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USAT Meade

Transport:

Laid down, circa 1873-744 as the single funnel Ocean Liner SS City of Berlin at Caird & Company, Greenock, Scotland

Launched, 24 October 1874

Delivered to Inman Line, Liverpool, England

Maiden voyage, Liverpool to New York, 29 April 1875

Re-engined with a Laird Bros. triple expansion steam engine in 1887

Name reduced to Berlin in 1895

Purchased by the U.S. Government in 1898, assigned to the U.S. Army Quartermasters Corp

Christened, commissioned and placed in service as U.S. Army Transport USAT Meade in 1898

Meade carried troops to the Philippines until she was seriously damaged by a fire in San Francisco, 31 January 1906

Repaired, she continued service through World War I and was finally scrapped in 1921

Decommissioned and retired from U.S. Army service, in 1921

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1921

Specifications:
Displacement 5,491 t.
Length 488.6'
Beam 44.2'
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft unknown
Speed 15 kts
Complement unknown
Passengers unknown
Cargo Capacity unknown

Propulsion

boiler(s)

2-cyl compound steam engine 4800 hp (as built)

single screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Merchant Service
301310203	31k	SS City of Berlin underway, date and location unknown Clyde Built Ships.com via Wikipedia
301310204	69k	SS City of Berlin underway, date and location unknown Great Ships.com via Wikipedia
USAT Meade
30260905	124k	*Namesake* George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer best known for decisively defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. He previously fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War. During the Civil War. Earlier in his career, he was an engineer and was involved in the coastal construction of several lighthouses.(Wikipedia) George Meade. Library of Congress description: "Gen. George G. Meade" Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, CALL NUMBER: LC-BH82- 4430.	Tommy Trampp
301310201	191k	USAT Meade moored pierside, date and location unknown US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 75583	US Naval History and Heritage Command
301310202 LOC 11321	191k	USAT Meade loading Marines at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA., 19 February 1913, bound for Guantanamo, Cuba, in response to the Mexican Revolution. United States Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ggbain.11321 and George Grantham Collection U.S. Library of Congress	LOC 11321-Robert Hurst and Grantham Collection-John Spivey
301310205 Grantham Collection	466k
301310206 Grantham Collection	119k

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