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Lost to enemy action, 3 June 1898

USS Merrimac (II)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Spanish Campaign Medal

Collier:

Built as SS Solveig at New Castle, England, in 1894

Purchased by the Navy, 12 April 1898 from T. Hogan & Sons, New York, N.Y.

Commissioned USS Merrimac, 11 April 1898, CDR. J. W. Miller in command

USS Merrimac supplied coal to US warships operating off Cuba during the Spanish-American War

Final Disposition, scuttled 3 June 1898, inside the entrance of the harbor at Santiago, Cuba

Specifications:
Displacement 3,362 t.
Length 322' 9"
Beam 44' 2"
Depth 27' 3"
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Cargo Capacity Coal 4,976 t.
Propulsion system unknown

Size	Image Description	Source
121k	Port broadside view of USS Merrimac underway between 1890 and 1898 at an unknown location. Library of Congress Photo # LC-D4-8933 (4a055066v_Merrimac.jpg:).	Mike Green
66k	USS Merrimac at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 23 April 1898. US Navy photo # NH 809	US Naval History and Heritage Command
59k	USS Merrimac at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., 23 April 1898. US Navy photo # 19-N-19-18-4 from the Bureau of Ships collection now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
136k	The wreck of the collier USS Merrimac in Santiago Harbor, Cuba after being sunk, 3 June,1898. Library of Congress Photo # LC-D-20622 (4a14438v_MerrimacII).	Mike Green

USS Merrimac (II)
DANFS history entry located the US Naval History and Heritage Command

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