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USAT El Aquador


International Radio Call Sign:
George - William - Fox - Mike
GWFM
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
World War I Victory Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal


Self-propelled Water Barge:
  • Built by United Engineering Works, Alameda, CA (YN 4)
  • Completed for Wilmington Transportation Co., Wilmington, CA, July 1906
  • Referred to in contemporary newspapers as "Aguador", apparently never documented
  • Used to carry water and oil to Catalina Island, 1906 - 1910
  • Was intended to be fitted with engine from steamer Hermosa, but apparently not done and used as a barge
  • Purchased by US Army and renamed USAT El Aquador, June 1910
  • Fitted with engine by United Engineering, February 1911
  • Used by Army as water carrier in San Francisco Bay supplying Alcatraz and outlying forts
  • Was still active in 1941
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 390 gross tons, 238 net tons
    Length 145' 6"
    Beam 30' 3"
    Draft 10' 7"
    Speed unknown
    Complement 16 (4 officers, 12 enlisted)
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    one compound steam engine
    one screw

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    417k USAT El Aquador underway, probably in San Francisco Bay, date unknown. Kyle Stubbs

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