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USS Panther (AD-6)
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 USS Panther (Destroyer Tender) (1917 - 1920)
 USS Panther (Auxiliary Repair Ship) (1907 - 1917)
 USS Panther (Auxiliary Cruiser) (1898 - 1907)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Spanish Campaign Medal - Navy Expeditionary Service Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Mobile Base Clasp)
  • Built in 1889 as SS Austin by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Purchased by the US Navy, 12 April 1898 from the Red D Line Steamship Co.; Designated an Auxiliary Cruiser and Commissioned USS Panther, 22 April 1898, CDR. George C. Reiter in command
  • Placed in-ordinary, 20 October 1899 at Philadelphia, PA
  • Recommissioned, 19 June 1902
  • Decommissioned, 21 October 1903 at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Recommissioned, 18 November 1907 as a Auxiliary Repair Ship
  • Reclassified a Destroyer Tender, April 1917
  • Designated (AD-6), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register in May 1922
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 24 March 1923, to Tioga Steel Co., Philadelphia, PA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,260 t.
    Length 324' 4"
    Beam 40' 6"
    Draft 18'
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 138
    Armament (Auxiliary Cruiser)
    six 5" gun mounts
    two 4" gun mounts
    six 3-pdrs
    one Colt machine gun.
    Propulsion steam
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    Auxiliary Cruiser USS Panther
    Panther 81k Auxiliary Cruiser USS Panther circa 1898, during the Spanish-American War
    US Navy photo NH44471 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Destroyer Tender USS Panther
    Panther 50k Destroyer Tender USS Panther at anchor, date and location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1914." Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    CDR. Reiter, George Cook22 April 1898 - 25 June 1902
    CDR. Wilson, John Clarke25 June 1902 - ?
    CDR. Nelson, Valentine S.1907 - ?
    CDR. McKean, Josiah Slutts18 October 1909 - ?
    CDR. De Steiguer, Louis Rudolph :ADMJanuary 1913 - December 1913
    CDR. Proctor, André MortonAugust 1916 - August 1917
    LCDR. Baum, George Martin1920 - January 1921
    CDR. Oberlin, Edgar Garfield1922 - ?
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this Vessel
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