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USS Cumberland (II) (IX-8)
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USS Cumberland (II) (Training Ship #1) (1904 - 1920)

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal
Bottom Row - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Cumberland Class Training Ship:

Laid down, 21 January 1904, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.

Launched, 17 August 1904

Commissioned 20 July 1907

USS Cumberland was one of two steel-hulled ships used to train landsmen and apprentices

Designated Unclassified Miscellaneous (IX-8), 17 July 1920

Decommissioned, 31 October 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 13 December 1946

Final Disposition, delivered to the War Shipping Administration for disposal 22 July 1947

Specifications:
Displacement 1,800 t.
Length 211' 7"
Beam 45' 8"
Draft 16' 5"
Complement 336
Armament 6 4" guns
Propulsion Sail (bark rigged)
Auxiliary Power, coal fired boiler, compound reciprocating engine to supply electrical power

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	182k	*USS Cumberland* (Training Ship #1) on the building ways at Boston Navy Yard shortly before her launching, 14 August 1904. Cumberland*, her sister ship USS Intrepid, and the wooden brig USS Boxer, were the last sail-only-powered ships built by the US Navy. US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10842-3494*	Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist Boston NHP
	185k	*USS Cumberland* (Training Ship #1) on the building ways at Boston Navy Yard shortly before her launching, 14 August 1904. Cumberland*, her sister ship USS Intrepid, and the wooden brig USS Boxer, were the last sail-only-powered ships built by the US Navy. US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10842-4868*	Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist Boston NHP
	103k	Crowds gather at Boston Navy Yard for the launching of *USS Cumberland* (Training Ship #1)*, 14 August 1904. US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10842-1*	Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist Boston NHP
	132k	*USS Cumberland* (Training Ship #1)** slides down the building ways at Boston Navy Yard, 14 August 1904. US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10842-2	Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist Boston NHP
	107k	*USS Cumberland* (Training Ship #1)** nears completion at Boston Navy Yard, 29 June 1907. US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10842-56	Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist Boston NHP
	80k	*USS Cumberland* (Training Ship #1)** at Boston Navy Yard, 3 July 1907, shortly before her commissioning.. US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10842-55	Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist Boston NHP
	216k	Post card image of *Reina Mercedes, USS Cumberland (Training Ship #1)* and USS Constellation serving as Receiving/Training Ships at Newport, R.I., circa 1905 to 1911.	Arnold A. Putnam
094600813	192k	*USS Cumberland* (Training Ship #1)** dockside at Newport, Rhode Island, with USS Constellation at left, circa 1907. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 55531	Robert Hurst
	117k	*USS Cumberland* (Training Ship #1)** moored pierside at Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I., circa 1907. Note the 4-inch guns in her starboard gun ports. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo # NH 55531	Mike Green
	239k	*USS Cumberland* (Training Ship #1)** training new recruits at Newport, R.I., circa 1910. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo # NH 78687	Mike Green
	88k	*USS Cumberland* (Training Ship #1)** with an incoming draft of men paraded in her rigging, deck and superstructure, at St. Helena Training Station, 27 February 1919. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Catalog # S-220.04	Mike Green
	68k	*USS Cumberland* (IX-8)** moored at US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD., date unknown.	Richard Leonhardt
	54k	Vessels present in US Naval Academy basin, circa the 1920s or 1930s are (from left to right center) USS SC-229, Reina Mercedes (IX-25) and *USS Cumberland* (IX-8)*. US Navy photo # NH 105485*. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008.	Ramon Jackson
	170k	*YP-21* formerly the Coast Guard's *CG-199* is in the foreground along with some sisters, probably including *YP-10* and *YP-11. The USS Cumberland* (IX-8)*, in the background, is serving as a barracks ship for mess attendants at the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD., in June 1938. US Naval History and Heritage photo # NH 66890*	Mike Green
	54k	*USS Cumberland* (IX-8)*, right, and Reina Mercedes* (IX-25), left, serving as Barracks/Accommodation Ships, Naval Station Annapolis MD., 1939. In the foreground is the Naval Academy sail training yacht, *Alligator*.	Ric Hedman
	54k	Reina Mercedes (IX-25), left, and *USS Cumberland* (IX-8)**, right, serving as Barracks/Accommodation Ships, Naval Station Annapolis MD., circa 1930. From the collection of CAPT. Norman J. Sampson and his sister.	Bob Sampson
	59k	*USS Cumberland* (IX-8)*, right, and Reina Mercedes* (IX-25), left, serving as Barracks/Accommodation Ships, Naval Station Annapolis MD. In the foreground are the Naval Academy's sail training yachts, *Alligator, Bullfrog, Crocodile* and *Turtle*, circa 1939	Ric Hedman
	318k	*USS Cumberland* (IX-8) docked at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 11 September 1946. Cumberland** spent the majority of her life as a US Navy training vessel and from 1919 until being decommissioned on 31 October 1946, was maintained at the United States Naval Academy. Norfolk Public Library, Sargeant Memorial Collection.	Mike Green