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Water Barge No. 1

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Spanish Campaign Medal

Steel-hulled Water Barge:

Built by American Steel Barge Co. Superior, WI

Delivered to Standard Oil Co. as schooner barge S.O. Co. No. 55 (ON 116493), August 1891

Purchased by US Navy Bureau of Equipment at New York City for $25,000, 25 May 1898

Designated Water Barge No. 1

Allocated to Key West from 1898 to 1907

Reassigned to Pensacola 1908 to ???

Reassigned to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from at least 1914

Sank at moorings, Guantanamo Bay, January 1917

Final Disposition, presume raised and scrapped

Specifications:
Displacement 323 gross tons
Length 125' 0"
Beam 30' 4"
Draft 10' 0"
Cargo Capacity unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion none

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
141700101	84k	*S.O. Co. No. 55* as completed Bowling Green State University Historic Collections of the Great Lakes, photo 004603		Naval History & Heritage Command

There is no DANFS history record for Water Barge No. 1 available at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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