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USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) (AC-12)
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Jason was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece featured in Greek literature. He was the son of
Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcos. He was married to the sorceress Medea. He was also the great-grandson of the messenger god Hermes, through his mother's side.
Jason bringing Pelias the Golden Fleece; a winged victory prepares to crown him with a wreath. Side A from an Apulian red-figure calyx crater., circa 340 and circa 330 BC,
Louvre Museum, Paris, France. |
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Jason (Fuel Ship #12) afloat just after launching, at Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Baltimore, MD., 16 November 1912.
Tugs are en route to take her to the fitting out berth.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 52193, donation of Mrs. William E. Votruba, 1990 |
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USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) underway soon after being completed, circa mid-1913.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 52193. |
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USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo |
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USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) alongside Pier B at the Key West Naval Station, FL., 1 October 1913. The motor boat
Lilla is among the small craft in the foreground. Note the elaborate coal handling gear on this pier.
Wright Langley Collection. Image from Flickr courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries photo # MM00038268x. and
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 52194. |
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USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) underway, 14 November 1914, location unknown.
Library of Congress, LC-B2- 3291-3 |
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USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) (the Christmas Ship). Jason arrives at Falmouth, England in November 1914 with a
cargo of coal for the armored cruisers USS Tennessee and USS North Carolina and Christmas for the children of Europe. The presents were collected from all parts of the United States through the instrumentally of about 150 dally newspaper.
US Navy photo from the "Army and Navy Register", January 2, 1915" Vol. LVII No. 1798. |
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A halftone image of USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) taken prior to World War I, circa 1913-1917.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 79486, from the United States Navy Illustrated, published in New York, 1917. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
US National Archives Photo # 19-N-1809 |
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USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) at New York Navy Yard, 10 May 1918,
loading aviation material for transportation to Inverness, Scotland. On deck are eight seaplane barges (YV), one on each coal hatch, and probably aircraft
crates secured to the after superstructure. The coal holds are presumably full of additional aviation gear. The Navy's large colliers were often used to carry
oversized or priority general cargoes to Europe during World War I. Note the 4"/50 gun on her forecastle.
US National Archives, RG-19-N box 9. Photo #'s 19-N-1809, ex 7-21-19 and NH 19-N-1805, ex 7-21-15 US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives,
courtesy Shipscribe.com.. |
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US National Archives Photo # 19-N-1805 |
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USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) under way probably in the Adriatic Sea, circa 1919.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 390 courtesy R.E. Wayne. |
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USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) partial crew photo, date and location unknown. |
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USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) underway in the Panama Canal, May 1920.
Post card image dated May 1920 |
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USS Jason (AC-12) moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, TH., with a deckload of Douglas DT-2 aircraft (of Torpedo Squadron Two),
18 July 1923.
Note the radio towers in the background.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 52195. |
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USS Jason (AC-12) with a Martin SC-2 aircraft (of Torpedo Squadron Four) on deck, during the middle or later 1920s. Note the
aviation star insignia on USS Jason's bow.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 52197. |
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USS Jason (AC-12) moored pierside, location unknown, circa 1920s. Note the naval aviation symbol painted on her bow.
US Navy photo |
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USS Jason (AC-12) entering Gatun Lock, Panama Canal, with a deck load of seaplane barges, during the early 1920s. The barges
are (from the front) YV-21, YV-23 and YV-24.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 78281, courtesy Donald M. McPherson, 1973. |
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Aerial view of USS Jason (AC-12) and the empty USS Dewey
(YFD-1) Drydock in the harbor of Olongapo Naval Station in the
Philippines, 23 October 1928.
US National Archives photo from group 19-LC-19C cataloged under National Archives Identifier (NAID) 512913. |
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USS Jason (AC-12) or USS Orion (AC-11) at a Caribbean area base, probably the Coco Solo Submarine Base, Panama
Canal Zone, circa the mid-1920s. USS O-2 (SS-63) is at right.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 100770, courtesy Paul H. Silverstone, 1986. |
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USS Jason (AC-12) at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1924. Several submarines are in the foreground, including from (left to right):
USS S-19 (SS-124);
USS O-9 (SS-70);
USS R-26 (SS-103) ---probably -- and
USS O-2 (SS-63).
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 102780, courtesy of Chief Boatswain's Mate George Behrens, USN, (Retired), 1974. |
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USS Jason (AC-12) Photo and caption from "The Evening Star. Washington, D.C. Monday, December 6, 1920"
"NAVAL SHIP ENCOUNTERS SOME ROUGH GOING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. An unusual marine photo, showing the USS Jason, one of the Navy's
fuel ships, tilting at a sharp angle as she rides over a huge wave on a stormy day in the Pacific."
Photo © Underwood & Underwood |
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USS Jason (AV-2)
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USS Jason (AV-2)'s well deck, port side looking forward, in Far Eastern waters, circa 1931-1932. Planes on deck are Martin
T4M-1s of Torpedo Squadron Five.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 94175, collection of Lieutenant Oscar W. Levy, USN (Supply Corps), (Retired). |
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USS Jason is off in the left distance as a Vought O2U-3 or O2U-4 Corsair float plane of Scouting Squadron Eleven
is catapulted from USS Houston (CA-30), in Far Eastern waters, circa 1931-1932.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 94188, collection of Lieutenant Oscar W. Levy, USN (Supply Corps), (Retired). |
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USS Jason (AV-2) in Far Eastern waters, circa 1931-1932. She has two Martin T4M-1s of Torpedo Squadron Five on board.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 94178, collection of LT. Oscar W. Levy, USN (SC), (Ret.). |
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A Vought O2U "Corsair" float plane flies over the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands, circa 1930. The seaplane tender
USS Jason (AV-2) is docked at the yard, directly below the plane. Sangley Point Naval Radio Station is in the background.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 52196. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Jason (AV-2) in USS Dewey (YFD-1) Drydock, at
Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 8 March 1932.
US National Archives photo # 80-CF-22672-3 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Jason (AV-2) in
USS Dewey (YFD-1) Drydock, at Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 9 March 1932.
USS Canopus (AS-9) is in the upper right, with four submarines moored alongside. The
outboard submarine is USS S-38 (SS-143).
US National Archives photo # 80-CF-22672-1 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Jason (AV-2) coaling from barge YC-479 (or YC-473 ?) at Pearl Harbor, H.T., 2 May 1932,
just before she made her final voyage to the U.S. West Coast. Several Martin T4M-1 torpedo planes are on her deck, amidships.
US National Archive photo # 80-G-179334 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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Identifiable ships in this photo possibly at Puget Sound circa 1933 are, from left to
right: U.S. Crane Ship No. 1, ex-USS Kearsarge
(BB-5); seaplane tender USS Jason (AV-2); one of the Colorado-class battleships, possibly USS West
Virginia (BB-48), in the dry dock; and a Pennsylvania-class
battleship along the pier. The aircraft carrier in the photo is USS Saratoga (CV-3).
Note the "SARA" on the flight deck aft. |
US Navy photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels.
Photo and partial text courtesy of Chris
Hoehn and David C. Nilsen |
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USS Jason (AV-2) laid up in the Pacific Reserve Force in nest of auxiliaries at Bremerton, WA., 7 August 1935.
From left to right;
USS Jason (AV-2),
USS Patoka (AO-9),
USS Pyro (AE-1) and
USS Aroostook (CM-3).
Tacoma Public Library Richards set, 12827. Used for non-commercial and educational purpose. |
John Chiquione |
Merchant Service
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Ex-USS Jason (AV-2) in merchant service as SS Jason photographed, 26 May 1943 by a blimp based at
NAS Weeksville, N.C, after her conversion to a commercial bulk carrier. Her naval coaling gear has been replaced with a modern self-loader, but the overall
layout of the Navy collier remains, including the bridge forward and twin smokestacks.
US National Archives, RG-80-G, Photo # 80-G-68138, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USAAF recognition slide of SS Jason, circa 1942. |
David Wright |
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SS Jason, underway, 14 March 1943, location unknown.
U.S. Coast Guard photo. |
U.S. Maritime Administration |
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SS Jason berthed in a crowded Todd Shipyard, Hoboken N.J., 22 May 1945. (Jason is third from the bottom.)
US National Archives and Records Administration Catalog # 80-G332743 From Shipscribe, in the NA Cochrane late-war aerial shipyard group. |
John Chiquione |
