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USS Celtic (AF-2)
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 USS Celtic (1898 - 1920)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Spanish Campaign Medal
Second Row - Philippine Campaign Medal - Cuban Pacification Medal - Mexican Service Medal
Third Row - Haitian Campaign Medal - Dominican Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Transport Clasp)
Celtic Class Provisions Store Ship:
  • Built in 1891 as SS Celtic Cloud at Workman Clark and Co., Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 14 May 1898
  • Converted for Naval service at the New York Navy Yard
  • Commissioned USS Celtic, 25 May 1898, LCDR. N. J. K. Patch in command
  • Decommissioned, 18 September 1903 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Recommissioned, 2 October 1905
  • Decommissioned, 23 February 1907
  • Recommissioned, 23 October 1908, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
  • Designated Provisions Store Ship (AF-2), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 17 May 1922 , at Cavite Navy Yard, Cavite, P.I.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition sold 23 January 1923, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 8,000 t.(lt) 14,750 t.(fl)
    Length 383' 1"
    Beam 44' 7"
    Draft 21'
    Speed 10.5 kts
    Complement
    Officers 9
    Enlisted 119
    Armament
    two 6-pdr Maxim guns
    Bunker Capacity 1,1790 t.
    Propulsion
    one triple-expansion steam engine
    two coal-fired Scotch boilers
    single propeller, 1,690shp
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    Celtic 77k USS Celtic at New York Navy Yard, circa May 1898
    US Navy photo # NH 912 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Celtic 49k USS Celtic at New York Navy Yard, 29 May 1898.
    US Navy photo # NH 55066 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Celtic 67k USS Celtic at anchor in full dress ship, circa 1908, location unknown.
    Photo copied with the authors permission from "U.S. Warships of World War One", by Paul H. Silverstone.    		 Robert Hurst
    Celtic 55k USS Celtic at anchor while at the Naval Review off New York City in October 1912.
    US Navy photo # NH 55067 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Celtic 45k USS Celtic at anchor, date and location unknown.
    Photo source "Jane's Fighting Ships 1914"    		 Robert Hurst
    Celtic 113k USS Celtic at anchor before World War I. The photo was taken after the fleet converted from white to gray paint in 1909 and before Celtic received 3-inch guns circa 1914. The ship is equipped with radio.
    Photo courtesy Shipscribe    		 Mike Green
    Celtic
    AF 2 1920 02, Navy Photo. June 1920    		 1227k USS Celtic in the Mare Island channel with Unadilla (YT 4) alongside in June 1920. Shipyard logs indicate Celtic was in overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard from 8 December 1919 until 25 June 1920. Darryl Baker
    Celtic
    AF 2 1920 03, Navy Photo. June 1920    		 1848k
    Celtic 73k USS Celtic at anchor, location unknown, circa 1920. The original print is a color-tinted black & white photograph.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 74664-KN, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1971.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Celtic (AF-2)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Patch, Nathaniel Jordan Knight25 May 1898 - 10 July 1900
    02LCDR. Gill, William Andrew1 August 1900 - ?
     Decommissioned18 September 1903 - 2 October 1905
    03CDR. Knapp, Harry Shephard1906 - 1907
    04LCDR. Clark, Lewis1907 - ?
     Decommissioned23 February 1907 - 23 October 1908
    05CDR. Hoff, Arthur Bainbridge4 January 1910 - ?
    06LCDR. Cooper, George FranklinJanuary 1909 - June.1910
    07CDR. Huse, Harry McLaren Pinckney :VADM23 October 1908 - January 1909
    08LCDR. Watson, Edward Howe1912 - 1913
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves. Photos courtesy Bill Gonyo
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