Call sign (Early 1919): George - Vice - Fox - Mike |
Call sign (Late 1919): Nan - Rush - Oboe |
ex-USRC Onondaga
Call sign (1912): Rush - Cast - Oboe
Onondaga served the Revenue Cutter Service the U. S. Navy and the Coast Guard.
Algonquin Class Revenue Cutter:Built in 1898 by the Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, OHCommissioned USRC Onondaga 24 October 1898Acquired by the Navy 6 April 1917Commissioned USS Onondaga 18 May 1917Returned to the Treasury Department 28 August 1919Designated CG-5Decommissioned 5 November 1919 at Baltimore, MDSold 16 September 1924 to Charles A. Jording of Baltimore for scrap.
Specifications: Displacement 1,190 t.1919 - 1,192 t.Length 205' 6"Beam 32'Draft 13' 2"1919 - 17' 11"Speed 14.5 kts.Complement 731919 - 81Armament: Four 6-pounders (1915)Propulsion: Four single ended boilers, one 2,000hp vertical triple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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Underway at the 1901 America's Cup races Library of Congress photos LC-D4-21669 and LC-D4-21670 from the Detroit Photographic Co. |
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Photo from the 1914 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships |
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View of pier area at Naval Experimental Station, New London, Connecticut, circa 1918. Ships present include: USS SC-19, USS SC-238, USS SC-21. The larger ship is probably the revenue cutter Onondaga Photo by Louis Harder, New London Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 2462 |
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