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USAT Rosecrans

Transport:

Laid down in 1883 as the iron hull, screw, two masted, passenger/cargo steamer Methven Castle by Barclay, Curle and Co. Ltd., Clydeholm Yard, Glasgow, Scotland

Launched, 19 September 1883

Delivered, date unknown to D.Currie & Co., London

Acquired in 1897 by Sir W.G.Pearce Bart., renamed Columbia

Acquired in 1897 by Scottish American SS Co. (W.M.Rhodes), London

Acquired by the US War Department in 1898, Commission USAT Rosecrans

Rosecrans transported US Army troops to China during the Boxer Rebellion

Decommissioned in 1900

Acquired in 1900 by Northern Pacific Co, Tacoma.

Acquired 1903 by Matson Navigation. Co., San Francisco

Converted to a tanker in 1905 and purchased by the Associated Oil Co. of San Francisco

Acquired in 1911 Associated Transportation Co

Final Disposition, ran aground at Peacock Spit on the Columbia River Bar during a storm, 1 July 1913

Specifications:
Displacement 1681 grt / 1740 nrt
Length 335'
Beam 38.2'
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown

Propulsion

boiler(s)

one steam engine

single screw

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Merchant Service
301308909	44k	SS Methven Castle at anchor, circa 1883-1897. location unknown. clydeships.co.uk.	John Spivey
USAT Rosecrans
301308906	107k	USAT Rosecrans moored pierside at Seattle, WA., circa 1899. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number TEPA2421], Photo by Theodore E. Peiser.	University of Washington Digital Collection
301308907	85k	USAT Rosecrans moored pierside at Seattle, WA., circa 1899. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number TEPA2421], Photo by Theodore E. Peiser.	University of Washington Digital Collection
301308901 TEP0085	106k	USAT Rosecrans moored outboard of USAT Lawton pierside at Seattle, WA., preparing to transport troops to China, circa 1900. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number TEP0085 and TEP0053], Photo by Theodore E. Peiser.	University of Washington Digital Collection
301308902 TEP0053	54k		University of Washington Digital Collection
301308903	50k	USAT Rosecrans departing Seattle, WA. enroute to China with US Army troops, circa 1900. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number TEP0137], Photo by Theodore E. Peiser.	University of Washington Digital Collection
301308904 TEP0014	65k	USAT Rosecrans departing Seattle, WA. enroute to China with US Army troops, 22 or 23 July 1900. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number TEP0014 and TEP0119], Photo by Theodore E. Peiser.	University of Washington Digital Collection
301308905 TEP0119	41k		University of Washington Digital Collection
301308908	149k	USAT Rosecrans underway, location unknown circa 1899. USS Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 75579, by J.D. Givens	US Naval History and Heritage Command

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