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USS Alert (AS-4)
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 USS Alert (Submarine Tender #4) (1912 - 1920)
 USS Alert (Gunboat) (1875 - 1912)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
World War I Victory Medal
Alert Class Submarine Tender:
  • Laid down in 1873 as an iron-hulled screw steamer at John Roach and Sons, Chester, PA.
  • Launched, 18 September 1874
  • Commissioned , 28 May 1875, CDR. William T. Sampson in command
  • Decommissioned, 31 July 1882, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • USS Alert was commissioned and decommissioned at Mare Island six additional times between 31 July 1882 and her final decommissioning, 9 March 1922
  • USS Alert was reclassified as a Submarine Tender in 1912 and given the designation (AS-4), 17 July 1920
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1922 and sold for scrapping, 27 July 1922 to Bercovich. Co., Oakland, CA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,202 t.
    Length 199' 9"
    Beam 32'
    Draft 13' (mean)
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 202
    Armament
    one 11" smooth bore
    two 9" smooth bore
    one 6-pdr
    spar torpedoes
    Propulsion steam
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    USS Alert (Gunboat)
    Alert 45k USS Alert at anchor, date and location unknown
    US Navy photo    		 Gunter Krebs
    Alert 54k USS Alert at anchor, date and location unknown
    US Navy photo.    		 .
    Alert 50k USS Alert at anchor, date and location unknown.
    Photo source "Janes's Fighting Ships 1914"    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Alert (Submarine Tender #4)
    Alert 59k USS Alert (Submarine Tender #4), serving as tender for the Third Submarine Division of the Pacific Fleet, laying alongside the wharf at Kuahua, U.S. Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, 22 August 1917. K-3 (Submarine #34) and K-4 (Submarine #35) are identifiable alongside; the unidentifiable "boat" is probably either K-7 (Submarine #38) or K-8 (Submarine #39).
    US Navy photo # NH 83866 from DANFS.         		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Alert 144k USS Alert (Submarine Tender #4), at Long Beach CA., circa 1914. The submarine along side is an "F" class.
    US Navy photo    		 Ric Hedman
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    DANFS history entry located on the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Last Updated 21 March 2008