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Collier / IX-26 Southery


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Spanish Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)
Steamer; Laid down 1889 at R. Thompson Sons & Co., Sunderland, England; Acquired by the U.S. Navy, 16 April 1898; Converted for Naval Service as a Collier, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.; Commissioned, USS Southery, 2 May 1898; Decommissoned, 18 February 1899, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., for conversion to a Prison Ship; Placed in service at Boston, MA., 6 April 1902; Decommissioned, 12 July 1933; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1933; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 1 December 1933, to Boston Iron and Metal Co., Baltimore, Md Specifications: Displacement 3,100 t. (est.); Length 288'; Beam 38' 10"; Draft 21' 6"; Speed 10.5 kts (max.); Armament, two 3-pounders; Propulsion, Steam turbine, single screw.
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Southery 60k Southery in service as a collier, circa 1898. Note the clothing drying in her rigging.
US Navy photo from DANFS		 Joe Radigan MACM USN
Southery 85k Southery in service as a prison ship at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH, circa 1908
US Navy photo # NH 43660 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center		 US Naval Historical Center
Southery 64k Southery in service as a receiving ship at Boston Navy Yard, Boston MA, circa 1933.
US Navy photo # 43661 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center		 US Naval Historical Center
Southery 67k Southery in service as a receiving ship at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth NH, circa 1920.
US Navy photo # NH 78188 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center		 US Naval Historical Center
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