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USS Marcellus

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Spanish Campaign Medal

Screw Steamer (Collier):

Built in 1878-79 as the iron schooner-rigged collier SS Mercedes by Mounsey and Foster, South Dock Sunderland, England

Launched, 5 April 1879

Delivered to the British shipping firm Adamson & Ronaldson

Sold in September 1881 to Dutch Stoomvaart Maatschappij Insulinde, renamed SS C. Fellinger

Sold in 1886 to A. Kirsten's Hamburg Pacific Dampfschiffs Linie, renamed SS Titania

Resold in 1898 to DDG Kosmos, renamed SS Marcellus

Acquired by the Navy from William Lamb 13 June 1898

Commissioned, USS Marcellus, 28 September 1898, at Boston, MA., LCDR. J. H. Winslow in command

During the Spanish American War Marcellus carried coal and supplies to American forces at Havana, Cuba

Decommissioned, 10 March 1899, at New York

Recommissioned 7 January 1900, she operated for 5 months along the Atlantic coast, carrying coal to Norfolk

Decommissioned 11 June 1900

Recommissioned 25 November 1902

Decommissioning, 2 March 1904 at Norfolk

Recommissioned 2 August 1909, to serve both as a collier and as a training ship for deck and engineering personnel

Decommissioned, 24 January 1908, at Portsmouth, N.H.

Recommissioned 2 April 1909 with a merchant complement

Sunk in collision, 9 August 1909 with SS Rosario Di Giorgio 60 miles off Cape Hatteras, N.C.

Struck from the Navy Register 22 September 1910

Specifications:
Displacement 1, 960 t.(lt) 4,315 t.(fl)
Length 295' 3"
Beam 35' 1"
Draft 21' 3"
Speed 11 kts.
Complement 68
Cargo Capacity 2,355 DWT

Armament

two 6-pdrs

Propulsion

two coal fired boilers

one triple expansion vertical compound steam engine

single propeller, 1,200shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
09029803	93k	*Namesake* Marcus Claudius Marcellus (nephew of Augustus), marble from Paros, 25-20 BC. JC. Rome, collection of the Sorgente Group Foundation. During the exhibition Moi, Auguste, Empereur de Rome, March 19, 2014 - July 13, 2014, Grand Palais, Paris. Marcellus - Marcus Claudius Marcellus (42 – 23 BC) was the eldest son of Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor and Octavia Minor, sister of Augustus (then known as Octavius). He was Augustus' nephew and closest male relative, and began to enjoy an accelerated political career as a result. (Wikipedia)	Tommy Trampp
	160k	USS Marcellus officers at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 18 November 1898. The commanding officer, LCDR. J. H. Winslow, is seated front row second from left, holding the dog, to his left is LT. R.S. Talbot. US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 64843	US Navy History and Heritage Command
	126k	USS Marcellus at anchor in Hampton Roads, VA., 2 May 1907 during the Jamestown Exposition International Naval Review. US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 46639, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
09029804	75k	The cruiser *USS New York* (ACR-2)** coaling at sea from the collier USS Marcellus, 5 November 1899. Note, while the picture clearly shows it is the *New York, the article associated with the article specifically mentions the Battleship Massachusetts* as the warship used in the experiment, making no mention of the *New York* being involved. Image from New-York Tribune, New York City, New York. Unknown author	Robert Hurst

USS Marcellus
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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Marcellus - Shipscribe.com US Navy Colliers

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