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USQD (Hospital Ship) Terry

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Spanish Campaign Medal

Steel Passenger and Freight Steamer
  • Built in 1892 as Hartford at Neafie & Levy Shipyard, Philadlephia, PA., for the Harford and New York Transportation Co., Hartford CT.
  • Launched, 1892
  • Delivered to Harford and New York Transportation Co., date unknown
  • Confiscated by the United States in 1897 for running guns to rebels in Cuba
  • Acquired by the US Army Quartermaster Corps in 1898, commissioned USQD Terry
  • Terry served as a hospital ship during the Spanish-American War
  • Decommissioned in 1901
  • Purchased in 1901 by Chicago and Muskegon Transportation Co., Chicago IL. for their Barry Line
  • Renamed SS Charles H. Hackley 15 September 1901
  • Purchased by the Goodrich Transportation Co., Chicago, IL. in 1906
  • Rebuilt at Manitowc Shipbuilding and renamed SS Carolina
  • Carolina reentered service in th White Lake area 16 June 1906
  • Into Receivership in 1932
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1937
    Specifications:
  • Displacement, 887 net tons, 1304 gross tons
  • Length 245'
  • Beam 40'
  • Draft 21'
  • Speed unknown
  • Complement unknown
  • Armament: unknown
  • Propulsion:
    boiler(s)
    one steam engine
    propeller
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Merchant Service
    Terry
    30081603    		 46k SS Hartford underway circa 1892-1897, location unknown.
    Historical Collections of the Great Lakes Bowling Green State University     		John Spivey
    Terry
    30081601    		 150k SS Carolina underway near Fruitvale Dock, White Lake, MI., circa 1906-1937
    		White Lake Area Historical Society
    USQD Terry
    Terry
    30081602    		 103k Hospital Ship USQD Terry underway, 1898, location unknown John Spivey
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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    S.S. Carolina - White Lake Area Historical Society, by Barbara Bedau Brow
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