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USS Cumberland (IX-8)
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 USS Cumberland (Training Ship #1) (1904 - 1920)

International Radio Call Sign:
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 NAQE
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, 21 January 1904, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
  • Launched, 17 August 1904
  • Commissioned 20 July 1907
  • USS Cumberland was one of two steel-hulled ships used to train landsmen and apprentices
  • 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 Sail (bark rigged)
    Auxiliary Power, coal fired boiler, compound reciprocating engine to supply electrical power
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    Cumberland 182k USS Cumberland (Training Ship #1) on the building ways at Boston Navy Yard shortly before her launching, 14 August 1904. Cumberland, her sister ship USS Intrepid, and the wooden brig USS Boxer, were the last sail-only-powered ships built by the US Navy.
    US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10842-3494    		 Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist Boston NHP
    Cumberland 185k USS Cumberland (Training Ship #1) on the building ways at Boston Navy Yard shortly before her launching, 14 August 1904. Cumberland, her sister ship USS Intrepid, and the wooden brig USS Boxer, were the last sail-only-powered ships built by the US Navy.
    US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10842-4868    		 Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist Boston NHP
    Cumberland 103k Crowds gather at Boston Navy Yard for the launching of USS Cumberland (Training Ship #1), 14 August 1904.
    US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10842-1    		 Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist Boston NHP
    Cumberland 132k USS Cumberland (Training Ship #1) slides down the building ways at Boston Navy Yard, 14 August 1904.
    US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10842-2    		 Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist Boston NHP
    Cumberland 107k USS Cumberland (Training Ship #1) nears completion at Boston Navy Yard, 29 June 1907.
    US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10842-56    		 Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist Boston NHP
    Cumberland 80k USS Cumberland (Training Ship #1) at Boston Navy Yard, 3 July 1907, shortly before her commissioning..
    US Navy photo, Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Cat. No. BOSTS-10842-55    		 Stephen P. Carlson Preservation Specialist Boston NHP
    Cumberland 68k USS Cumberland (IX-8) moored at US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD., date unknown. Richard Leonhardt
    Reina Mercedes 54k USS Cumberland (IX-8), right, and USS 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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