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USS Neptune (Collier No. 8 / AC-8)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Dominican Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Transport Clasp)
Neptune Class Collier:
  • Laid down, 23 March 1910, at Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, MD.
  • Launched, 21 January 1911
  • Placed in service, 20 September 1911, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., Master F. E. Horton, Naval Auxiliary Service, in command
  • Placed out of service, 13 October 1913, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. and laid up in reserve
  • Commissioned USS Neptune (Collier No. 8), 7 December 1914
  • Designated (AC-8), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 28 June 1922, at Boston, MA.
  • Laid up in reserve at League Island, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 14 May 1938
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 April 1939 to Northern Metals, Co., Philadelphia, PA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 19,375 t.
    Length 542'
    Beam 65'
    Draft 27' 7"
    Speed 12.9 kts.
    Complement 104
    Armament four 4" gun mounts
    Propulsion coal fired steam turbine, single propeller
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    Neptune 82k USS Neptune (Collier No. 8) underway, probably prior to or during World War I. Note: This photograph has also been identified, incorrectly, as showing USS Orion (Collier # 11).
    US Navy photo # NH 44048 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Neptune 60k USS Neptune (Collier No. 8) underway, circa 1919, location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1924" Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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