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IX-8 Cumberland

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Quebec - Echo
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal
Bottom Row - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Cumberland Class Training Ship:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
  • Launched, 17 August 1904
  • Commissioned 20 July 1907
  • Designated Unclassified Miscellaneous (IX-8), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 31 October 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, delivered to the War Shipping Administration for disposal 22 July 1947
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,800 t.
    Length 211' 7"
    Beam 45' 8"
    Draft 16' 5"
    Complement 336
    Armament 6 4" guns
    Propulsion system unknown
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    Cumberland 68k Cumberland (IX-8) moored at US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD., date unknown. Richard Leonhardt
    Reina Mercedes 54k Cumberland (IX-8), right, and Reina Mercedes (IX-25), left, serving as Barracks/Accommodation Ships, Naval Station Annapolis MD., 1939. In the foreground is the Naval Academy sail training yacht, Alligator. Ric Hedman
    Reina Mercedes 59k Cumberland (IX-8), right, and Reina Mercedes (IX-25), left, serving as Barracks/Accommodation Ships, Naval Station Annapolis MD. In the foreground are the Naval Academy's sail training yachts, Alligator, Bullfrog, Crocodile and Turtle, circa 1939 Ric Hedman
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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