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USS Jason (AV-2)
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 USS Jason (AC-12) (1920 - 1930)
USS Jason (Collier #12) (1913 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Mexican Service Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Armed Guard clasp) - Yangtze Service Medal
Jason Class Collier:
  • Laid down, 20 March 1912, at Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, MD.
  • Launched, 16 November 1912
  • Commissioned USS Jason (Collier #12), 26 June 1913
  • Designated USS Jason (AC-12), 17 July 1920
  • Reclassified Seaplane Tender USS Jason (AV-2), 21 January 1930
  • Decommissioned, 30 June 1932, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 May 1936
  • Final Disposition, sold 29 July 1936, fate unknown
    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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    USS Jason Collier No. 12 (AC-12)
    Jason 86k USS Jason (Collier No. 12) underway soon after being completed, circa mid-1913.
    US Navy photo # NH 52193 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Jason 91k USS Jason (Collier No. 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.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Jason 71k A halftone image of USS Jason (Collier No. 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.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Jason 73k USS Jason (Collier No. 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.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Jason 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.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Jason 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.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Jason 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.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Jason 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.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USS Jason (AV-2)
    Jason 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.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Jason 121k A Vought O2U "Corsair" floatplane 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.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Jason 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.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Jason 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.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Jason 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.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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