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USS Quincy (AK-10)

1921-International Radio Call Sign:
Nan - George - Quack
NGQ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal (with bronze star in lieu of Transport clasp)

Collier / Cargo Ship:

Built in 1909 as the collier SS Vogesen, at William Doxford and Sons, Sunderland, England

Seized in 1917 by US Customs at Pensacola, FL.

Acquired by the US Navy Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS), 8 May 1917

Commissioned USS Quincy, 2 February 1918, at New Orleans, LA., LCDR. John C. K. Redington, USNRF, in command

Designated AK-10, 17 July 1920

Laid up from August 1920 until May 1921 at Norfolk

Decommissioned, 5 June 1922, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold, 25 September 1922, to the Navigation Steamship Co.

Sold to North American Steamship Co., date unknow

Sold in 1936 renamed SS Burgeo Star

Sold in 1937 to Chinese interests, renamed SS Haida, reflagged China

Final Disposition, Likely torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Haida was declared missing after sailing from Seattle for Hong Kong, 24 October 1937

Specifications:
Displacement 6,500 t.
Length 367'
Beam 51'
Draft 21' 4"
Speed 11 kts.
Complement 100

Armament

one 3"/50 gun mount

two machine gunes

Propulsion

two single ended boilers

one 2,500hp vertical triple expansion steam engine

single propeller shaft

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Quincy (AK-10)
	94k	*USS Quincy* (AK-10)** moored at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. 11 March 1921. Photographed by Crosby, "Naval Photographer", 324 First Street, Portsmouth, VA. US Navy photo # NH 105183 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, 1970.	US Naval Historical Center
	164k	*USS Quincy* (AK-10)** looking forward, circa May 1921 when the ship was reactivated. US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 71563, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
Merchant Service
	89k	Artist rendition of the North American Steamship Co. freighter SS Quincy under way.	Alan Crockwell
	165k	North American Steamship freighter SS Quincy under way in the Great Lakes, circa 1920s. *Quincy* was principally employed in the coal trade on the Great Lakes.	Alan Crockwell
	222k	SS Quincy iced over during winter in the Great Lakes, circa 1920s.	Alan Crockwell
	152k	SS Quincy crew attempting to de-ice the ship during winter in the Great Lakes, circa 1920s.	Alan Crockwell
	114k	SS Quincy approaching a coal pier, circa 1920s	Alan Crockwell
	127k	SS Quincy with the tug *Walter C. Ross* alongside on the Great Lakes, circa 1920s.	Alan Crockwell
	177k	SS Quincy crew working on deck, circa 1920s.	Alan Crockwell
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	145k	SS Quincy possibly the Captain, circa 1920s.	Alan Crockwell
	149k	George W. Crockwell, father of Alan Crockwell and son of the ship owner George A. Crockwell, spent his summers working aboard SS Quincy, circa 1920s	Alan Crockwell
	275k	SS Haida, unloading a cargo of coal, circa 1930s, location unknown	Alan Crockwell