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USAT Restorer

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Cable Repair Ship:
  • Built 1902 by Armstrong Whitworth & Co, Newcastle, England
  • Launched date unknown
  • Delivered in January 1903 to the Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Co.
  • Sold in December 1904 to the Commercial Pacific Cable Co.
  • Reflagged, United States, at Seattle, in September 1914
  • Acquired by the War Shipping Administration, 11 January 1943, from the Commercial Pacific Cable Co.
  • Allocated to the War Department, 11 January 1943, on a Barebottom Charter
  • Transferred, 26 December 1945, to Pacific Atlantic SS Co. under a General Agency Agreement
  • Redelivered, 25 January 1946, to Commercial Pacific Cable Co. at Seattle, WA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in June 1951 to Walter Johnson Co., San Francisco, CA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,180 gross tons
    Length 385'4"
    Beam 44'
    Draft 20'9"
    Speed 12.5 kts
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    one 3"/23 double purpose stern mounted gun replaced in September 1942 with one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    four 30 cal machine guns
    Armed Guard
    Officers, one
    Enlisted, ten
    Cruise Radius unknown
    Fuel Capacities unknown
    Propulsion
    one triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
    single shaft
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    Commercial Service
    Restorer 87k Shipbuilders model of USAT Restorer for the Commercial Cable Co., British, circa 1902. Bonhams.com
    USAT Restorer
    Restorer
    30030202    		 77k USAT Restorer moored to a buoy, date and location unknown.
    Tyne Built Ships     		John Spivey
    Restorer
    30030203    		 75k USAT Restorer underway, date and location unknown.
    Tyne Built Ships     		John Spivey
    There is no history record available for USAT Restorer at NavSource
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    MARAD Vessel History Database
    History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications - CS Restorer
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    Last Updated 25 November 2022