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USS Proteus (AC-9)
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 USS Proteus (Collier #9) (1913 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal (with Transport Clasp)
Proteus Class Collier:
  • Laid down, 31 October 1911, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.
  • Launched, 14 September 1912
  • Commissioned USS Proteus (Collier No. 9), 9 July 1913
  • Designated USS Proteus (AC-15), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 25 March 1924, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1940
  • Final Disposition, sold, 8 March 1941, to Saguenay Terminals Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 19,000 t.
    Length 522'
    Beam 63'
    Draft 27' 8"
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement 158
    Armament four 4-pdrs
    Propulsion coal-fired steam engine
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    Proteus 22k USS Proteus (Collier No. 9), circa 1916 or 1917, location unknown. Chris MacDonald in honor of his grand-uncle,
    Dan Archibald MacDonald, who lost his life
    in Proteus while she was a member of the
    Canadian Merchant Navy
    Proteus 103k USS Proteus (Collier No. 9), at New York Navy Yard, 20 June 1918
    US Navy photo # NR&L(M) 4383    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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