Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USS Saturn (AG-4)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - West Indies Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Mexican Service Medal - China Service Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Asiatic clasp)
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., Wilmington, DL.
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 2 April 1898
  • Commissioned USS Saturn, 11 April 1898, CDR. Samuel W. Very in command
  • Decommissioned, and placed in reserve, 4 November 1898, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Recommissioned, 15 August 1900
  • Decommissioned and placed in reserve, 30 June 1903, at Bremerton, WA,
  • Reactivated, 2 December 1903
  • Deactivated and placed in reserve, 30 September 1911, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Reactivated, 3 August 1912
  • Deactivated and place in reserve, 31 July 1913, at Puget Sound Navy Yard
  • Reactivated, 4 April 1914
  • Recommissioned, 4 April 1917
  • Classified Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG-4), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 17 March 1922, at League Island, PA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register and sold for scrapping, 25 September 1922 to J. G. Hitner, Philadelphia
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,840 t.
    Length 297' 1"
    Beam 40' 5"
    Draft 26' 4" (max.)
    Speed 11 kts.
    Complement 74
    Armament one 6-pdr
    Propulsion coal fired steam engine
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		Size Image Description Contributed
    By
    Saturn 55k USS Saturn off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. with the tug Sioux alongside, August 1900.
    US Navy photo NH44072 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Saturn 57k USS Saturn underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 22 June 1916.
    US Navy photo #1910 from the Mare Island Naval Shipyard archives.    		 Darryl Baker
    Saturn 64k USS Saturn's 1919 Alaskan itinerary. Schedule prepared at Mare Island, 10 May 1919 and found in the Mare Island Naval Shipyard archives.
  • First trip (green)
    Leave Mare Island, April 10
    Leave San Francisco, April 12
    Arrive Bremerton, April 17 - Departed, April 18
    Arrive Dutch Harbor, April 24 - Departed, April 25
    Arrive St. Paul, April 26 (unload material & party) - Departed, St. Paul, May 2
    Arrive St. George, May 2 - Departed, May 3
    Arrive Dutch Harbor, May5 (Unload Material) - Departed May 9
    Arrive Mare Island, May 18 (Actually returned June 4th)

  • Second trip (yellow)
    Leave Mare Island, May 28 (Actually departed June 16th)
    Leave Tiburon (Coaling Station), May 30
    Arrive Cordova, June 6 (unload material & party) - Departed, June 15
    Arrive Seward, June 16 (unload material) - Departed, June 23
    Arrive Mare Island, July 1

  • Third trip (blue)
    Leave Mare Island, July 11
    Arrive St. Paul, July 21 (pick-up party) - Departed, July 23
    Arrive and Departed St. George, July 23
    Arrive Dutch Harbor, July 25 (leave party) - Departed, July 27
    Arrive Sitka, Aug 3 (leave material) - Departed, Aug 5
    Arrive Dutch Harbor, Aug 12 - Departed, Sept 6 (pick-up party)
    Arrive Kodiak, Sept 11 (leave party & material) - Departed, Nov 1 (pick-up party)
    Arrive Seward, Nov 3 - Departed, Nov 5 (pick-up equipment)
    Arrive Cordova, Nov 6 - Departed Nov 10
    Arrive Mare Island, Nov 17 - Departed Nov 22
    Arrived Bremerton, Nov 26
    		• Darryl Baker
    View the USS Saturn (AG-4)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Very, Samuel Williams11 April 1889 - ?
     CDR. Bowdey, George, Hall :COMO1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    Not Applicable to this Vessel
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    No Information Available
    Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Service Force Ship Type Index Back To The Collier (AC) Photo Index Back To The Miscellaneous Auxiliary Ship (AG) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History
    Last Updated 26 March 2010