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USAT El Aquario


International Radio Call Sign:
George - William - Fox - Nan
 GWFN
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Self-propelled Water Barge:
  • Built by McAteer Shipbuilding, Seattle, WA 1
  • Contract awarded, 30 June 1917
  • Laid down, 01 November 1919
  • Launched, 28 February 1920, sponsored by Ms. Margaret Sparling of Hoquiam, WA
  • Completed as steel-hulled steam schooner USAT El Aquario, 1920
  • Arrived for duty at San Francisco, 21 June 1920
  • Used by Army as water carrier in San Francisco Bay supplying Alcatraz and outlying forts
  • Supported US Army Air Corps long-range bomber flight in Alaska, July - August 1934
  • Was still active in 1941
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    1. McAteer appears to have left no historical record other than litigation with the US Goverment. The Seattle Daily Times, 27 January 1920, states this vessel was built by the Duwamish Waterway plant of National Steel Construction Co.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 562 gross tons, 995 tons displacement
    Length 161' 6"
    Beam 30' 0"
    Draft 16' 0"
    Speed 9.5 knots
    Complement 15 (4 officers, 11 enlisted)
    Cargo Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    one triple expansion steam engine, 500hp
    one screw
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    El Aquador
    302020501    		 560k USAT El Aquario as completed. Photo from Seattle Daily Times, 01 June 1920. Dave Wright
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