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Scipio

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Spanish Campaign Medal

Screw Steamer (Collier):

Laid down, 18 August 1879, by William Denny & Bros., Dumbarton, Scotland, as the iron steamship, Ravenna for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co,

Launched, 12 March 1880

Sold to the US Navy, 5 May 1898

Converted for service as a naval collier at New York Navy Yard, renamed Scipio

Found to be in poor material condition, placed in ordinary, 23 May 1898

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 June 1899

Sold, 28 December 1899, to Ludwig Rubelli of Philadelphia, Pa., for mercantile service

Transferred to Italian registry in 1900

Final Disposition, destroyed by fire, 3 January 1902, while underway from Cartagena, Spain

Specifications:
Displacement 3,458 t.(lt) 9,864 t. (fl)
Length 383'
Beam 40'
Draft 23'"
Depth of Hold 25' 9" (mean)
Speed 14.5 kts
Complement unknown
Cargo Capacity unknown
Armament unknown

Propulsion

two coal fired boilers

one triple expansion vertical compound inverted steam engine

single propeller, 3,000 shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	120k	*Scipio* moored at New York Navy Yard, 25 May 1898. US National Archives, RG-19-N box 57. Photo # 19-N-15019 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Mike Green

Scipio
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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