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USAT Sheridan
ex
 USAQMD Sheridan

Transport
  • Laid down, date unknown, as SS Massachusetts by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Ireland
  • Launched, 17 December 1891
  • Completed, 5 March 1892
  • Purchased by the US Army Quartermaster Department, 14 July 1898, from the Atlantic Transport Line
  • Commissioned, USAT Department Transport No. 22.
  • Named USAQM Department Transport Sheridan, 9 January 1899 , in honor of Lt. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, commanding general of the U.S. Army 1883-88
  • Assigned to the A.T.S. Pacific Fleet with homeport at Fort Mason, CA.
  • Sheridan made several voyages between 15 February and 5 July 1920 to evacuate elements of the Czech Legion from Vladivostok and disembarked them at Fiume, Croatia
  • Her voyage for the U.S. Army Transport Service was in June 1922 and soon after she was turned over to the U.S. Shipping Board
  • Sold, 29 December 1922, to the Union Construction Company of Oakland, CA.
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in October 1923 at San Francisco, CA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,496 t.
    Length 445'5"
    Beam 49'2"
    Draft 30'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Passenger capacity unknown
    Fuel Capacities unknown
    Propulsion unknown
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    Sheridan 133k
    Namesake
    Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831[1] – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War.
    Wikimedia Common    		 Tommy Trampp
    Sheridan
    301307404    		 71k USAQMD Transport No. 22 moored pierside, July 1898, location unknown.
    spanamwar.com    		 John Spivey
    Sheridan 53k USAT Sheridan underway, date and location unknown.
    US National Archives RG-11 Records of the US Army Signal Corps still photo collection    		 US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol.4.
    Sheridan 79k USAT Sheridan underway, date and location unknown.
    ©J.D. Givens Photographer 1912    		 Tommy Trampp
    Sheridan
    301304706    		 136k USAT Sheridan arriving at the port of Manila, Philippines with troops aboard in early 1900s.
    FLICKR - by Ronnie Bell    		 John Spivey
    Sheridan
    301304705    		 209k USAT Sheridan moored pierside at Honolulu, T.H, 19 August 1919
    FLICKR - U.S. Army Transportation Corps.    		 John Spivey
    Sheridan
    301304707    		 148k USAT Sheridan in ice at Vladivostok, Russia 1919-1920.
    Photo from www.picryl.com by National Parks Gallery    		 John Spivey
    The history for USAQMD/USAT Sheridan is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol 4
    Army Transportation Service Ship's Masters
    01CAPT. Carleton, William A., A.T.S.January 1916 - 16 June 1918
    02CAPT. Murphy, James J., A.T.S.16 June 1918 - 8 March 1920
    03CAPT. Johnson, W. C., A.T.S.8 March 1920 - 8 July 1921
    04CAPT. Murphy, James J., A.T.S.8 July 1921 - 29 December 1922
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