Specifications:
Displacement 19,250 t.
Length 536'
Beam 65'
Draft 27' 8"
Speed 14.3 kts.
AC Complement 82
Armament four 4" gun mounts
Propulsion coal fired steam turbine, single propeller
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74k | Jason (Fuel Ship #12) afloat just after launching, at Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Baltimore, MD., 16 November 1912. Tugs are en route to take her to the fitting out berth. US Navy photo # NH 52193 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, donation of Mrs. William E. Votruba, 1990 |
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86k | USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) underway soon after being completed, circa mid-1913. US Navy photo # NH 52193 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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91k | USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) alongside Pier B at the Key West Naval Station, FL., 1 October 1913. The motor boat Lilla is among the small craft in the foreground. Note the elaborate coal handling gear on this pier. US Navy photo # NH 52194 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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120k | USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) underway, 14 November 1914, location unknown. Library of Congress, LC-B2- 3291-3 |
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71k | A halftone image of USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) taken prior to World War
I, circa 1913-1917. Copied from the book United States Navy Illustrated, published in New York, 1917. US Navy photo # NH 79486 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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170k | USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) at New York Navy Yard, 10 May 1918, loading aviation material for transportation to Inverness, Scotland. The Navy's large colliers were often used to carry oversized or priority general cargoes to Europe during World War I. Note the 4"/50 gun on her forecastle. US National Archives, RG-19-N box 9. Photo No. 19-N-1809, ex 7-21-19 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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73k | USS Jason (Fuel Ship #12) underway probably in the Adriatic Sea, circa 1919. US Navy photo # NH 390 by R.E. Wayne from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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100k | USS Jason (AC-12) moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, TH., with a deckload of Douglas DT-2 aircraft (of Torpedo Squadron Two), 18 July 1923. Note the radio towers in the background. US Navy photo # NH 52195 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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79k | USS Jason (AC-12) with a Martin SC-2 aircraft (of Torpedo Squadron Four) on deck, during the middle or later 1920s. Note the aviation star insignia on USS Jason's bow. US Navy photo # NH 52197 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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119k | USS Jason (AC-12) entering Gatun Lock, Panama Canal, with a deck load of seaplane barges, during the early 1920s. The barges are (from the front) YV-21, YV-23 and YV-24. US Navy photo # NH 78281 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy Donald M. McPherson, 1973. |
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68k | USS Jason (AC-12) or USS Orion (AC-11) at a Caribbean area base, probably the Coco Solo Submarine Base, Panama Canal Zone, circa the mid-1920s. USS O-2 (SS-63) is at right. US Navy photo # NH 100770 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy Paul H. Silverstone, 1986. |
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71k | USS Jason (AC-12) at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1924. Several submarines are in the foreground, including from (left to right): USS S-19 (SS-124); USS O-9 (SS-70); USS R-26 (SS-103) ---probably -- and USS O-2 (SS-63). US Navy photo # NH 102780 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, courtesy of Chief Boatswain's Mate George Behrens, USN, (Retired), 1974. |
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| USS Jason (AV-2) |
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153k | USS Jason (AV-2)'s well deck, port side looking forward, in Far Eastern waters, circa 1931-1932. Planes on deck are Martin T4M-1s of Torpedo Squadron Five. US Navy photo # NH 94175 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, collection of Lieutenant Oscar W. Levy, USN (Supply Corps), (Retired). |
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101k | USS Jason is off in the left distance as a Vought O2U-3 or O2U-4 Corsair float plane of Scouting Squadron Eleven is catapulted from USS Houston (CA-30), in Far Eastern waters, circa 1931-1932. US Navy photo # NH 94188 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, collection of Lieutenant Oscar W. Levy, USN (Supply Corps), (Retired). |
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102k | USS Jason (AV-2) in Far Eastern waters, circa 1931-1932. She has two Martin T4M-1s of Torpedo Squadron Five on board. US Navy photo # NH 94178 from the collection of LT. Oscar W. Levy, USN (SC), (Ret.), located at the US Naval Historical Center. |
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121k | A Vought O2U "Corsair" float plane flies over the Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands, circa 1930. The seaplane tender USS Jason (AV-2) is docked at the yard, directly below the plane. Sangley Point Naval Radio Station is in the background. US Navy photo # NH 52196 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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73k | USS Jason (AV-2) in the Dewey Drydock, at Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 8 March 1932. US National Archives photo # 80-CF-22672-3 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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112k | USS Jason (AV-2) in the Dewey Drydock, at Olongapo, Philippine Islands, 9 March 1932. USS Canopus (AS-9) is in the upper right, with four submarines moored alongside. The outboard submarine is USS S-38 (SS-143). US National Archives photo # 80-CF-22672-1 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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108k | USS Jason (AV-2) coaling from barge YC-479 (or YC-473 ?) at Pearl Harbor, H.T., 29 April 1932, just before she made her final voyage to the U.S. West Coast. Several Martin T4M-1 torpedo planes are on her deck, amidships. US National Archive photo # 80-G-410001 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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134k | Identifiable ships in this photo possibly at Puget Sound circa 1933 are, from left to right: U.S. Crane Ship No. 1, ex-USS Kearsarge (BB-5); seaplane tender USS Jason (AV-2); one of the Colorado-class battleships, possibly USS West Virginia (BB-48), in the dry dock; and a Pennsylvania-class battleship along the pier. The aircraft carrier in the photo is USS Saratoga (CV-3). Note the "SARA" on the flight deck aft. | US Navy photo courtesy of Pieter Bakels. Photo and partial text courtesy of Chris Hoehn and David C. Nilsen |
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158k | Ex-USS Jason (AV-2) in commercial service as SS Jason photographed, 26 May 1943 by a blimp based at NAS Weeksville, N.C, after her conversion to a commercial bulk carrier. Her naval coaling gear has been replaced with a modern self-loader, but the overall layout of the Navy collier remains, including the bridge forward and twin smokestacks. US National Archives, RG-80-G, Photo # 80-G-68138, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Jason (AC-12 / AV-2)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
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