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USAV Chauncey M. Depew (FS-89)
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USAV Chauncey M. Depew (FP-89)


Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Freight-Personnel / Freight-Supply Vessel
  • Built in 1913 as Rangeley at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME.
  • Launched in 1913
  • Delivered in 1913 to her owners Maine Central RR
  • Sold in 1925 to the Hudson River Day Line, New York, operated as the Hudson River DaylinerChauncey M. Depew
  • Chartered by the US Army Quartermaster Corps in 1940
  • Requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration in 1942
  • Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps, commissioned USAV Chauncey M. Depew (FP-89) in 1942
  • Redesigned Freight-Supply FS-89, date unknown
  • USAV Chauncey M. Depew operated in the New York City area during World War II
  • Decommissioned and retired for US Army Service in 1946
  • Sold for commercial use as an excursion boat in 1946
  • Sold to the Government of Bermuda in 1950, to serve as a cruise ship tender in Grassy Bay, Hamilton Harbor, reflagged Bermuda
  • Sold in November 1969 to Mr. Jack Cook for conversion to a restaurant for the Triton Yacht Club on the Triton River
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 652 t.
    Length 185'
    Beam 30'
    Draft 14'
    Speed unknown
    Freight Capacity unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion
    reciprocating steam engine, 1,200hp
    single screw
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    Chauncey M. Depew
    300708908    		 93k
    Namesake
    Chauncey M. Depew- (23 April 1834 – 5 April 1928) was an American attorney, businessman, and Republican politician. He is best remembered for his two terms as United States Senator from New York and for his work for Cornelius Vanderbilt, as an attorney and as president of the New York Central Railroad System.(Wikipedia)
    Library of Congress Digital ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c05023 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c05023    		 Tommy Trampp
    Chauncey M. Depew
    300708901    		 56k Hudson River Dayliner Chauncey M. Depew underway on the Hudson River, date unknown.
    Hudson River Valley Heritage    		 John Spivey
    Chauncey M. Depew
    300708902    		 79k Hudson River Dayliner Chauncey M. Depew underway on the Hudson River, date unknown.
    Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston N.Y.    		 John Spivey
    Chauncey M. Depew
    300708904    		 118k Hudson River Dayliner Chauncey M. Depew underway on the Hudson River, date unknown
    Ebay    		  
    Chauncey M. Depew
    300708910    		 85k Hudson River Dayliner Chauncey M. Depew underway on the Hudson River, date unknown
    Ebay    		 Tommy Trampp
    Chauncey M. Depew
    300708903    		 61k Hudson River Dayliner Chauncey M. Depew moored pierside at Hamilton, Bermuda, circa 1950.
    New York Heritage Digital Collection, Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston N.Y.    		 John Spivey
    Chauncey M. Depew
    300708905    		 61k Hudson River Dayliner Chauncey M. Depew moored pierside at Hamilton, Bermuda, circa 1950.
    Liverpool Ships    		  
    Chauncey M. Depew
    300708907    		 89k Chauncey M. Depew alongside RMS Oriana at Hamilton, Bermuda, 12 July 1961.
    Shipspotting.com courtesy Peter, M.P.    		  
    Chauncey M. Depew
    300708906    		 118k Chauncey M. Depew underway in Hamilton Harbor, Bermuda, date unknown.
    Shipspotting.com courtesy Peter, M.P.    		  
    Chauncey M. Depew
    300708909    		 57k Model of the Narragansett Bay passenger steamer Chauncey M. Depew. Formally Rangeley, the boat was sold to the Hudson River Day Line in 1925 and operated until it was re-commissioned for use during World War II. Wood,Boat measures approx. 24" long, Case: 32"w x 11"d x 13"t>
    BidSquare    		 Tommy Trampp
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