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USS Southery (IX-26)
ex
 USS Southery (1898 - 1902)


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Spanish Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Transport clasp)
Steamer:
  • Laid down in 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, CDR. Walton Goodwin in command
  • Decommissioned, 18 February 1899, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., for conversion to a Prison Ship
  • Recommissioned 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.)
    Complement 59
    Armament two 3-pounders
    Propulsion
    one steam turbine, single propeller
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    USS Southery
    Southery 257k USS Southery serving as a prison ship at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., postmarked 1906. Collection of Arnold A. Putnam
    Southery 111k USS Southery serving as a prison ship at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Me. sometime between 1900 and 1910.
    Library of Congress photo # LC-D4-70504 (4a22709v_SoutheryIX26.jpg)    		 Mike Green
    Southery 240k USS Southery serving as a prison ship at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., postmarked 1910. Collection of Arnold A. Putnam
    Southery 109k USS Southery serving as a prison ship at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME., postmarked 1911. Collection of Arnold A. Putnam
    USS Southery (IX-26)
    Southery 67k USS Southery (IX-26) serving 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
    Southery 64k USS Southery (IX-26) serving 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
    USS Southery / USS Southery (IX-26)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Goodwin, Walton2 May 1898 - ?
    02CHBOSN. Hill, William Lowell1904 - ?
    Photo courtesy Bill Gonyo
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