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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 68k 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
    1CDR. Buford, Marcous Bainbridge,20.05.1898 - 00.10.1898
    2CDR. Moore, William Irwin,00.10.1898 - ~
    .LCDR. Sebree, Uriel00.00.1901 - 04.09.1902
    .Decommissioned04.09.1902 - 03.11.1903
    .LCDR. Purcell, John Lewis03.11.1903 - ~
    .LCDR. Bostwick, Harry M.27.05.1917 - ~
    .Master, Holmes, J.W.,21.02.1905 - ~
    .Master, Eisler, Whitney L., Master19.05.1910 - ~
    .LCDR. Bostwick, Harry M., 27.05.1917 - ~
    .CDR. Armstrong, Eldred Bewes, ~1923 - ~
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this Vessel
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