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ID-3009 / AD-10 Bridgeport
USAHS Larkspur / USAT Bridgeport

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal (with 2 Mobile Base Clasps)

Bridgeport Class Destroyer Tender:

Built in 1901 as the commercial steamship SS Breslau at Bremer Vulcan, Vegesack, Germany

Launched, 14 August 1901

Seized by the Collector of the Port of New Orleans on Americas entry into World War I

Turned over to the United States Shipping Board (USSB) and transferred to the Navy at New Orleans

Renamed Bridgeport, 9 June 1917 and designated as a Repair Ship

Redesignated and completed as a Destroyer Tender

Commissioned USS Bridgeport (ID-3009), 25 August 1917, LCDR. Albert B. Randall, USNRF, in command

Designated (AD-10), 17 July 1920

Decommissioned, 3 November 1924, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA. and laid up in Reserve

Struck from the Naval Register, 2 October 1941

Turned over to the War Shipping Administration, which in turn turned her over to the US Army in November 1942

Converted to a US Army Hospital Ship at Jacksonville, FL., September 1943 to August 1944, Commissioned USAHS Larkspur

Decommissioned as a hospital ship in January 1946

Renamed USAT Bridgeport and modified for use as a military dependents' transport

Decommissioned and returned to the Maritime Commission in April 1947 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1948

AD Specifications:
Displacement 7,175 t.
Length 447' 3"
Beam 54' 4"
Draft 29' 2"
Speed 12.5 kts.
Complement 552
Armament eight 5" guns
Propulsion quadruple expansion steam engines, two oil fired boilers at 320 PSI (c.1944), two screws

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USS Bridgeport (ID-3009)
	87k	Bridgeport (ID # 3009) at New York City, 1 October 1917. Previously the German merchant steamer Breslau, she was seized at New Orleans when the United States entered World War I. Renamed Bridgeport on 9 June 1917, after being turned over to the Navy, she was placed in commission on 25 August 1917. US Navy photo # NH 56577 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	104k	Bridgeport (ID # 3009) at Brest, France, circa 1918. Wainwright (Destroyer # 62) is tied up to her port side, and an unusual turret steamer is alongside to starboard. The Captain's gig of the French Naval School is under sail in the foreground. Photographed by Robert W. Neeser. US Navy photo # NH 42569 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	96k	Bridgeport (ID # 3009) with two destroyers tied up to starboard. This photo was taken from the fantail of Rambler (SP-211) showing *Rambler's after 3"/50 gun and depth charges on racks and a "Y-gun" thrower, Brest, France, 1918. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1970. US Navy photo # NH 73255* from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	117k	Ships dressed with flags in Brest harbor, awaiting the arrival of President Woodrow Wilson, in December 1918 or March 1919. Ships present include Bridgeport (ID # 3009) at left, Prometheus (Repair Ship # 2) is in the center, with tugs alongside. Two US Navy destroyers, another tug, and the Italian cruiser *Libia* are in the center and right distance. In the right-center foreground are two "Menhaden Fisherman" minesweepers, one wearing the numeral "5". Tugs may include *Osceola* and two units of the *Allegheny* class. US Navy photo # NH 42571 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
USS Bridgeport (AD-10)
	64k	Bridgeport (AD-10) off New York City, May 1921. From the collection of Lieutenant Commander Waldo B. McLeod. US Navy photo # NH 90199 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	116k	Mohave (AT-15) at Boston Navy Yard, circa 1924. Bridgeport (AD-10) and Constitution (IX-21) are in the background. US Navy photo # NH 45949 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
USAHS Larkspur
	116k	USAHS Larkspur a halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1943-1945. Originally the German commercial steamer *Breslau, this ship served as USS Bridgeport* during and after World War I. Copied from "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles, page 342. US Navy photo # NH 98475 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
USAT Bridgeport
	115k	USAT Bridgeport halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1946, after the ship had been converted from the Army Hospital Ship *Larkspur. Originally the German commercial steamer Breslau, this ship served as USS Bridgeport* during and after World War I. Copied from "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles, page 11. US Navy photo # NH 98474 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
	96k	USAT Bridgeport in port, circa 1946 US Navy photo # NH 98482 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center