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USS Abarenda (AG-14)
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 USS Abarenda (AC-13) (1920 - 1924)
USS Abarenda (Collier #13) (1898 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Spanish Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Asiatic Clasp)
  • Laid down in 1892 by Edwards Shipbuilding Co., Newcastle England
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 5 May 1898
  • Commissioned USS Abarenda (Collier No. 13), at New York Navy Yard, 20 May 1898, LCDR. Marcus B. Buford in command
  • Decommissioned at Norfolk Navy Yard, 4 September 1902
  • Recommissioned, at Norfolk, VA., 3 November 1903, LCDR. J. L. Purcell in command
  • Decommissioned, 21 February 1905, and placed in service as a Naval Auxiliary, civilian crew, J. W. Holmes Master
  • Placed out of service at Norfolk, 6 October 1909
  • Placed in service as a US Naval Auxiliary, 19 May 1910, civilian crew, Whitney L. Eisler, Master
  • Recommissioned, 27 May 1917, LCDR. Harry M. Bostwick, USNRF
  • Assigned the designator USS Abarenda (AC-13), 17 July 1920
  • Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary USS Abarenda (AG-14), 1 July 1924
  • Decommissioned at Cavite Navy Yard, P.I., 21 January 1926, and struck from the Naval Register
  • Final Disposition, sold 28 February 1926 at Cavite to S.R. Paterno
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,680 t.
    Length 325' 6"
    Beam 42'
    Draft 22' 10"
    Speed 9 kts.
    Complement 69
    Armament four 3-pdrs
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Abarenda 88k USS Abarenda (Collier #13) fitting out for war service at New York Navy Yard in May 1898.
    US Army Signal Corps photo # 111-SC-5881 now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Abarenda 34k USS Abarenda (Collier #13) anchored at Hampton Roads, 2 May 1907
    US Navy photo # NH 75645.    		  
    Abarenda 125k USS Abarenda (Collier #13) at anchor, date and location unknown. Don Scott YNCS USN Ret. via Russ Padden
    Abarenda 79k USS Abarenda (Collier #13) alongside USS Kansas (Battleship #21) at Gibraltar, circa late January or early February 1909. The original image is printed on postcard stock.
    US Navy photo # NH 106167 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, donation of Mrs. Ruth Mayfield, 1973.    		 Robert Hurst
    View the USS Abarenda (AC-13 / AG-14)
    DANFS History entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Buford, Marcous Bainbridge,20 May 1898 - October 1898
    02CDR. Moore, William Irwin,October 1898 - ?
    03CDR. Kimball, William Wirt23 December 1901 - 1902
    04LCDR. Sebree, Uriel1902 - 4 September 1902
     Decommissioned4 September 1902 - 3 November 1903
    05LCDR. Purcell, John Lewis3 November 1903 - ?
    06Master, Holmes, J.W.,21 February 1905 - ?
    07Master, Eisler, Whitney L.19 May 1910 - ?
    08LCDR. Bostwick, Harry M., 27 May 1917 - ?
    09CDR. Armstrong, Eldred Bewes, 1923 - ?
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
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