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AG-5 General Alava

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Philippines Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal
  • Built 1895 by A. McMillan & Sons, Dumbarton, Scotland
  • Captured during the Spanish-American War
  • Transferred from the War Department to the Navy, 21 February 1900
  • Commissioned USS General Alava, 9 March 1900 at Cavite, P.I., LCDR. C. E. Fox in command
  • Decommissioned, 24 January 1903, at Cavite, P.I.
  • Recommissioned, 11 June 1904
  • Decommissioned, 26 February 1906
  • Recommissioned, 18 December 1906
  • Designated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG-5), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 28 June 1929, at Shanghai, China
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 17 July 1929
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,390 t.
    Length 212' 6"
    Beam 28' 3"
    Draft 13'
    Speed 10.5 kts.
    Complement 76
    Armament one 6-pdr, two 3-pdrs
    Propulsion system unknown
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    General Alava 26k General Alava underway, circa 1920, location unknown. Gunter Krebs
    SS-11 80k General Alava and B-2 (ex-Cuttlefish) in Philippine waters, prior to World War I.
    US Navy photo # NH 85719, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1977.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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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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