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USAT Warren

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal

Transport

Laid down, date unknown, as SS Scandia by A. G. Vulcan Shipbuilding Co. at Stettin, Germany

Launched, 24 August 1889

Purchased by the Quartermaster Department, 5 July 1898, from the Hamburg-American Line, assigned to the Army Transport Service

Commissioned USAT Warren in March 1899 in honor of Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, commanding general of the II and V Corps, Army of the Potomac, 1863-65

Assigned to the Philippine Inter-Island Service with homeport at Manila, P.I.

Made routine voyages to Chingwangtao to transport troops and supplies to and from Manila

Made several voyages in early 1920 to evacuate elements of the Czech Legion from Vladivostok and disembark them at Trieste, Italy

Decommissioned, date unknown

Sold, 28 December 1922, to Le Seug Giap and Co., Manila P.I.

Sunk in May 1924 in the Whangpoo River, Shanghai Harbor

Final Disposition, raised and later scrapped in 1929

Specifications:
Displacement 4,243 t.
Length 370'7"
Beam 44'3"
Draft 26'5"
Speed unknown

Complement unknown

Passenger capacity unknown

Fuel Capacities unknown

Propulsion unknown

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
301307207	69k	*Namesake* Warren - Gouverneur Kemble Warren (8 January 1830 – 8 August 1882) was an American civil engineer and United States Army general during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for arranging the last-minute defense of Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg and is often referred to as the "Hero of Little Round Top". Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons	Tommy Trampp
301307208	93k	Troops embarking in USAT Warren, circa 1899, location unknown.	David Wright
301307203	159k	Oil on canvas painting by Antonio Jacobsen (1850 - 1921) of USAT Warren, 1900. Inscribed lower right: A. Jacobsen 1900 West Hoboken NJ. Courtesy Heritage Auctions	Robert Hurst
	80k	USAT Warren underway, date and location unknown. US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol.4., US National Archives RG-92 Records of the Quartermaster General	US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol.4.
	104k	USAT Warren moored pierside, probably in China, date unknown.	Tommy Trampp
301307204	138k	Stereograph card of USAT Warren coaling at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, circa 1902. Library of C9ngress Prints and Photographs Division (942,656) Library of Congress Online Catalog (1,230,331)	Robert Hurst
301307209	66k	USATWarren moored pierside, Manila, Philippines, circa 1910. Photo from www.flickr.com by Paul Eric Darvin	John Spivey
301307205	22k	Stereoscopic image of USAT Warren docked at Honolulu, Hawaii. Date and photographer unknown. Contributed by Gifford M. Mast. Keystone-Mast Collection, UCR/California Museum of Photography, University of California at Riverside	Robert Hurst
301307206	220k	Newspaper article about the USAT Warren sinking for unknown reasons in Shanghai harbor. Date 1923. Kadel & Herbert.	Robert Hurst
301307210	98k	USAT Warren at Jolo Dock, Jolo Harbor, Sulu Province, Philippines, date unknown. Photo from www.flickr.com by Paul Eric Darvin	John Spivey

The history for USAT Warren is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol 4

Army Transportation Service Ship's Masters
01	CAPT. Baker, Charles, A.T.S.	January 1919 - October 1919
02	unknown	October 1919 - 4 March 1921
03	CAPT. Randall, Frank S., A.T.S.	4 March 1921 - 21 November 1933

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