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ID-3015 / AS-8 Savannah

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
World War I Victory Medal (with Patrol clasp)
Savannah Class Submarine Tender:
  • Laid down (date unknown) as Saxonia, for Hamburg American Steamship Co., at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellscraft, Flensburg, Germany
  • Launched, 18 April 1899
  • Seized by the US Government at US entry into WWI
  • Commissioned as Submarine Tender USS Savannah (ID-3015), 3 November 1917 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA., LCDR. Arthur Jensen in command
  • Designated (AS-8) 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 16 December 1926 at Puget Sound Navy Yard
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 June 1934
  • Sold for commercial service, 26 September 1934, to Mider and Marcus, Seattle, WA; renamed Orbis, in 1942
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1954 in Japan
    Specifications:
    Displacement 10,800 t.
    Length 414' 6"
    Beam 46' 1"
    Draft 26' 5"
    Speed 10.5kts
    Complement 215
    Armament 4 single 5" gun mounts
    Propulsion system unknown.
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    Savannah 144k Savannah (AS-8), date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Courtesy Randy Guttery
    Tendertales Web Site
    Savannah 79k Savannah (ID-3015) moored at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA., 12 November 1917, nine days after entering commissioned service.
    US Navy Photo # 65066 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 47k Savannah (ID-3015) in Hampton Roads, circa 1919. In the distance are the hospital ship Solace (left) and the supply ship Culgoa (right). Photo by F.J. Kelty.
    US Navy Photo # 42413 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 56k Savannah (ID-3015) with "O"-type submarines alongside, circa 1919. O-6 (Submarine # 67) is outboard at Savannah's bow, and O-8 (Submarine # 69) is outboard at her stern.
    US Navy photo # 98630 courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981. From the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 74k Savannah (ID-3015) in a harbor, probably at Bermuda in the Fall of 1918, while she was escorting submarines to the Azores. Among the other ships present are the gunboat Anniston, at left, and the old cruiser Chicago, in the right center distance. From the collection of Christopher Henry William Lloyd, donated by his daughter, Virginia M. Agostini, 1990 to the US Naval Historical Center.
    US Navy photo # 98627 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 102k Savannah (ID-3015) alongside a wharf, circa the Fall of 1918. From the collection of Christopher Henry William Lloyd, donated by his daughter, Virginia M. Agostini, 1990 to the US Naval Historical Center.
    US Navy photo # 98628 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 76k Savannah (AS-8) with "O"-type submarines alongside, circa the early 1920s. Photo courtesy of the Submarine Force Library and Museum, Groton, CT., December 1989.
    US Navy photo # 98629 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 93k Savannah (AS-8) at anchor with two submarines moored to her port side, during the 1920s. The outboard submarine is S-25 (SS-130).
    US Navy photo # NH 67870 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, photo courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1969.    		 Vance Adams for his father, Lt. Vance Adams USN Ret USS Savannah (deceased) and the US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 105k Savannah (AS-8) with five submarines alongside, during the 1920s. S-24 (SS-129) is the inboard submarine on Savannah's port side. Those moored to her starboard side are (from inboard to outboard): S-27 (SS-132), S-20 (SS-125) and S-28 (SS-133).
    US Navy photo # NH 72921 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, photo donated to the US Naval Historical Center by LT. Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1970.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 114k Savannah (AS-8) at Portland, OR., during the 1920s. Submarines alongside are (from left to right): S-27 (SS-132), S-29 (SS-134) and S-25 (SS-130). Photo by Peck.
    US Navy photo # NH 71012 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, photo donated to the US Naval Historical Center by LT. Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1970.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 132k Savannah (AS-8) dressed with flags while in port, with four submarines alongside, during the 1920s.
    US Navy photo # NH 71040 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, photo donated to the US Naval Historical Center by LT. Gustave Freret, USN (Retired), 1970.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 92k Control Force submarines and their tenders at Christobal, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1923. The tenders are (from left to right): Savannah (AS-8), Bushnell (AS-2), Beaver (AS-5) and Camden (AS-6). Submarines are mostly "R" type boats, among them R-23 (SS-100) and R-25 (SS-102), both in the nest alongside Savannah's port quarter. The larger submarine alongside Savannah's bow may be S-1 (SS-105), with her large seaplane hangar. Photo by A.E. Wells.
    US Navy photo # NH 42573 courtesy of CDR. Christopher Noble, USN (Retired), 1967. From the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 64k Savannah (AS-8) arriving at Boston, MA., 30 August 1924.
    US Navy photo # 81410 courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.. From the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 88k Savannah (AS-8) at anchor in port, during the 1920s.
    US Navy photo # 44074 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 98k Savannah (AS-8) at sea under sail and steam, circa the mid-1920s. Photo by Chief Signalman Peck.
    US Navy photo # 98632 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 88k Savannah (AS-8) with three "S" type submarines alongside, December 1924. The outboard submarine is S-27 (SS-132). Savannah tended Submarine Division Eleven, which consisted of S-24 through S-29. Bushnell (AS-2) is in the left background.
    US Navy photo # 44073 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 121k Savannah (AS-8) at anchor, with "S"-type submarines alongside, 23 December 1924.
    US Navy photo # 98631 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Savannah 78k Savannah (AS-8) at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. during the 1920s. Photo by the Jones Foto Co.
    US Navy photo # 42414 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
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