USS Supply (1873)
USS Supply (formerly the SS Illinois) in dock, probably taken just after the ship's recommission in August 1902.
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| History | |
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| Name: | USS Supply |
| Builder: | William Cramp & Sons |
| Cost: | $520,000 |
| Launched: | 15 August 1872 |
| Maiden voyage: | 23 January 1874 |
| Refit: | 1891 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1928 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Auxiliary |
| Tonnage: | 3,104 gross |
| Displacement: | 4,325 |
| Length: | 355 ft 8 in |
| Beam: | 43 ft 4 in |
| Draught: | 19 ft 5 in |
| Depth of hold: | 32 ft 2 in |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion steam engine, single screw, auxiliary sails |
| Speed: | 9.5 knots |
| Complement: | 128 |
| Armament: | 6 × 6-pdr. R.F., 4 × 1-pdr. E.F. |
USS Supply, ex-Illinois, was a schooner-rigged iron steamer built in 1873 by William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia. Illinois was purchased by the Navy Department from the International Navigation Company on 30 April 1898 for $325,000.00 and commissioned as Supply, Lt. Comdr. R. R. Ingersoll in command.
Supply was used as the supply ship for the fleet in Cuban waters during the Spanish–American War. The ship was decommissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 28 April 1899. She was refitted after the war, with better living quarters, and recommissioned on 1 August 1902.
After recommissioning, Supply was ordered to duty on the Asiatic Station. She operated as the supply ship for the Asiatic Fleet and as Station Ship at Guam for many years. In 1904, she transported Governor of Guam William Elbridge Sewell back to the United States when he fell deathly ill. The ship was overhauled at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in July 1912 and again from November 1915 to March 1916.
Supply put to sea on 19 March 1916 and after embarking passengers at San Francisco for passage to Guam, sailed on the 29th. She called at Honolulu, T.H., in early April and arrived at Apra Harbor on 25 April. This was her home port while serving as a stores ship for the Asiatic Station. From 22 October to 7 December 1916, she cruised to the Philippine Islands, China, and Japan. In January 1917 the ship was overhauled at Olongapo, Philippines, and returned to Guam on 27 March.
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