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USS Abarenda (AG-14)
ex
 USS Abarenda (AC-13) (1920 - 1924)
USS Abarenda (Collier #13) (1898 - 1920)

International Radio Call Sign, 1919:
Nan - Oboe - Boy
 NOB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Spanish Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Asiatic Clasp)
  • Laid down in 1892 by Edwards Shipbuilding Co., Newcastle England
  • Completed in 1892 for J.Graham & Co.
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 5 May 1898
  • Commissioned USS Abarenda (Collier No. 13), at New York Navy Yard, 20 May 1898, LCDR. Marcus B. Buford, USN in command
  • Decommissioned at Norfolk Navy Yard, 4 September 1902
  • Recommissioned, at Norfolk, VA., 3 November 1903, LCDR. John Lewis Purcell, USN in command
  • Decommissioned, 21 February 1905, and placed in service as a Naval Auxiliary, civilian crew, Master James W. Holmes, Naval Auxiliary Service, in command
  • Recommissioned, 27 May 1917, LCDR. Harry M. Bostwick, USNRF
  • Assigned the designator USS Abarenda (AC-13), 17 July 1920
  • Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary USS Abarenda (AG-14), 1 July 1924
  • Decommissioned at Cavite Navy Yard, P.I., 21 January 1926, and struck from the Naval Register
  • Sold 28 February 1926 at Cavite to Madrigal & Co , Philippines and renamed SS Antonio
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in July 1934 and broken up in the Philippines
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,680 t.
    Length 325' 6"
    Beam 42'
    Draft 22' 10"
    Speed 9 kts.
    Complement 69
    Armament four 3-pdrs
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Abarenda 88k Abarenda fitting out for war service at New York Navy Yard in May 1898.
    US Army Signal Corps photo # 111-SC-5881 now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Abarenda 130k Stern view of Abarenda fitting out for Naval service as a collier at New York Navy Yard in May 1898.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command., Photo # NH 57708, courtesy Shipscribe.    		 Mike Green
    Abarenda
    09021307    		 92k Spanish prisoners on board USS Abarenda at Guantanamo, June 14, 1898.
    U.S. Library of Congress Control Number 2016804839, Edward H. Hart, photographer, Detroit Publishing Co.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Abarenda 115k USS Abarenda (Collier #13) anchored at Hampton Roads, 2 May 1907.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 75645.    		 Mike Green
    Abarenda
    09021303    		 125k USS Abarenda (Collier #13) anchored off Goat Island, Pago Pago harbor, American Samoa. Abarenda was station ship here between 1899 and 1902. Don Scott YNCS USN Ret. via Russ Padden
    Abarenda
    09021306    		 195k USS Abarenda (Collier #13) anchored at Pago Pago, Samoa, circa 1899. Note Mt. Peiva in the background.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command, Catalog No. NH 57707    		 Mike Green
    Abarenda 79k USS Abarenda (Collier #13) alongside USS Kansas (Battleship #21) at Gibraltar, circa late January or early February 1909. The original image is printed on postcard stock.
    US Navy photo # NH 106167 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.    		 Robert Hurst
    Mars 358k USS Abarenda (Collier #13) and USS Mars (Fuel Ship #6) moored skin to skin at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 11 November 1913.
    US National Archives Identifier: 52556587    		 Mike Mohl
    USS Abarenda (AC-13 / AG-14)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Buford, Marcus Bainbridge, USN (USNA 1865)20 May 1898 - 10 October 1898Collier No. 13
    02CDR. Moore, William Irwin, USN (USNA 1866)10 October 1898 - 9 March 1899Collier No. 13
    03CDR. Tilly, Benjamin Franklin, USN (USNA 1867)9 March 1899 - 27 November 1901Collier No. 13
    04LCDR. Sebree, Uriel, USN (USNA 1867)27 November 1901 - 24 December 1901Collier No. 13
    05CDR. Kimball, William Wirt, USN (USNA 1869)24 December 1901 - 4 September 1902Collier No. 13
     Decommissioned - In Service4 September 1902 - 3 November 1903 
    06LCDR. Purcell, John Lewis, USN (USNA 1879)3 November 1903 - 21 February 1905Collier No. 13
    07MASTER, Holmes, James W. (Naval Auxiliary Service)21 February 1905 - 26 April 1905Merchant Fleet
    08MASTER, Myddleton, H. S. (Naval Auxiliary Service)26 April 1905 - 4 January 1906Merchant Fleet
    09MASTER Scrivener, J. R. (Naval Auxiliary Service)4 January 1906 - 10 January 1907Collier No. 13
    10MASTER Worley, George William (Naval Auxiliary Service)10 January 1907 - 1 December 1907Collier No. 13
    11MASTER Rodgers, Joseph Thomas (Naval Auxiliary Service)1 December 1907 - 14 May 1908Collier No. 13
    12MASTER Fincke, William C. (Naval Auxiliary Service)14 May 1908 - 27 May 1910Collier No. 13
    13MASTER Eisler, William L. (Naval Auxiliary Service)27 May 1910 - 5 January 1913Collier No. 13
    14MASTER Keene, Edward Victor William (Naval Auxiliary Service)5 January 1913 - 1915Collier No. 13
    15MASTER Jones, Edward Coffey (Naval Auxiliary Service)1915 - 1 September 1916Collier No. 13
     Out of Service1 September 1916 - 27 May 1917 
    16LCDR. Bostwick, Harry Martin USNRF27 May 1917 - 1 May 1919Collier No. 13
    17LCDR. Arnold, Horace Allen, USNRF1 May 1919 - 10 May 1922AC-13
    18CDR. Theobald, Robert Alfred (Fuzzy), USN (USNA 1907) :RADM 10 May 1922 - 21 November 1922AC-13
    19CDR. Armstrong, Eldred Bewes, USN (USNA 1906)21 November 1922 - 24 January 1924AC-13
    20LCDR. Davis, Garrett Keene, USN (USNA 1906)24 January 1924 - 1 March 1925AC-13 / AG-14
    21LT. Calhoun, Walter Carson, USN (USNA 1917)1 March 1925 - 20 April 1925AG-14
    22CDR. James, Anthony John, USN (USNA 1905)20 April 1925 - 29 July 1925AG-14
    23LCDR. Gates Jr., Herbert Grenville, USN (USNA 1912)29 July 1925 - 7 August 1925AG-14
    24CDR. Kelly, Herndon Browning, USN (USNA 1906)7 August 1925 - 23 December 1925AG-14
    25LT. Staud, Benjamin Franklin, USN (USNA 1917) 23 December 1925 - 5 January 1926AG-14
    26CDR. Loomis, Sam Colby, USN (USNA 1903)5 January 1926 - 21 January 1926AG-14
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
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