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USCAC Poe

Transport:

Built in 1898 as the freighter Eugene Grasselli by John Dialogue & Son, Camden N.J. for the Grasselli Chemical Co.

Launched in 1898

Acquired by the U.S. Army Quartermasters Corp in 1899,

Assigned to the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps

Christened, commissioned and placed in service as U.S. Coast Artillery Corps transport USCAC Poe 1899

Poe provided passenger and freight service for the U. S. Army Coast Artillery from about 1899 to the early 1920s

She served primarily at Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, FL. but also served at Fort Morgan, AL. on Mobile Bay, and for a short time the forts at Galveston, TX.

In 1916 the Poe was assigned to the forts in the Panama Canal Zone and served there into the early 1920s.

Decommissioned and retired from U.S. Army service, circa early 1920s

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 157 t.
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Passengers unknown
Cargo Capacity unknown
Propulsion unknown

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
301310401	255k	USCAC transport Poe underway near Fort Barrancas, Florida, circa 1900 Coast Artillery Images - Florida Alabama and Louisiana		David Upton
301310402	176k	USCAC transport Poe takeing on passengers at Pensacola, FL., circa 1900. Note that her transom shows her as U.S.S. Poe.		David Upton

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