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USS Celtic (AF-2)




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, 27 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 6,750 t.
    Length 383' 1"
    Beam 44' 7"
    Draft 21'
    Speed 10 kts
    Complement 182
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion type unknown
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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
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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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