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USAHS Charles A. Stafford
ex-USAT Siboney
ex-USS Siboney (ID 2999)

Siboney served both the U. S. Navy and Army.
Transport: Laid down in 1916 as Oriente by William Cramp and Son, Philadelphia, PA; Launched, 15 August 1917; Renamed Siboney, 28 February 1918; Acquired by the Navy and commissioned USS Siboney (ID 2999), 8 April 1918; Decommissioned, 10 September 1919, at Hoboken, NJ and returned to her owner, the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co.; Acquired by the U.S. Army in June 1941 and commissioned USAT Siboney; Converted to a U.S. Army Hospital Ship in 1944 and renamed USAHS Charles A. Stafford; Transferred to the Maritime Commission in 1948 and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet; Sold for scrap 22 January 1957 to the Bethlehem Steel Corp.

Specifications: Displacement 11,298 t.; Length 443' 3"; Beam 60'; Draft 24' 6"; Speed 17.5 kts; Complement 346; Armament two 1-pounders and two
machine guns.

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USS Siboney (ID 2999)
Siboney 71k Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN, in May 1918.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Navy photo NH 43469		 Naval Historical Center
Siboney 90k Photographed by Machinist John G. Krieger, USN, in May 1918.
Donation of John G. Krieger, 1967.
U.S. Navy photo NH 43470		 Naval Historical Center
Siboney 88k Colhoun (DD-85) escorting a convoy of troopships, in mid-1918. The two-stack transport beyond her bow is USS Siboney (ID 2999).
Photographed by R. Bowman.
Courtesy of Jack L. Howland, 1983.
U.S. Navy photo NH 95200		 Naval Historical Center
Siboney 89k Underway in 1918, while painted in "dazzle" camouflage.
U.S. Navy photo 19--N-1109		 Naval Historical Center
Siboney 107k In New York Harbor, with her decks crowded with troops returning home from France, circa late 1918
or 1919.
Photographed by E. Muller Jr., New York.
Collection of Captain Clarence S. Williams, USN. Donated by Mrs. Clarence S. Williams, 1975.
U.S. Navy photo NH 103238		 Naval Historical Center
Siboney 66k The caption for this photo reads "U.S. Marines 'Devil Dogs' arriving at Naval Base - Hampton Roads, VA - USA Aug. 8, 1919 Returning from overseas service aboard U.S.S Troop Ship Siboney." Submitted by Anna Bullard for her father Oliver Howard Holmes
Siboney 128k Letterpress reproduction of an artwork by Musician Loren C. Holmberg, USN, printed on page 5 of "Historical Souvenir of the U.S.S. Siboney", published by the ship's crew in 1919 as a momento of
her service.
Collection of Captain Clarence S. Williams, USN. Donated by Mrs. Clarence S. Williams, 1975.
U.S. Navy photo NH 103262-KN		 Naval Historical Center
USAT Siboney
Siboney 100k Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken while the ship was in port, circa 1942-1943. Reboilered, with her original two smokestacks replaced by a single unit.
Copied from the book "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles.
U.S. Navy photo NH 103243		 Naval Historical Center
USAHS Charles A. Stafford
Siboney 115k Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1944-1946.
Copied from the book "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles.
U.S. Navy photo NH 103261		 Naval Historical Center
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