 28 Jul 1922
12 47’ x 10’6” x 3’8” Vidette: Key West, Fla. † Voyager: Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. † York: Sold 22 Jul 1922. Relief: Norfolk, Va. † Ex-USN Eagle Boats
Trfd from USN
Returned
Station
Bothwell
ex-Eagle 21
31 Dec 1919
9 Apr 1923
San Diego
Carr
ex-Eagle 30
19 Dec 1919
16 Nov 1922
Curtis Bay, Md.
Earp
ex-Eagle 22
17 Mar 1920
22 May 1923
Honolulu
McGourty
ex-Eagle 16
19 Dec 1919
16 Nov 1922
Scally ex-Eagle 20 20 Jan 1920 13 Sep 1920 Notes: These and other USN vessels acquired for anti-liquor smuggling patrols. Ex-USN Submarine Chasers
Trfd from USN
Sold or rtnd
Station C.G. Academy
Adams
ex-SC 268
17 Jan 1920
25 May 1922
Boyce
ex-SC 437
29 Oct 1919
31 Aug 1921
Cook
ex-SC 438
29 Oct 1919
28 May 1936
Grand Marais, Minn.
Cygan
ex-SC 335
22 Nov 1919
20 May 1936
Key West, Fla.
Deering
ex-SC 333
4 Feb 1920
2 Oct 1922
Texas
Hahn
ex-SC 415
16 Dec 1919
29 Jan 1923
New York, NY
Hansen
ex-SC 68
15 Jan 1920
28 Apr 1927
Key West, Fla.
Johansson
ex-SC 435
21 Oct 1919
27 Dec 1922
Klingelhoefer ex-SC 433
29 Oct 1919
31 Aug 1921
Knudsen
ex-SC 431
29 Oct 1919
31 Aug 1921
Larsen
ex-SC 203
21 Nov 1919
11 Dec 1925
Miami, Fla.
Mehalatos
ex-SC 197
14 Nov 1919
29 Jan 1923
Morehead City, NC
Newbury
ex-SC 70
19 Dec 1919
11 Dec 1925
Ovesen
ex-SC 199
14 Nov 1919
21 Aug 1923
Quigley
ex-SC 22
14 Nov 1919
1 May 1922
Richards
ex-SC 27
14 Nov 1919
29 Jan 1923
Smith
ex-SC 155
22 Nov 1919
2 Jun 1937
Stellenwerf
ex-SC 417
21 Oct 1919
7 Jun 1922
Talley
ex-SC 334
4 Feb 1920
2 Oct 1922
Taylor
ex-SC 153
22 Nov 1919
1 Jan 1923
Key West, Fla.
Tingard
ex-SC 183
21 Oct 1919
3 Jun 1937
San Diego, Cal.
Vaughan ex-SC 152 22 Nov 1919 28 Mar 1928 Notes: Cook served in USCG 1943–1945. Ex-USN harbor tugs
Figure 12.10: The Revenue Cutter Guard, built in 1896
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Trfd from USN
Sold or rtnd
Key West, Fla.
Key West, Fla. Station
Chattahoochee ex-tug 62
8 Jan 1920
Chautauqua
ex-tug 59
26 Nov 1919 1937
Chenango
ex-tug 58
12 Dec 1919
30 Sep 1922 Philadelphia
Chicopee
ex-tug 65
3 Dec 1919
17 Apr 1935 Boston
Chillicothe
ex-tug 85
9 Jan 1920
1 Jan 1925
Chincoteague ex-tug 52
14 Nov 1919
1 Jan 1925
Chippewa
29 Nov 1919 25 Jul 1935
ex-tug 60
12 Dec 1921 Philadelphia New York
Ogdensburg, NY Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
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Choptank
ex-tug 51
14 Nov 1919
1 Jan 1924
Baltimore, Md.
Complement:
35
Chowan
ex-tug 75
14 Nov 1919
1 Jan 1923
Norfolk, Va.
Armament
2–1 pdr
Chulahoma
ex-tug 66
12 Jan 1920
11 Aug 1933 Baltimore, Md.
Name Cahokia
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
Providence Eng.
1919
21 Oct 1921
1922
Beth (Elizabeth)
1919
31 Oct 1921
21 Jan 1922
ex-Bayside Kickapoo
ex-Baldridge (9 Nov 1921) Mascoutin
Northeast Eng.
11 Oct 1919 31 Oct 1921
17 Dec 1921
Northeast Eng.
13 Jul 1919 31 Oct 1921
8 Dec 1922
ex-Pylos Saukee ex-Vallonia Tamaroa
(Elizabeth NJ)
1919
31 Oct 1921
1 Feb 1922
Notes: Tugs built for USSB. Cahokia: † Kickapoo: † Mascoutin: † Saukee: † Tamaroa: † Postwar Acqusisitions
Built
Comm.
Notes
Pequot
ex-SP-319, exJ.A.Palmer Jr.
1909
11 May 1922
Cable ship. †
Alexander Hamilton
ex-USS Vicksburg
1896
1 Jul 1921
Practice vessel, C.G. Academy †
Raritan
acq from Dept of Labor
1905
1921
Tug †
ex-Bartolme Displacement: 869 tons Dimensions:
150’ (oa) 141’3” (bp) x 27’8” x 14’1”
Machinery:
1 -screw, VTE, 1000 Shp, 11.5 knots.
Endurance:
4000/10
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Other Government Departments
U.S. Lighthouse Service1 Tenders in Service 1883 Name Built Builder Pharos (U) (Pt Jefferson, NY) ex-H.H. Talman Shubrick 1857 Philadelphia NYd General Putnam 1857 (Brooklyn) Iris 1863 (Brooklyn) Haze 1861 Mallory ex-Haze, ex-Merchant Mignonette 1862 (Pt Jefferson, NY) ex-Narragansett Cactus 1863 (Brooklyn, NY) ex-USS Cactus (1865), ex-Polar Star Geranium 1863 (New York) ex-USS Geranium (1865), ex-John A. Dix Violet 1861 (Staten Island, NY) ex-Martha Washington [rebuilt 1887: 143 x 23.5] Warrington 1868 J.M.Jones (Detroit) ex-Henry Warrington Verbena 1870 Cramp Fern 1871 Delamater +Mistletoe 1872 Robinson Hoffman +Myrtle 1872 Birely Hillman Rose 1873 (Boothbay, Me.) ex-Grace Darling (1883) Dahlia 1874 Neafie Laurel 1876 Columbian +Pansy 1878 Baird & Huston (Phila.) +Arbutus 1879 Malster (Baltimore) Manzanita 1879 Ramsey +Holly 1881 Malster (Baltimore) +Jessamine 1881 Malster (Baltimore) Wistaria 1882 Pusey
Tons 213
Dimensions 96’ x 24’
schr
305 149 281 274
140’8” x 22’6” 103.5’ x 22’ 85’ x 23’2” 124’ x 24.6’
1 1 1 1
130
60’ x 24’6”
schr
250
129’ x 25’6”
s/w
353
155’ x 23’
s/w
231
107’ x 21’6”
s/w
410
152’ x 25’6’
1
Great Lakes
295 840 352 348 80
135’ x 25’4” 155’ x 27’4” 153’ x 25’8” 130’ x 25’ 92’ x 17’7”
s/w 1 s/w 1 1
New Bedford San Francisco & NY Tompkinsville, NY Tompkinsville, NY Puget Sound
426 312 314 400 297 367 257 450
129’6” x 25’ 134’ x 25’ 144’ x 25’ 145’ x 25’ 152’ x 26’ 146’4” x 23” 146’4” x 24” 150’ x 25’
1 2 2 2 1 s/w s/w s/w
Great Lakes New Orleans, Key West Tompkinsville, NY Key West, Fla. Puget Sound Baltimore Baltimore Charleston; Portland, Me.
+John Rodgers
260
151’ x 27’
s/w
Tompkinsville, NY
1.
1883
Ward Stanton (Newburgh, NY)
Prop.
Station
Pacific coast Key West Portland, Me. Great Lakes
Wilmington, Del.; Boston.
*In USN 24 Mar—11 Aug 1898; +In USN 16 Apr 1917—1 Jul 1919
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Notes: Length is (bp). Pharos: Purchased 30 Apr 1854. Sold 18 Aug 1908. Shubrick: Sold 20 Mar 1886. Hulk burned. General Putnam: Acquired from USN, 2 Jun 1865. Rebuilt 1889. Sold 5 Jun 1893. Merchant Putnam. RR 1896. Iris: Acquired from USN, 18 Oct 1865. Sold 15 Dec 1892. Haze: Acquired 6 Jun 1867. Rebuilt 1876. Sold 1905. Mignonette: Sunk in hurricane off Brazos Santiago, Tex., 21 Sep 1887 (16 lost). Cactus: Acquired from USN 20 Jun 1865. Rebuilt 1870 & 1887. Sold 7 Sep 1910. Merchant Prospect, 1910. RR 1921. Geranium: Acquired from USN 1865. Rebuilt 1879. Sold 15 Jan 1910. Violet: Acquired 1870. Rebuilt 1871 & 1886. Sold 1910, merchant Charles H. Werner. RR 1919. Warrington: Acquired 1870. Sold 1910. Merchant Warrington. Wrecked near Charlevoix, Mich., 21 Aug 1911. Verbena: Sold spring 1911. Merchant barge Dandy. se16–23 Fern: Transferred to USN, 30 Jan 1891. Renamed Gopher 1905. (see p. ) Mistletoe : Rebuilt 1881. Sold 27 Apr 1922. Merchant Mistletoe. Burned off Sandy Hook, NJ, 5 Oct 1924. Myrtle: Sold 14 Dec 1922. Merchant Myrtle. RR1944 Rose: Acquired 1883. Sold 27 Apr 1922. Merchant Rose. RR24 Dahlia: Sold 17 Feb 1909. Merchant Flora M. Hull. Sunk by ice off Chicago, 11 Mar 1912. Laurel: Sold 19 Jan 1909. Pansy: Rebuilt 1915. † Arbutus: Sold 3 Mar 1925. Merchant Arbutus. RR34. Manzanita: Foundered in Willamette River, 6 Oct 1905, wreck raised. Sold 30 Jun 1906. Merchant Daniel Kern. RR36 Holly: † Jessamine: Sold 1922. Merchant Queenstown, renamed Victor Lynn. S/F 1957 Wistaria: Public Health Svc, 24 Feb 1911. Quarantine barge, Key West, Fla. Destroyed by fire 10 Feb 1933. John Rodgers: 3–3 pdr, 1–1 pdr. Sold 1922. Name +Madroño
Builder Dialogue
Keel Laid
Launched
1884
14 Sep 1885
Comm.
Displacement: 806 tons; 411 GRT Dimensions:
180’ (oa) 162’ (bp) x 27’6” x 11’6”
Machinery:
1 screw, compound
Service record: San Francisco. †
Name +Zizania
Builder
Keel Laid
Launched
Ramsey (Baltimore)
1887
12 Nov 1888
Comm.
Displacement: 645 tons; 417 GRT Dimensions:
161’ (oa) 150’ (bp) x 27’ x 9’6”
Machinery:
2 screws, double expansion, HP 327.
Service record: Portland, Me. †
Name +Gardenia
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
(East Deering, Me.)
1879
16 Jun 1888
1888
Launched
Comm.
ex-George W. Beale Displacement: 217 tons Dimensions:
117’ (bp) x 20’2” x 9’4”
Machinery:
1 screw, HP 200
Notes: wood hull Service record: New York, NY. Sold 19 Sep 1919. Name *Armeria
Builder Dialogue
Keel Laid 1889
20 Nov 1890 4 Dec 1890
Displacement: 1052 GRT Dimensions:
201’8” (bp) x 34’9” x 13’4”
Machinery:
2 screw, VCmpd, HP 1,350
Service record: Wrecked on Cape Hinchinbook, Alaska, 20 May 1912.
Name +Marigold
Builder Detroit DD
Keel Laid 1890
Launched
Comm.
15 Nov 1890 4 Oct 1891
(Wyandotte, Mich.) Displacement: 587 tons f/1 Dimensions:
159’6” (oa) 150’ (wl) x 27’ x 13’
Machinery:
1 screw, VTE, 2 boilers, 600 shp, 11 knots
Endurance:
815/10
Complement
26/38
Armament
none
Service record: Great Lakes (Detroit). †
Name +Azalea
Builder Johnson Fdry
Keel Laid 1890
Launched
Comm.
29 Nov 1890 25 Jun 1891
Displacement: 516 tons; 423 GRT Dimensions:
154’ (oa) 145’6” (bp) x 24’3” x 9’
Machinery:
1 screw, inv. cmpd
Service Record: Boston. †
Name +Amaranth
Builder Cleveland SB
Keel Laid 1891
Launched
Comm.
18 Dec 1891 14 Apr 1892
Displacement: 1,125 tons f/1
Figure 13.1: The lighthouse tender Zizania, built in 1888, served the Navy in World War I.
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Dimensions:
166’ (oa) 150’8” (wl) x 28’ x 11’6”
Machinery:
1 screw, cmpd, 2 boilers, 672 shp, 11.4 knots
Endurance:
1330/11
Complement:
38
Armament
none
Service record: Great Lakes (Duluth). †
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Keel Laid
Launched
Comm.
+Columbine
Name
Globe (Cleveland)
Builder
1891
28 May 1891
Sep 1892
+Lilac
Globe (Cleveland)
1891
30 Mar 1890 3 Aug 1892
Name +Hyacinth
Builder Jenks
Keel Laid
Launched
Comm.
18 Oct 1901 26 Jul 1902 26 Jun 1903
Displacement: 950 tons f/1
Displacement: 643 tons; 434 GRT
Dimensions:
160’6” (oa) 150’8” (bp) x 28’ x 12’6”
Dimensions:
155’ (oa) 145’ (bp) x 26’6”‘x 12’3”
Machinery:
1 screw, compound, 2 boilers, 768 shp, 11.5 knots
Machinery:
1 screw, cmpd, HP 800
Endurance:
1012/11
Complement:
26
Complement:
38
Service records:
Notes: steel hull.
Columbine: Honolulu. † Lilac: Tompkinsville, NY †
Service record: Great Lakes (Milwaukee) †
Name *+Maple
Builder
Keel Laid
Launched
Comm.
1891
1892
Jun 1893
S.L. Moore
Displacement: 799 tons; 392 GRT Dimensions:
164’ (oa) 155’ (bp) x 30’ x 11’
Machinery:
2 screws, compound †
*+Mangrove
Builder
Keel Laid
Launched
Comm.
1897
26 Jun 1897
1 Dec 1897
Crescent
Name
Launched
Comm.
Burlee
Builder
1901
1901
24 Feb 1903
+Sumac
Burlee
1901
1902
21 Jun 1903
Displacement: 888 tons; 703 tons f/1
Ship captured: sloop Domingo Aurelio 17 Jul 1898. Name
Keel Laid
+Larkspur
Displacement: 821 tons f/1
Dimensions:
169’2” (oa) 162’ (bp) x 30’ x 12’
Machinery:
2 screws, compound, 2 boilers, 700 shp, Endurance: 1640/9
Complement:
40
Armament:
2–20mm
Service records: Larkspur: Mobile, Ala. † Sumac: Milwaukee. †
Dimensions:
164’ (oa) 155’ (bp) x 30’ x 8’6”
Machinery:
2 screws, compound, 2 boilers, 550 shp, 10.5 knots
Endurance:
821/10
+Juniper
Complement:
31
Displacement: 146 tons; 104 GRT
Armament
1898 2–20mm
Name
Builder
Keel Laid
Launched
Comm.
1902
1902
1903
Spedden
Dimensions:
95’4” (oa) 90’11” (bp) x 18’2” x 5’6”
Service record: Charleston, SC. †
Machinery:
2 screws
Ships captured: Panama2 25 Apr 1898; sloop Anguedita 22 Jul 1898.
Service record: Baltimore. †
Name +Mayflower
Builder
Keel Laid
Launched
Comm.
1897
1897
Nov 1897
Bath
Name +Crocus
Builder
Keel Laid
Launched
Comm.
1903
1903
26 Jul 1905
Townsend
Displacement: 668 tons; 572 GRT
Displacement: 1,035 tons; 910 tons f/1
Dimensions:
164’ (oa) 155’ (wl) x 30’ x 9’
Dimensions:
164’7” (oa) 154’6” (bp) x 29’ x 12’3”
Machinery:
2 screws, compound, HP 650
Machinery:
2 screws, compound, 2 boilers, 700 shp, 9 knots
Endurance:
1050/10
Complement:
39
Armament:
none
Service record: Norfolk, Va. † Name +Iris
Builder
Launched
Acquired
Comm.
1897
1899
18 Dec 1899
Neafie
ex-Plymouth (1899)
Notes: Service record: Great Lakes (Toledo). †
Displacement: 606 tons; 377 GRT Dimensions:
153’ (oa) 141’8” (wl) x 30’ x 9’6”
Machinery:
1 screw
Armament:
2–3 pdr
Name
Service record: Philadelphia. †
Keel Laid
Launched
Comm.
+Magnolia
Baltimore
Builder
1902
Oct 1903
5 May 1904
+Ivy
Baltimore
1902
8 Nov 1903
9 May 1904
Displacement: 880 tons f/1 Dimensions:
173’ (oa) 165’ (bp) x 30’6” x 9’6”
Keel Laid
Launched
Comm.
Machinery:
2 screws, compound, 2 boilers, 700 shp, 11.5 knots
1901
1902
10 Jun 1903
Endurance:
1400/10.5
Displacement: 831 tons; 730 tons f/1
Complement:
39
Dimensions:
178’6” (oa) 165’ (bp) x 28’6” x 11’6”
Armament:
War: 1–3”/50, 2–20mm
Machinery:
1 screw, VCmpd, 685 bhp
Name +Heather
Builder Moran
Complement: 27 Notes: composite hull. Service record: † 2.
Service records: Magnolia: Damaged in collision with m/v Esparta, with President Roosevelt on board, beached at New Orleans, 28 Oct 1905. Mobile, Ala. † Ivy: †
Later USAT Hooker.
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Endurance:
1732/9
Complement:
16
Displacement: 415 tons f/1
Armament:
none
Dimensions:
125’9” (oa) 117’8” (bp) x 25’ x 9’6”
Service record: New Orleans, La. †
Machinery:
1 screw, compound, 1 boiler, 424 shp, 10.5 knots
Endurance:
740/9.5
Complement:
25
Armament
none
Name +Aspen
Builder Craig (Toledo)
Keel Laid
Launched
Comm.
1904
1905
8 May 1906
Name +Rose
Builder Anderson (Seattle)
Keel Laid 1914
Launched
Notes: Built as patrol vessel for the Saint Mary’s River.
Displacement: 567 tons, 692 f/1
Service record: Great Lakes (Sault Ste Marie Mich.) †
Dimensions:
127’9” (oa) 119’ (bp) x 24’6” x 9’4”
Machinery:
2 screws, VTE, 2 boilers, shp 300, 10.3 knots
Endurance:
1260/10
Complement:
20
Armament:
2–20mm
Name +Sunflower
Builder Harlan
Keel Laid 1905
Launched
Comm.
4 Aug 1906 23 Mar 1907
Displacement: 1,246 tons f/1
Notes: Authorized 1908 as Aster, name changed 1912.
Dimensions:
173’7” (oa) 163’6” (bp) x 32’ x 12’2”
Machinery:
2 screws, VTE, 2 boilers, 900 shp, 12 knots
Endurance:
1500/11
Complement:
41
Armament:
War: 1–20mm
Service record: Astoria, Ore. †
Name +Palmetto
Service record: Galveston, Tex. †
Name
Builder
Builder Merrill-Stevens
Keel Laid
Launched
Comm.
90’ (oa) 80’6” (bp) x 22’ x 7’6”
Machinery:
2 screws, diesel, 350 bhp, 7.5 knots
Endurance:
1000/7
12 Nov 1907 13 Jun 1908 25 Jul 1908
Complement:
11
+Cypress
NY Sbdg
15 Oct 1907 5 May 1908 21 Jul 1908
Armament
none
+Hibiscus
NY Sbdg
7 Nov 1907
+Kukui
NY Sbdg
28 Oct 1907 25 Apr 1908 1 Aug 1908
+Manzanita
NY Sbdg
8 Oct 1907
+Orchid
NY Sbdg
29 Oct 1907 12 May 1908 5 Aug 1908
+Sequoia
NY Sbdg
15 Oct 1907
+Tulip
NY Sbdg
8 Oct 1907 16 Apr 1908 14 Jul 1908
9 Jun 1908 15 Aug 1908 4 Apr 1908
4 Jun 1908 13 Aug 1908
Dimensions:
190’ (oa) 173’8” (bp) x 30’ x 14’
Machinery:
2 screws, VTE, 2 boilers, 1000 shp, 12 knots
Endurance:
1992/12
Complement:
42
Notes: Designed by Navy Dept.
Comm.
Service record: Charleston, SC. †
Name +Cedar
Builder
Keel Laid
Craig (Long Beach)
1915
Launched
Comm.
27 Dec 1916 30 Jun 1917
Displacement: 1,800 tons Dimensions:
200’8” (oa) 188’ (bp) x 36’6” x 17’6”
Machinery:
1 screw, VTE, 2 boilers, 1250 shp, 12 knots
Endurance:
4848/12
Complement:
29
Armament
War: 2–20mm
Notes: Steel hull, largest ship built for LHS.
Service records:
Service record: Ketchikan, Alaska. †
Anemone: Woods Hole, Mass. † Cypress: Charleston, SC. † Hibiscus: Portland, Me. † Kukui: Honolulu, Hawaii. † Manzanita: Astoria, Ore. † Orchid: Portsmouth, Va. † Sequoia: San Francisco, Cal. † Tulip: Staten Island, NY. †
Racine Boat
Launched
30 Jun 1916 19 Mar 1917
7 Jul 1908
Displacement: 1,057 tons f/1
+Camellia
1915
Dimensions:
NY Sbdg
Builder
Keel Laid
Displacement: 170 tons f/1
+Anemone
Name
Comm.
19 Feb 1916 8 Aug 1916
Name Shrub
Builder Abbott
Launched 1912
Acquired
Comm.
28 Oct 1919 31 Jul 1920
ex-F. Mansfield & Sons (SP-691) Displacement: 436 tons f/1, 214 GRT
Keel Laid
Launched
Comm.
18 Oct 1909
1910
13 Jul 1911
Displacement: 377 tons f/1, 183 GRT
Dimensions:
107’ (oa) 100’ (bp) x 29’ x 6’9”
Machinery:
1 screw, compound, 1 boiler, 278 shp, 9 knots
Endurance:
750/8
Complement:
29; Armament none
Notes: Acquired from USN 1919 and rebuilt..
Dimensions:
116’7” (oa) 106’2” (wl) x 24’ x 7’7”
Service record: Bristol, RI. †
Machinery:
2 screws, diesels, 220 bhp, 9 knots
Later history: Merchant Shrub. Foundered off Bahamas Is., Mar 1963.
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River Tenders GRT
Dimensions
Rig
Lily
Name
Built 1874
(Jeffersonville, Ind.)
Builder
507
L(bp) x W 178 x 28
s/w
Station
Joseph Henry
1880
(Jeffersonville, Ind.)
340
180 x 32
s/w
Ivy
1880
(Pt. Harmon, Ohio)
47
100.7 x 15.5
1
Goldenrod
1888
(Jeffersonville, Ind.)
461
150 x 26
st/w
Cincinnati
Oleander
1903
Iowa
344
188.6 x 34
st/w
St. Louis, Mo.
Dandelion
1893
(Rock Island, Ill.)
232d
149 x 31
st/w
Western rivers St. Louis
ex-F. Weyerhaeuser (1917) Lily: Damaged by fire at Cincinnati, 20 Sep 1884 & rebuilt with new hull. Lost by snagging near St. Albans, Mo., in Missouri River, 24 Nov 1911. Joseph Henry: Sold 5 Jan 1904. Merchant Louisiana, 1905, renamed Pattona 1909. RR16 Ivy: Crushed by ice at St. Louis, Mo., 23 Jan 1888. Sold 10 Feb 1888.
Goldenrod: Used by US Army Engineers. † Oleander: † Dandelion: Acquired 1916. †
Launches or Small Tenders GRT
Dimensions
Screws
Daisy
Name
Built 1869
(U)
Builder
43
91.5 x 18
1
Station
Nettle
1878
(New York)
22
51 x 9.9
1
Lake Champlain
Bramble
1879
Ramsay (Baltimore)
30
45 x 11
2
North Carolina
Lotus
1882
(Standardville, Mich.)
30
27 x 11
1
Lake Huron
Bouquet
1889
(Brooklyn, NY)
2
5x5
1
Thistle
1890
(Baltimore)
32
60 x 15.3
1
356
115 x 29
schr
45 x 8
1
Baltimore
ex-Cynthia +Clover
1889
McKie, Boston
Hazel
1893
(San Francisco)
New Orleans
Drift
1876
(Baltimore)
87
76 x 19.5
schr
+Daisy
1892
(New Bedford)
35
54 x 14
1
Staten Island, NY
+Water Lily
1895
Gas Engine
33
61 x 10.5
2
Charleston, SC
+Snowdrop
1896
Gas Engine
32
61 x 11
2
Key West
+Two Myrtles
1899
(Manitowoc, Wis.)
96
80 x 23
1/VC
+Woodbine
1913
(New Brighton NY)
107
85 x 16
1
+Fern
1915
Hall Bros. (Winslow, Wash.)
237
98 x 22
1/VTE
Ketchikan
+Laurel
1915
Spedden
218
105 x 22
1
Baltimore
+Palmetto
1916
Merrill-Stevens
170
90 x 22
2
Charleston
Birch
(U)
(Erie, Pa.)
13
34 x 13.6
1
Pine
1918
(Nyack, NY)
35
61 x 15
1
Staten Island, NY
Cosmos
1909
(City Island, NY)
47
67 x 15
2
New Orleans
1915
(Miami, Fla.)
37
44.6 x 17
1
Key West
California
ex-Genevieve (1895).
Detroit Philadelphia
ex-SP 109, Elmasada (1919) Poinsettia ex-SP 263, Niagara (1919) Daisy: Trfd to C&GS, 1885. Nettle: Sold 1911. Merchant Nettle. RR23 Bramble: Sold 15 May 1905. Merchant Bramble. Se20 Lotus: Sold 19 Jul 1901. Bouquet: Wrecked in storm at Sandy Hook, NJ, 29 Aug 1893. Thistle: Sold 6 Dec 1912. Merchant Cynthia. RR37. Clover: Sold 1900 Daisy: † Hazel: Sold 1902. Drift: Acquired from C&GS, 1893. Sold 3 May 1920.
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Water Lily: † Snowdrop: Sold 1924. Two Myrtles: Acquired 1908. Rebuilt and renamed Clover, 1912. † Woodbine: † Fern: † Laurel: † Birch: † Pine: † Cosmos: † Poinsettia: †
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Light Vessels (In USN)
Armament
6–1 pdr
Notes: Floating fish hatchery. 2 mast schooner rig. Name
Built
Builder
GRT
L(bp) x W
NY Sbdg
671
112’11 x 29 2,
1897
460
122’10 x 28 1, v/sgl,
1911
640
135’6 x 29’6 1, v/comp,
670
135’5 x 29 1, v/comp,
578
117’7 x 28’8 2,
Brunswick (#84)
1907
Fire Island (#68) Frying Pan (#94) Nantucket (#85)
1907
Relief (#76)
1904
NY Sbdg
Only those taken over by USN in 1917 are listed. Diamond Shoals (#71), not taken over by USN, was sunk by U-140, 7 Aug 1918.
Other Departments (Ships With USN Only) Bureau of Fisheries Name
Builder
Launched
Comm.
12 Aug 1882
11 Nov 1882
Albatross
Pusey
Tonnage
1,074 tons displ, 638 GRT,
Dimensions
234’ (oa) 200’ (wl) x 27’6” x 16
Machinery
2 screws, 2-cyl. engines, 10 kts
Complement
110
Armament
(1898) 2–20 pdr, 2–37mm guns; (1917) 4–6 pdr
Service record: In USN 4 May-15 Sep 1898. Blockade of Cuba. In USN Jul 1918–1 Jul 1919. Sold 1926. Later history: Merchant Senator. se1935 Name
Builder
Built
Acq
Halcyon
Marine Constr (Boothbay)
1916
Phalarope
(E.Boston)
1881
1899
Roosevelt
McKay & Dix (Bucksport, Me.)
1905
19??
GRT:
65 (Halcyon), 55 (Phalarope), 654 (Roosevelt)
Dimensions:
61’ x 12’4” (Halcyon), 82’ x 16’ (Phalarope), 161’ x 35’7” (Roosevelt)
ex-Adelita
Machinery:
1/VC (Phalarope), 1/VC (Roosevelt)
Armament:
1–1 pdr (Phalarope), 3–3 pdr (Roosevelt)
Notes: Only those taken over by USN are listed. Halcyon: se1923 Phalarope: se1923 Roosevelt: wood hull, 3-mast Arctic schooner. Id.2397. Wrecked off Panama Canal, Oct 1939.
Notes: First vessel built for marine research. Iron hull, Navy manned. One of first government vessels with electric lights. Modernized 1898. Major refit 1913, new deckhouses added, rig changed from brigantine to schooner.
United States Coast & Geodetic Survey3
Service record: Served principally in Alaskan waters. In USN 21 Apr-25 Aug 1898 & 19 Nov 1917–23 Jun 1919. Patrolled off Florida, 1918. Decomm 29 Oct 1921, sold 6 Jun 1924.
*Alexander D. Bache
Later history: Merchant Albatross 1925. Sold at Hamburg, 1928.
Dimensions:
145’ x 25’ x 10’
Notes:
Atlantic & Gulf. Rebuilt at (Shooters Island, NY) 1902.
Name
Builder
Launched
Comm.
1879
23 Feb 1880
Fish Hawk
Pusey
Tonnage
441 GRT
Dimensions
156’7” (oa) 146’7” (bp) x 27’ x
Machinery
2 screws, vertical compound, 1 S/E boilers, 300 IHP, 9 knots
Complement
49
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Harlan
Launched
Comm.
1871
Displacement: 186 tons
Displacement: 472 tons Dimensions:
163’ (oa) 153’3” (bp) x 26’3” x 10’
Machinery:
400 HP †
Name Ferdinand R. Hassler
Builder
Laid Down
Dialogue
Launched
Comm.
1871
Displacement: 350 tons Dimensions:
159’6” 152’ x 24’7” x 12’
Machinery:
1 screw
Notes: Pacific. Sold 1895. Name
Builder
Laid Down
*George S. Blake Fardy
Launched
Comm.
1874
Displacement: 316 tons Dimensions:
148’8” 140’ x 26’6” x 11’8”
Machinery:
1 screw
Notes: Atlantic & Gulf. Sold 1905. Name *Thomas R. Gedney
Figure 13.2: The Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross served in the Navy in 1898 and in World War I.
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Builder Delamater
Laid Down
Launched
Comm.
1875
Displacement: 244 GRT 3.
*In USN 24 Mar—11 Aug 1898; In USN 16 Apr 1917—1 Jul 1919 +
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Dimensions:
154’ (oa) 140’ (bp) 121’ x 23’9” x 7’3”
Dimensions:
152’ (oa) 144’ (bp) x 25’ x 9’5”
Machinery:
HP 250, 9 knots
Machinery:
HP 400, 10 knots
Complement:
35
Complement
47
Notes: Composite hull. Pacific. Sold 1915. Name *McArthur
Builder
Laid Down
Mare I NYd
Notes: To Philippines 1905. Seized by Japan at Mariveles, Mar 1942, renamed Launched
Comm.
Omi Maru. Torpedoed & sunk in Iligan Bay, Mindanao, about 1943.
1876
Displacement: 299 tons
Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Dimensions:
121’6” (bp) 109’4” x 20’ x 7’
Romblon
(Uraga)
1905
Machinery:
HP 250, 8.5 knots
Marinduque
(Uraga)
1901
Complement:
34
Displacement: 345 tons, 411 GRT
Notes: Wood hull. Pacific. Sold 1915. Name *Patterson
Builder
Laid Down
James D. Leary (Brooklyn)
Launched
Comm.
1883
Dimensions:
132’ (bp) x 23’ x 10.2’
Machinery:
300 HP, 8 knots
Complement
39
Romblon: Philippines. Sold 1921. Marinduque: Philippines. Sold 1932.
Displacement: 719 tons Dimensions:
163’ (bp) x 27’4” x 14.2
Machinery:
HP 300, 9 knots
Complement
60
+Isis
Armament
2–6 pdr
Displacement: 377 GRT
Name
Builder Marvel
Laid Down
Launched
1902
1915
Notes: Barkentine rig, wood hull.
Dimensions:
199’ (oa) 180’5” (bp) x 24’9” x 11’8”
Alaska: West coast, Hawaii. Renamed Forward 1917. Sold 1919. Later history: merchant Patterson. Wrecked at Cape Fairweather, Alaska, 11 Dec 1938.
Machinery:
2/VTE, 2000 IHP
Name Pathfinder
Builder Crescent
Laid Down
Launched
7 Dec 1898 23 Apr 1899
Dimensions:
193’ (oa) 168’ (bp) x 33’5” x 13’
Machinery:
1/VTE, HP 846, 12.6 knots
Complement
80
Hydrographer
Laid Down
J.Reilly (Pt Jefferson, NY) 101’ (bp) x 19.5’ x 6.8’
Machinery:
HP 250, 10 knots
Complement
23
Florida 1920. Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Manitowoc
Comm.
1917
Displacement: 1,143 tons
Launched
Comm.
1901
Dimensions:
186’ (oa) 172’ (bp) x 34’3” x 12’
Machinery:
1/VTE, HP 1321, 12 knots
Complement:
69
Armament:
2–3”/50
North Pacific. †
Acquired from USN:
Displacement: 146 tons Dimensions:
Notes: Acquired yacht. USN 1917–19. Lost by striking submerged object off
+Surveyor
Alaska: Sent to Philippines 1900, renamed Research. Sunk by Japanese aircraft at Corregidor, 30 Dec 1941. Builder
Comm.
Comm.
Displacement: 875 tons
Name
Comm.
Name
ex-
Built
Acquired
Notes
Almax II
SP-268
1912
28 Mar 1919 Returned 21 Feb 1920.
Audwin
SP-451
1911
27 Mar 1919 West coast & Alaska. †
Helianthus
SP-585
1912
28 Mar 1919
Alaska. †
Scandinavia
SP-3363
1916
21 May 1919
Sold
Wild Cat
SP-879
1915
14 Apr 1919
†
Elsie III
SP-708
1912
21 Apr 1919
†
Displacement: 450 tons, 335 GRT
Mikawe
SP-309
1916
24 Apr 1919
†
Dimensions:
135’ (bp) x 27’ x 10’
Wenonah
SP-165
1915
12 Apr 1919
Machinery:
HP 400, 10.3 knots
Returned Oct 1922. Pacific
Complement
43
Lydonia
SP-700
1912
7 Aug 1919
†
Armament
2–6 pdr
Sialia
SP-543
1913
6 Oct 1919
Returned 6 Feb 1920.
Natoma
SP-666
1913
14 Apr 1919
†
Ranger
SP-237
1910
28 Apr 1919
†
Pioneer
AM 29 Osprey
1918
7 Apr 1922
†
Discoverer
AM 36 Auk
1918
7 Apr 1922
†
Guide
AM 32 Flamingo
1918
7 Apr 1922
†
Atlantic: † Name Explorer
Builder
Laid Down
Pusey
Launched
Comm.
1904
Notes: Atlantic & Gulf. † Name Fathomer
Builder Hong Kong
Displacement: 550 tons
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Launched 1904
Comm.
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218 The New Navy, 1883-1922
Small Schooners and Launches Name Endeavor
Builder (Norfolk, Va.)
Built
Acq
Tonnage
1862
1867
130grt
113’ x 18’ x 7’6’’
Dimenstions
steam
Rig/Machinery
ex-General Curtis, ex-Lady Davis Hitchcock
Fardy
1871
—
(U)
86’ x 19’ x 3’6’’
Schr
Scoresby
Fardy
1871
—
(U)
76’ x 22’ x 6’6’’
Schr
Silliman
Fardy
1871
—
(U)
86’ x 21‘ x 6’
Schr
Steadfast
Fardy
1871
—
(U)
70’ x 22’ x 1’19’’
Schr
Research
(U)
1873
—
(U)
75’ x 24’ x 6’6’’
Schr
Palinurus
(U)
1873
—
(U)
84’ x 24’ x 6’9’’
Schr
Yukon
(Kennebunk, Me.)
1873
—
(U)
84’ x 22’3” x 4’
Schr
Ready
Woodall
1875
—
(U)
(U)
Schr
Earnest
(Baltimore)
1875
—
80
89’ x 23’ x 7’3”
Schr
Drift
Woodall
1876
—
156grt
76’ x 19’6” x 10’9”
Schr
Eagre
Van Dusen (Wmsbg, NY)
1875
1878
191
140’ x 30’3” x 7’6”
Schr
Fuca
J.F.P.Mitchel
1882
—
(U)
45’ x 12’ x 5.5’
steam launch
Daisy
(U)
1869
1885
(U)
99.5’ x 17.5’ x 7’
steam
Cosmos
Mare I NYd
1887
—
30
52.5’ x 12’ x 8’
steam launch
Matchless
(Key West)
1859
1885
118grt
99’6 x 24’3 x 7’
Schr
Spy
A.C.Brown
1888
—
35
51.5 x 14 x 1.5
schr
Transit
A.C.Brown
1888
—
44grt
60’6” x 15 x 1.7
schr
Taku
Geo.Kneass (San Francisco)
1898
—
54grt
7’6’ x 16’6” x 8.4
steamer
Yukon
(NY)
1898
—
38grt
75’ x 15’7” x 5’
steamer
Research
(Hong Kong)
1898
1901
95grt
94’6” x 15’ x 8’3”
steamer
Marindin
Canton Lumber (Baltimore)
1919
—
(U)
60’ x 14.8’ x 4.6’
gasoline
Mitchell
Canton Lumber (Baltimore)
1919
—
(U)
60’ x 14.8’ x 4.6’
gasoline
Ogden
Canton Lumber (Baltimore)
1919
—
(U)
60’ x 14.8’ x 4.6’
gasoline
Rodgers
Canton Lumber (Baltimore)
1919
—
(U)
60’ x 14’ x 3.7’
gasoline
Tonnage
130grt (Endeavor), 38 (Yukon)
Dimensions
113’ x 18’ x 7’6” (Endeavor), 86’ x 19’ x 3’6” (Hitchcock), 76’ x 22’ x 6’6” (Scoresby), 86’ x 21’ x 6’ (Silliman), 70’ x 22’ x 1’9” (Steadfast), 75’ x 24’ x 6’6” (Research), 84’ x 24’ x 6’9” (Palinurus)
Rig/Machinery
steam (Endeavor), Schr (Hitchcock), Schr (Scoresby), Schr (Silliman), Schr (Steadfast), Schr (Research), Schr (Palinurus)
ex-Mohawk
Service records: Endeavor: se1893 Hitchcock: Sold 1891. Scoresby: Sunk in gale off Nantucket, Mass., 11 Sep 1891. Silliman: to USN 1887 Steadfast: Sold 1884 Research: Sold 1886. Palinurus: Sold 1889. Yukon: Pacific. Sold 1894. Ready: Sold 1886. Earnest: Pacific. To USN Feb 1898. Drift: Sold 1892. Eagre: Atlantic & Gulf. To USN Jul 1903. Fuca: Sold 1904. Daisy: Sold 1891. Cosmos: Alaska. Sold 1927.
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Matchless: Atlantic & Gulf. Sold 1915. Spy: Atlantic & Gulf. Sold 1905. Transit: Atlantic & Gulf. Sold 1909. Taku: Alaska. Sold 1917. Yukon: Knocked down & shipped to Alaska. Sold 1923. Research: Philippines. Marindin: † Mitchell: † Ogden: † Rodgers: †
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Panama Canal Co. Vessels in USN 1917–19 Name Chame
Built 1899
Builder
GRT
Dimen.
Mach.
(GB)
180
105’ x 23’3” 1/
Notes
ex-Riversdale (1907) De Lesseps
..
(Cristobal CZ)
98
67’6” x 15’
1/
acq. 1904
Goodwill
..
(Morris Hgts,NY)
9
26’ x 9’
1/
acq. 1917
Gorgona (SP 1915 2164)
Staten Island
351
125’6” x 30’ 1/VC 1-6 pdr se1935
Tavernilla
1914
Staten Island
351
125’6” x 30’ 1/VC 1-6 pdr se1935
Mariner
1906
(Camden NJ)
234
113’ x 25’6” 1/
Pequeni
1917
(Balboa CZ) 30
Vedette
1914
68’ x 14’
Figure 13.3: The Army transport Sheridan in 1912.
acq. 1908 se1935
1/
Elco 8 32’ x 8’6” 1/ se1935 (Bayonne) Only ships that served in the Navy during World War I are listed.
United States Army Transports Name Buford
Built
Acquired
Builder
5040
GRT
1890
1898
Harland & Wolff
2194
1882
1898
Campbell & Mackintosh
1883
1898
Murray
1901
Doxford
ex-Mississippi Burnside
ex-Rita, ex-Yeoman Crook
4126
Figure 13.4: The Army transport Sherman at Manila.
ex-Roumanian, ex-Richmond Hill Dix
6839
1892
ex-Samoa Egbert
2845
1889
1900
Gray
5658
1892
1898
Harland & Wolff
5147
1879
1898
Elder
2075
1875
1898
London & Glasgow
ex-Arizona Hooker
1894
1898
Wigham Richardson
5046
1890
1898
Harland & Wolff
3497
1890
1900
Delaware River
1078
1878
1901
(Newcastle)
5672
1892
1898
Harland & Wolff
1898
Caird
1912
1912
Shanghai Dock & Eng.Co.
1894
1898
Delaware River
1883
1900
Barclay Curle
1873
1898
Caird
1900
1900
Moran
5673
1892
1898
Harland & Wolff
5780
1892
1898
Harland & Wolff
3458
1883
1900
Reiherstieg
1892
1898
Neafie
ex-USS Resolute, ex-Yorktown
1006
1885
1898
Wigham Richardson
1976
ex-Columbia, ex-Methven Castle 4791
ex-Chester, ex-City of Chester 1275
ex-G.W. Dickinson ex-Massachusetts ex-Mobile Sumner
ex-Manitoba McClellan
1874
2898
Sherman
ex-Kong See Logan
5641 2898
Sheridan
ex-USS Badger, ex-Yumuri Liscum
Harland & Wolff
Rawlins
Seward
ex-Michigan Lawton
1898
Merritt
Sedgwick
1347
ex-Clearwater Kilpatrick
Meade
Rosecrans
ex-Panama, ex-Branksome Hall Ingalls
1881
ex-Berlin, ex-City of Berlin
ex-Mohawk Hancock
3656
ex-Obdam, ex-British Queen
ex-Missouri Grant
McPherson
ex-USS Cassius, ex-Rhaetia Terry
1337
ex-Hartford
ex-Port Victor
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Thomas
5713
1894
1898
Harland & Wolff
4243
1889
1898
Vulcan
871
1887
1898
ex-Minnewaska, ex-Persia Warren ex-Scandia Wright
ex-The Aid, ex-Bay State Note: Merchant ships acquired during and after the Spanish-American War, in particular to transport troops to the Philippines. These included a number of older trans-Atlantic passenger liners named after Civil War generals. Hooker was a Spanish steamer captured by USS Mangrove off Havana, 25 Apr 1898. Of the Army hospital ships, The Aid and Missouri became transports (see earlier), and Relief was transferred to the Navy (see USS Relief). Terry also served as a hospital ship. Hooker and Liscum converted to cable ships. Later histories: Buford: USN 1919 (p. 149) Merchant 1922, BU 1929 Burnside: BU 1924. Crook: Sold 1922. Dix: Merchant 1922, renamed Grace Dollar 1925, BU 1928 Kobe. Egbert: Merchant Stanley Dollar 1902, renamed Missouri 1904, Stanley Dollar 1905. Wrecked at Katsure, Japan, 6 Sep 1905 Grant: Converted to dredge 1902, renamed Chinook, BU 1946 Hancock: To USN 1902 (q.v.) Hooker: Wrecked off Corregidor, Manila Bay, 11 Aug 1899. Ingalls: To USN 1910, renamed Yosemite (q.v.) Kilpatrick: Merchant Acropolis 1921, renamed Washington 1923, Great Canton 1923. BU 1924 Genoa. Lawton: To USN 1902 (q.v.) Liscum: Merchant Liscum, renamed Nuestra Señora de Alba 1925, Yung Shun 1934, BU 1939. Logan: Merchant Candler, 1923. BU 1924 Baltimore McClellan: Merchant Hastier 1922. Sank after fire at Antwerp, Belgium, 3 Nov 1920, BU. McPherson: Merchant Brooklyn 1906, renamed S.V.Luckenbach 1907, Onega 1915. Torpedoed & sunk by UB-123 in Bristol Channel, 30 Sep 1918. Meade: Merchant 1917. BU 1921 Merritt: Merchant Bisayas 1933. Sunk at Manila, 2 Jan 1942. Salved, renamed Hishigata Maru. Sunk off Lingayen, Luzon, 2 Jan 1945. Rawlins: (See USS Resolute) Rosecrans: Merchant, conv to tanker 1902. Wrecked off Astoria, Ore., 7 Jan 1913. Sedgwick: Merchant, renamed Arizona 1903, Napoletano 1906. BU 1907 Seward: Sold 1914 Sheridan: Sold 1922 Sherman: Merchant Calawaii 1923. BU 1933 Sumner: (See USS Cassius) Wrecked off Barnegat Shoals, N.J., 11 Dec 1916. Terry: Merchant Charles H. Hackley 1901, renamed Caroline 1907. BU 1936 Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Thomas: BU 1929 Warren: Merchant 1924. BU 1929 Wright: Merchant Gabrielle Poizat 1921, renamed Jolo 1926. Wrecked near Cebu, Philippines, 23 Oct 1933.
Mineplanters Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Colonel George Armistead
Neafie
5 Mar 1904
General Henry J. Hunt
Neafie
4 Feb 1904
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Completed
Figure 13.5: The Army mineplanter Major Samuel Ringgold.
General Henry Knox
Neafie
5 Mar 1904
Major Samuel Ringgold
Neafie
1904
Tonnage:
447 GRT
Dimensions:
150’ (oa) 137’4” x 30’4”; 2/VC
Complement
18
Notes: Steel hull. Armistead: Sold about 1935. Later history: Merchant Mary Foss 1936, renamed Agnes Foss 1941. Acquired by USN as Dekanawida (YT 334), 1942. Merchant Agnes Foss 1947, renamed Celtic 1972. RR 1987. Hunt: Sold 1924. Knox: Sold 1923. Later history: Merchant Chan Hing 1924, renamed Vincent Davin 1931c. Wrecked in Song Ca River, Annam, 1 Feb 1937. Ringgold: Sold 1924. Later history: Merchant Sea Salvor 1925. BU 1948. Name
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Completed
Gen. Royal T. Frank
NY Sbdg
20 Oct 1908 15 Mar 1909
Gen. J.M. Schofield
NY Sbdg
12 Oct 1908 20 Feb 1909 2 Jun 1909
Gen. E.O.C. Ord
Pusey
Gen. Samuel M. NY Sbdg Mills
1908
13 Feb 1909
8 Jun 1909
1909
12 Oct 1908 13 Feb 1909 19 May 1909
Tonnage:
622 GRT Dimensions:
Machinery:
2/VC, 345 ihp, 13 knots
Complement
18
166’6”(oa) 154’ (wl) x 32’ x 10’
Service records: Frank: Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-121 off Maui, Hawaii, 29 Jan 1942 (21 dead). Schofield: Sold 1946. Ord: FFU Mills: To USCG 1922, renamed Pequot. Sold 1947, BU.
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Name Gen. William M. Graham
Builder NY Sbdg
Laid Down
Launched
2 Apr 1917 29 Aug 1917
Completed Jan 1918
Displacement: 641 GRT; Dimensions:
171’10” (oa) 156’ (bp) x 32’ x (U)
Machinery:
2/VC, IHP 850, 11.4 knots
Complement
21
Service record: Sold 1945. Later history: Merchant Panama City. RR 1949 Name Brig.Gen. Absalom Baird
Builder
Laid Down
Launched
Completed
Later history: Japanese Harushima Maru 1942, IJN Harushima, 1943. Sunk by US aircraft at Yokosuka, 18 Jul 1945. Kirby: to USLHS 1920 Later history: USLHS Ilex. Merchant 1948. Caught fire & beached in Bonavista Bay, Nfld, 27 Oct 1948. Randolph: to USLHS 1920 Later history: USLHS Lupine. Story: to USLHS 1920 Later history: USLHS Acacia. Todd: to USLHS 1920 Later history: USLHS Lotus. Whistler: to USLHS 1920 Later history: USLHS Spruce. White: to USLHS 1920 Later history: USLHS Speedwell.
Fabricated
23 Oct 1919
Gen. J. Franklin Fabricated Bell
26 Nov 1919
Col. George F.E. Fabricated Harrison
3 Apr 1920
Gen. Edmund Kirby
Fabricated
4 Oct 1919
Tonnage:
348 GRT
Gen. W.P. Randolph
Fabricated
11 Nov 1919
Dimensions:
121’3” x 30’8” or (132.1’ x 32.2’)
Gen. John P. Story
Fabricated
11 Sep 1919
Complement 24 Notes: Wood hull. Sold 1921. FFU
Col. Albert Todd Fabricated
31 Jan 1920
Col. Garland N. Fabricated Whistler
15 Jan 1920
Col. John V. White
29 Apr 1920
Fabricated
Name
Builder
Cyrus W. Field (Hartford, Conn.)
Displacement: 704 GRT Dimensions:
172’6” (oa) 159’6” (bp) x 33’ x 17’; 2
Machinery:
compound, 12 knots.
Notes: Designed for cable laying. Baird: West Point training ship. Sold about 1946. Later history: Merchant Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird. se1956 Bell: Renamed Brig.Gen. John J. Hayden, se1941 Harrison: Captured by Japanese in Philippines, 1942
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Cable Ships Launched
Acquired
1901
1904
Laid Down
Launched
ex-Margaret
Name
Builder
Joseph Henry
Newport News
Tonnage:
601 GRT
Dimensions:
160’ (oa) 142’ (bp) x 32’ x 17’
Machinery:
/VC; 900 hp
Complement
17
30 Dec 1908 31 Mar 1909
Notes: Built for War Dept. Service record: Sold 1946. Later history: Merchant Thalis o Milissios 1947. LU 1983. Museum in Greece.
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Appendix I Royal Hawaiian Navy
Name Kaimiloa ex-Explorer, ex-Fire Brick
Builder
Launch
Acquired
Comm.
Union Coop Sbdg Co (Blyth, England)
Feb 1871
Dec 1886
1887
Displacement 291 GRT Dimensions
127’8” x 25’3” x 11’2”D
Machinery
1 screw, compound engines, HP 60, 8 kts
Complement 67 Armament
4–4,” 2 MG
Notes: Three masts, wood hull. The only ship of the Royal Hawaiian Navy. Service record: Made one voyage to Samoa May 1887. Sold 23 Sep 1887. Later history: Merchant. BU 1910.
The Kamiloa, the only warship of the Hawaiian Navy, which made one voyage in 1889. Notice the Hawaiian flag flying from the mizzen mast.
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Appendix II SP Numerical List
Numerical list of all SP & Id. numbers for ships actually in service or canceled, including district craft.
SP‑Name Type 1 Arawan II MP 2 Lynx MP 3 Zipalong MP 4 Porpoise MP 5 Tacony MP 8 Patrol No. 4 MP 9 Psyche V MP 12 Siwash MP 14 Edamena II MP 15 Elithro II MP 16 Mystery xld MP 20 Scoter MP 21 Zita xld MP 24 Helena I = SP-24 MP 26 Dawn MP 28 Mauna Loa MP 29 Patrol No. 5 MP 31 Patrol No. 7 MP 33 Niji . MP 35 Chingachgook MP 36 Mustang MP 37 Dawn xld MP 38 Lillian II MP 40 Atlantis MP 41 Gem PY 43 Daraga MP 44 Priscilla xld MP 45 Patrol No. 1 MP 46 Dodger II MP 49 Momo MP
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51 Manatee MP 52 Grey Fox MP 53 Boy Scout MP 54 Patrol No. 6 MP 55 Gypsy MP 56 Patrol No. 8 MP 59 Petrel MP 60 Little Aie MP 61 Zenith MP 62 Lydia =SP‑62 MP 63 Rivalen MP 64 Nedeva II MP 65 Chichota MP 66 Dlonra MP 68 Despatch PY 70 Shrewsbury MP 71 Fantana MP 72 Joyance PY 75 Ora MP 76 Kingfisher =SP‑76 MP 78 Rutoma MP 81 Elf MP 82 Sturdy MP 83 Georgiana III MP 84 Coyote MP 85 Patrol N0.10 MP 86 Perfecto MP 89 Whippet MP 90 Rondo = SP‑90 MP 93 Zumbrota MP 95 Katydid MP 96 Simplicity MP 97 Kumigan MP 98 Dean II MP 100 Marie MP 101 Panama MP
102 Shadow III MP 103 Raven III =SP‑103 MP 104 Sybilla III PY 106 Zigzag MP 107 Riette MP 108 Calabash MP 109 Elmasada MP 110 Coco MP 112 Nepenthe MP 114 Scout MP 116 Bab MP 117 Mohican =SP‑117 PY 118 Mira xld MP 119 Idylease MP 122 Traveler MP 124 Tarantula PY 125 Idealia MP 126 Tanguingui MP 128 Ono MP 129 Taniwha PY 130 Kanawha = Piqua PY 131 Noma PY 132 Wanderer PY 133 Zara PY 134 Sultana PY 135 Aphrodite PY 136 Niagara PY 142 Hoqua MP 143 Magistrate MP 144 Howarda MP 145 Eagle =SP‑145 MP 148 Kathrick II MP 149 Jeanette MP 151 Miss Betsy MP 153 Wissoe II MP 154 Lady Anne MP
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226 The New Navy, 1883-1922 155 Me‑Too MP 156 Winchester PY 157 Remlik PY 158 Wadena PY 159 Corsair PY 160 Wakiva PY 161 Narada PY 162 Christabel PY 163 Vedette PY 164 May PY 165 Wenonah PY 166 Alcedo PY 167 Owera PY 169 Kanawha xld MP 170 Sovereign PY 171 Quest MP 173 Florence PY 175 Emeline PY 177 Emerald PY 179 Privateer MP 180 Sentinel MP 181 Helori MP 182 Arcturus =SP‑182 MP 183 Hiawatha MP 184 Gladiola MP 185 Clarinda MP 186 Aeolus xld MP 191 Hopestill MP 192 Sachem PY 193 Marguerite MP 194 Coronet MP 195 Wilrose II MP 196 Edith M. III MP 197 Arroyo MP 198 Reposo II PY 200 Karibou MP 201 Wemootah MP 202 Minnemac II MP 204 Nirvana II MP 206 Alacrity PY 207 Volunteer xld MP 208 Abalone MP 209 Harvard PY 210 Helenita PY 211 Rambler PY 212 Lady Mary MP 213 Sabot xld MP 214 Edithia MP 216 Hyac MP 218 Althea MP 219 Killarney MP 220 Katherine K. MP 221 Whirlwind PY 223 Sea Gull =SP‑223 MP 225 Sabalo MP 229 Pirate MP 231 Dicky MP 232 Cleo MP 235 Zoraya PY 237 Ranger =SP‑237 PY
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238 Wacondah PY 242 Lannai xld MP 245 Josephine H.II =SP‑245 MP 246 Niagara = SP‑246 MP 247 Fulton =SP‑247 AT 248 Adroit xld MP 249 California = Hauoli PY 250 Wiwoka MP 251 Sunbeam III MP 252 Hobcaw MP 256 Chipper =SP‑256 MP 259 Wistaria xld MP 260 Olympic MP 262 Manito II MP 263 Niagara =SP‑263 MP 265 Pocomoke AM 266 Newark AM 267 S.T.Co. No.2 AM 268 Almax II MP 269 Tillamook =SP‑269 MP 270 Idalis MP 272 Caliph MP 274 Virginia =SP‑274 MP 277 Najelda MP 279 Merito MP 281 Quicksilver MP 284 Ellen MP 289 Grayling MP 291 Mary Pope MP 292 Glendoveer MP 296 Edith II =SP‑296 MP 298 Navajo III =SP‑298 MP 301 Sans Souci II MP 303 George P. Squires PY 308 Spray II xld YP 309 Mikawe MP 310 Raboco MP 311 Onward PY 312 G.H. McNeal AM 313 Otis W. Douglas AM 314 M.M. Davis AM 315 Wilbert A. Edwards AM 317 Aloha PY 318 Dolphin xld AM 319 J.A. Palmer AM 321 Druid PY 322 W.L. Messick AM 323 Joseph F. Bellows AM 326 A. Brook Taylor xld MP 327 George H. Bradley AM 328 Margaret =SP‑328 AM 332 Peter C. Struven AM 333 Kenneth L. McNeal AM 336 Spartan AM 339 Crest AM 340 Whitecap AM 341 Surf AM 342 Wasaka III MP 343 Nemesis MP
344 Comber AM 345 Aurora AM 346 Edgar F. Coney AM 347 Freehold AM 350 Roselle AM 352 Reliable xld MP 354 Wandena MP 356 Mary Louise MP 359 Wyandance MP 361 Voyager MP 364 Ponce MP 366 Charles P. Crawford AM 367 Alice MP 369 Ranger AM 370 Nonpareil AN 371 Absegami MP 372 Drusilla MP 375 Warren J. Courtney AM 377 P.K. Bauman PY 380 Elizabeth M. Froelich AM 382 Avis MP 383 City of Lewes AM 384 Rehoboth AM 385 Henlopen AM 388 Ionita MP 389 Kajeruna PY 390 Catherine Johnson YF 161 391 Thetis PY 392 Montauk AM 396 Natoya MP 397 Mary Alice PY 398 Letitia xld MP 399 Legonia PY 400 Walter Adams AM 402 Vidofner MP 403 Helen Euphane AN 406 Vigilant =SP‑406 MP 407 Speedway MP 408 Artmar III MP 409 Patrol No. 2 MP 411 Susanne =SP‑411 MP 413 Marija MP 415 Kemah PY 416 B.H.B. Hubbard AM 417 Eclipse MP 418 Aramis PY 423 Gretchen xld MP 424 Nemes MP 425 Minerva MP 426 Sequoyah =SP‑426 MP 427 Seneca =SP‑427 AM 428 Mystery MP 429 W.T. James AM 430 Gypsum Queen AM 431 Venetia PY 432 Oneida xld MP 436 Gaivota MP 437 Greyhound MP 438 Jessamine =SP‑438 MP
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439 Kanised MP 444 Beaumere II MP 448 Wendy MP 450 Weepoose MP 451 Audwin MP 453 Ameera MP 455 Anado MP 458 Cherokee AT 459 Genevieve MP 460 Aurore II =SP‑460 MP 462 Mary xld MP 463 Yo Ho MP 465 Blue Bird MP 467 Delaware = SP‑467 AM 469 Tangier MP 470 St. Sebastian MP 471 Sylvia =SP‑471 MP 479 Knickerbocker AM 484 Babette II MP 485 John B. Hinton AM 493 Winfield S. Cahill AM 495 Courier xld MP 498 Williams ’18 = SP‑498 MP 502 Tasco AM 503 Frances II MP 504 Lowell AM 505 Seatag MP 506 Raccoon MP 507 Machigonne =SP‑507 PY 508 Raazoo MP 509 Henry P. Williams= SP‑509 PY 510 Suzanne PY 511 Alert =SP‑511 MP 512 Guinevere PY 516 Actus PY 517 Naushon PY 518 Surf xld MP 519 Vergana PY 520 Lu‑O‑La MP 521 Isabel PY 522 Charles Mann MP 523 Nightingale MP 524 Margaret =SP‑524 PY 525 Chilhowee PY 527 Margaret PY 529 Kestrel II MP 530 Raymond J. Anderton AM 531 Margaret =SP‑531 MP 533 Paloma MP 534 Shark MP 535 Valiant MP 536 Beluga MP 537 Estella MP 538 Content MP 539 Euphemia MP 540 Bonita MP 541 Admiral MP 542 Etta M. Burns MP 543 Sialia PY
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Appendix II: SP Numerical List 227 544 Sea Gull MP 545 Idaho =SP‑545 MP 546 Petrel = Thrasher =SP‑546 MP 548 Wachusetts =SP‑548 MP 549 Edorea MP 550 Fli‑Hawk MP 551 Shad MP 556 Cozy MP 559 Nautilus II MP 560 Astrea MP 561 Tamarack MP 562 Wild Goose MP 563 Magnet MP 566 Grosbeak MP 567 Mist MP 568 John Sealey AM 569 Empress bge 570 Agawam = Natick MP 571 Pocomoke = SP-571 MP 572 Long Island AM 573 East Hampton AM 575 Cythera PY 577 Arcady PY 578 Enaj MP 579 Get There MP 580 Shada MP 581 Xarifa PY 582 Halcyon II =SP‑582 PY 583 Vivace PY 584 Dreadnaught =SP‑584 MP 585 Helianthus MP 586 Alpha MP 587 Sayonara II MP 588 Raeo MP 590 Aztec MP 591 Miramar YP 592 Valeda MP 593 Artemis = Arcturus PY 594 Kuwana II MP 596 Pete MP 597 Rickwood MP 598 Fearless =SP‑598 MP 599 Akbar MP 600 Gurkha MP 602 Juniata PY 604 R.W. Wilmot AT 605 Skink MP 609 Nokomis PY 610 Nelansu MP 612 Dohema Jr. MP 614 Margaret O. =SP‑614 MP 615 Saxis MP 616 Venture MP 617 Yacona PY 618 Viking xld PY 623 Betty M. II MP 624 Edithena MP 625 Doris B. IV MP 626 Cobra MP
630 Alcalda MP 632 Calypso MP 633 Constance II MP 635 Fern =SP‑635 MP 636 Lomado MP 639 Dianthus MP 642 Felicia PY 643 Joy MP 644 Chinook MP 645 Shrimp MP 646 Trump MP 647 California =SP‑647 MP 648 George F. Pierce YFB 649 Needle MP 650 Hupa MP 651 Atlantic II PY 654 Hippocampus MP 656 Commodore Maury MP 657 Miss Anne II MP 658 Pauline MP 659 Owaissa MP 660 Katie MP 661 Lady Betty MP 662 Politesse MP 663 Chanticleer MP 664 Tuna MP 665 Celeritas MP 666 Natoma PY 669 Vencedor MP 670 Northampton MP 671 Parthenia PY 672 Miramar =SP‑672 MP 673 Trilby MP 675 Pattina MP 676 Lydia III MP 677 Eleanor MP 679 Pennsylvania RR No.9 AM 680 Ardent AM 681 Breakwater AM 682 Mary B. Garner AM 683 McKeever Bros. AM 684 Edward J. McKeever Jr. AM 685 Sussex MP 686 Vester AM 687 Satilla PY 688 Zenda MP 689 Uncas =SP‑689 MP 690 Polly MP 691 F.Mansfield & Sons Co. AM 692 Jaydee III MP 693 Amagansett AM 694 Annie E. Gallup AM 695 Cossack MP 696 Charmian II MP 699 Pawnee =SP‑699 MP 700 Lydonia PY 701 Dixie III =SP‑701 MP 702 Pomander MP 703 Caprice MP
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228 The New Navy, 1883-1922 704 Barbara MP 705 Lexington II =SP‑705 MP 706 Nirvana =SP‑706 MP 707 Endion MP 708 Elsie III MP 710 Sapphire MP 711 Kiowa =SP‑711 MP 712 Rush MP 713 Scarpe MP 714 Galatea PY 715 Katherine MP 721 Linta PY 723 Calumet PY 724 Fearless AM 726 Orca MP 727 Seven MP 728 Onward II =SP‑728 MP 729 Apache =SP‑729 MP 730 Lynx II =SP‑730 MP 732 Letter B MP 733 Doris B. III MP 734 Lyndonia = Vega PY 735 Malay PY 736 Sadie Ross AM 737 Marold MP 738 Ajax = Rockport PY 740 See W. See MP 742 Green Dragon MP 743 Toxaway MP 744 Vision =SP‑744 MP 745 Express No.4 MP 746 Virginia =SP‑746 MP 747 Estelle =SP‑747 MP 751 Albacore MP 752 Arvilla MP 755 Fashion YF‑116 756 Normannia MP 757 Rosa MP 759 James H. Clark MP 765 Adelante AT 771 Nahma PY 772 Comet MP 773 Concord AM 776 Ellington MP 781 Sea Otter MP 782 Shur MP 783 Hobo II MP 784 Whistler MP 786 Desire MP 787 Marpessa MP 789 Dixie =SP‑789 MP 790 Enterprise MP 791 E.Benson Dennis AN 803 Itasca II MP 809 Tango xld MP 810 Itasca =SP‑810 MP 812 Carola IV PY 813 Corona PY 822 Sister MP
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823 Broadbill MP 830 Freelance AM 838 John L.Lawrence =SP‑838 AM 839 Eugene F. Price AM 845 Barracuda MP 846 Luce Bros. AM 847 Menhaden AT 852 Wissahickon =SP‑852 PY 856 Arcadia MP 859 Atlantic AT 861 James River MP 869 J. Reyner & Son MP 870 Margo MP 871 Tern MP 874 Dolphin MP 876 Lykens AM 878 Jimetta MP 879 Wild Cat MP 882 Weehawken YE‑28 891 Wild Goose II =SP‑891 MP 892 Marguerite II =SP‑892 MP 899 Courtenay P. MP 907 Yard No. 210 = SP-907 MP 908 Yank MP 909 Eaglet MP 912 Dorothea II =SP‑912 MP 913 Josephine = SP-913 MP 915 Shirin MP 919 Gracie S. MP 921 Little Brothers MP 923 Wanderlust MP 928 Osprey II MP 930 Maysie MP 933 Teaser MP 938 Corinthia MP 946 Augusta MP 947 High Ball MP 951 Utowana AM 952 Itty E MP 953 Tide AM 957 Ojen MP 960 Terrier MP 962 Lady Thorne MP 963 Bagheera MP 964 Edwin L. Pilsbury xld MP 965 Elfin MP 966 Hebe MP 967 Admiral PY 969 Opeechee MP 972 Elizabeth MP 978 David K. Philips AN 979 Verdi MP 980 B.F. Macomber AM 982 Penobscot AT 988 Elfrida PY 996 San Toy II MP 1002 Dauntless MP 1003 Albatross MP 1004 Qui Vive MP
1009 Maud MP 1010 Yarrow MP 1011 Geraldine MP 1012 Satellite MP 1014 Sea Rover AT 1015 Challenge AM 1016 Talofa MP 1028 Blanche MP 1031 Jolly Roger MP 1043 Machigonne YFB 1045 Arval MP 1046 Nomad MP 1047 Roamer MP 1048 Pollyanna MP 1049 Chipper MP 1050 Albert Brown AM 1051 Ensign MP 1055 Tech III MP 1058 Thistle MP 1062 Doloma MP 1063 Secret MP 1072 Peggy MP 1078 Melville =SP‑1078 MP 1080 Marjorie M. MP 1083 Regis II MP 1086 Anton Dohrn MP 1092 Elizabeth =SP‑1092 MP 1103 Empress MP 1104 Cherokee PY 1105 Caroline MP 1106 Patrol No.11 MP 1109 Sayona II MP 1113 Tinicum YFB 1114 Vision MP 1116 Genesee AM 1121 Chase S. Osborne AM 1128 Conestoga AM 1136 Mariner AT 1138 Oneonta AT 1144 Katrina MP 1145 W.F. Marty MP 1149 Barnett AM 1150 Hetman MP 1151 Russ MP 1153 Nantucket xld YFB 1158 Arctic PY 1159 Wasp MP 1161 Francis B. Hackett AM 1163 Narragansett YFB 1169 Stephen W. McKeever AM 1175 Welcome MP 1176 Gypsum Prince xld MP 1181 Gretchen MP 1182 Atlantic MP 1184 Grayce YF‑120 1185 Sterling YF‑122 1186 Daisy MP 1187 Verna & Esther MP 1188 Jane II MP
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1189 Cero MP 1192 Vitesse MP 1195 Rhebal MP 1196 Wego MP 1197 Hunch MP 1202 Maggie bge 1203 Margaret Anderson MP 1204 Pilgrim MP 1205 John B. Robins MP 1206 Annabelle MP 1207 Hazel MP 1208 Ocoee MP 1209 Ellen =SP‑1209 MP 1211 Lucille Ross MP 1212 Inca =SP‑1212 MP 1213 Montauk AT 1214 Mirna MP 1215 Harvest Queen bge 1216 Rose Mary MP 1217 De Grasse MP 1218 Herreshoff 309 MP 1219 Pearl MP 1221 Hildegarde APB 1222 New England AM 1223 Emma MP 1224 Onset MP 1225 Charles B. Mason MP 1227 Patchogue YFB 1228 Acoma MP 1229 Liberty III MP 1230 Louise No. 2 MP 1231 L.A. Dempsey MP 1232 Barnegat AT 1233 Kwasind PY 1234 Cigarette PY 1235 Charles P. Kuper MP 1236 Shannon bge 1237 General Knox bge NOTS 1238 Carrie Clark bge NOTS 1239 W.F. Babcock bge NOTS 1240 Seneca APB 1241 Washington bge NOTS 1242 Protector xld MP 1243 Josephine MP 1244 Joseph M. Clark MP 1247 Commander MP 1248 J. Alvah Clark AM 1249 Ostrich MP 1250 Nahant AM 1251 Natalia MP 1252 Stinger MP 1254 Old Colony AG 1255 Shawmut CM 1256 Aroostook CM 1258 Velocipede MP 1259 Grayling =SP‑1259 MP 1260 Marie =SP‑1260 MP 1261 Gap bge 1266 Fortuna bge
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Appendix II: SP Numerical List 229 1270 Adirondack APB 1272 J.B. Walker bge NOTS 1275 Bouker No.2 AM 1279 J.M. Guffey tkr NOTS 1280 Henry R. Mallory AP 1283 Daisy Archer MP 1284 Kangaroo MP 1285 Daiquiri MP 1286 Hull #132 MP 1287 May Brown = SP-1287 MP 1288 Music MP 1289 Dorothy MP 1290 Anemone IV =SP‑1290 PY 1291 Snark MP 1292 Helen Baughman MP 1298 Charles AP 1301 Mundelta NOTS 1303 Howick Hall NOTS 1305 Mercy AH 1308 Jean NOTS 1309 Resolute ARS 1314 Dolphin YC‑518 1315 Atglen bge 1317 Frazer bge 1319 Winifred tkr NOTS 1320 Suwanee NOTS 1321 Jeanette Skinner NOTS 1322 Moccasin NOTS 1323 Oregonian NOTS 1325 Kerlew NOTS 1326 Leviathan AP 1328 Gov. R.M.McLane PY 1335 Buena Ventura NOTS 1336 Frolic MP 1350 Star I AM 1352 San Juan AM 1354 Texan NOTS 1355 Buck MP 1359 Charlton Hall NOTS 1365 Gen. W.C. Gorgas AP 1369 Newburgh xld AK 1370 House Boat A-1 YHB 1377 Mifflin bge 1380 Caspian xld MP 1385 Favorite ARS 1389 Phillips MP 1390 Underwriter AT 1391 Derry bge 1395 Nansemond AP 1396 Luna YC‑520 1397 Leo YC‑519 1406 Carrillo NOTS 1407 El Capitan NOTS 1408 Huron AP 1409 Covington AP 1414 Eliza Hayward MP 1425 Commodore MP 1427 Sappho YFB 1432 Alameda xld tkr NOTS
1435 City of Yonkers YF‑127 1436 Nettie MP 1437 Swan MP 1438 Murray MP 1443 Gen. G.W. Goethals AP 1444 Helen Auten YF‑124 1445 Carolinian NOTS 1452 Nanticoke xld bge 1453 Folly MP 1457 St. Marys MP 1458 Anna B. Smith MP 1459 Nellie Jackson MP 1460 Julia Hamilton MP 1467 Ancon AP 1470 Los Angeles tkr NOTS 1472 Kaiserin Auguste Victoria AP 1473 Kermanshah NOTS 1474 Sabine xld AK 1476 Bessie Jones MP 1478 Theodore Roosevelt AP 1482 Tanginak AM 1484 Keresaspa NOTS 1486 Craster Hall NOTS 1489 Kerwood NOTS 1494 Goliah AM 1502 Lillie B. MP 1503 Santa Rosalia AP 1509 Dorchester MP 1510 Walter D. Munson NOTS 1513 Bobylu MP 1514 Maui AP 1531 San Jacinto xld AK 1532 Standard Arrow tkr NOTS 1533 Panuco NOTS 1534 Black Arrow AP 1536 Orizaba AP 1537 Malvern bge 1538 Cauto NOTS 1541 Kroonland AP 1544 Kentuckian AP 1555 William Isom tkr NOTS 1557 St. Francis NOTS 1560 George G. Henry tkr NOTS 1562 Joseph Cudahy tkr NOTS 1573 Levisa NOTS 1574 Hilton NOTS 1578 Berkshire AG 1581 William Rockefeller tkr NOTS 1589 Matsonia AP 1590 Santa Paula NOTS 1594 Eurana NOTS 1597 Norlina NOTS 1605 Arcadia AP 1607 Munsomo NOTS 1613 Frank H. Buck tkr NOTS 1614 Minnesota = Troy AP 1615 Mongolia AP 1616 Pleiades NOTS 1617 Herman Frasch NOTS
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230 The New Navy, 1883-1922 1618 Frieda NOTS 1627 Sagua NOTS 1628 Otsego AP 1631 Ausable NOTS 1633 Manchuria AP 1634 Sierra AP 1636 Triune MP 1637 Guantanamo NOTS 1639 Peerless NOTS 1640 Tiger NOTS 1643 St. Paul AP 1644 Louisville AP 1645 Plattsburg AP 1646 Doris MP 1648 Choctaw NOTS 1650 Orion xld AC 1651 Cambridge AK 1655 Mexican NOTS 1656 Gargoyle tkr NOTS 1658 Halcyon MP 1662 Edward Luckenbach NOTS 1663 Harrisburg AP 1667 Economy bge 1668 Barge at San Pedro bge 1671 Berwind MP 1672 Yale AP 1674 Cuyuna MP 1675 Magete MP 1676 Ella xld MP 1677 Philippines AP 1685 Pawnee xld AK 1687 Quinnebaug CM 1694 Canandaigua CM 1695 Roanoke CM 1696 Canonicus CM 1697 Housatonic CM 1700 Marian Calaveras MP 1701 Minneopa MP 1702 Saranac CM 1704 Billow AM 1706 Wave xld AM 1707 Breaker AM 1708 Boothbay = Grampus YFB 1711 Miss Toledo MP 1712 Tango MP 1714 Raymond bge 1716 George Conway bge 1717 Francis Conway bge 1720 Fischer Bros. bge 1721 Atlida YC‑515 1723 Maggie G. Lubey bge 1725 George bge 1727 James J. Doherty bge 1728 John F. Leach bge 1729 Charles S. bge 1730 Arthur bge 1735 Square Dealer bge 1736 Anna O’Boyle bge 1737 Liberty bge
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1740 John F. Bresnahan YF‑125 1741 P.J. Barry bge 1742 Frank J. Downey bge 1749 Grace bge 1750 James H. Cullen bge 1751 Mary bge 1755 Bessie YC‑514 1758 Dochra tkr NOTS 1760 Shoshone AP 1761 Tech Jr. MP 1764 Margaret G. MP 1765 Carib NOTS 1766 Sioux NOTS 1768 H.G. Huntley bge 1770 Hazleton MP 1773 Alice bge 1774 Stella F. Murphy bge 1778 Arthur L. Haber bge 1780 Thomas Monk bge 1781 Margaret K. bge 1784 Teutonic bge 1785 Carlotta MP 1787 Western Front NOTS 1788 Lake Placid NOTS 1789 Henry E. Giller YT 1791 Lake Champlain NOTS 1792 Lakeshore NOTS 1793 Akela PY 1795 War Bug MP 1797 Three Brothers bge 1798 Athens bge 1799 Dorothy E. Price bge 1801 Grace E. Flannery bge 1802 John O’Boyle bge 1803 John E. Mulholland bge 1806 Keresan NOTS 1810 Loretta B. Haber bge 1815 Margaret A. Hines bge 1822 Mount Shasta NOTS 1824 Wabash NOTS 1831 Marion YC‑521 1840 Wachusett NOTS 1841 Herreshoff 306 PY 1842 Kiowa NOTS 1843 Honolulu xItasca NOTS 1854 Rappahannock NOTS 1860 Isle of Surry MP 1863 Mary A. Fee bge 1864 Jay bge 1866 John M. Lyons bge 1869 S.W.Bowne bge 1870 Jimmie Follette bge 1874 Mildred bge 1876 Sadie Scism bge 1877 Michael J. Tucker bge 1879 John J. Phalen bge 1886 L.B. Adams bge 1888 Amphion AP 1889 Mary E. Sheridan bge
1891 Kenneth Lang bge 1892 Mary A. Deegan bge 1894 Thomas V. Patterson bge 1895 Fort Schuyler bge 1899 Nellie Petrie bge 1900 Reiley E. Pratt bge 1904 Sammy M. Sullivan bge 1919 Bessie J. YC‑512 1925 Elizabeth V.Phalen bge 1926 Edward R. Petrie bge 1927 Dick Sullivan bge 1928 Will Sullivan bge 1930 Peerless bge 1933 Lawrence M. Sullivan YE‑29 1938 Alice B. bge 1940 Edward O’Day bge 1943 The Fleischmann bge 1950 Undaunted AM 1951 Dreadnaught AM 1952 Chinampa tkr NOTS 1953 Hisko tkr NOTS 1954 Montpelier AP 1957 Casco NOTS 1958 Ticonderoga NOTS 1963 Joanna MP 1965 Virginia =SP‑1965 MP 1966 C.W. Morse APB 1968 E.C. King bge 1972 S.N.Co. 26 bge 1982 S.N.Co. 24 bge 1985 S.N.Co. 32 bge 1987 S.N.Co. 18 bge 1995 Victor MP 1997 Bath NOTS 2000 Samoset AKL 2003 Progressive MP 2005 Astoria NOTS 2009 Laura Reed MP 2010 W.F. Bascom bge 2011 S.N.Co. 14 bge 2012 S.N.Co. 20 bge 2013 S.N.Co. 9 bge 2014 S.N.Co. 10 bge 2015 S.N.Co. 4 bge 2016 S.N.Co. 2 bge 2017 Belmont bge 2018 S.N.Co. 30 bge 2022 S.N.Co. 28 bge 2023 S.N.Co. 22 bge 2024 S.N.Co. 21 bge 2025 S.N.Co. 6 bge 2026 S.N.Co. 1 bge 2027 Hamilton Boys bge 2029 Frank Jennings bge 2031 Five Sisters bge 2036 Manta NOTS 2038 Satsuma NOTS 2047 Moosehead YFB 2049 George Washington bge
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2054 Munrio NOTS 2057 Raymond bge 2058 Christine bge 2063 Severance NOTS 2068 Glen White NOTS 2070 S.N.Co. 29 bge 2073 Arthur & Eddie bge 2074 S.N.Co. 12 bge 2075 Kenneth Dillon bge 2076 Alsen bge 2078 Pensacola NOTS 2079 Shady Side MP 2080 Clifton MP 2093 Munindies NOTS 2102 William A. McKenney NOTS 2119 Margin MP 2121 Hudson YD‑44 2129 Willoughby YFB 2136 Long Beach NOTS 2140 Black Hawk AD 2141 Tippecanoe xld NOTS 2142 Hatteras NOTS 2144 Lake Huron NOTS 2147 North Pole YD‑45 2149 Sudbury NOTS 2150 Sylvan Arrow tkr NOTS 2158 Lakeside NOTS 2159 West Haven NOTS 2160 F.J. Luckenbach NOTS 2162 Somerset MP 2164 Gorgona PanCan 2168 Wilhelmina AP 2169 Santa Rosa AP 2170 Relief ARS 2171 Atlas PY 2172 Gordon YF‑117 2174 Bernard MP 2176 Tanamo NOTS 2179 Bavaria NOTS 2180 Lakemoor NOTS 2183 Dorothy Cullen MP 2185 Amabala tkr NOTS 2186 Lakeview NOTS 2187 Artemis AP 2190 Lake Erie NOTS 2195 Nopatin AP 2196 Narragansett AP 2197 Munaires NOTS 2200 Howard Greene AT 2211 Bella AK 2213 Cacique NOTS 2215 Democracy NOTS 2217 Coronado xld NOTS 2221 Richmond =SP‑2221 MP 2222 Puritan AP 2225 Navigator AT 2226 Muscatine NOTS 2230 Helenita MP 2232 Herreshoff 308 PY
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Appendix II: SP Numerical List 231 2235 Herreshoff 321 PY 2253 Santiago NOTS 2266 Visitor MP 2269 Curacao YO-36 2274 Calvert MP 2279 Clio AT 2282 Felix Taussig NOTS 2284 General Putnam YFB 2285 H.A. Baxter MP 2289 Jack Scully xld YT 2290 Princess Matoika AP 2291 K.I. Luckenbach NOTS 2292 American NOTS 2298 Alexander H. Erickson MP 2299 Peerless xld MP 2302 Beaver AS 2311 Herman S. Caswell YFB 2313 Merchant YFB 2317 Saetia NOTS 2337 Gillen Brothers YF‑119 2339 Herbert L. Pratt tkr NOTS 2343 Pontiac AM 2346 Munplace NOTS 2353 Winnebago NOTS 2355 Waban xld AT 2360 William F. McCauley AT 2362 Adrian AH 2364 Postmaster General YFB 2365 Sea Hawk MP 2366 Boston Floating Hospital AH 2367 Pamunkey YC-423 2368 Sassafras YC-424 2370 Bailey YC-418 2373 Herreshoff 322 =SP‑2373 MP 2376 Mildred McNalley YC-417 2377 John G. Olsen MP 2381 Industry YC-419 2382 YF‑69 2384 Floyd Hurst MP 2385 Diascond YC-425 2386 Charles T Gallagher xld MP 2388 YF‑66 2389 YF‑67 2390 YF‑73 2395 Violet YC-420 2396 Christiana YC-426 2397 Roosevelt (C&GS) YP 2401 Annie B. Embrey YC-421 2402 Portland YF‑128 2405 Efco MP 2407 Julia Luckenbach NOTS 2413 A.G. Prentiss AT 2415 Sea Gate AH 2423 Commodore AG 2425 R.S. McCracken YC-422 2429 Fairmont NOTS 2432 Blue Ridge AP 2435 YF‑68 2439 Ripple AM
2440 Wanderer MP 2464 Walter Hardcastle xld NOTS 2465 Elinor NOTS 2468 Bussum NOTS 2472 Bivalve MP 2478 Quinnebaug xld AK 2482 Gorredijk xld AK 2483 Bali NOTS 2487 S.M. Goucher MP 2488 Rondo NOTS 2491 Spray AM 2493 Rijndijk xld NOTS 2496 Foam AM 2497 Maartensdijk NOTS 2498 Merauke NOTS 2499 Biesbosch ARS 2500 Texel xld AK 2503 Broad Arrow tkr NOTS 2505 Rijndam AP 2506 Vesta xld NOTS 2507 Zeelandia AP 2508 Canton NOTS 2510 Margaret = Chatham NOTS 2511 Samarinda NOTS 2513 Glenville YFB 2514 Westerdijk NOTS 2515 Veendijk NOTS 2516 Mercurius NOTS 2519 Wieldrecht tkr NOTS 2526 Chestnut Hill tkr NOTS 2527 City of South Haven AP 2530 Little Sisters xld MP 2531 Concrete Barge No.1 YC‑516 2533 Merak NOTS 2534 Besoeki NOTS 2535 Noord Brabant xld NOTS 2536 Roepat NOTS 2541 Buitenzorg NOTS 2546 Randwijk xld NOTS 2552 YF‑64 2555 Lakewood NOTS 2557 Lake Crescent NOTS 2560 Gladiator MP 2562 Dubhe xld NOTS 2563 Mandeville AG 2565 YF‑65 2567 Winterswijk NOTS 2573 Pollux NOTS 2575 Springfield AKL 2578 Clio NOTS 2580 YD-36 2581 Absaroka NOTS 2584 Hydraulic MP 2585 West Arrow xld NOTS 2586 Oosterdijk NOTS 2589 Ahdeek MP 2596 Patricia AP 2604 Barge No.66 YF-92 2608 Manitou xld AP
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232 The New Navy, 1883-1922 2623 Malang NOTS 2635 Derrick Barge 70 YD-37 2640 Bayocean PY 2646 Avenger MP 2648 Atlas YD-46 2652 Lake Tulare NOTS 2657 Yellowstone NOTS 2671 Carl R. Gray AT 2678 Barge No.70 YF-93 2679 Iro AK 2680 Celebes NOTS 2681 Fenimore AK 2682 Gorontalo NOTS 2684 Swansboro YO-19 2691 Luella NOTS 2697 Ternate NOTS 2700 Lenape AP 2703 John M. Connelly tkr NOTS 2708 Koningin d. Nederlanden AP 2714 Snapper MP 2718 Rijnland NOTS 2724 Zuiderdijk NOTS 2725 Alex Brown AT 2729 Derrick Barge No.62 YD‑39 2741 James Logan YF‑121 2744 Mystery MP 2746 Zaanland NOTS 2747 Sabine Sun xld tkr AO 2758 West Lianga NOTS 2763 Commerce YF‑123 2774 Clare NOTS 2777 Sixaola NOTS 2782 Lake Traverse NOTS 2783 Tjisondari NOTS 2790 Surley Ellen xld MP 2793 Drechterland NOTS 2800 Ophir NOTS 2801 Lighter 23 YW-27 2804 Zillah MP 2805 Jan van Nassau NOTS 2812 West Wood NOTS 2840 Herreshoff 323 PY 2844 Emma Kate Ross AT 2847 Oakland NOTS 2867 Westover NOTS 2869 Santa Ana AP 2871 Bie & Schiott MP 2872 Howard C. Moore xld MP 2873 Santa Luisa NOTS 2875 Barge #16 YC 432 2876 Barge #8 YC 430 2878 Tuckahoe xld NOTS 2881 Barge #14 YC 431 2888 West Bridge NOTS 2890 Westerner NOTS 2892 Hiawatha MP 2898 Elliott tug 2904 Lake St. Clair NOTS 2906 Lake Pewaukee NOTS
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2912 Success YF‑97 2915 Lake Arthur NOTS 2926 Lake Weston NOTS 2943 Pasadena NOTS 2953 Lancaster NOTS 2957 Lake Elizabeth NOTS 2970 Cape Romain NOTS 2981 Starling AM 2986 Barge No.72 YF-94 2987 Peter H. Crowell NOTS 2987A L.K. Thurlow NOTS 2989 Gulfport NOTS 2990 Lakebridge NOTS 2991 Lake Forest NOTS 2992 Lake Ontario NOTS 2993 Lake Michigan NOTS 2994 Lakeport NOTS 2995 Lake Superior NOTS 2996 Evansville NOTS 2997 Lake Worth NOTS 2998 Pequot NOTS 2999 Siboney AP 3000 Tavernilla PanCan 3001 Topila tkr NOTS 3002 Iowan NOTS 3003 Resolute MP 3004 Agamemnon AP 3005 Aeo lus AP 3006 America AP 3007 Antigone AP 3008 Beaufort NOTS 3009 Bridgeport AD 3010 De Kalb AP 3011 Madawaska AP 3012 Mercury AP 3013 Powhatan AP 3014 President Grant AP 3015 Savannah AS 3016 Susquehanna AP 3017 Von Steuben AP 3018 George Washington AP 3019 Martha Washington AP 3020 Katrina Luckenbach NOTS 3021 Gold Shell tkr NOTS 3023 Radnor NOTS 3024 Freedom AP 3025 Old Dominion bge NOTS 3026 Solitaire bge NOTS 3027 C.F. Sargent bge NOTS 3028 Amphitrite = Nerita MP 3030 Barge No.76 YF-95 3035 Alaska AM 3039 Takana MP 3040 Yenrut IV bge 3044 Pocahontas AP 3049 Hampton MP 3051 Ibis AM 3054 Gratitude YFB 3055 Malvern MP
3056 Cape Henry NOTS 3057 Advance PY 3059 Catherine YF‑126 3061 Majestic YFB 3063 Fresno NOTS 3065 Josephus tkr NOTS 3071 Belle of Boston MP 3079 Rosedale AKL 3088 Robert L. Barnes tlr NOTS 3090 Lucia NOTS 3095 Vittorio Emanuele III NOTS 3096 Helvetia QS 3098 Westward Ho NOTS 3103 Westchester MP 3104 Asher J. Hudson AT 3114 Rod YC bge 3115 H.M. Lane bge 3119 West Alsek NOTS 3120 West Indian NOTS 3122 Westchester NOTS 3125 Santa Olivia NOTS 3125A Santa Malta AP 3134 Liberator NOTS 3135 Beukelsdijk NOTS 3137 Scow 30 YA-58 3138 Griswold YFB 3139 Alloway NOTS 3141 Chebaulip NOTS 3143 Camden AS 3146 Aniwa NOTS 3147 Wakulla NOTS 3148 Sara Thompson tkr NOTS 3151 Western Ocean NOTS 3153 Western Sea NOTS 3156 Hurst MP 3157 Robert H. McCurdy QS 3158 Bessie H. Dantzler PY 3160 Ice King NOTS 3161 Western Chief NOTS 3164 Western Spirit NOTS 3168 Barge No.84 YF-96 3169 Norfolk YD‑42 3170 West Shore NOTS 3171 Walter A. Luckenbach NOTS 3174 Oceanic bge 3176 Moran 56 bge 3180 Marie Kelly bge 3181 Interstate 81 bge 3182 Joe YD‑40 3183 John Smith YD‑41 3190 Hercules YE‑30 3192 Inter Ocean 12 bge 3194 Bertell W. King bge 3195 Moran bge 3198 Westford NOTS 3200 Rondout bge 3202 Westmount NOTS 3209 Rescue ARS 3213 Ettie Moore bge
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3214 Cape Lookout NOTS 3215 Francis G. Conwell MP 3216 West Gate NOTS 3218 Resolute MP 3219 Inca AT 3220 West Gambo NOTS 3221 West Apaum NOTS 3222 F.R. Sharp bge 3223 Katherine W. Cullen bge NOTS 3224 John W. Chittenden bge 3225 Henry Seymour bge 3226 Addie & Carrie bge 3228 YF‑110 3230 Wassaic NOTS 3231 Sparrow II MP 3232 Charles Whittemore QS 3234 Ellen Browning MP 3240 Superior bge 3241 E.T. Williams xld MP 3242 Volunteer NOTS 3246 Vincent MP 3249 YD‑38 YD‑38 3250 Lagoda MP 3252 Columbia xld AT 3253 West Cohas NOTS 3254 West Point NOTS 3256 Ash Lighter #58 YA-58 3257 Ash Lighter #56 YA-56 3258 Ash Lighter #55 YA-55 3250 Scow 12 YC-456 3260 Scow 5 YC-455 3261 Ash Lighter #54 YA-54 3262 Ash Lighter #53 YA-53 3268 Atlantic YFB 3271 Raleigh xld PY‑frtr 3273 Severn MP 3274 Mary M. MP 3277 Hawaiian NOTS 3278 Credenda MP 3280 Ohioan NOTS 3285 Kerrigan YF‑115 3286 Duggan YCF‑10 3287 Pee Jee YF‑113 3289 Myrtle MP 3291 Harkness YCF‑11 3294 Hopkins MP 3295 Josephine MP 3297 Winthrop MP 3299 Panaman NOTS 3300 Western Light NOTS 3301 Polar Sea NOTS 3303 McMath YF‑112 3304 Porter YF‑114 3305 Macona NOTS 3306 San Juan AK 3307 El Occidente NOTS 3308 Plymouth NOTS 3311 Sagadahoc NOTS 3312 Triton MP
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Appendix II: SP Numerical List 233 3313 West Ekonk NOTS 3314 Viking MP 3315 West Coast NOTS 3319 Robert M. Thompson NOTS 3320 Heron xld MP 3322 West Gotomska NOTS 3327 Defiance NOTS 3330 West Galeta NOTS 3331 Easterner NOTS 3335 West Hobomac NOTS 3342 Eastport NOTS 3345 Sherman = Durham NOTS 3347 West Galoc NOTS 3361 Vaud J. MP 3363 Scandinavia MP 3365 Sea King xld AT 3373 Barge No.6 YF-148 3374 Barge No.11 YC‑625 3379 Winding Gulf NOTS 3384 Barge No.10 YC‑624 3390 Eastern Chief NOTS 3395 Chesapeake ARS 3396 Manna Hata ARS 3397 Barge No.8 YC‑623 3398 Barge No.12 YC‑626 3401 Canibas NOTS 3404 Point Lobos NOTS 3406 Eastern Queen NOTS 3407 Zirkel NOTS 3413 Soestdijk NOTS 3418 Salvor bge 3423 Isanti NOTS 3434 Arabia QS schr 3436 Emigrant xld MP 3439 Ozaukee NOTS 3449 W.L. Steed tkr NOTS 3458 Betty Jane I MP 3459 Edith NOTS 3461 Liberty NOTS 3496 Point Bonita NOTS 3497 Montclair NOTS 3500 Eastern Shore NOTS 3501 West Zula NOTS 3506 Fish Hawk C&GS 3507 Captain Dud YD‑43 3511 Scranton NOTS 3512 Naiwa NOTS 3513 M.J. Scanlon NOTS 3514 Victorious NOTS 3519 Nantahala NOTS 3520 Cape May NOTS 3524 Lydia NOTS 3536 Harry YR‑10 3548 Westport NOTS 3549 Willimantic NOTS 3550 West Mead NOTS 3551 Western Belle NOTS 3552 Bellingham NOTS 3554 Hickman NOTS
3564 Deerfield xld NOTS 3565 Berwyn NOTS 3568 Lake Catherine NOTS 3569 Western Comet NOTS 3572 Shuttle MP 3580 Morristown NOTS 3581 Neponset NOTS 3583 Rogday AG 3584 West Zucker NOTS 3585 Eastern Light NOTS 3594 Bancroft NOTS 3597C Lake Blanchester NOTS 3597D Lake Clear NOTS 3630 Challenger NOTS 3636 West Madaket NOTS 3637 Major Wheeler NOTS 3638 West Loquassuck NOTS 3647 Frederick D.U.Robbins YF‑118 3651 Polar Land NOTS 3657 Federal NOTS 3659 Sable xld bge 3661 West Elcasco NOTS 3662 Calamares AP 3664 William F. Green AG 3665 South Pole NOTS 3666 Polar Bear NOTS 3671 Invincible NOTS 3675 Westpool NOTS 3676 Independence NOTS 3679 Cohasset NOTS 3681 West Mahomet NOTS 3695 West Hosokie NOTS 3696 Edenton NOTS 3698 Congress MP 3700 West Lashaway NOTS 3701 West Kyska NOTS 3703 Western Maid NOTS 3704 West Eldara NOTS 3710 St. Johns AKL 3717 McDougall AT 3718 West Humhaw NOTS 3731 Emily B. MP 3740 Surprise YF-160 3741 Western Plains NOTS 3749 Seven YF-155 3754 Lillian Russell YW‑29 3764 US Navy Barge #443 YC-443 3765A Lake Larga NOTS 3765B Lake Elsinore NOTS 3765C Lake Gedney NOTS 3765E Lake Lasang NOTS 3767 Phoenix Bridge xld NOTS 3768 Newburgh NOTS 3771 Western Hope NOTS 3780 I.J. Merritt ARS 3786 Fort Wayne NOTS 3787 Polar Star NOTS 3791 North Pole NOTS 3792 Zaca NOTS
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234 The New Navy, 1883-1922 3794 West Grama NOTS 3797 Oskawa NOTS 3799 Piave NOTS 3800 Oskaloosa NOTS 3801 West Zeda NOTS 3804 Santa Teresa AP 3810 Banago NOTS 3812 West Carnifax NOTS 3813 West Cressey NOTS 3815 Western Ally NOTS 3818 Buford AP 3828 Saccarappa NOTS 3829 Kamesit NOTS 3835 Edw. L. Doheny III tkr NOTS 3836 West Cobalt NOTS 3837 Mercer NOTS 3842 Auburn NOTS 3844 William N. Page NOTS 3854 Lady Doris MP 3856 West Wauna NOTS 3861 Sac City NOTS 3865 Indianapolis NOTS 3871 West Avenal NOTS 3872 Watonwan NOTS 3875 Floridian AP 3877 Sacandaga xld AK 3880 Paysandu AP 3882 Dakotan AP 3884 Wathena NOTS 3894 Edgecombe NOTS 3907 West Elcajon NOTS 3912 West Compo NOTS 3913 Black Arrow AD 3920 Virginian AP 3924 West Maximus xld NOTS 3929 Marne NOTS 3944 Mariana NOTS 3955 Waubesa xld NOTS 3963 Kaiserin Auguste Victoria AP 3965 Chipchung xld NOTS 3974 Lake Yahara NOTS 3982 West Corum NOTS 3985 Ozette xld NOTS 4008 Santa Cecilia AP 4019 South Bend AP 4029 West Nohno NOTS 4031 Marica AP 4031A Sol Navis AP 4036 Callao AP 4040 Graf Waldersee AP 4041 Eten AP 4042 Zeppelin AP 4043 Mobile AP 4050 New Windsor xld NOTS 4051 Cap Finisterre AP 4052 Santa Elena AP 4056 Sabotawan xld AC 4063 Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm AP 4080 Imperator AP
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4086 Lake Gaspar NOTS 4086A Lake Garza NOTS 4114 Lake Ypsilanti NOTS 4131 Lake Dymer NOTS 4199 West Cheswald xd NOTS 4210 Western Star NOTS 4215 Lake Pepin NOTS 4215B Lake Geneva NOTS 4215E Lake Helen NOTS 4253AA Artigas NOTS 4261 Lake St. Regis NOTS 4269 Lake Mary NOTS 4276C Lake Berdan NOTS 4296 Watonwan NOTS 4307 Edellyn AP 4311G Lake Osweya NOTS 4311H Lake Winooski NOTS 4324 Moldegaard NOTS 4331 Lake Conesus NOTS 4341 Hoxbar tkr NOTS 4341A Houma tkr NOTS 4341B Hoven tkr NOTS 4352 Santa Elisa AP 4352A Santa Leonora AP 4353Z Lake Eckhart NOTS 4353AA Lake Eliko NOTS 4358 Lake Capens NOTS 4359 Newton NOTS 4369B Lake Sunapee NOTS 4394 Lake Charlotte NOTS 4406 Lake Frances NOTS 4407L Lake Dancey NOTS 4409A Lake Gakona NOTS 4410 Lake Fernwood NOTS 4410C Lake Harney NOTS 4410E Lake Lillian NOTS 4410F Lake Otisco NOTS 4410G Lake Wimico NOTS 4428 Lake Daraga NOTS 4429 Lake Pleasant NOTS 4429A Lake Harris NOTS 4445 West Nilus NOTS 4449 Baxley NOTS 4460 Munwood NOTS 4464 Agwidale NOTS 4478 Teresa NOTS 4490 West Lewark xld NOTS 4504 El Oriente NOTS 4505 El Sol NOTS 4508 Mount Vernon AP 4510 El Siglo xld AK 4514 City of Savannah xld NOTS 4521 Tivives NOTS 4522 Santa Barbara NOTS 4523 Santa Clara NOTS 4524 Sixaola NOTS 4526 Stephen R. Jones NOTS 4540 Pastores AP 4542 Alaskan NOTS
4542A Arizonan NOTS 4543 Finland AP 4545 Minnesotan NOTS 4569 Great Northern AP 4597 Edgar F. Luckenbach NOTS
No Numbers Found: Alpaco NOTS Amanda Moore AT Antilla NOTS Arabian MP Argonne NOTS Avalon MP Azalea (B.Immigration) MP Batjan NOTS Bobby xld MP Bueno Padre Californian NOTS Chame Pan.Canal Chipchung xld NOTS Chicota MP Clapet No.4 Dredge PanCan Coastwise xld Bge Cometa MP Comfort AH Constantia NOTS Corozal NOTS Criccieth AT Dana AKL DeLesseps PanCan Derrick Lighter #70 YD-37 Eaglet YF‑129 Elco 7 MP Elco 10 MP Engineer AT Falcon MP Fearless YF-158 Fox Island IV MP Francis C. Hersey xld AT Frederick Luckenbach NOTS Gladiator YT Helen bge Hermes PY Herreshoff 313 xld PY Highball MP Houston 4382A NOTS Houston Barnard bge Indian Head YF-158 Irwin bge Isaac L. Rice bge Isabela NOTS James Woolley AT Jean Duluth MP Jerry Briggs MP John Derby YC‑517 Juliette W. Murray MP Katlian xld PY
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Appendix II: SP Numerical List 235 Kerkenna NOTS Kermoor NOTS Kerowlee NOTS Kittery NOTS Lake Benbow NOTS Lake Bloomington NOTS Lake Borgne NOTS Lake Damita NOTS Lake Lemando NOTS Lake Silver NOTS Lillie bge Lucy bge Mariner PanCan Mauban NOTS McClellan xld NOTS Middlesex NOTS Minorca xld AG/frtr Mona II MP Monarch YF-157 Montanan NOTS Montoso NOTS Munalbro NOTS Nahma YFB-1
Nahunta bge NOTS Newport News NOTS Ninette YW-31 Northern Pacific AP O’B & J No.1 Bge Ozama NOTS Ozette AK Pascagoula NOTS Phalarope C&GS Phil Rafferty bge Pompano MP President Lincoln AP Pretoria AP Quevilly NOTS Quincy NOTS Rainier PY Ransom B. Fuller YFB Relief MP Rin Tin Tin bge YF160 Riverside bge S.N.Co. 3 bge Samoa PG Samuel Thaxter bge
San Joaquin bge NOTS Sanda MP Santee QS Sea Gull YM-7 Severn MP Southport AH Starboard Unit MP Stephan ARC Tenadores AP Tigress MP Tjikembang NOTS Toad MP Tocsam MP Tommy Traddles MP Tudno AG Vedette PanCan Virginian AT West View NOTS Western Knight xld NOTS Westmoreland Bge William Bge Wilmette PG Woonsocket xld AP
Notes: This is a numerical list of ships acquired temporarily by the Navy during World War I. They were assigned numbers in no particular order, perhaps as their names were added to a list. Missing numbers are for ships which were not acquired by the Navy. The type designation in this list indicates in which section the ship may be found. Later Navy numbers are given for district craft retained in service after 1920. For type designations, see U.S. Navy Standard Nomenclature (p. xv) and abbreviations (p. xiii). Other abbreviations include xld canceled; bge barge; MP Motor patrol; APB accommodation ship; YFB ferry. The symbol = indicates vessel was known by its number or renamed. This list has been compiled through an exhaustive search for numbers assigned to ships which actually served or for which acquisition was canceled. Many numbers were assigned to ships whose acquisition was contemplated or for which the Navy made payments, such as merchant ships with armed guards. In most cases ships acquired from other government departments did not receive a number.
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Appendix III List of Principal Shipbuilders
Abbreviation
Name
Location
Abbreviation
Name
Location
Abbott
William G. Abbott Shipbuilding Co.
Milford, Del.
Beth (Quincy)
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.4
Quincy, Mass.
Ailsa
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co.Ltd.
Troon, Scotland
Beth (San Fran.)
Aitken & Mansel
Whiteinch, Glasgow, Scotland
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.
San Francisco, Cal.
Aitken Mansel
Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co.
Mobile, Ala.
Beth (Wilmington)
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co.5
Wilmington, Del.
Alabama
Blohm & Voss
Blohm & Voss
Hamburg, Germany
Albina
Albina Engine & Machine Works
Portland, Ore.
Blumer
J. Blumer & Co. Ltd.
Sunderland, Great Britain
Boeles
American Sbdg
American Ship Building Co.
Philadelphia, Pa.
N.V.Boele’s Scheepswerven Bolnes, Netherlands. en Machine Fabriek
Bonn & Mees
Amer (Buffalo)
American Shipbuilding Co. Buffalo, N.Y.
N.V. Scheepswerf Bonn & Mees
Amer (Cleveland) American Shipbuilding Co. Cleveland, Ohio
Bow McLachlan
Bow, McLachlan & Co. Ltd. Paisley, Scotland
Amer (Lorain)
American Shipbuilding Co. Lorain, Ohio
Bremer Vulkan
Ames
Ames Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
Seattle, Wash.
Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau & Vegesack, Germany Maschinenfabrik
Brooklyn NYd
New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Armstrong
Armstrong Mitchell & Co.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Great Britain
Brown
A.C. Brown & Sons
Tottenville, N.Y.
Burlee
Burlee Dry Dock Co.,
Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y.
California
California Ship Building Co.6
Long Beach, Cal.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Arthur Story
Arthur D. Story
Essex, Mass.
Atlantic
Atlantic Works
East Boston, Mass.
Austin
S.P. Austin & Son Ltd.
Sunderland, Great Britain
Baltimore
Baltimore Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co.1
Baltimore, Md.
Campbeltown
Campbeltown Shipbuilding Campbeltown, Scotland Co. Ltd.
Barclay Curle
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd.
Whiteinch, Glasgow, Scotland
Camper & Nich.
Camper & Nicholsons Ltd. Southampton, Great Britain
Can. Vickers
Canadian Vickers, Ltd.
Montreal, Que., Canada.
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp.
Bath, Me.
Carraca
Arsenal de La Carraca
Cadiz, Spain
Bell
David Bell
Buffalo, N.Y.
Cartagena
Cartagena Dockyard
Cartagena, Spain
Bergens
Bergens Mekaniske Verksteder, A/S
Bergen, Norway
Charleston NYd
Charleston Navy Yard
Charleston, S.C.
Chester SB
Chester Shipbuilding Co.
Chester, Penn.
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.2
Alameda, Cal.
Chicago SB
Chicago Shipbuilding Co.
Chicago, Ill.
City Point
City Point Works,
Boston, Mass.
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.3
Elizabethport, N.J.
Cleveland SB
Cleveland Shipbuilding Co. Cleveland, Ohio
Beth (Alameda) Beth (Elizabeth)
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Abbreviation
Name
Location
Abbreviation
Name
Location
Clydebank
Clydebank Engineering & Ship Building Co.
Glasgow, Scotland
Fore River
Fore River Shipbuilding Co.8
Quincy, Mass.
Cobb Butler
Cobb, Butler & Co.
Rockland, Me.
Fulton
Fulton Iron Works
San Francisco, Cal.
Cochrane
Cochrane & Sons Ltd.
Selby, Great Britain
Furness
Furness Withy & Co., Ltd.
Columbia River
Columbia River Shipbuilding Corp.
Portland, Ore.
West Hartlepool, Great Britain
Gas Engine
Columbian
Columbian Iron Works & DD Co.
Baltimore, Md.
Gas Engine & Power Co. & Morris Heights, N.Y. Charles L. Seabury Co.
Continental Iron Works
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Globe (Cleveland)
Globe Iron Works
Continental Cook Welton
Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd.
Beverley, Great Britain
Globe (Superior) Globe Shipbuilding Co.
Superior, Wis.
Govt SY (Sorel)
Sorel, Quebec, Canada
Craig (Long Beach)
Craig Shipbuilding Co.
Long Beach, Cal.
Canadian Government Shipyard
Grangemouth Craig Shipbuilding Co.
Toledo, Ohio
Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Ltd.
Grangemouth, Scotland
Craig (Toledo) Craig Taylor
Craig, Taylor & Co. Ltd.
Stockton-on-Tees, Great Britain
Grant Smith
Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co.
Aberdeen, Wash.
Cramp
Wm. Cramp & Sons Ship & Philadelphia, Penn. Engine Building Co.
Gray
W. Gray & Co., Ltd.
West Hartlepool, Great Britain
Crescent
Crescent Shipyard & Iron Works
Elizabethport, N.J.
Gt Lakes (Ashtabula)
Great Lakes Engineering Works
Ashtabula, Ohio
Dachel-Carter
Dachel-Carter Boat Co.
Benton Harbor, Mich.
M.M. Davis & Sons
Solomons Island, Md.
Gt Lakes (Detroit)
Great Lakes Engineering Works
River Rouge, Mich.
Davis de Schelde
N.V. Konklijke Flushing, Netherlands Maatschappij “De Schelde” Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek
Gt Lakes (Ecorse) Great Lakes Engineering Works
Ecorse, Mich.
Greenport
Greenport Basin & Construction Co.
Greenport, N.Y.
Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding & Engine Works7
Hall Russell
Hall, Russell & Co. Ltd.
Aberdeen, Scotland
Hamilton
William Hamilton & Co. Ltd.
Port Glasgow, Scotland
Hanlon
Hanlon Drydock & Shipbuilding Co.
Oakland, Cal.
Delaware River
Chester, Penn.
Cleveland, Ohio
Denny
William Denny & Bros, Ltd. Dumbarton, Scotland
Detroit SB
Detroit Shipbuilding Co.
Wyandotte, Mich.
Dialogue
John H. Dialogue & Son
Camden, N.J.
Harima
Harima Dockyard
Harima, Japan
Diercks-Blodgett
Diercks-Blodgett Shipbuilding Co.
Pascagoula, Miss.
Harlan
Harlan & Hollingsworth Co.9
Wilmington, Del.
Doxford
William Doxford & Sons
Sunderland, Great Britain
Harland & Wolff
Harland & Wolff, Ltd.
Belfast, Ireland
Dubuque
Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works
Dubuque, Iowa
Hawthorn Leslie
R.& W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Newcastle-on-Tyne, Great Co. Ltd., Hebburn Britain
Duncan
Robert Duncan & Co., Ltd. Port Glasgow, Scotland
Hawthorn (Leith) Hawthorn & Co
Leith, Scotland
Duthie
J.F. Duthie & Co.
Seattle, Wash.
Henderson
Glasgow, Scotland
Eastern SB
Eastern Ship Building Co.
New London, Conn.
J. & W. Henderson & Co., Ltd.,
Edwards
Edwards’ Shipbuilding Co. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Great Ltd. Britain
Herreshoff
Herreshoff Manufacturing Bristol, R.I. Co.
Elder
John Elder & Co.
Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
Hillman
Fabricated
Fabricated Ship Corp.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Charles Hillman Ship & Engine Building Co.
Fairfield
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
Glasgow, Scotland
Hillyer
Hillyer, Sperring, Dunn Co. Jacksonville, Fla.
Hodge
Hodge Ship Co.
Moss Point, Miss.
Fardy
J.J. Fardy & Bros.
Baltimore, Md.
Hog Island
Hog Island, Penn.
Federal
Federal Shipbuilding Co.
Kearny, N.J.
American International Shipbuilding Corp.
Ferguson
Ferguson Steel & Iron Works
Buffalo, NY
Hong Kong
Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co.
Hong Kong
Fleming
Fleming & Ferguson, Ltd.
Paisley, Scotland
Houston & Woodbridge
Marcushook, Penn.
Flensburger
Flensburger Schiffsbau Ges.
Flensburg, Germany
Houston Woodbridge Howaldt
Howaldtswerke A.G.
Hamburg, Germany
Ford Motor Co.
Detroit, Mich.
Iowa
Iowa Iron Works
Dubuque, Ia.
Ford Motor Co.
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Abbreviation
Name
Location
Abbreviation
Name
Location
Irvine
Irvine’s Shipbuilding & Dry Hartlepool, Great Britain Docks Co. Ltd.
New Jersey
New Jersey Dry Dock & Transportation Co.
Elizabethport, N.J.
Jackson & Sharp
Jackson & Sharp Co.
Wilmington, Del.
New London
Robert Jacob Inc.
City Island, N.Y.
New London Ship & Engine Co.
Groton, Conn.
Jacob Jenks
Jenks Ship Building Co.
Port Huron, Mich.
New York NYd
(see Brooklyn NYd)
Ferrysburg, Mich.
Newburgh SY
Newburgh Shipyards Inc.
Newburgh, N.Y.
Kobe, Japan
Newport News
Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
Newport News, Va.
Nixon
Lewis Nixon 12
Elizabeth, N.J.
Norfolk NYd
Norfolk Navy Yard
Portsmouth, Va.
North Ireland
The North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Londonderry, Ireland
Northumberland
Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Howden-on-Tyne, Great Britain Portland, Ore.
Johnston
Johnston Bros.
Kawasaki
Kawasaki Dockyard Co.
Kingston SB
Kingston Shipbuilding Co. Kingston, Ont., Canada Ltd.
Koch
Schiffswerft von Henry Koch A.G.
Lubeck, Germany
LaPorte
LaPorte et Cie.
Rouen, France
Laing
Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.
Sunderland, Great Britain
Laird
Laird Brothers
Birkenhead, Great Britain
Lake
Lake Torpedo Boat Co.
Bridgeport, Conn.
NW Steel
Northwest Steel Co.
Neponset, Mass.
Oderwerke
A.G. Stettiner Oderwerke
Stettin, Germany
Lawrence Foulkes Lawrence & Foulkes
Brooklyn, NY
Osaka IW
Osaka Iron Works Ltd.
Osaka, Japan
Leslie
A. Leslie & Co., Hebburn
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Great Britain
Palmers
Palmers Ship Building & Iron Co.
Hebburn-on-Tyne, Great Britain
Long Beach SB
Long Beach Shipbuilding Co.
Long Beach, Cal.
Palmer (Chester) N.F. Palmer Jr. & Co.
Chester, Pa.
Palmer (Noank)
Robt. Palmer & Son
Noank, Conn.
Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Co.
Gloucester, N.J.
Lawley
George Lawley & Sons
Los Angeles SB
Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Drydock C0.10
San Pedro, Cal.
Penn SB
Luders
Luders Marine Construction Co.
Stamford, Conn.
Phila. NYd
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Philadelphia, Penn.
Pickersgill
Sunderland, Great Britain
McDougall
McDougall-Duluth Co.
Duluth, Minn.
William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd.
McEachern
McEachern Shipbuilding Co.
Astoria, Ore.
Port Arthur SB
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Port Arthur, Ont.
McKie
William McKie
East Boston, Mass.
Portsmouth NYd
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Kittery, Me.
McMillan
A. McMillan & Son Ltd.
Dumbarton, Scotland
Pregnall
Samuel J. Pregnall
Charleston, SC
Manila Slip
Manila Slip Co., Cañacao
Cavite, Philippines
Providence DD
Providence Dry Dock Co.
East Providence, R.I.
Manitowoc
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co.
Manitowoc, Wis.
Providence Eng.
Providence Engineering Works
Providence, R.I.
Mare I NYd
Mare Island Navy Yard
Vallejo, Cal.
Puget Sd NYd
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton, Wash.
Marvel
T.S. Marvel & Co.
Newburgh, N.Y.
Pusey
Pusey & Jones Co.
Wilmington, Del.
Maryland
Maryland Steel Co.
Sparrows Point, Md.
Ramage & Ferguson Ltd.
Leith, Scotland
Merchant SB
Merchant Shipbuilding Corp.
Chester, Penn.
Ramage & Ferguson Raylton Dixon
Moore
Moore Shipbuilding Co.
Oakland, Cal.
Sir Raylton Dixon & Co. Ltd.
Middlesbro’-on-Tyne, Great Britain
S.L.Moore
Samuel L. Moore & Sons Corp.11
Elizabethport, N.J.
Readhead
John Readhead & Sons
South Shields, Great Britain
Reeder
Charles Reeder & Sons
Baltimore, Md.
Reiherstieg
Reiherstieg Schiffswerfte & Maschin Fabrik
Hamburg, Germany
Rennie Forrest
Rennie, Forrest Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Ltd.
Wivenhoe, Great Britain
Rennoldson
J.P. Rennoldson & Sons Ltd.
South Shields, Great Britain
Rieboldt
Rieboldt, Wolter & Co.
Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Moore & Scott
Moore & Scott
Oakland, Cal. (later Moore)
Moran
Moran Bros.,
Seattle, Wash.
Mounsey
Mounsey & Foster,
Sunderland, Great Britain
NY Sbdg
New York Shipbuilding Corp.,
Camden, N.J.
Neafie
Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co.,
Philadelphia, Penn.
Nederland SBM
N.V. Nederlandsche Amsterdam, Netherlands Scheepsbouw Maatschappij
Neptun
A.G. “Neptun”
Rostock, Germany
New England
New England Co.
Bath, Me.
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Richardson Duck Richardson, Duck & Co.
Stockton-on-Tees, Great Britain
Rickmers
Bremerhaven, Germany
Rickmers Reismuhlen Rhederi & Schiffsbau A.G.
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Abbreviation
Name
Location
Abbreviation
Name
Location
Rijkee
N.V. Werf Voorheen Rijkee Rotterdam, Netherlands & Co.
Thomson
James & George Thomson
Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland
Risdon
Risdon Iron Works
San Francisco, Cal.
Thompson
J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd. Sunderland, Great Britain
Roach
John Roach & Sons13
Chester, Penn.
Tidewater
Three Rivers, Que., Canada
Robins
Robins Dry Dock Co.
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Tidewater Shipbuilders Ltd.
Rodermond
H.J. Rodermond
Tomkins Cove, N.Y.
Todd (NY)
Todd Shipyard Co.
New York, NY
Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co.
Tacoma, Wash. Toledo, Ohio
Ropner
Ropner & Sons, Ltd.
Stockton-on-Tees, Great Britain
Todd (Tacoma)
Rotterdam DD
N.V. Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Toledo SB
Toledo Shipbuilding Co.
Townsend
Russell
Russell & Co.
Port Glasgow, Scotland
Townsend & Downey Shooters Island, N.Y. Shipbuilding & Repair Co.
Saginaw
Saginaw Shipbuilding Co.
Saginaw, Mich.
Triestino
Cantiere Navale Triestino
Monfalcone, Austria
Schichau
F. Schichau G.m.b.H.
Elbing, Germany
Trigg
William R. Trigg Co.
Richmond, Va.
J. Scott
J. Scott & Co.
Kinghorn, Scotland
Tull
E. James Tull
Pocomoke City, Md.
Scott (Bowling)
Scott & Sons
Bowling, Glasgow, Scotland
Union DD
Union Dry Dock Co.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Scotts
Scotts’ Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
Greenock, Scotland
Union IW
Union Iron Works15
San Francisco, Cal.
Uraga
Uraga Dock Co.
Uraga, Japan
Seabury
C.L. Seabury & Co.
New York, N.Y.
Vulcan
Seattle
Seattle Construction & Dry Seattle, Wash. Dock Co.14
Stettiner Maschinenbau A.G. Vulcan
Stettin, Germany also Hamburg
Vuijk
A. Vuijk & Zonen
Seebeck
G. Seebeck A.G.
Wesermunde, Germany
Calpelle-am-Yssel, Netherlands
Shanghai Dock
Shanghai Dock & Engineering Co. Ltd.
Shanghai, China
W.Pipe
Western Pipe & Steel Co.
San Francisco, Cal.
West Bay City
West Bay City SB Co.
West Bay City, Mich.
Shattuck
L.H. Shattuck, Inc.
Newington, N.H.
Wheeler
F.W. Wheeler & Co.
West Bay City, Mich.
Short Bros.
Short Brothers Ltd.
Sunderland, Great Britain
White
J.Samuel White & Co.
Skinner SB
Skinner SB & DD Co.
Baltimore, Md.
Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Skinner & Eddy
Skinner & Eddy Corp.
Seattle, Wash.
Smit
P.Smit Jun.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Wigham Richardson
Wigham Richardson & Co. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Great Ltd., Walker Britain
Smith & McCoy
Smith & McCoy
Norfolk, Va.
Wilhelmshaven
Reichswerft
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Sparrows Point, Md.
Wolff & Zwicker
Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works
Portland, Ore. Baltimore, Md.
Sparrows Pt
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co.
Spedden
Spedden Shipbuilding Co. Baltimore, Md.
Woodall
William E. Woodall & Co.,
Squantum
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.
Squantum, Mass.
Workman Clark
Workman, Clark & Co. Ltd. Belfast, Ireland
Yarrow
Yarrow & Co. Ltd.
Standard SB
Standard Shipbuilding Corp.
Shooters Island, N.Y.
Staten Island
Staten Island Shipbuilding Mariner’s Harbor, Staten Co. (later Bethlehem) Island, N.Y.
Stephen
A. Stephen & Sons Ltd.
Linthouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Stocks & Kolbe
Stocks & Kolbe
Kiel, Germany
Sun
Sun Shipbuilding Co.
Chester, Penn.
Sunderland
Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Sunderland, Great Britain
Superior SB
Superior Shipbuilding Co.
Superior, Wis.
Supple
Joseph Supple, or Supple & Portland, Ore. Ballin
Swan Hunter
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd.
Wallsend-on-Tyne, Great Britain
Tecklenborg
Schiffsbau & Maschinenfabrik Joh. C. Tecklenborg A.G.
Wesermunde, Germany
Texas SS
Texas Steamship Co.
Bath, Me.
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Later Bethlehem-Fairfield 2. Formerly Union Iron Works 3. Formerly S.L. Moore & Co. 4. Formerly Fore River S.B. Co. 5. Formerly Harlan & Hollingsworth. 6. Formerly Craig S.B. Co. 7. Formerly John Roach. 8. Later Bethlehem (Quincy) 9. Later Bethlehem (Wilmington) 10. Later Todd (San Pedro) 11. Later Bethlehem (Elizabethport) 12. Later Crescent Shipyard 13. Later Delaware River S.B.Co. 14. Later Todd (Seattle) 15. Later Bethlehem (San Francisco) 1.
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Appendix IV Selected BIBLIOGRAPHY
Serial Publications Annual Reports of the Navy Department Merchant Vessels of the United States (various from 1870) Record, American Bureau of Shipping (various from 1870) Warship International Jane’s Fighting Ships Schell, William A., Register of Merchant Ships completed in (1890 to 1923) US Navy, Ships’ Data, US Naval Vessels
Books Alden, John D. Flush Decks and Four Pipes. Annapolis, Md.: United States Naval Institute, 1965. Alden, John D. The Fleet Submarine in the US Navy. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1979. Bauer, K. Jack & Roberts, Stephen S. Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775‑1990: Major Combatants. New York: Greenport, Conn. 1991. Bennett, Frank M. The Steam Navy of the United States. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Warren & Co., 1896. Canney, Donald L. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters 1790–1935. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1995. Clephane, Lewis P. History of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service in World War I. Washington, D.C.: Naval History Division, 1968. Cooney, David M. A Chronology of the United States Navy: 1775‑1965. New York, N.Y.: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1965. Friedman, Norman. U.S. Battleships: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1985.
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Friedman, Norman. U.S. Cruisers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1984. Friedman, Norman. U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Friedman, Norman. U.S. Small Combatants. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1987. Gleaves, Albert. A History of the Transport Service. New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Co., 1921. Goldberg, Mark H. The “Hog Islanders” Kings Point, N.Y.: The American Merchant Marine Museum, 1991. Mitchell, Donald W. History of the Modern American Navy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Musicant, Ivan U.S. Armored Cruisers: A design & operational history. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1985. Neeser, Robert W. Statistical and Chronological History of the United States Navy, 1775‑1907. New York: Macmillan Co., 1909. Peterson, Douglas.. United States Lighthouse Service Tenders, 1840–1939. Annapolis, Md.: Eastwind Publishing, 2000. Reilly, John & Scheina, R.L. American Battleships 1886–1923. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1980. Rose, H. Wickcliffe. Brittany Patrol: Story of the Suicide Fleet. New York, N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1937. U.S. Coast Guard. Record of Movements, Vessels of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1935. U.S. Navy. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 8 vols. Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, 1959‑81. U.S. Navy, North Sea Minesweeping Dept. Sweeping the North Sea Mine Barrage. 1919
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Index
The New Navy Index Plan of book Foreword Introduction vii Explanation of data xi List of Abbreviations xiii US Navy Standard Nomenclature xv Acts authorizing new construction xvii Naval Ordnance 1883-1922 xix Chronology 1883-1922 xxvii Disposition of fleets xxix 1. Ships on the Navy List 1883. 1 2. Armored vessels - Capital Ships a. Battleships: pre-dread noughts (BB) 5 b. Battleships: dreadnoughts BB 12 c. Battle Cruisers (CC) 16 d. Monitors (BM) 17 e. Armored Ram 19 f. Aircraft Carriers (CV) 20 3. Cruisers a. Armored Cruisers (CA) 21 b. Protected Cruisers (CL) 24 c. Scout Cruisers (CS, CL) 30 d. Auxiliary Cruisers (XCL) 31 4. Destroyer types a. Torpedo Boats (TB) 35 b. Destroyers (DD) 41 5. Submarines (SS) 55 6. Patrol Vessels a. Gunboats (PG) 67 b. Despatch Vessel 74 c. River Gunboats (PG) 75 d. Auxiliary Gunboats (XPG) 76
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e. Armed Yachts (PY) 76 i. SP - converted yachts & patrol vessels (SP) 80 ii. Q-ships 92 iii. Motor Patrol & other small SPs (SP) 93 f. Eagle Boats (PE) 108 g. Submarine Chasers (PC) 109 7. Mine Vessels a. Minelayers (CM) 111 b. Minesweepers (AM) 113 i. SP - auxiliary mine sweepers (SP) 114 ii. SP - net tenders (SP) 122 c. Trawlers & Drifters 123 8. Auxiliaries - tenders a. Submarine Tenders (AS) 125 b. Destroyer Tenders (AD) 126 c. Repair Ships (AR) 128 i. SP - salvage vessels (XARS) 128 d. Lighter-than-Aircraft Tender (AZ) 129 e. Colliers (AC) 130 f. Supply Ships (AK) 133 g. Cargo Ships 134 h. Ammunition Ships (AE) 135 i. Refrigerator Ships (AF) 135 j. Tankers (AO) 136 k. Distilling Ships (AW) 137 l. Transports (AP) 138 i. Troop Transports (WWI) 139 ii. Cross-Channel Transports 146 iii. Post Armistice Acquisitions 148 m. Hospital Ships (AH) 150
i. SP - Ambulance Boats (SP) 151 n. Training Ships (TS) 152 o. Miscellaneous Ships (AG) 152 i. SP - Accommodation Ships (SP) 154 ii. SP - Ferries (SP) 154 iii. SP - Miscellaneous (SP) 156 p. Unclassified Vessels 156 9. Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) i. Cargo Ships (AK) 157 (1) requisitioned US ships 158 (a) prewar built 157 (b) Shipping Board designs 168 (2) former German ships 177 (3) former Austrian ships 180 (4) former Dutch ships 181 ii. Tankers (AO) 184 iii. Schooner barges 186 iv. SP - small cargo ships & lighters (SP) 188 10. Tugs (AT) 191 i. SP - Auxiliary tugs (SP) 197 11. Other government departments a. United States Revenue Cutter Service - United States Coast Guard (USCG) i. Ships on Coast Guard List 1883 201 ii. Cruising Cutters 203 iii. Stern-wheel river boats 206 iv. Tugs 207 v. Harbor cutters & launches 207 b. Other Government Departments i. Lighthouse Service (USLHS) 211 ii. Bureau of Fisheries 216
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244 Index iii. Coast & Geodetic Survey iv. Panama Canal Co. c. US Army i. 1898 transports ii. Mineplanters 12. Appendices i. Royal Hawaiian Navy ii. SP numerical list iii. List of Principal Shipbuilders iv. Selected Bibliography
INDEX FOR VOL.3 THE NEW NAVY. A Class, SS, 56 A.G. Prentiss, SP 2413, 197 AA Class, SS, 62 Aaron Ward, DD 132, 48 Abalone, SP 208, 93 Abarenda, AC, 129 Abbot, DD 184, 49 Abel P. Upshur, DD 193, 50 Absaroka, NOTS, 168 Absegami, SP 371, 93 Accomac, AT, 191, see Algonquin Acoma, SP 1228, 93 Active, AT, 191 Actus, SP 516, 80 Acushnet, USRC, 206 Adams, USCG, 209 Adams, gunboat, 2 Adder, SS 3, 56 Addie & Carrie, 3226, 187 Adelante, SP 765, 80 Adirondack, SP 1270, 153 Admiral, SP 967, 80 Admiral, SP 541, 93 Adrian, SP 2362, 151 Advance, USCG, 208 Advance, SP 3057, 80 Aeolus , AP, 139 Agamemnon, AP, 139 Agawam, SP 570, 93 Agwidale, NOTS, 157 Ahdeek, SP 2589, 93 Aileen, PY, 76 Ajax, SP 738, 80 Ajax, AC, 131, see Scindia Ajax, BM, 1 Akbar, SP 599, 93 Akela, SP 1793 81 Alabama, BB 8, 9 Alacrity, SP 206, 81 Alameda, AO 10, 137 Alarm, TB, 1 Alaska, SP 3035, 114 Alaskan, NOTS, 157 Albacore, SP 751, 93
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216 219 219 220 223 225 237 241
Albany, CP, 29 Albatross, BF, 216 Albay, PG, 73 Albert Brown, SP 1050, 114 Alcalda, SP 630, 93 Alcedo, SP 166, 81 Alden, DD 211, 50 Alert (1896), USRC, 207 Alert (1907), USRC, 208 Alert, gunboat, 2 Alert, USRC, 202 Alert, SP-511, 102 Alex Brown, SP 2725, 197 Alexander Hamilton, USCG, 210 Alexander, AC, 130 Alexander H. Erickson, SP 2298, 93 Algonquin, USRC, 203 Algonquin, AT, 191 Algorma, AT 34, 197 Alice, SP 367, 93 Alice, AT, 191 Allegheny, AT 19, 196 Allen, DD 66, 46 Alliance, gunboat, 3 Alloway, NOTS, 170 Almax II, SP 268, 93 Aloha, SP 317, 81 Alpaco, NOTS, 172 Alpha, SP 586, 93 Altair, AD 11, 127 Althea, SP 218, 93 Alvarado, PG, 73 Amabala, NOTS, 184 Amagansett, SP 693, 114 Amanda Moore, SP, 197 Amaranth, LHS, 212 Ameera, SP 453, 93 America, AP, 139 American, NOTS, 157 Ammen, DD 35, 44 Amphion, AP, 147 Amphitrite, BM 2, 17 Amphitrite, SP 3028, 93 Anado, SP 455, 93 Ancon, AP, 149 Androscoggin, USRC, 204 Anemone, LHS, 214 Anemone IV, SP 1290, 89 Aniwa, NOTS, 170 Anna B. Smith, SP 1458, 93 Annabelle, SP 1206, 93 Annapolis, PG 10, 70 Annie E. Gallup, SP 694, 114 Anniston, C 9 28, see Montgomery Antares, AG 10, 153 Anthony, DD 172, 49 Antietam, store, 3 Antigone, AP, 140 Antilla, NOTS, 157 Anton Dohrn, SP 1086, 93
Apache, AT, 191 Apache, SP-729, 103 Apache, USRC, 203, see Galveston Aphrodite, SP 135, 81 Arabia, SP 3434, 92 Arabian, SP, 93 Aramis, SP 418, 81 Arapaho, AT 14, 196 Arawan II, SP 1, 93 Arayat, PG, 73 Arbutus, LHS, 211 Arcadia, SP 856, 93 Arcadia, AP, 147 Arcady, SP 577, 81 Arcata, USRC, 207 Arctic, AF 7, 135 Arctic, SP 1158, 81 Arctic, XPG, 76 Arcturus, SP 182, 102 Arcturus, SP 593, 82, see Artemis Arcturus, AK 12, 134 Ardent, SP 680, 114 Arethusa, AO 7, 136 Argonne, NOTS, 177 Argonne, AP 4, 139 Arizona, BB 39, 14 Arizonan, NOTS, 157 Arkansas, BM 7, 18 Arkansas, BB 33, 13 Armeria, LHS, 212 Aroostook, CM, 111 Arrow, USCG, 208 Arroyo, SP 197, 93 Artemis, AP, 147 Artemis, SP 593, 81 Artigas, NOTS, 178 Artmar III, SP 408, 93 Arval, SP 1045 93 Arvilla, SP 752, 93 Asher J. Hudson, SP 3104, 197 Asheville, PG 21, 74 Aspen, LHS, 214 Astoria, NOTS, 178 Astrea, SP 560, 93 Atlanta, CP, 24 Atlantic, SP 859, 197 Atlantic, SP 1182, 93 Atlantic, SP 3268, 154 Atlantic II, SP 651, 82 Atlantis, SP 40, 93 Atlas, SP 2171, 82 Auburn, NOTS, 158 Audwin, SP 451, 93 Augusta, SP 946, 93 Auk, AM 38, 113 Aulick, DD 258, 51 Aurora, SP 345, 114 Aurore II, SP-460, 102 Ausable, NOTS, 158 Avalon, SP, 93
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Avenger, SP 2646, 93 Avis, SP 382, 93 Avocet, AM 19, 113 Aylwin, DD 47, 45 Azalea, SP, 93 Azalea, LHS, 212 Aztec, SP 590, 82 B Class, SS, 57 B.F. Macomber, SP 980, 115 B.H.B. Hubbard, SP 416, 115 Bab, SP 116, 93 Babbitt, DD 128, 48 Babette II, SP 484, 93 Bache, C&GS, 216 Badger, DD 126, 48 Badger, XCL, 32 Bagaduce, AT 21, 196 Bagheera, SP 963, 93 Bagley, TB 24, 39 Bagley, DD 185, 50 Bailey, TB 21, 38 Bailey, DD 269, 52 Bainbridge, DD 1, 42 Bainbridge, DD 246, 51 Balch, DD 50, 45 Bali, NOTS, 181 Ballard, DD 267, 51 Baltimore, C 3, 26 Banago, NOTS, 172 Bancroft, DD 256, 51 Bancroft, PG, 68 Bancroft, NOTS, 172 Barbara, SP 704, 93 Barker, DD 213, 50 Barnegat, SP 1232, 197 Barnett, SP 1149, 115 Barney, TB 25, 39 Barney, DD 149, 49 Barracuda, SP 845, 94 Barry, DD 2, 42 Barry, DD 248, 51 Basco, PG, 73 Bath, NOTS, 178 Batjan, NOTS, 181 Bavaria, NOTS, 178 Baxley, NOTS, 172 Bay Spring, AT 60, 197 Bayocean, SP 2640, 82 Beale, DD 40, 44 Bear, USRC, 203 Beaufort, NOTS, 178 Beaumere II, SP 444, 94 Beaver, AS 5, 126 Belknap, DD 251, 51 Bell, DD 95, 48 Bella, SP 2211, 188 Belle of Boston, SP 3071, 94 Bellingham, NOTS, 170 Beluga, SP 536, 94
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Index 245 Belusan, PG, 73 Benham, DD 49, 45 Bennington, PG 4, 67 Berkshire, SP 1578, 156 Bernard, SP 2174, 94 Bernardou, DD 153, 49 Berwind, SP 1671, 94 Berwyn, NOTS, 158 Besoeki, NOTS, 181 Bessie H. Dantzler, SP 3158, 82 Bessie Jones, SP 1476, 94 Betty Jane I, SP 3458, 94 Betty M. II, SP 623, 94 Beukelsdijk, NOTS, 181 Bibb, USRC, 202 Biddle, TB 26, 39 Biddle, DD 151, 49 Bie & Schiott, SP 2871, 94 Biesbosch, ARS, 128 Billingsley, DD 293, 52 Billow, SP 1704, 115 Birch, LHS, 215 Birmingham, CS 2, 30 Bittern, AM 36, 113 Bivalve, SP 2472, 94 Black Arrow, AP, 147 Black Hawk, AD 9, 127 Blake, C&GS, 216 Blakeley, TB 27, 39 Blakeley, DD 150, 49 Blanche, SP 1028, 94 Blue Bird, SP 465, 94 Blue Ridge, AP, 146 Bobolink, AM 20, 113 Bobylu, SP 1513, 94 Boggs, DD 136, 49 Bonita, SS 15, 57 Bonita, SP 540, 94 Boothbay, SP 1708, 154 Boreas, AF 8, 135 Borie, DD 215, 50 Boston, CP, 24 Boston Floating Hospital, SP 2366, 151 Bothwell, USCG, 209 Bouker No.2, SP 1275, 115 Bouquet, LHS, 215 Boutwell, USRC, 202 Boxer, TS, 152 Boy Scout, SP 53, 94 Boyce, USCG, 209 Bramble, LHS, 215 Branch, DD 197, 50 Brant, AM 24, 113 Brazos, AO 4, 136 Breaker, SP 1707, 115 Breakwater, SP 681, 115 Breck, DD 283, 52 Breckinridge, DD 148, 49 Breese, DD 122, 48 Briarcliff, IX 3, 153
Bridge, AF 1, 135 Bridgeport, AD 10, 127 Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird, USA, 221 Broad Arrow, NOTS, 184 Broadbill, SP 823, 94 Brooklyn, sloop, 2 Brooklyn, CA 3, 22 Brooks, DD 232, 51 Broome, DD 210, 50 Bruce, DD 329, 53 Brutus, AC, 130 Buccaneer, PY, 77 Buchanan, DD 131, 48 Buck, SP 1355, 94 Buena Ventura, NOTS, 158 Buffalo, XCL, 31 Buford, AP 149, USAT, 219 Buitenzorg, NOTS, 181 Bulmer, DD 222, 51 Burns, DD 171, 49 Burnside, USAT, 219 Burrows, DD 29, 43 Bush, DD 166, 49 Bushnell, AS 2, 125 Bussum, NOTS, 181 C Class, SS, 57 C.F. Sargent, NOTS, 186 C.W. Morse, SP 1966, 153 Cacique, NOTS, 158 Cactus, LHS, 211 Caesar, AC, 130 Cahokia, USCG, 210 Calabash, SP 108, 94 Calamares, AP, 140 Calamianes, PG, 73 Caldwell, DD 69, 47 California, CA 6, 22 California, BB 44, 15 California, SP 249, 82 California, SP 647, 103 Californian, NOTS, 158 Caliph, SP 272, 94 Callao, PG, 73 Callao, AP, 148 Calumet, SP 723, 82 Calumet, USRC, 207 Calvert, SP 2274, 94 Calypso, SP 632, 94 Camanche, BM, 1 Cambridge, SP 1651, 188 Camden, AS 6, 126 Camellia, LHS, 214 Canadian trawlers, 124 Canadian drifters, 124 Canandaigua, CM, 112 Canibas, NOTS, 158 Canonicus, BM, 1 Canonicus, CM, 112 Canopus, AS 9, 126
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246 Index Canton, NOTS, 181 Cap Finisterre, AP, 146 Cape Henry, NOTS, 158 Cape Lookout, NOTS, 158 Cape May, NOTS, 158 Cape Romain, NOTS, 158 Capella, AK 13, 134 Caprice, SP 703, 94 Cardinal, AM 6, 113 Carib, NOTS, 172 Carl R. Gray, SP 2671, 197 Carlotta, SP 1785, 94 Carola IV SP, 812, 82 Carolina, USRC, 208 Caroline, SP 1105, 94 Carolinian, NOTS, 158 Carr, USCG, 209 Carrabasset, AT 35, 197 Carrie Clark, NOTS, 186 Carrillo, NOTS, 159 Casco, NOTS, 178 Case, DD 285, 52 Cassin, DD 43, 45 Cassius, AC, 130 Castine, PG 6, 69 Caswell, USCG, 208 Catalpa, AT, 3 Catawba, YT 32, 197, see Howard Greene Catherine, USCG, 208, see Venture Catherine, USCG, 208 Catherine Johnson, SP 390, 188 Catskill, BM, 1 Cauto, NOTS, 159 Cayuga, AT, 194, see Powhatan Cedar, LHS, 214 Celebes, NOTS, 182 Celeritas, SP 665, 94 Celtic, AF 2, 133 Cero, SP 1189, 94 Challenge, SP 1015, 115 Challenger, NOTS, 159 Chame, Panama, 219 Champlin, DD 104, 48 Chandler, DD 206, 50 Chandler, USRC, 202 Chanticleer, SP 663, 94 Charles, AP, 145 Charles Ausburn, DD 294, 52 Charles B. Mason, SP 1225, 94 Charles Mann, SP 522, 94 Charles P. Crawford, SP 366, 115 Charles P. Kuper, SP 1235, 94 Charles Whittemore, SP 2323, 92 Charleston, C 2, 25 Charleston, C 22, 30 Charlotte, CA 12, 24, see North Carolina Charlton Hall, NOTS, 159 Charmian II, SP 696, 94 Chase, DD 323, 53 Chase, USRC, 202
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Chase S. Osborne, SP 1121, 115 Chattahoochee, USCG, 209 Chattanooga, C 16, 29 Chaumont, AP 5, 139 Chauncey, DD 3, 42 Chauncey, DD 296, 52 Chautauqua, USCG, 209 Chebaulip, NOTS, 170 Chemung, AT 18, 196, see Pocahontas Chenango, USCG, 209 Cherokee, SP 458, 197 Cherokee, SP 1104, 83 Chesapeake, ARS, 128 Chesapeake, TS, 152 Chester, CS 1, 30 Chestnut Hill, NOTS, 184 Chew, DD 106, 48 Chewink, AM 39, 113 Cheyenne, BM 10, 18, see Wyoming Cheyenne, AT, 192 Chicago, CP, 24 Chichota, SP 65, 94 Chickasaw, AT, 192 Chicopee, USCG, 209 Childs, DD 241, 51 Chilhowee, SP 525, 83 Chillicothe, USCG, 209 Chinampa, NOTS, 184 Chincoteague, USCG, 209 Chingachgook, SP 35, 94 Chinook, SP 644, 94 Chipper, SP-256, 102 Chipper, SP 1049, 94 Chippewa, USCG, 209 Choctaw, NOTS, 172 Choctaw, AT, 192 Choptank, USCG, 210 Chowan, USCG, 210 Christabel, SP 162, 83 Christine, 2058, 187 Chulahoma, USCG, 210 Cigarette, SP 1234, 83 Cincinnati, C 7, 27 Cincinnati, CL 6, 31 City of Lewes, SP 383, 115 City of Peking, AP, 138 City of South Haven, AP, 146 Clare, NOTS, 159 Clarinda, SP 185, 94 Claxton, DD 140, 49 Clemson, DD 186, 50 Cleo, SP 232, 94 Cleveland, C 19, 29 Clifton, SP 2080, 94 Clio, NOTS, 182 Clio, SP 2279, 197 Clover (1889), LHS, 215 Clover (1912), LHS, 215, see Two Myrtles Cobra, SP 626, 94 Coco, SP 110, 94
Coghlan, DD 326, 53 Cohasset, NOTS, 159 Cohasset, AT, 3 Col. Albert Todd, USA, 221 Col. Garland N. Whistler, USA 221 Col. George Armistead, USA 220 Col. George F.E. Harrison, USA 221 Col. John V. White, USA 221 Cole, DD 155, 49 Colfax, USRC, 202 Colhoun, DD 85, 47 Colorado, frigate, 1 Colorado, CA 7, 22 Colorado, BB 45, 15 Columbia, C 12, 28 Columbine, LHS, 213 Comanche, USCG, 203, see Windom Comber, SP 344, 116 Comet, SP 772, 94 Cometa, SP, 94 Comfort, AH 3, 151 Commander, SP 1247, 95 Commodore, SP 1425, 95
Commodore, SP 2423, 156 Commodore Maury, SP 656, 95 Concord, CL 10, 31 Concord, PG 3, 67 Concord, SP 773, 116 Condor, AM 11, 113 Conestoga, SP 1128, 116 Congress, SP 3698, 95 Connecticut, BB 18, 11 Conner, DD 72, 47 Constance II, SP 633, 95 Constantia, NOTS, 178 Constellation, sail, 3 Constellation, CC 2, 16 Constitution, sail, 3 Constitution, CC 5, 16 Content, SP 538, 95 Contocook, AT 36, 197 Converse, DD 291, 52 Conyngham, DD 58, 46 Cook, USCG, 209 Coquet, SP, 95 Coquet, USCG, 208 Corinthia, SP 938, 95 Cormorant, AM 40, 113 Corona, SP 813, 83 Coronet, SP 194, 95 Corozal, NOTS, 160 Corry, DD 334, 53 Corsair, SP 159, 83 Corwin, USRC, 202 Cosmos, LHS, 215 Cosmos, C&GS, 218 Cossack, SP 695, 95 Cossack, USCG, 208 Courtenay P, SP 899, 95 Covington, AP, 140
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Cowell, DD 167, 49 Coxe, USRC, 202 Coyote, SP 84, 95 Cozy, SP 556, 95 Crane, DD 109, 48 Craster Hall, NOTS, 160 Craven, TB 10, 37, see T.A.M. Craven Craven, DD 70, 47 Crawford, USRC, 202 Credenda, SP 3278, 95 Crest, SP 339, 116 Criccieth, SP, 197 Crocus, LHS, 213 Crook, USAT, 219 Crosby, DD 164, 49 Crowninshield, DD 134, 49 Culgoa, AF 3, 133 Cumberland, TS, 152 Cummings, DD 44, 45 Curlew, AM 8, 113 Cushing, TB 1, 36 Cushing, DD 55, 45 Cuttlefish, SS 11, 57 Cuyama, AO 3, 136 Cuyuna, SP 1674, 95 Cyclops, AC 4, 132 Cygan, USCG, 209 Cypress, LHS, 214 Cyrus W. Field, USA, 221 Cythera, SP 575, 84 D Class, SS, 57 Dahlgren, TB 9, 37 Dahlgren, DD 187, 50 Dahlia, LHS, 211 Daiquiri, SP 1285, 95 Daisy, SP 1186, 95 Daisy, C&GS, 218 Daisy (1869), LHS, 215 Daisy (1892), LHS, 215 Daisy Archer, SP 1283, 95 Dakotan, AP, 149 Dale, sail, 3 Dale, DD 4, 42 Dale, DD 290, 52 Dallas, DD 199, 50 Dallas, USRC, 202 Dana, SP, 188 Dandelion, LHS, 215 Daraga, SP 43, 95 Dare, USCG, 208 Dart, USCG, 208 Dash, USCG, 208 Dauntless, SP 1002, 95 Davey, USRC, 207 David K. Philips, SP 978, 122 Davis, TB 12, 37 Davis, DD 65, 46 Dawn, SP 26, 95 De Grasse, SP 1217, 95
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Index 247 De Kalb, AP, 140 De Lesseps, Panama, 219 Dean II, SP 98, 95 Decatur, DD 5, 42 Decatur, DD 341, 53 Deering, USCG, 209 Defiance, NOTS, 160 Delaware, BB 28, 12 Delaware, SP 467, 121 Delmarva, USRC, 207 DeLong, TB 28, 39 DeLong, DD 129, 48 Delphy, DD 261, 51 Democracy, NOTS, 160 Denebola, AD 12, 127 Dent, DD 116, 48 Denver, C 14, 29 Des Moines, C 15, 29 Desire, SP 786, 95 Despatch, 3 Despatch, SP 68, 84 Detroit, C 10, 28 Detroit, CL 8, 31 Dianthus, SP 639, 95 Dickerson, DD 157, 49 Dicky, SP 231, 95 Discover, USRC, 202 Dix, USAT, 219 Dix, USRC, 202 Dixie, XCL, 31 Dixie, SP-789, 103 Dixie III, SP-701, 103 Dlonra, SP 66, 95 Dobbin, AD 3, 126 Dochra, NOTS, 184 Dodger II, SP 46, 95 Dohema Jr., SP 612, 95 Doloma, SP 1062, 95 Dolphin, DV, 74 Dolphin, SP 874, 95 Don Juan de Austria, PG, 71 Dorchester, SP 1509, 95 Doris B. III, SP 733, 95 Doris B. IV, SP 625, 95 Doris, SP 1646, 95 Dorothea, PY, 77 Dorothea II, SP-912, 103 Dorothy, SP 1289, 95 Dorothy Cullen, SP 2183, 95 Dorsey, DD 117, 48 Downes, DD 45, 45 Doyen, DD 280, 52 Drayton, DD 23, 43 Dreadnaught, SP 1951, 116 Dreadnought, SP-584, 103 Drechterland, NOTS, 182 Drift, LHS, 215 Drift, C&GS, 218 Druid, SP 321, 84 Drusilla, SP 372, 95
Dubhe, NOTS, 182 Dubuque, PG 17, 74 Duncan, DD 46, 45 DuPont, TB 7, 36 DuPont, DD 152, 49 Dyer, DD 84, 47 E Class, SS, 58 E. Benson Dennis, SP 791, 123 Eagle, SP-145, 102, Eagle boats, PE, 108 Eagle, PY, 77 Eaglet, SP 909, 95 Eagre, IX, 152, C&GS, 218
Earnest, IX, 152, C&GS, 218 Earp, USCG, 209 East Boston, XPG, 75 East Hampton, SP 573, 116 Eastern Chief, NOTS, 177 Eastern Light, NOTS, 177 Eastern Queen, NOTS, 177 Eastern Shore, NOTS, 177 Easterner, NOTS, 177 Eastport, NOTS, 177 Eclipse, SP 417, 95 Edamena, IISP 14, 95 Edellyn, AP, 149 Edenton, NOTS, 171 Edgar F. Coney, SP 346, 116 Edgar F. Luckenbach, NOTS, 160 Edgecombe, NOTS, 171 Edith, NOTS, 159 Edith II, SP-296, 102 Edith M. III, SP 196, 95 Edithena, SP 624, 95 Edithia, SP 214, 95 Edorea, SP 549, 96 Edsall, DD 219, 51 Edward J. McKeever Jr., SP 684, 116 Edward L. Doheny III, NOTS, 184 Edward Luckenbach, NOTS, 160 Edwards, DD 265, 51 Efco, SP 2405, 96 Egbert, USAT, 219 Eider, AM 17, 113 El Capitan, NOTS, 160 El Occidente, NOTS, 161 El Oriente, NOTS, 161 El Sol, NOTS, 161 Elcano, PG, 72 Eleanor, SP 677, 96 Elf, SP 81, 96 Elfin, SP 965, 96 Elfrida, PY, 77 Elinor, NOTS, 161 Elithro II, SP 15, 96 Eliza Hayward, SP 1414, 96 Elizabeth, SP 972, 96
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248 Index Elizabeth, SP 1092, 96 Elizabeth M. Froelich, SP 380, 117 Ellen, SP 284, 96 Ellen, SP-1209, 103 Ellen Browning, SP 3234, 96 Ellington, SP 776, 96 Elliot, DD 146, 49 Ellis, DD 154, 49 Elmasada, SP 109, 96 Elsie III, SP 708, 96 Emeline, SP 175, 84 Emerald, SP 177, 84 Emily B., SP 3731, 96 Emma, SP 1223, 96 Emma Kate Ross, SP 2844, 197, USCG, 208 Empress, 569, 187 Enaj, SP 578, 96 Endeavor, C&GS, 218 Endion, SP 707, 96 Engineer, SP, 197 Enquirer, PY, 77 Ensign, SP 1051, 96 Enterprise, gunboat, 3 Enterprise, SP 790, 96 Ericsson, TB 2, 36 Ericsson, DD 56, 45 Essex, gunboat, 3 Estella, SP 537, 96 Estelle, SP-747, 103 Eten, AP, 149 Etta M. Burns, SP 542, 96 Eugene F. Price, SP 839, 117 Euphemia, SP 539, 96 Eurana, NOTS, 161 Evans, DD 78, 47 Evansville, NOTS, 163, see Lake Tahoe Ewing, USRC, 202 Explorer, C&GS, 217 Express No.4, SP 745, 96 F Class, SS, 58 F.J. Luckenbach, NOTS, 161 F.Mansfield & Sons Co., SP 691, 117 F.R.Sharp, 3222, 187 Fairfax, DD 93, 48 Fairmont, NOTS, 161 Falcon, SP, 96 Falcon, AM 28, 113 Fanning, DD 37, 44 Fantana, SP 71, 96 Farenholt, DD 332, 53 Farquhar, DD 304, 52 Farragut, TB 11, 37 Farragut, DD 300, 52 Fathomer, C&GS, 217 Favorite, ARS, 129 Fearless, SP 724, 117 Fearless, SP 598, 103 Federal, NOTS, 171 Felicia, SP 642, 84
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Felix Taussig, NOTS, 161 Fenimore, SP 2681, 188 Fern, SP-635, 103 Fern (1871), LHS, 211, AG, 152 Fern (1915), LHS, 215 Fessenden, USRC, 202 Finch, AM 9, 113 Finland, AP, 140 Fish Hawk, BF, 216 Flamingo, AM 32, 113 Fli-Hawk, SP 550, 96 Florence, SP 173, 84 Florida, BM 19 Florida, BB 5, 6, 30, 13 Floridian, AP, 149 Floyd Hurst, SP 2384, 96 Flusser, DD 20, 43 Flusser, DD 289, 52 Foam, SP 2496, 116 Folly, SP 1453, 96 Foote, TB 3, 36 Foote, DD 169, 49 Ford, DD 228, 51 Fort Wayne, NOTS, 170 Fortune, AT, 3 Forward, USRC, 202 Fox, TB 13, 37 Fox, DD 234, 51 Fox Island IV, SP, 96 Frances II, SP 503, 96 Francis B. Hackett, SP 1161, 117 Francis G. Conwe, SP 3215, 96 Frank H. Buck, NOTS, 184 Franklin, frigate, 1 Frederick, CA 8, 23, see Maryland Frederick Luckenbach, NOTS, 162 Free Lance, PY 77, SP 830, 84 Freedom, AP, 148 Freehold, SP 347, 117 Fresno, NOTS, 162 Frieda, NOTS, 162 Frolic, PY, 77 Frolic, SP 1336, 96 Fuca, C&GS, 218 Fuller, DD 297, 52 Fulton, AS 1, 125 Fulton, SP 247, 120 G Class, SS, 58 G.H. McNeal, SP 312, 117 Gaivota, SP 436, 96 Galatea, SP 714, 84 Galena, sloop, 2 Gallatin, USRC, 202 Galveston, C 17, 29 Galveston, USRC, 203 Gamble, DD 123, 48 Gannet, AM 41, 113 Gardenia, LHS, 212 Gardoqui, PG, 73
Gargoyle, NOTS, 185 Gedney, C&GS, 216 Gem, SP 41, 84 General Alava, AP, 138 Gen. E.O.C. Ord, USA, 220 Gen. Edmund Kirby, USA, 221 General G.W.Goethals, AP, 148 Gen. Henry J. Hunt, USA, 220 Gen. Henry Knox, USA, 220 Gen. J.Franklin Bell, USA, 221 Gen. J.M. Schofield, USA 220 Gen. John P. Story, USA, 221 General Knox, NOTS, 186 General Putnam, SP 2284, 154 General Putnam, LHS, 211 Gen. Royal T. Frank, USA, 220 Gen. Samuel M. Mills, USA, 220 General W.C.Gorgas, AP, 148 Gen. W.P. Randolph, USA, 221 Gen. William M. Graham, USA, 221 Genesee, SP 1116, 117 Genevieve, SP 459, 96 George Burton, AM, 123 George Clarke, AM, 123 George E. Badger, DD 196, 50 George F. Pierce, SP 648, 154 George G. Henry, NOTS, 185 George H. Bradley, SP 327, 118 George P. Squires, SP 303, 85 George Washington, AP, 140 Georgia, BB 15, 10 Georgiana III, SP 83, 96 Geraldine, SP 1011, 96 Geranium, LHS, 211 Get There, SP 579, 97 Gillis, DD 260, 51 Gilmer, DD 233, 51 Gipsy, SP 55, 97 Glacier, AF, 135 Gladiator, SP 2560, 97 Gladiola, SP 184, 97 Glen White, NOTS, 161 Glendoveer, SP 292, 97 Glenville, SP 2513, 154 Gloucester, PY, 77 Goff, DD 247, 51 Gold Shell, NOTS, 185 Golden Gate, USRC, 207 Goldenrod, LHS, 215 Goldsborough, TB 20, 38 Goldsborough, DD 188, 50 Goliah, SP 1494, 118 Goodwill, Panama, 219 Gopher, AG, 152, see Fern Gorgona, Panama, 219 Gorontalo, NOTS, 182 Goshawk, AM 42, 113 Gov. R.M. McLane, SP 1328, 85 Governor Russell, XPG, 76 Gracie S., SP 919, 97
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Graf Waldersee, AP, 146 Graham, DD 192, 50 Grampus, SS 4, 56 Granite State, sail, 3, see New Hampshire Grant, USAT, 219 Grant, USRC, 202 Gratitude, SP 3054, 154 Grayling, SP 289, 97 Grayling, SP 1259, 103 Grayling, SS 18, 57 Great Northern, AP, 141 Grebe, AM 43, 113 Green Dragon, SP 742, 97 Greene, DD 266, 51 Greer, DD 145, 49 Gregory, DD 82, 47 Gresham, USRC, 203 Gretchen, SP 1181, 97 Grey Fox, SP 52, 97 Greyhound, SP 437, 97 Gridley, DD 92, 48 Griswold, SP 1966, 154 Grosbeak, SP 566, 97 Guantanamo, NOTS, 162 Guard (1896), USRC, 207 Guard (1913), USRC, 208 Guide, USRC, 208 Guinevere, SP 512, 85 Gulfport, NOTS, 178 Gurkha, SP 600, 97 Guthrie, USRC, 202 Gwin, TB 16, 38 Gwin, DD 71, 47 Gypsum Queen, SP 430, 118 Gypsy, SP 55, 97 H Class, SS, 59 H.A. Baxter, SP 2285, 97 Hahn, USCG, 209 Halcyon, SP 1658, 97 Halcyon, BF, 216 Halcyon II, SP 582, 89 Hale, DD 133, 48 Hamilton, DD 141, 49 Hamlin, USRC, 202 Hampton, SP 3049, 97 Hancock, AP 3, 138 Hancock, USAT, 219 Hannibal, AC, 130 Hansen, USCG, 209 Haraden, DD 183, 49 Harding, DD 91, 48 Harrisburg, AP, 141 Hart, DD 110, 48 Hartford, sloop, 2 Hartley, USRC, 202 Harvard, XCL, 33 Harvard, SP 209, 85 Harvest Queen, 1215, 187
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Index 249 Hassler, C&GS, 216 Hatfield, DD 231, 51 Hatteras, NOTS, 158 Hauoli, SP 249, 82, see California Hawaiian, NOTS, 157 Hawk, PY, 77 Haze, LHS, 211 Hazel, SP 1207, 97 Hazel, LHS, 215 Hazelton, SP 1770, 97 Hazelwood, DD 107, 48 Heather, LHS, 213 Hebe, SP 966, 97 Hector, AC 7, 132 Hector, AC, 130 Helen, 187 Helen Baughman, SP 1292, 97 Helen Euphane, SP 403, 123 Helena, PG 9, 69 Helena I, SP 24, 102 Helenita, SP 210, 85 Helenita, SP 2230, 97 Helianthus, SP 585, 97 Helori, SP 181, 97 Helvetia, SP 3096, 92 Henderson, AP 1, 139 Henley, DD 39, 44 Henlopen, SP 385, 118 Henry P. Williams, SP 509, 89 Henry R. Mallory, AP, 141 Henry Seymour, 3225, 187 Henshaw, DD 278, 52 Herbert, DD 160, 49 Herbert L. Pratt, NOTS, 185 Hercules, AT, 192 Herman Frasch, NOTS, 162 Hermes, SP, 85 Herndon, DD 198, 50 Heron, AM 10, 113 Herreshoff 306, SP 1841, 85 Herreshoff 308, SP 2232, 85 Herreshoff 309, SP 1218, 97 Herreshoff 321, SP 2235, 85 Herreshoff 322, SP 2373, 103 Herreshoff 323, SP 2840, 85 Hetman, SP 1150, 97 Hiawatha, SP 183, 97 Hiawatha, SP 2892, 97 Hibiscus, LHS, 214 Hickman, NOTS, 160 High Ball, SP 947, 97 Highball, SP, 97 Hildegarde, SP 1221, 154 Hilton, NOTS, 162 Hippocampus, SP 654, 97 Hisko, NOTS, 185 Hist, PY, 78 Hitchcock, C&GS, 218 Hobcaw, SP 252, 97
Hobo II, SP 783, 97 Hogan, DD 178, 49 Holland, SS 1, 56 Holland, AS 3, 125 Holly, LHS, 211 Hooker, USAT, 219 Hopestill, SP 191, 97 Hopewell, DD 181, 49 Hopkins, DD 6, 42 Hopkins, DD 249, 51 Hopkins, SP 3294, 97 Hoqua, SP 142, 97 Hornet, PY, 78 Houma, NOTS, 185 Housatonic, CM, 112 Houston, NOTS, 178 Hoven, NOTS, 185 Hovey, DD 208, 50 Howard, DD 179, 49 Howard Greene, SP 2200, 197 Howarda, SP 144, 97 Howick Hall, NOTS, 162 Hoxbar, NOTS, 185 Hudson, USRC, 206 Hulbert, DD 342, 53 Hull, DD 7, 42 Hull, DD 330, 53 Humphreys, DD 236, 51 Hunch, SP 1197, 97 Hunt, DD 194, 50 Huntington, CA 5, 23, see West Virginia Huntress, PY, 78 Hupa, SP 650, 97 Huron, CA 9, 23, see South Dakota Huron, AP, 142 Hurst, SP 3156, 97 Hyac, SP 216, 97 Hyacinth, LHS, 213 Hydraulic, SP 2584, 97 Hydrographer, C&GS, 217 I.J. Merritt, ARS, 129 Ibis, SP 3051, 118 Ice King, NOTS, 160 Idaho, BB 42, 15 Idaho, BB 24, 11 Idaho, SP 545, 102 Idalis, SP 270, 98 Idealia, SP 125, 98 Idylease, SP 119, 98 Illinois, BB 7, 9 Imperator, AP, 147 Inca, SP 1212, 103 Inca, PY, 78 Inca, SP 3219 197 Independence, sail, 3 Independence, NOTS, 160 Indiana, BB 1, 7 Indiana, BB 50, 16
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250 Index Indianapolis, NOTS, 162 Ingalls, USAT, 219 Ingraham, DD 111, 48 Ingram, DD 255, 51 Intrepid, TS, 152 Intrepid, TB, 1 Invincible, NOTS, 160 Ionita, SP 388, 98 Iowa, BB 4, 8 Iowa, BB 53, 16 Iowan, NOTS, 163 Iris, AW, 137 Iris (1863), LHS, 211 Iris (1899), LHS, 213 Iro, SP 2679 188 Iroquois, sloop, 2 Iroquois, AT, 192 Isaac L. Rice, 187 Isabel, SP 521, 85 Isabela, NOTS, 163 Isanti, NOTS, 171 Isherwood, DD 284, 52 Isis, C&GS, 217 Isla de Cuba, PG, 72 Isla de Luzon, PG, 72 Isle of Surry, SP 1860, 98 Israel, DD 98, 48 Itasca, NOTS, 179 Itasca, SP-810, 103 Itasca, USRC, 205 Itasca II, SP 803, 98 Itty E, SP 952, 98 Iuka, AT 37, 197 Ivy (1880), LHS, 215 Ivy (1903), LHS, 213 Ivy, AT, 3, see Monterey Iwana, AT 2, 195 J.A.Palmer Jr., SP 319, 118 J.Alvah Clark, SP 1248, 118 J.B. Walker, NOTS, 186 J. Fred Talbott, DD 156, 49 J.M. Guffey, NOTS, 185 J. Reynor & Son, SP 869, 98 Jacob Jones, DD 61, 46 Jacob Jones, DD 130, 48 James H. Clark, SP 759, 98 James K. Paulding, DD 238, 51 James River, SP 861, 98 James Woolley, SP, 197 Jamestown, sail, 3 Jan van Nassau, NOTS, 182 Jane II, SP 1188, 98 Jarvis, DD 38, 44 Jason, BM, 1 Jason, AC 12, 133 Javelin, USCG, 208 Jaydee III, SP 692, 98 Jean Duluth, SP, 98
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Jean Sands, AT, 3 Jeannette, SP 149, 98 Jeannette Skinner, NOTS, 167 Jenkins, DD 42, 44 Jerry Briggs, SP, 98 Jessamine, SP-438, 102 Jessamine, LHS, 211 Jimetta, SP 878, 98 Joan, NOTS, 163 Joanna, SP 1963, 98 Johansson, USCG, 209 John B. Hinton, SP 485, 118 John B. Robins, SP 1205, 98 John Clay, AM, 123 John D. Edwards, DD 216, 50 John D. Ford, DD 228, 51, see Ford John Dunkin, AM, 123 John Fitzgerald, AM, 123 John Francis Burnes, DD 299, 52 John G. Olsen, SP 2377, 98 John Graham, AM, 123 John L. Lawrence, SP 838, 121 John M. Connelly, NOTS, 184 John Rodgers, LHS, 211 John Sealy, SP 568, 118 John W. Chittenden, 3224, 187 Johnson, USRC, 202 Jolly Roge, SP 1031, 98 Joseph Cudahy, NOTS, 185 Joseph F. Bellows, SP 323, 118 Joseph Henry, USA, 221 Joseph Henry, LHS, 215 Joseph M. Clark, SP 1244, 98 Josephine, SP 913, 98 Josephine, SP 1243, 98 Josephine, SP 3295, 98 Josephine H II, SP 245, 102 Josephus, NOTS, 186 Jouett, DD 41, 44 Joy, SP 643, 98 Joyance, SP 72, 85 Julia Hamilton, SP 1460, 98 Julia Luckenbach, NOTS, 160 Juliette W. Murray, SP, 98 Juniata, sloop, 2 Juniata, SP 602, 86 Juniper, LHS, 213 Jupiter, AC 3, 132 Justin, AC, 130 K Class, SS, 60 K.I. Luckenbach, NOTS, 161 Kaimiloa, Hawaii, 223 Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, AP, 147 Kajeruna, SP 389, 86 Kalk, DD 170, 49 Kalmia, AT 23, 196 Kamesit, NOTS, 170 Kanawha, PY, 78
Kanawha, AO 1, 136 Kanawha II, SP 130, 86 Kane, DD 235, 51 Kangaroo, SP 1284, 98 Kangaroo, USCG, 208 Kanised, SP 439, 98 Kankakee, USCG, 206 Kansas, BB 21, 11 Karibou, SP 200, 98 Katahdin, ram, 18 Katharine, SP 715, 98 Katherine K, SP 220, 98 Katherine W. Cullen, NOTS, 186 Kathrick II, SP 148, 98 Katie, SP 660, 98 Katrina, SP 1144, 98 Katrina Luckenbach, NOTS, 161 Katydid, SP 95, 98 Kaweah, AO 15, 137 Kearsarge, sloop, 2 Kearsarge, BB 5, 8 Kemah, SP 415, 86 Kennedy, DD 306, 52 Kenneth L. McNeal, SP 333, 118 Kennison, DD 138, 49 Kentuckian, AP, 149 Kentucky, BB 6, 8 Keosanqua, AT 38, 197 Kerasaspa, NOTS, 180 Keresan, NOTS, 180 Kerkenna, NOTS, 180 Kerlew, NOTS, 180 Kermanshah, NOTS, 180 Kermoor, NOTS, 180 Kerowlee, NOTS, 180 Kerwood, NOTS, 181 Kestrel II, SP 529, 98 Kewaydin, AT 24, 196 Kickapoo, USCG, 210 Kidder, DD 319, 52 Killarney, SP 219, 98 Kilpatrick, USAT, 219 Kilty, DD 137, 49 Kimberly, DD 80, 47 King, DD 242, 51 Kingfisher, AM 25, 113 Kingfisher, SP 76, 102 Kiowa, NOTS, 172 Kiowa, SP 711, 103 Kittery, NOTS, 179 Klingelhoefer, USCG, 209 Knickerbocker, SP 479, 119 Knudsen, USCG, 209 Koka, AT 31, 197 Koningin der Nederlanden, AP, 142 Kroonland, AP, 140 Kukui, LHS, 214 Kumigan, SP 47, 98 Kuwana II, SP 594, 98
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Index 251 Lake Pleasant, NOTS, 176 Lake St. Clair, NOTS, 176 Lake St. Regis, NOTS, 176 Lake Silver, NOTS, 176 Lake Sunapee, NOTS, 174 Lake Superior, NOTS, 174 Lake Tahoe, NOTS, 163 Lake Traverse, NOTS, 173 Lake Tulare, NOTS, 173 Lake Weston, NOTS, 173 Lake Wimico, NOTS, 173 Lake Winooski, NOTS, 175 Lake Worth, NOTS, 173 Lake Yahara, NOTS, 175 Lake Ypsilanti, NOTS, 175 Lakebridge, NOTS, 174 Lakemoor, NOTS, 173 Lakeport, NOTS, 173 Lakeshore, NOTS, 174 Lakeside, NOTS, 173 Lakeview, NOTS, 177 Lakewood, NOTS, 173 Lamberton, DD 119, 48 Lamson, DD 18, 43 Lamson, DD 328, 53 Lancaster, sloop, 2 Lancaster, NOTS, 163 Langley, CV 1, 19 Lansdale, DD 101, 48 Lapwing, AM 1, 113 Laramie, AO 16, 137 Lardner, DD 286, 52 Lark, AM 21, 113 Larkspur, LHS, 213 Larsen, USCG, 209 Laub, DD 263, 51 Laura Reed, SP 2009, 99 Laurel (1876), LHS, 211 Laurel (1915), LHS, 215 Lawrence, DD 8, 42 Lawrence, DD 250, 51 Lawton, AP, 32, see Buffalo Lawton, AP, 32, see Badger Lawton, USAT, 219 Lea, DD 118, 48 Leader, USCG, 208 Leary, DD 158, 49 Lebanon, AC, 131 Legonia, SP 399, 86 Lehigh, BM, 1 Lenape, AP, 142 Leonidas, AC, 131 Letter B, SP 732, 99 Leviathan, AP, 142 Levisa, NOTS, 172 Lexington, CC 1, 16 Lexington II, SP-705, 103 Leyden, AT, 3 Leyte, PG, 73
Liberator, NOTS, 159 Liberty, NOTS, 171 Liberty III, SP 1229, 99 Lilac, LHS, 213 Lillian II, SP 38, 99 Lillie B, SP 1502, 99 Lillie, 187 Lily, LHS, 215 Linta, SP 721, 86 Liscum, USAT, 219 Litchfield, DD 336, 53 Little, DD 79, 47 Little Aie, SP 60, 99 Little Brothers, SP 921, 99 Lively, AT, 191, see Active Logan, USAT, 219 Lomado, SP 636, 99 Long, DD 209, 50 Long Beach, NOTS, 179 Long Island, SP 572, 119 Lookout, USCG, 208 Los Angeles, NOTS, 185 Lotus, LHS, 215 Louise No.2, SP 1230, 99 Louisiana, BB 19, 11 Louisville, AP, 142 Lowell, SP 504, 119 Lu-o-La, SP 520, 99 Luce, DD 99, 48 Luce Bros., SP 846, 119 Lucia, NOTS, 181 Lucile Ross, SP 1211, 99 Ludlow, DD 112, 48 Luella, NOTS, 161 Lydia, SP-62, 102 Lydia III, SP 676, 99 Lydia, NOTS, 181 Lydonia, SP 700, 86 Lykens, SP 876, 119 Lyndonia, SP 734, 87 Lynx, SP 2, 99 Lynx II, SP-730, 103 M Class, SS, 61 M.J. Scanlon, NOTS, 163 M.M. Davis, SP 314, 119 Maartensdijk, NOTS, 182 MacDonough, DD 9, 42 MacDonough, DD 331, 53 Machias, PG 5, 69 Machigonne, SP 507, 89 Machigonne, SP 1043, 155 Mackenzie, TB 17, 38 Mackenzie, DD 175, 49 Mackinac, USRC, 207 MacLeish, DD 220, 51 Macona, NOTS, 163 Madawaska, AP, 143 Maddox, DD 168, 49 Madrono, LHS, 212
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252 Index Magete, SP 1675, 99 Maggie, 1202, 187 Magistrate, SP 143, 99 Magnet, SP 563, 99 Magnolia, LHS, 213 Magothy, USCG, 208 Mahan, DD 102, 48 Mahanna, AG 8, 153 Mahopac, BM, 1 Mahopac, AT 29, 196 Maine (1890), BB, 6 Maine, BB 10, 9 Maj. Samuel Ringgold, USA 220 Majestic, SP 3061, 155 Major Wheeler, NOTS, 164 Malang, NOTS, 182 Malay, SP 735, 87 Mallard, AM 44, 113 Malvern, SP 3055, 99 Manatee, SP 51, 99 Manchuria, AP, 143 Mandeville, SP 2563, 154 Mangrove, LHS, 213 Manhattan, BM, 1 Manhattan (1917), USCG, 207 Manhattan (1873), USRC, 202 Manila, AP, 138 Manileno, PG, 73 Manito II, SP 262, 99 Manley, TB 23, 39 Manley, DD 74, 47 Manna Hatta, ARS, 128 Manning, USRC, 203 Manta, NOTS, 172 Manzanita (1879), LHS, 211 Manzanita (1908), LHS, 214 Maple, LHS, 213 Marblehead, C 11, 28 Marblehead, CL 12, 31 Marcellus, AC, 131 Marcus, DD 321, 53 Margaret, NOTS, 159 Margaret, SP 328, 121 Margaret, SP 524, 89 Margaret, SP 527, 87 Margaret, SP 531, 102 Margaret Anderson, SP 1203, 99 Margaret G., SP 1764, 99 Margaret O, SP-614, 103 Margin, SP 2119, 99 Margo, SP 870, 99 Marguerite, SP 193, 99 Marguerite II, SP-892, 103 Marian Calaveras, SP 1700, 99 Mariana, NOTS, 163 Marica, AP, 149 Marie, SP 100, 99 Marie, SP 1260, 103 Marietta, PG 15, 70 Marigold, LHS, 212
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Marija, SP 413, 99 Marindin, C&GS, 218 Marinduque, C&GS, 217 Mariner, Panama, 219 Mariner, SP 1136, 197 Marion, sloop, 2 Mariveles, PG, 73 Marjorie M., SP 1080, 99 Marne, NOTS, 171 Marold, SP 737, 99 Marpessa, SP 787, 99 Mars, AC 6, 132 Martha Washington, AP, 143 Mary Alice, SP 397, 87 Mary B. Garner, SP 682, 119 Mary Louise, SP 356, 99 Mary M., SP 3274, 99 Mary Pope, SP 291, 99 Maryland, CA 8, 22 Maryland, BB 46, 15 Mascoutin, USCG, 210 Mason, DD 191, 50 Massachusetts, BB 2, 7 Massachusetts, BB 54, 16 Massasoit, AT, 192 Matchless, C&GS, 218 Matsonia, AP, 143 Mattole, AO 17, 137 Mauban, NOTS, 164 Maud, SP 1009, 99 Maui, AP, 143 Maumee, AO 2, 136 Mauna Loa, SP 29, 99 Maury, DD 100, 48 May, SP 164, 87 May Brown, SP 1287, 99 Mayflower, PY, 78 Mayflower, AT, 3 Mayflower, LHS, 213 Mayrant, DD 31, 43 Maysie, SP 930, 99 McArthur, C&GS, 217 McCall, DD 28, 43 McCalla, DD 253, 51 McCawley, DD 276, 52 McClellan, USAT, 219 McCook, DD 252, 51 McCormick, DD 223, 51 McCulloch (1866), USRC, 202 McCulloch (1896), USRC, 204 McDermut, DD 262, 51 McDougal, DD 54, 45 McDougall, SP 3717, 197 McFarland, DD 237, 51 McGourty, USCG, 209 McKean, DD 90, 47 McKee, TB 18, 38 McKee, DD 87, 47 McKeever Bros., SP 683, 116 McLanahan, DD 264, 51
McLane, USRC, 202 McPherson, USAT, 219 Me-Too, SP 155, 99 Meade, DD 274, 52 Meade, USAT, 219 Medusa, AR 1, 128 Mehalatos, USCG, 209 Melville, SP 1078, 103 Melville, AD 2, 126 Melvin, DD 335, 53 Memphis, CA 10, 24, see Tennessee Memphis, CL 13, 31 Menhaden, SP 847, 197 Merak, NOTS, 182 Merauke, NOTS, 182 Mercer, NOTS, 171 Merchant, SP 2313, 155 Mercurius, NOTS, 182 Mercury, AP, 143 Mercy, AH 4, 151 Meredith, DD 165, 49 Merito, SP 279, 99 Merrimac, AC, 131 Merritt, USAT, 219 Mervine, DD 322, 53 Messenger, USCG, 208 Mexican, NOTS, 164 Meyer, DD 279, 52 Miami, USRC, 206 Miantonomoh, BM 5, 17 Michigan, frigate, 1 Michigan, BB 27, 12 Middlesex, NOTS, 164 Mignonette, LHS, 211 Mikawe, SP 309, 99 Milwaukee, C 21, 30 Milwaukee, CL 5, 31 Mindanao, PG, 73 Mindoro, PG, 73 Minerva, SP 425, 99 Minneapolis, C 13, 28 Minnemac II, SP 202, 99 Minneopa, SP 1701, 99 Minnesota, frigate, 1 Minnesota, BB 22, 11 Minnesotan, NOTS, 163 Miramar, SP 591, 99 Miramar, SP 672, 103 Mirna, SP 1214, 100 Miss Anne II, SP 657, 100 Miss Betsy, SP 151, 100 Miss Toledo, SP 1711, 100 Mississippi, BB 23, 11 Mississippi, BB 41, 15 Missoula, CA 13, 24, see Montana Missouri, BB 11, 9 Mist, SP 567, 100 Mistletoe, LHS, 211 Mitchell, C&GS, 218 Mobile, AP, 149
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Moccasin, SS 5, 56 Moccasin, NOTS, 179 Modoc, AT, 192 Mohave, AT 15, 196 Mohawk, AT, 193 Mohawk, USRC, 204 Mohican, sloop, 2 Mohican, SP 117, 89 Moldegaard, NOTS, 164 Momo, SP 49, 100 Mona II, SP, 100 Monadnock, BM 3, 17 Monaghan, DD 32, 44 Mongolia, AP, 143 Monocacy, gunboat, 3 Monocacy, PG 20, 75 Monongahela, store, 3 Montana, CA 13, 23 Montana, BB 51, 16 Montauk, BM, 1 Montauk, SP 392, 119 Montauk, SP 1213, 197 Montcalm, AT 39, 197 Montclair, NOTS, 160 Monterey, BM 6, 18 Monterey, AT, 3 Montgomery, C 9, 28 Montgomery, DD 121, 48 Montoso, NOTS, 163 Montpelier, AP, 148 Moody, DD 277, 52 Moosehead, SP 2047, 155 Morrill, USRC, 203 Morris, TB 14, 38 Morris, DD 271, 52 Morristown, NOTS, 160 Mount Shasta, NOTS, 164 Mount Vernon, AP, 139 Mugford, DD 105, 48 Mullany, DD 325, 53 Munaires, NOTS, 157 Munalbro, NOTS, 164 Mundelta, NOTS, 157 Munindies, NOTS, 157 Munplace, NOTS, 164 Munrio, NOTS, 164 Munsomo, NOTS, 164 Munwood, NOTS, 164 Murray, DD 97, 48 Murray, SP 1438, 100 Muscatine, NOTS, 160 Music, SP 1288, 100 Mustang, SP 36, 100 Myrtle, SP 3289, 100 Myrtle, LHS, 211 Mystery, SP 428, 100 Mystery, SP 2744, 100 N Class, SS, 61 Nahant, BM, 1
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Index 253 Nahant, SP 1250, 119 Nahma, SP 771, 87 Nahunta, NOTS, 186 Naiwa, NOTS, 170 Najelda, SP 277, 100 Nansemond, AP, 148 Nanshan, AC, 131 Nantahala, NOTS, 171 Nantucket, BM, 1 Nantucket, gunboat, 3, see Ranger Napa, AT 32, 197 Narada, SP 161, 87 Narkeeta, AT 3, 195 Narragansett, SP 1163, 155 Narragansett, AP, 146 Narwhal, SS 17, 57 Nashville, PG 7, 69 Natalia, SP 1251, 100 Natoma, SP 666, 87 Natoya, SP 396, 100 Naushon, SP 517, 87 Nautilus II, SP 559, 100 Navajo, AT, 195 Navajo III, SP-298, 102 Navigator, SP 2225, 197 Nebraska, BB 14, 10 Neches, AO 5, 136 Nedeva II, SP 64, 100 Needle, SP 649, 100 Nelansu, SP 610, 100 Nellie Jackson, SP 1459, 100 Nemes, SP 424, 100 Nemesis, SP 343, 100 Nepenthe, SP 112, 100 Neponset, NOTS, 163 Neptune, AC 8, 132 Nereus, AC 10, 133 Nero, AC, 131 Nettie, SP 1436, 100 Nettle, LHS, 215 Nevada, BM 8, 18 Nevada, BB 36, 14 New England, SP 1222, 119 New Hampshire, sail, 3 New Hampshire, BB 25, 11 New Jersey, BB 16, 10 New Mexico, BB 40, 15 New Orleans, CP, 29 New Windsor, NOTS, 171 New York, CA 2, 21 New York, BB 34, 13 Newark, C 1, 24 Newark, SP 266, 120 Newburgh, NOTS, 171 Newbury, USCG, 209 Newport, PG 12, 70 Newport News, NOTS, 179 Newton, IX 33, 153 Newton, NOTS, 164 Nezinscot, AT, 193
Niagara, AW, 137 Niagara, SP 136, 87 Niagara, SP-246, 102 Niagara, SP-263, 102 Nicholas, DD 311, 52 Nicholson, TB 29, 39 Nicholson, DD 52, 45 Nightingale, SP 523, 100 Niji, SP 33, 100 Nina, AT, 3 Nipsic, gunboat, 3 Nirvana, SP-706, 103 Nirvana II, SP 204, 100 Nitro, AE 2, 135 Noa, DD 343, 53 Nokomis, SP 609, 88 Noma, SP 131, 88 Nomad, SP 1046, 100 Nonpareil, SP 370, 123 Noord Brabant, NOTS, 183 Nopatin, AP, 146 Norlina, NOTS, 165 Normannia, SP 756, 100 North Carolina, CA 12, 23 North Carolina, BB 52, 16 North Dakota, BB 29, 12 North Pole, NOTS, 161 Northampton, SP 670, 100 Northern Pacific, AP, 141 Nottoway, AT, 191, see Algonquin Nunivak, USRC, 206 Nyack, AT, 194, see Sioux O Class, SS, 62 O’Bannon, DD 177, 49 O’Brien, TB 30, 39 O’Brien, DD 51, 45 Oakland, NOTS, 162 Ocoee, SP 1208, 100 Octopus, SS 9, 57 Ogden, C&GS, 218 Ohio, BB 12, 9 Ohioan, NOTS, 163 Ojen, SP 957, 100 Oklahoma, BB 37, 14 Old Colony, SP 1254, 156 Old Dominion, NOTS, 187 Oleander, LHS, 215 Olympia, C 6, 27 Olympic, SP 260, 100 Omaha, sloop, 2 Omaha, CL 4, 31 Oneida, PY, 78 Oneonta, SP 1138, 197 Ono, SP 128, 100 Onondaga, USRC, 203 Onset, SP 1224, 100 Ontario, AT 13, 196 Onward, SP 311, 88 Onward II, SP-728, 103
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254 Index Oosterdijk, NOTS, 183 Opeechee, SP 969, 100 Ophir, NOTS, 183 Ora, SP 75, 100 Orca, SP 726, 100 Orchid, LHS, 214 Oregon, BB 3, 7 Oregonian, NOTS, 157 Oriole, sail, 3, see Dale Oriole, AM 7, 113 Orion, AC 11, 133 Orizaba, AP, 143 Ortolan, AM 45, 113 Osborne, DD 295, 52 Osceola, AT, 193 Oskaloosa, NOTS, 171 Oskawa, NOTS, 170 Osmond Ingram, DD 255, 52, see Ingram Osprey, AM 29, 113 Osprey II, SP 928, 100 Ossipee, sloop, 2 Ossipee, USCG, 206 Ostrich, SP 1249, 100 Otis W. Douglas, SP 313, 120 Otsego, AP, 148 Overton, DD 239, 51 Ovesen, USCG, 209 Owaissa, SP 659, 100 Owera, SP 167, 88 Owl, AM 2, 113 Ozama, NOTS, 172 Ozark, BM 7, 18, see Arkansas Ozaukee, NOTS, 171 P.K. Bauman, SP 377, 88 Paducah, PG 18, 74 Palinurus, C&GS, 218 Palmer, DD 161, 49 Palmetto, LHS, 214 Paloma, SP 533, 101 Palos, gunboat, 3 Palos, PG 16, 75 Pamlico, USRC, 205 Pampanga, PG, 73 Panama, SP 101, 101 Panaman, NOTS, 163 Panay, PG, 73 Pansy, LHS, 211 Panther, XCL, 32 Panuco, NOTS, 159 Paragua, PG, 73 Parker, DD 48, 45 Parrott, DD 218, 50 Parthenia, SP 671, 88 Partridge, AM 16, 113 Pasadena, NOTS, 162 Pascagoula, NOTS, 172 Passaic, BM, 1 Passaic, AT, 193, see Pontiac
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Pastores, AP, 140 Pat Caharty, AM, 124 Patapsco, AT 10, 195 Patchogue, SP 1227, 155 Pathfinder, C&GS, 217 Patoka, AO 9, 136 Patricia, AP, 146 Patrol (1899), USRC, 207 Patrol (1917), USCG, 208 Patrol No.1, SP 45, 101 Patrol No.2, SP 409, 101 Patrol No.4, SP 8, 101 Patrol No.5, SP 29, 101 Patrol No.6, SP 54, 101 Patrol No.7, SP 31, 101 Patrol No.8, SP 56, 101 Patrol No.10, SP 85, 101 Patrol No.11, SP 1106, 101 Patterson, C&GS, 217 Patterson, DD 36, 44 Pattina, SP 675, 101 Patuxent, AT 11, 195 Paul Hamilton, DD 307, 52 Paul Jones, DD 10, 42 Paul Jones, DD 230, 51 Paulding, DD 22, 43 Pauline, SP 658, 101 Pawnee, AT, 193 Pawnee, SP 699, 103 Pawtucket, AT 7, 195 Paysandu, AP, 144 Peacock, AM 46, 113 Pearl, SP 1219, 101 Peary, DD 226, 51 Pecos, AO 6, 136 Peerless, NOTS, 165 Peggy, SP 1072, 101 Pelican, AM 27, 113 Penacook, AT 6, 195 Penguin, AM 33, 113 Penn R.R. No.9, SP 679, 120 Pennsylvania, CA 4, 22 Pennsylvania, BB 38, 14 Penobscot, SP, 197 Penrose, USRC, 207 Pensacola, sloop, 2 Pensacola, NOTS, 179 Pentucket, AT 8, 195 Peoria, XPG, 76 Pequeni, Panama, 219 Pequot, NOTS, 179 Pequot, USCG, 210 Percival, DD 298, 52 Perfecto, SP 86, 101 Perkins, DD 26, 43 Perry, DD 11, 42 Perry, DD 340, 53 Perry, USRC, 202 Pete, SP 596, 101
Peter C. Struven, SP 332, 120 Peter H. Crowell, NOTS, 162 Petrel, PG 2, 68 Petrel, SP 59, 101 Petrel, SP 546, 101 Phalarope, BF, 216 Pharos, LHS, 211 Philadelphia, C 4, 26 Philip, DD 76, 47 Philippines, AP, 148 Phillips, SP 1389, 101 Phlox, AT, 3 Piave, NOTS, 171 Pigeon, AM 47, 113 Pike, SS 6, 56 Pilgrim, AT, 3 Pilgrim, SP 1204, 101 Pillsbury, DD 227, 51 Pine, LHS, 215 Pinola, AT 33, 197 Pinta, AT, 3 Pioneer, USCG, 208 Piqua, SP 130, 86, see Kanawha II Pirate, SP 229, 101 Piscataqua, AT, 193 Pittsburgh, CA 4, 23, see Pennsylvania Plattsburg, AP, 141 Pleiades, NOTS, 165 Plover, AM 12, 113 Plunger, SS, 56 Plunger, SS 2, 56 Plymouth, NOTS, 165 Pocahontas, AT 18, 196 Pocahontas, AP, 144 Pocomoke, SP 205, 120 Pocomoke, SP 571, 101 Poinsettia, LHS, 215 Point Bonita, NOTS, 165 Point Lobos, NOTS, 165 Polar Bear, NOTS, 161 Polar Sea, NOTS, 161 Polar Star, NOTS, 161 Polarland, NOTS, 161 Politesse, SP 662, 101 Pollux, NOTS, 182 Polly, SP 690, 101 Pollyanna, SP 1048, 101 Pomander, SP 702, 101 Pompano, SP, 101 Pompey, AC, 131 Ponce, SP 364, 101 Pontiac, SP 2343, 120 Pontiac, AT, 193 Pope, DD 225, 51 Porpoise, SS 7, 56 Porpoise, SP 4, 101 Porter, TB 6, 36 Porter, DD 59, 46 Portsmouth, sail, 3
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Postmaster General, SP 2364, 155 Potomac, AT, 193 Powhatan, frigate, 1 Powhatan, AP, 144 Powhatan, AT, 193 Prairie, XCL, 31 Preble, DD 12, 42 Preble, DD 345, 53 President Grant, AP, 144 President Lincoln, AP, 144 Preston, DD 19, 43 Preston, DD 327, 53 Pretoria, AP, 146 Princess Matoika, AP, 144 Princeton, PG 13, 70 Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, AP, 147 Privateer, SP 179, 101 Procyon, AG 11, 153 Progressive, SP 2003, 101 Prometheus, AC 2, 132 Proteus, AC 9, 133 Pruitt, DD 347, 53 Psyche V, SP 9, 101 Pueblo, CA 7, 23, see Colorado Puritan, BM 1, 17 Puritan, AP, 146 Putnam, DD 287, 52 Pyro, AE 1, 135 Quail, AM 15, 113 Quest, SP 171, 101 Quevilly, NOTS, 185 Qui Vive, SP 1004, 101 Quicksilver, SP 281, 101 Quigley, USCG, 209 Quincy, NOTS, 179 Quinnebaug, sloop, 2 Quinnebaug, CM, 112 Quiros, PG, 72 R Class, SS, 63 R.W. Wilmot, SP 604, 197 Raazoo, SP 508, 101 Raboco, SP 310, 101 Raccoon, SP 506, 101 Radford, DD 120, 48 Radnor, NOTS, 163 Raeo, SP 588, 101 Rail, AM 26, 113 Rainbow, AW, 137 Rainier, SP, 88 Raleigh, C 8, 27 Raleigh, CL 7, 31 Ramapo, AO 12, 136 Rambler, SP 211, 88 Ramsay, DD 124, 48 Randwijk, NOTS, 183 Ranger, gunboat, 3 Ranger, CC 4, 16
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Index 255 Ranger, SP 237, 89 Ranger, SP 369, 120 Ransom B. Fuller, SP, 155 Rapidan, AO 18, 136 Rapido, AT, 195 Rappahannock, NOTS, 179 Raritan, USCG, 210 Rathburne, DD 113, 48 Raven III, SP-103, 102 Raven, AM 49, 113 Rawlins, USAT, 219 Raymond, 2057, 187 Raymond J.Anderton, SP 530, 120 Ready, C&GS, 218 Redwing, AM 48, 113 Regis II, SP 1083, 101 Regulus, AK 14, 134 Rehoboth, SP 384, 115 Reid, DD 21, 43 Reid, DD 292, 52 Reina Mercedes, IX 25, 153 Relief (1902), AH, 150 Relief, AH 1, 151 Relief, SP, 102 Relief, ARS, 129 Relief, USCG, 209 Remlik, SP 157, 89 Reno, DD 303, 52 Renshaw, DD 176, 49 Repose, AH, 150, see Relief Reposo II, SP 198, 89 Rescue, AT, 3 Rescue, ARS, 129 Research (1873), C&GS, 218 Research (1901), C&GS, 218 Resolute, AP, 138 Resolute, ARS, 129 Resolute, SP 3003, 102 Resolute, SP 3218, 102 Restless, PY, 78 Reuben James, DD 245, 51 Rhebal, SP 1195, 102 Rhode Island, BB 17, 10 Richard Bulkeley, AM, 123 Richards, USCG, 209 Richmond, sloop, 2 Richmond, CL 9, 31 Richmond, SP 2221, 103 Rickwood, SP 597, 102 Riette, SP 107, 102 Rigel, AD 13, 127 Rijndam, AP, 144 Rijndijk, NOTS, 183 Rijnland, NOTS, 183 Rin Tin Tin, 187 Ringgold, DD 89, 47 Ripple, SP 2439, 116 Rivalen, SP 63, 102 Riverside, 187
Rizal, DD 174, 49 Roamer, SP 1047, 102 Roanoke, CM, 112 Robert H. McCurdy, SP 3157, 92 Robert L. Barnes, NOTS, 186 Robert M.Thompson, NOTS, 172 Robert Smith, DD 324, 53 Robin, AM 3, 113 Robinson, DD 88, 47 Rochester, CA 2, 22, see New York Rocket (1899), AT, 194 Rocket (1863), AT, 3 Rockport, gunboat, 3, see Ranger Rockport, SP 738, 80, see Ajax Rodgers, TB 4, 36 Rodgers, DD 254, 51 Rodgers, C&GS, 218 Roe, DD 24, 43 Roepat, NOTS, 183 Rogday, SP 3583, 156 Romblon, C&GS, 217 Rondo, NOTS, 183 Rondo, SP-90, 102 Rondout, 3200, 187 Roosevelt, BF, 216 Roper, DD 147, 49 Rosa, SP 757, 102 Rose (1914), LHS, 214 Rose (1873), LHS, 211 Rose Mary, SP 1216, 102 Rosecrans, USAT, 219 Rosedale, SP 3079, 188 Roselle, SP 350, 120 Rowan, TB 8, 37 Rowan, DD 64, 46 Rush, USRC, 202 Rush, SP 712, 102 Russ, SP 1151, 102 Rutoma, SP 78, 102 S Class, SS, 64 S.M. Goucher, SP 2487, 103 S.P. Lee, DD 310, 52 S.T. Co. No.2, SP 267, 121 Sabalo, SP 225, 90 Sac City, NOTS, 171 Saccarappa, NOTS, 171 Sachem, SP 192, 90 Sacramento, PG 19, 74 Sadie Ross, SP 736, 103 Saetia, NOTS, 165 Sagadahoc, NOTS, 158 Sagamore, AT 20, 196 Sagua, NOTS, 165 Saint Francis, NOTS, 165 Salem, CS 3, 30 Salinas, AO 19, 136 Salmon, SS 19, 57 Salvor, 3418, 187 Samar, PG, 73
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256 Index Samarinda, NOTS, 183 Samoa, XPG, 76 Samoset, AT 5, 195 Samoset, SP 2000, 188 Sampson, DD 63, 46 San Diego, CA 6, 23, see California San Joaquin, NOTS, 187 San Juan, SP 1352, 121 San Marcos, tgt, 7, see Texas San Francisco, C 5, 26 San Toy II, SP 996, 103 Sanda, SP, 103 Sanderling, AM 37, 113 Sandoval, PG, 73 Sandpiper, AM 51, 113 Sands, DD 243, 51 Sans Souci II, SP 301, 103 Santa Ana, AP, 149 Santa Barbara, NOTS, 165 Santa Cecilia, AP, 150 Santa Clara, NOTS, 165 Santa Elena, AP, 147 Santa Elisa, AP, 149 Santa Leonora, AP, 149 Santa Luisa, NOTS, 166 Santa Malta, AP, 150 Santa Olivia, NOTS, 165 Santa Rosa, AP, 149 Santa Rosalia, NOTS, 166 Santa Paula, NOTS, 165 Santa Teresa, AP, 149 Santee, sail, 3 Santee, SP, 92 Santiago, NOTS, 166 Sapelo, AO 11, 136 Sapphire, SP 710, 103 Sappho, SP 1427, 155 Sara Thompson, NOTS, 186 Saranac, CM, 112 Saratoga, sail, 3 Saratoga, CA 2, 22, see New York Saratoga, CC 3, 16 Satellite, SP 1012, 103 Satilla, SP 687, 90 Satsuma, NOTS, 166 Satterlee, DD 190, 50 Saturn, AC, 131 Saugus, BM, 1 Saukee, USCG, 210 Savannah, AS 8, 126 Saxis, SP 615, 103 Sayona II, SP 1109, 103 Sayonara II, SP 587, 103 SC, SC, 109 Scally, USCG, 209 Scandinavia, SP 3363, 103 Scarpe, SP 713, 104 Schenck, DD 159, 49 Schley, DD 103, 48
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Sherman, NOTS, 166 Shirin, SP 915, 104 Shirk, DD 318, 52 Shoshone, AP, 148 Shrewsbury, SP 70, 104 Shrike, AM 50, 113 Shrimp, SP 645, 104 Shrub, LHS, 214 Shubrick, TB 31, 39 Shubrick, DD 268, 52 Shubrick, LHS, 211 Shur, SP 782, 104 Shuttle, SP 3572, 104 Sialia, SP 543, 90 Siam Duffy, AM, 123 Siboney, AP, 143 Sicard, DD 346, 53 Sierra, AP, 144 Sigourney, DD 81, 47 Silliman, C&GS, 218 Simplicity, SP 96, 104 Simpson, DD 221, 51 Sinclair, DD 275, 52 Sioux, NOTS, 172 Sioux, AT, 194 Siren, PY, 79 Sirius, AK 15, 134 Sister, SP 822, 104 Siwash, SP 12, 104 Sixaola, NOTS, 159 Skink, SP 605, 104 Sloat, DD 316, 52 Smith, DD 17, 43 Smith (1884), USRC, 203 Smith (1919), USCG, 209 Smith Thompson, DD 212, 50 Snapper, SP 2714, 104 Snapper, SS 16, 57 Snark, SP 1291, 104 Snohomish, USRC, 205 Snowdrop, LHS, 215 Soestdijk, NOTS, 182 Sol Navis, AP, 149 Solace, AH 2, 150 Solitaire, NOTS, 187 Somers, TB 22, 39 Somers, DD 301, 52 Somerset, SP 2162, 104 Sonoma, AT 12, 196 Sotoyomo, AT 9, 195 South Bend, AP, 149 South Carolina, BB 26, 12 South Dakota, CA 9, 22 South Dakota, BB 49, 16 South Pole, NOTS, 161 Southard, DD 207, 50 Southery, AC, 132 Southport, SP, 151 Sovereign, SP 170, 90
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Index 257 Sussex, SP 685, 104 Suwanee, AP, 148 Suzanne, SP 510, 90 Swallow, AM 4, 113 Swan, AM 34, 113 Swan, SP 1437, 104 Swasey, DD 273, 52 Swatara, sloop, 2 Swift, USCG, 208 Sybilla III, SP 104, 90 Sylph, PY, 79 Sylvan Arrow, NOTS, 184 Sylvia, PY, 79 Sylvia, SP-471, 102 T Class, SS, 62, see AA Class T.A.M. Craven, TB 10, 37 Tacoma, C 18, 29 Tacony, SP 5, 104 Tadousac, AT 22, 196 Tahoma, USRC, 206 Takana, SP 3039, 104 Takana, USCG, 208 Takoma, AT, 194 Taku, C&GS, 218 Talbot, TB 15, 38 Talbot, DD 114, 48 Tallahassee, BM 9, 19, see Florida Tallapoosa, gunboat, 3 Tallapoosa, USCG, 206 Talley, USCG, 209 Talofa, SP 1016, 104 Tamarack, SP 561, 104 Tamaroa, USCG, 210 Tampa, USRC, 206, see Miami Tanager, AM 5, 113 Tanamo, NOTS, 165 Tangier, SP 469, 104 Tanginak, SP 1482, 121 Tango, SP 1712, 104 Tanguingui, SP 126, 104 Taniwha, SP 129, 90 Tarantula, SS 12, 57 Tarantula, SP 124, 90 Tarbell, DD 142, 49 Tarpon, SS 14, 57 Tasco, SP 502, 122 Tatnuck, AT 27, 196 Tattnall, DD 125, 48 Tavernilla, Panama, 219 Taylor, DD 94, 48 Taylor, USCG, 209 Teal, AM 23, 113 Teaser, SP 933, 105 Tech Jr., SP 1761, 105 Tech III, SP 1055, 105 Tecumseh, AT, 194 Tenadores, AP, 140 Tennessee, frigate, 1
Tennessee, CA 10, 23 Tennessee, BB 43, 15 Teresa, NOTS, 181 Tern, AM 31, 113 Tern, SP 871, 105 Ternate, NOTS, 183 Terrier, SP 960, 105 Terror, BM, 4 Terry, DD 25, 43 Terry, USAT, 219 Texan, NOTS, 166 Texas (1890), BB, 7 Texas, BB 35, 13 Thatcher, DD 162, 49 Theodore Roosevelt, AP, 146 Thetis, SP 391, 91 Thetis, USRC, 204 Thistle, SP 1058, 105 Thistle, LHS, 215 Thomas, DD 182, 49 Thomas, USAT, 220 Thomas Blackhorne, AM, 123 Thomas Buckley, AM, 123 Thomas Graham, AM, 124 Thomas Henrix, AM, 124 Thomas Laundry, AM, 123 Thompson, DD 305, 52 Thornton, TB 33, 39 Thornton, DD 270, 52 Thrush, AM 18, 113 Ticonderoga, sloop, 2 Ticonderoga, NOTS, 180 Tide, SP 953, 116 Tiger, NOTS, 165 Tigress, SP, 105 Tillamook, SP-269, 102 Tillamook, AT 16, 196 Tillman, DD 135, 49 Tingard, USCG, 209 Tingey, TB 34, 39 Tingey, DD 272, 52 Tinicum, SP 1113, 155 Tioga, USCG, 207 Tippecanoe, AO 21, 137 Tivives, NOTS, 159 Tjikembang, NOTS, 183 Tjisondari, NOTS, 183 Toad, SP, 105 Tocsam, SP, 105 Tommy Traddles, SP, 105 Tonopah, BM 8, 18, see Nevada Topeka, PG, 71 Topila, NOTS, 186 Toucey, DD 282, 52 Toxaway, SP 743, 105 Tracy, DD 214, 50 Traffic, AT, 195 Tramp, SP 646, 105 Transfer, AT, 195
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258 Index Transit, C&GS, 218 Traveler, SP 122, 105 Trenton, frigate, 1 Trenton, CL 11, 31 Trever, DD 339, 53 Triana, AT, 3 Trilby, SP 673, 105 Trinity, AO 13, 136 Trippe, DD 33, 44 Triton, SP 3312, 105 Triune, SP 1636, 105 Troy, AP, 150 Truxtun, DD 14, 43 Truxtun, DD 229, 51 Tucker, DD 57, 46 Tudno, SP, 189 Tulip, LHS, 214 Tulsa, PG 22, 74 Tuna, SP 664, 105 Turkey, AM 13, 113 Turner, DD 259, 51 Tuscarora, USRC, 204 Twiggs, DD 127, 48 Two Myrtles, LHS, 215 Tybee, USRC, 207 Umpqua, AT 25, 196 Unadilla, AT 4, 195 Unalga, USRC, 206 Uncas, AT, 194 Uncas, SP-689, 103 Undaunted, SP 1950, 116 United States, CC 6, 16 Upshur, DD 144, 49 Urdaneta, PG, 73 Utah, BB 31, 13 Utowana, SP 951, 122
Vestal, AC 1, 132 Vester, SP 686, 122 Vesuvius, Cruiser, 75 Vicksburg, PG 11, 70 Victor, SP 1995, 105 Victorious, NOTS, 160 Vidette, USCG, 208 Vidofner, SP 402, 105 Vigilant, AT, 194 Vigilant, SP-406, 102 Vigilant, USRC, 208 Viking, PY, 79 Viking, SP 3314, 105 Villalobos, PG, 72 Vincent, SP 3246, 105 Violet, LHS, 211 Viper, SS 10, 57 Vireo, AM 52, 113 Virginia, BB 13, 10 Virginia, SP-274, 102 Virginia, SP-746, 103 Virginia, SP-1965, 103 Virginian, SP, 197 Virginian, AP, 150 Vision, SP-744, 103 Vision, SP 1114, 105 Visitor, SP 2266, 105 Vitesse, SP 1192, 105 Vittorio Emanuele III, NOTS, 170 Vivace, SP 583, 91 Vixen, PY, 80 Volunteer, NOTS, 159 Von Steuben, AP, 145 Voyager, SP 361, 105 Voyager, USCG, 209 Vulcan, AR, 128 Vulcan, AC 5, 132
Valeda, SP 592, 105 Valiant, USCG, 208 Valiant, SP 535, 105 Vandalia, sloop, 2 Vanderbilt, USRC, 202 Vaud J, SP 3361, 105 Vaughan, USCG, 209 Vedette, Panama, 219 Vedette, SP 163, 91 Veendijk, NOTS, 183 Vega, AK 17, 134 Velocipede, SP 1258, 105 Vencedor, SP 669, 105 Venetia, SP 431, 91 Venture, SP 616, 105 Verbena, LHS, 211 Verdi, SP 979, 105 Vergana, SP 519, 91 Vermont, sail, 3 Vermont, BB 20, 11 Verna & Esther, SP 1187, 105
W.F. Babcock, NOTS, 187 W.F. Marty, SP 1145, 105 W.L. Messick, SP 322, 122 W.L. Steed, NOTS, 186 W.T. James, SP 429, 122 Waban, AT, 194 Wabash, frigate, 2 Wabash, NOTS, 180 Wachusett, sloop, 2 Wachusett, NOTS, 180 Wachusetts, SP 548, 102 Wacondah, SP 238, 91 Wadena, SP 158, 91 Wadsworth, DD 60, 46 Wahneta, AT 1, 195 Wainwright, DD 62, 46 Wakiva, SP 160, 91 Wakulla, NOTS, 168 Walke, DD 34, 44 Walker, DD 163, 49 Walter A. Luckenbach, NOTS, 166
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Index 259 Widgeon, AM 22, 113 Wieldrecht, NOTS, 186 Wilbert A. Edwards, SP 315, 122 Wild Cat, SP 879, 106 Wild Goose, SP 562, 106 Wild Goose II, SP-891, 103 Wilhelmina, AP, 145 Wilkes, TB 35, 39 Wilkes, DD 67, 46 Willet, AM 54, 113 William A.McKenney, NOTS, 161 William Ashton, AM, 124 William B. Preston, DD 344, 53 William Caldwell, AM, 123 William Darnold, AM, 123 William F. Green, SP 3064, 156 William F. McCauley, SP 2360, 197 William Isom, NOTS, 185 William Johnson, AM, 123 William Jones, DD 308, 52 William N. Page, NOTS, 161 William Rockefeller, NOTS, 186 Williams, DD 108, 48 Williams’18, SP-498, 102 Williamson, DD 244, 51 Willlimantic, NOTS, 170 Willoughby, SP 2129, 155 Wilmette, XPG, 76 Wilmington, PG 8, 69 Wilrose II, SP 195, 106 Winchester, SP 156, 92 Winding Gulf, NOTS, 161 Windom, USRC, 203 Winfield S. Cahill, SP 493, 122 Winifred, NOTS, 186 Winnebago, NOTS, 168 Winnisimmet, USRC, 207 Winona, USRC, 203 Winslow, TB 5, 36 Winslow, DD 53, 45 Winterswijk, NOTS, 184 Winthrop, SP 3297, 106 Wisconsin, BB 9, 9 Wissahickon, SP 852, 89 Wissahickon, USRC, 207 Wissoe II, SP 153, 106 Wistaria, LHS, 211 Wiwoka, SP 250, 106 Wolcott, USRC, 202 Wolverine, frigate, 1, see Michigan Wompatuck, AT, 195 Wood, DD 317, 52 Woodbine, LHS, 215 Woodbury, USRC, 202 Woodbury, DD 309, 52 Woodcock, AM 14, 113 Woolsey, DD 77, 47
Worden, DD 16, 43 Worden, DD 288, 52 Wright, AZ 1, 129 Wright, USAT, 220 Wyandance, SP 359, 106 Wyandotte, BM, 1 Wyoming, sloop, 2 Wyoming, BM 10, 18 Wyoming, BB 32, 13 Xarifa, SP 581, 92 Yacona, SP 617, 92 Yale, AP, 145 Yale, XCL, 33 Yamacraw, USRC, 206 Yank, SP 908, 106 Yankee, XCL, 31 Yankton, PY, 80 Yantic, gunboat, 3 Yarborough, DD 314, 52 Yard No.210, SP 907, 103 Yarnall, DD 143, 49 Yarrow, SP 1010, 106 Yellowstone, NOTS, 162 Yo-Ho, SP 463, 106 Yocona, USCG, 206 York, USCG, 209 Yorktown, PG 1, 67 Yosemite, XCL, 31 Yosemite, AS, 125 Young, DD 312, 52 Yukon (1873), C&GS, 218 Yukon (1898), C&GS, 218 Yukon, AF 9, 135 Yuma, YT 37, 197, see Asher J.Hudson Zaanland, NOTS, 183 Zaca, NOTS, 170 Zafiro, AK, 134 Zane, DD 337, 53 Zara, SP 133, 92 Zeelandia, AP, 145 Zeilin, DD 313, 52 Zenda, SP 688, 106 Zenith, SP 61, 106 Zeppelin, AP, 147 Zigzag, SP 106, 106 Zillah, SP 2804, 106 Zipalong, SP 3, 106 Zirkel, NOTS, 170 Zizania, LHS, 212 Zoraya, SP 235, 92 Zuiderdijk, NOTS, 184 Zumbrota, SP 93, 106
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